أتى

See also: آتى, آتي, آبى, أبي, أتي, آتی, آبی, and أبى

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء ت ي (ʔ-t-y). Compare Aramaic אֲתָא (ʾăṯā, “to come”), Ge'ez አተወ (ʾätäwä, “to go home”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎚𐎆 (ảtw, “to come”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.taː/

Verb

أَتَى • (ʔatā) I, non-past يَأْتِي‎ (yaʔtī)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to come
2. (transitive) to bring [+ بِ (object) = what]
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:19:

     […] فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَيُّهَا أَزْكَى طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا

     […] falyanẓur ʔayyuhā ʔazkā ṭaʕāman falyaʔtikum birizqin minhu walyatalaṭṭaf walā yušʕiranna bikum ʔaḥadan

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3. to come up with, to bring forth, to create, to invent, to think of
4. (transitive) to do, to commit, to perpetrate

   أَتَى جُرْمًا ― ʔatā jurman ― He has committed a crime.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 65:1:

     يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَٱتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ رَبَّكُمْ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِن بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ

     yā ʔayyuhā n-nabiyyu ʔiḏā ṭallaqtumu n-nisāʔa faṭalliqūhunna liʕiddatihinna waʔaḥṣū l-ʕiddata wattaqū llāha rabbakum lā tuḵrijūhunna min buyūtihinna walā yaḵrujna ʔillā ʔan yaʔtīna bifāḥišatin mmubayyinatin

     O Prophet, when you [Muslims] divorce women, divorce them for [the commencement of] their waiting period and keep count of the waiting period, and fear God, your Lord. Do not turn them out of their [husbands'] houses, nor should they [themselves] leave [during that period] unless they are committing a clear immorality.

   • Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali

     لَا تَنْهَ عَنْ خُلُقٍ وَتَأْتِيَ مِثْلَهُ / عَارٌ عَلَيْكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ عَظِيمُ

     lā tanha ʕan ḵuluqin wataʔtiya miṯlahu / ʕārun ʕalayka ʔiḏā faʕalta ʕaẓīmu

     You shall not forbid proper things and do such / great shame upon you if you do things.

5. (euphemistic, transitive) to cohabit, to sleep with
   • Quran 2:222

     فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ

     faʔiḏā taṭahharna faʔtūhunna min ḥayṯu ʔamarakumu llāhu

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6. to destroy [+ عَلَى (object) = what]

   أَتَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى الْمَنْزِل

   ʔatati n-nāru ʕalā l-manzil

   The fire has destroyed the house.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:أفنى

7. to come upon [+ عَلَى (object) = what]
   • Quran 51:42

     مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ

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Conjugation

Conjugation of

أَتَى

(form-I final-weak, verbal nouns إِتْيَان or أَتْي or مَأْتَاة or مَأْتًى)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						إِتْيَان or أَتْي or مَأْتَاة or مَأْتًى ʔityān or ʔaty or maʔtāh or maʔtan
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						آتٍ ʔātin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَأْتِيّ maʔtiyy
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أَتَيْتُ ʔataytu	أَتَيْتَ ʔatayta	أَتَى ʔatā		أَتَيْتُمَا ʔataytumā	أَتَيَا ʔatayā		أَتَيْنَا ʔataynā	أَتَيْتُمْ ʔataytum	أَتَوْا ʔataw
	f		أَتَيْتِ ʔatayti	أَتَتْ ʔatat			أَتَتَا ʔatatā			أَتَيْتُنَّ ʔataytunna	أَتَيْنَ ʔatayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	آتِي ʔātī	تَأْتِي taʔtī	يَأْتِي yaʔtī		تَأْتِيَانِ taʔtiyāni	يَأْتِيَانِ yaʔtiyāni		نَأْتِي naʔtī	تَأْتُونَ taʔtūna	يَأْتُونَ yaʔtūna
	f		تَأْتِينَ taʔtīna	تَأْتِي taʔtī			تَأْتِيَانِ taʔtiyāni			تَأْتِينَ taʔtīna	يَأْتِينَ yaʔtīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	آتِيَ ʔātiya	تَأْتِيَ taʔtiya	يَأْتِيَ yaʔtiya		تَأْتِيَا taʔtiyā	يَأْتِيَا yaʔtiyā		نَأْتِيَ naʔtiya	تَأْتُوا taʔtū	يَأْتُوا yaʔtū
	f		تَأْتِي taʔtī	تَأْتِيَ taʔtiya			تَأْتِيَا taʔtiyā			تَأْتِينَ taʔtīna	يَأْتِينَ yaʔtīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	آتِ ʔāti	تَأْتِ taʔti	يَأْتِ yaʔti		تَأْتِيَا taʔtiyā	يَأْتِيَا yaʔtiyā		نَأْتِ naʔti	تَأْتُوا taʔtū	يَأْتُوا yaʔtū
	f		تَأْتِي taʔtī	تَأْتِ taʔti			تَأْتِيَا taʔtiyā			تَأْتِينَ taʔtīna	يَأْتِينَ yaʔtīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِيتِ īti			اِيتِيَا ītiyā				اِيتُوا ītū
	f		اِيتِي ītī							اِيتِينَ ītīna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُتِيتُ ʔutītu	أُتِيتَ ʔutīta	أُتِيَ ʔutiya		أُتِيتُمَا ʔutītumā	أُتِيَا ʔutiyā		أُتِينَا ʔutīnā	أُتِيتُمْ ʔutītum	أُتُوا ʔutū
	f		أُتِيتِ ʔutīti	أُتِيَتْ ʔutiyat			أُتِيَتَا ʔutiyatā			أُتِيتُنَّ ʔutītunna	أُتِينَ ʔutīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوتَى ʔūtā	تُؤْتَى tuʔtā	يُؤْتَى yuʔtā		تُؤْتَيَانِ tuʔtayāni	يُؤْتَيَانِ yuʔtayāni		نُؤْتَى nuʔtā	تُؤْتَوْنَ tuʔtawna	يُؤْتَوْنَ yuʔtawna
	f		تُؤْتَيْنَ tuʔtayna	تُؤْتَى tuʔtā			تُؤْتَيَانِ tuʔtayāni			تُؤْتَيْنَ tuʔtayna	يُؤْتَيْنَ yuʔtayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوتَى ʔūtā	تُؤْتَى tuʔtā	يُؤْتَى yuʔtā		تُؤْتَيَا tuʔtayā	يُؤْتَيَا yuʔtayā		نُؤْتَى nuʔtā	تُؤْتَوْا tuʔtaw	يُؤْتَوْا yuʔtaw
	f		تُؤْتَيْ tuʔtay	تُؤْتَى tuʔtā			تُؤْتَيَا tuʔtayā			تُؤْتَيْنَ tuʔtayna	يُؤْتَيْنَ yuʔtayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوتَ ʔūta	تُؤْتَ tuʔta	يُؤْتَ yuʔta		تُؤْتَيَا tuʔtayā	يُؤْتَيَا yuʔtayā		نُؤْتَ nuʔta	تُؤْتَوْا tuʔtaw	يُؤْتَوْا yuʔtaw
	f		تُؤْتَيْ tuʔtay	تُؤْتَ tuʔta			تُؤْتَيَا tuʔtayā			تُؤْتَيْنَ tuʔtayna	يُؤْتَيْنَ yuʔtayna

Synonyms

• جَاءَ (jāʔa)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أتى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 15–16
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أتى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 8
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءتي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 3–4