Arabic word sheet
أَخَذَ
To take, to take hold of
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ء خ ذ
Meaning and usage
To take, to take hold of
To take a thing with the hand, to hold it: said of an object one picks up or carries off.
أَخَذَ الطَّالِبُ الْقَلَمَ مِنَ الطَّاوِلَةِ.
The pupil took the pen from the table.
To seize, to overcome
To take by force, to get the better of someone: said of a person who captures another, or of an ill, cold or sleep that comes over someone.
أَخَذَ الشُّرْطِيُّ اللِّصَّ.
The policeman seized the thief.
To receive, to accept
To receive what someone gives, the reverse of giving; also to accept willingly what is offered or proposed.
أَخَذَتْ لَيْلَى هَدِيَّةً مِنْ جَدَّتِهَا.
Laylā received a present from her grandmother.
To set about, to begin
Followed by another verb, it means to begin doing something, to set about it.
أَخَذَ الطِّفْلُ يَبْكِي.
The child began to cry.
To punish, to hold to account
To make someone pay for his fault, to hold him responsible for it and chastise him.
أَخَذَ الْمُدِيرُ الْعَامِلَ بِخَطَئِهِ.
The manager held the worker to account for his mistake.
Word family
What the root means ء خ ذ
The root carries the idea of taking: laying hold of a thing with the hand and making it one's own. From it come the verb's other uses, receiving, seizing someone, holding him to account, setting about a task, as well as the words for the act of taking and for blame.
the act of taking
أَخْذٌ
to blame, to punish
آخَذَ
blame, reproof
مُؤَاخَذَةٌ
Synonyms
to gain possession of
حَازَ
Means to obtain a thing and keep it as one's own: it matches the headword only where taking means acquiring.
Opposites
to give
أَعْطَى
to leave