Arabic word sheet
أَتَى
to come
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ء ت ي
Meaning and usage
to come
To arrive at a place or come to a person. Said of people and of things, events and times alike.
أَتَى الضَّيْفُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ مَسَاءً.
The guest came to the house in the evening.
to bring
Followed by the word for «with», it means to come with a thing or a person, that is, to bring or produce it.
أَتَى رَامِي بِالْخُبْزِ مِنَ السُّوقِ.
Rami brought the bread from the market.
to do, to commit
With an act as its object, to carry it out or commit it; said of a deed, good or bad.
أَتَى الْوَلَدُ خَطَأً كَبِيرًا فِي الْمَلْعَبِ.
The boy made a big mistake on the playing field.
to finish off, to destroy
Followed by the word for «on», to reach the end of a thing: to use it all up, or to wipe it out.
أَتَى الضُّيُوفُ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ كُلِّهِ.
The guests finished off all the food.
Word family
What the root means ء ت ي
The root carries the idea of coming, and at first of coming easily. From it comes the noun for the act of coming; to bring a thing is to come with it.
coming, arrival
إِتْيَانٌ
Synonyms
to come
The two are nearly interchangeable; the headword is said to suggest an easy coming and sounds more literary today.
Opposites
to go, to leave
ذَهَبَ