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أَتَى

to come

VerbForm IRoot ء-ت-ي

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Highlights

Present tense
يَأْتِي
Verbal nouns
إِتْيَان، أَتْي، مَأْتَاة
Active participle
آتٍ
Passive participle
مَأْتِيّ

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form V
تَأَتَّى
to happen to
Adjective
آتٍ
coming
Verb · Form III
آتَى
to compensate
Verb · Form IV
آتَى
to give

أَتَى in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to come transitive or intransitive
  2. to bring transitive
  3. to come up with, to bring forth, to create, to invent, to think of
  4. to do, to commit, to perpetrate transitive
    أَتَى جُرْمًاHe has committed a crime.
    يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَٱتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ رَبَّكُمْ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِن بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍO 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.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 65:1
  5. to cohabit, to sleep with transitive
  6. to destroy
    أَتَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى الْمَنْزِلThe fire has destroyed the house.
  7. to come upon
    مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِThere was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 51:42

Word origin

Cognate with Aramaic אֲתָא (ʾăṯā, “to come”), Ge'ez አተወ (ʾätäwä, “to go home”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎚𐎆 (ảtw, “to come”).

Words from the root ء-ت-ي

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

أَتَى · present يَأْتِي
Form I · The plain action

to come; to bring; to come up with, to bring forth, to create, to invent, to think of

إِتْيَان
Verbal noun
coming
أَتْي
Verbal noun
مَأْتَاة
Verbal noun
مَأْتًى
Verbal noun
place from which something comes
آتٍ
Active participle · Adjective
coming
مَأْتِيّ
Passive participle
آتَى · present يُؤَاتِي
Form III · Done to or with someone

to compensate, to recompense, to reimburse (someone); to agree with; to be agreeable, be favorable to, favor (someone)

مُؤَاتَاة
Verbal noun
إِتَاء
Verbal noun
مُؤَاتٍ
Active participle · Adjective
convenient
مُؤَاتًى
Passive participle
آتَى · present يُؤْتِي
Form IV · Causative

to give; to bring; to give as a gift, to grant, to bestow

إِيتَاء
Verbal noun
مُؤْتٍ
Active participle
مُؤْتًى
Passive participle
تَأَتَّى · present يَتَأَتَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to result from [+عَنْ or مِنْ (object)], to happen to; to become practicable, feasible or easy for; to act gently in

تَأَتٍّ
Verbal noun
مُتَأَتٍّ
Active participle
مُتَأَتًّى
Passive participle
اِسْتَأْتَى · present يَسْتَأْتِي
Form X · Seeking or considering

to ask/induce to come

اِسْتِئْتَاء
Verbal noun
مُسْتَأْتٍ
Active participle
مُسْتَأْتًى
Passive participle

أَتَى conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iأَتَيْتُآتِيآتِيَآتِ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)أَتَيْتَتَأْتِيتَأْتِيَتَأْتِاِئْتِ
أَنْتِ you (f.)أَتَيْتِتَأْتِينَتَأْتِيتَأْتِياِئْتِي
هُوَ heأَتَىيَأْتِييَأْتِيَيَأْتِ—
هِيَ sheأَتَتْتَأْتِيتَأْتِيَتَأْتِ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoأَتَيْتُمَاتَأْتِيَانِتَأْتِيَاتَأْتِيَااِئْتِيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)أَتَيَايَأْتِيَانِيَأْتِيَايَأْتِيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)أَتَتَاتَأْتِيَانِتَأْتِيَاتَأْتِيَا—
نَحْنُ weأَتَيْنَانَأْتِينَأْتِيَنَأْتِ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)أَتَيْتُمْتَأْتُونَتَأْتُواتَأْتُوااِئْتُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)أَتَيْتُنَّتَأْتِينَتَأْتِينَتَأْتِينَاِئْتِينَ
هُمْ they (m.)أَتَوْايَأْتُونَيَأْتُوايَأْتُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)أَتَيْنَيَأْتِينَيَأْتِينَيَأْتِينَ—
Verbal nounإِتْيَان، أَتْي، مَأْتَاة، مَأْتًى
Active participleآتٍ
Passive participleمَأْتِيّ

أَتَى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to do

أَتَى جُرْمًاHe has committed a crime.

to do

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَٱتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ رَبَّكُمْ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِن بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍO 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.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 65:1

to destroy

أَتَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى الْمَنْزِلThe fire has destroyed the house.

to come upon

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِThere was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 51:42

From a fully vowelled text

فَقَالَ: «ائْتُوني بِهَا إِلَى هُنَا».He said, Bring them hither to me.Matthew 14:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مَنْ يُعْطِينِي أَنْ أَجِدَهُ، فَآتِيَ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ،Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!Job 23:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَأَتَى هَتَاخُ وَأَخْبَرَ أَسْتِيرَ بِكَلاَمِ مُرْدَخَايَ.And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.Esther 4:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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