أَخْذ
acceptance
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Highlights
Present tense
يَأْخُذُ
Verbal nouns
أَخْذ، مَأْخَذ
Active participle
آخِذ
Passive participle
مَأْخُوذ
Most common words from the same root
Verb · Form II
أَخَّذَ
to put under a spell
Noun
أَخْذ
acceptance
Noun
اِتِّخَاذ
أَخَذَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to take
وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَنْ مُوسَى الْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ الأَلْوَاحَ[…]When Moses’ anger subsided, he took up the tablets...609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:154
- to take along
- to get, to receive, to obtain
- to seize, to grab, to take hold
[…]وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ[…]And he (Moses) threw down the Tablets and seized his brother (Aaron) by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150
- to capture, to seize, to take captive
فَإِذَا ٱنْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ[…]But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists ˹who violated their treaties and fought˺ wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:5
- to perceive, to notice
- to gather, to understand, to infer, to deduce
- to grip, to captivate, to spellbind
- to keep, to observe, to adopt, to embrace, to follow
أَخَذَ بِرَأْيِ صَدِيقِهِHe took his friend's advice.
- to accept
[…]قَالَ أَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قَالُوا أَقْرَرْنَا[…][God] said, “Do you affirm and accept upon that My Burden (i.e. Allah’s Covenant)?” They [the prophets] said, “We affirm.”609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:81
- to admonish, to urge, to drive
- to enjoin, to impose
- to strip, to deprive, to cut off, to bar
- to reproach, to blame, to criticize
أَخَذَ عَلَى الْمُؤَلِّفِ إِهْمَالَهُ المَصَادِرَThe author was reproached for his neglect of the sources.
- to obligate
- to learn, to study
- to begin, to start, to prepare to, to set out to, to be about to, to get ready to (followed by a non-past verb)
أَخَذْتُ أَبْكِيI began to cry
Word origin
From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫaḏ-. Cognate with Hebrew אָחַז (aḥáz), Aramaic ܐܚܕ (ʾeḥaḏ), Sabaean 𐩱𐩭𐩹 (ʾḵḏ).
Words from the root ء-خ-ذ
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
أَخَذَ
· present يَأْخُذُ
Form I · The plain action
to take; to take along; to get, to receive, to obtain
مَأْخَذ
آخِذ
مَأْخُوذ
أَخَّذَ
· present يُؤَخِّذُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to put under a spell, to enchant, to bewitch
تَأْخِيذ
مُؤَخِّذ
مُؤَخَّذ
آخَذَ
· present يُؤَاخِذُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to censure, to blame; to punish; to resent
مُؤَاخَذَة
مُؤَاخِذ
مُؤَاخَذ
اِتَّخَذَ
· present يَتَّخِذُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to take; to take, to consider; to take on, to assume
اِتِّخَاذ
مُتَّخِذ
مُتَّخَذ
أَخَّاذ
captivating
أَخَذَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَخَذْتُ | آخُذُ | آخُذَ | آخُذْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَخَذْتَ | تَأْخُذُ | تَأْخُذَ | تَأْخُذْ | خُذْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَخَذْتِ | تَأْخُذِينَ | تَأْخُذِي | تَأْخُذِي | خُذِي |
| هُوَ he | أَخَذَ | يَأْخُذُ | يَأْخُذَ | يَأْخُذْ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَخَذَتْ | تَأْخُذُ | تَأْخُذَ | تَأْخُذْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَخَذْتُمَا | تَأْخُذَانِ | تَأْخُذَا | تَأْخُذَا | خُذَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَخَذَا | يَأْخُذَانِ | يَأْخُذَا | يَأْخُذَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَخَذَتَا | تَأْخُذَانِ | تَأْخُذَا | تَأْخُذَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَخَذْنَا | نَأْخُذُ | نَأْخُذَ | نَأْخُذْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَخَذْتُمْ | تَأْخُذُونَ | تَأْخُذُوا | تَأْخُذُوا | خُذُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَخَذْتُنَّ | تَأْخُذْنَ | تَأْخُذْنَ | تَأْخُذْنَ | خُذْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَخَذُوا | يَأْخُذُونَ | يَأْخُذُوا | يَأْخُذُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَخَذْنَ | يَأْخُذْنَ | يَأْخُذْنَ | يَأْخُذْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | أَخْذ، مَأْخَذ |
|---|---|
| Active participle | آخِذ |
| Passive participle | مَأْخُوذ |
أَخَذَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to take
وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَنْ مُوسَى الْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ الأَلْوَاحَ[…]When Moses’ anger subsided, he took up the tablets...609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:154
to seize
[…]وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ[…]And he (Moses) threw down the Tablets and seized his brother (Aaron) by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150
to capture
فَإِذَا ٱنْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ[…]But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists ˹who violated their treaties and fought˺ wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:5
to keep
أَخَذَ بِرَأْيِ صَدِيقِهِHe took his friend's advice.
to accept
[…]قَالَ أَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قَالُوا أَقْرَرْنَا[…][God] said, “Do you affirm and accept upon that My Burden (i.e. Allah’s Covenant)?” They [the prophets] said, “We affirm.”609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:81
to reproach
أَخَذَ عَلَى الْمُؤَلِّفِ إِهْمَالَهُ المَصَادِرَThe author was reproached for his neglect of the sources.
to begin
أَخَذْتُ أَبْكِيI began to cry
From a fully vowelled text
وَخُذْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلاً بِالْعَدَدِ وَصُرَّهُ فِي أَذْيَالِكَ.Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.Ezekiel 5:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«خُذِ اللاَّوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ.Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.Numbers 8:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
اِفْعَلُوا هذَا: خُذُوا لَكُمْ مَجَامِرَ. قُورَحُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَتِهِ.This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;Numbers 16:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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