اخترع

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Arabic[edit]

Root
خ ر ع (ḵ-r-ʕ)

Verb[edit]

اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa) VIII, non-past يَخْتَرِعُ‎ (yaḵtariʕu)

  1. (transitive) to invent
    مَا أَبْرَزُ مَا ٱخْتَرَعَهُ ٱلْيَابَانِيُّونَ فِي ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلْمَاضِي؟
    mā ʔabrazu mā ḵtaraʕahu l-yābāniyyūna fī l-qarni l-māḍī?
    What of the last-century Japanese inventions was the most notable?
    Synonym: اِبْتَدَعَ (ibtadaʕa)
  2. (transitive, archaic) to split off
    Synonyms: اِكْتَسَرَ (iktasara, to break off), اِقْتَطَعَ (iqtaṭaʕa, to cut off), اِخْتَزَلَ (iḵtazala, to chop off; to hack off)
    1. (transitive, obsolete) to misappropriate

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Gulf Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ɪχtɪrəʕ/

Verb[edit]

اِخْتِرَع (iḵtiraʿ) (imperfect يِخْتِرِع (yiḵtiriʿ))

  1. (transitive) to invent
    منو اخترع نواة لنكس؟
    Who invented [the] Linux Kernel?
  2. (intransitive) to be frightened, to be scared, to be afraid
    Synonym: خاف (ḵāf)
    شفيكم عسى ما اخترعتوا من الظلمة
    What's up with you, I hope you did not get scared of the dark

Related terms[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
خ ر ع
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ix.ta.raʕ/, [ɪxˈta.raʕ]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

اخترع (iḵtaraʕ) VIII (present بخترع (biḵtreʕ))

  1. to invent
    اخترعو رمز سرّي يبعتولكم ايّاه أولادكم لمّا يحسّو حالهم بمواقف مش مريحة.
    iḵtirʕu ramz sirri yibʕatū-lkom iyyāh ūlādkom lamma yḥessu ḥālhom bi-mawāʔef miš murīḥa
    Invent a secret message for your kids to send you when they feel themselves in uncomfortable situations.

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of اخترع (iḵtaraʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m اخترعت (iḵtaraʕt) اخترعت (iḵtaraʕt) اخترع (iḵtaraʕ) اخترعنا (iḵtaraʕna) اخترعتو (iḵtaraʕtu) اخترعو (iḵtaraʕu)
f اخترعتي (iḵtaraʕti) اخترعت (iḵtarʕat)
present m بخترع (baḵtreʕ) بتخترع (btiḵtreʕ) بخترع (biḵtreʕ) منخترع (mniḵtreʕ) بتخترعو (btiḵtirʕu) بخترعو (biḵtirʕu)
f بتخترعي (btiḵtirʕi) بتخترع (btiḵtreʕ)
subjunctive m اخترع (aḵtreʕ) تخترع (tiḵtreʕ) يخترع (yiḵtreʕ) نخترع (niḵtreʕ) تخترعو (tiḵtirʕu) يخترعو (yiḵtirʕu)
f تخترعي (tiḵtirʕi) تخترع (tiḵtreʕ)
imperative m اخترع (iḵtriʕ) اخترعو (iḵtirʕu)
f اخترعي (iḵtirʕi)