مأتى

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ء ت ي (ʔ-t-y)

Noun of place and verbal noun from the verb أَتَى (ʔatā, “to come”).

Noun

مَأْتًى • (maʔtan) m (dual مَأْتَيَانِ (maʔtayāni), plural مَآتٍ (maʔātin))

1. verbal noun of أَتَى (ʔatā) (form I)
2. place from which something comes
3. place at which one arrives
4. access
5. place of origin
6. origin, source, provenance
7. place where one has been or to which one has come
8. place where something starts or ends

Declension

Declension of noun مَأْتًى (maʔtan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَأْتَى maʔtā	الْمَأْتَى al-maʔtā	مَأْتَى maʔtā
Nominative	مَأْتًى maʔtan	الْمَأْتَى al-maʔtā	مَأْتَى maʔtā
Accusative	مَأْتًى maʔtan	الْمَأْتَى al-maʔtā	مَأْتَى maʔtā
Genitive	مَأْتًى maʔtan	الْمَأْتَى al-maʔtā	مَأْتَى maʔtā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَأْتَيَيْن maʔtayayn	الْمَأْتَيَيْن al-maʔtayayn	مَأْتَيَيْ maʔtayay
Nominative	مَأْتَيَانِ maʔtayāni	الْمَأْتَيَانِ al-maʔtayāni	مَأْتَيَا maʔtayā
Accusative	مَأْتَيَيْنِ maʔtayayni	الْمَأْتَيَيْنِ al-maʔtayayni	مَأْتَيَيْ maʔtayay
Genitive	مَأْتَيَيْنِ maʔtayayni	الْمَأْتَيَيْنِ al-maʔtayayni	مَأْتَيَيْ maʔtayay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَآتِي maʔātī	الْمَآتِي al-maʔātī	مَآتِي maʔātī
Nominative	مَآتٍ maʔātin	الْمَآتِي al-maʔātī	مَآتِي maʔātī
Accusative	مَآتِيَ maʔātiya	الْمَآتِيَ al-maʔātiya	مَآتِيَ maʔātiya
Genitive	مَآتٍ maʔātin	الْمَآتِي al-maʔātī	مَآتِي maʔātī

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “اتى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN