death
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Also written مات: مَاتَ (to die)
Highlights
Present tense
يَمُوتُ
Verbal noun
مَوَات
Most common words from the same root
مَاتَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to be empty, to be or become unoccupied (of land, a city, etc.)
- to dead end, to have no outlet (of a road)
- to be unused, to be untrodden (of a road)
Word origin
From Proto-Semitic *mawut-. Cognate with Hebrew מֵת (mét), Aramaic מית (mīt), Tigrinya ሞተ (motä), Egyptian mwt. False cognate of Malay and Indonesian mati and all its Austronesian cognates.
Words from the root م-و-ت
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
مَاتَ
· present يَمُوتُ
Form I · The plain action
to die
مَاتَ
· present يَمُوتُ
Form I · The plain action
to be empty, to be or become unoccupied (of land, a city, etc.); to dead end, to have no outlet (of a road); to be unused, to be untrodden (of a road)
مَوَات
مَوَّتَ
· present يُمَوِّتُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to die off; to make die, let perish, to kill, to cause the death of
تَمْوِيت
مُمَوِّت
مُمَوَّت
أَمَاتَ
· present يُمِيتُ
Form IV · Causative
to cause to die; to mortify (one's desires, e.g. through asceticism)
إِمَاتَة
instance noun of أَمَاتَ
مُمِيت
مُمَات
اِسْتَمَاتَ
· present يَسْتَمِيتُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to sacrifice oneself, to risk one's life; to fight desperately, to make desperate efforts; to fight to the death
اِسْتِمَاتَة
مُسْتَمِيت
مُسْتَمَات
مُمِيت
Form
causing death, fatal, deadly, lethal
مِيتَة
manner of death
مَيْتَة
corpse
مَوْتَان
plague
مَوَتَان
inanimate goods
مَوْتَان
inexcitable
مَوْتَة
a death
تَمَاوُت
مَاتَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | مُتُّ | أَمُوتُ | أَمُوتَ | أَمُتْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | مُتَّ | تَمُوتُ | تَمُوتَ | تَمُتْ | مُتْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | مُتِّ | تَمُوتِينَ | تَمُوتِي | تَمُوتِي | مُوتِي |
| هُوَ he | مَاتَ | يَمُوتُ | يَمُوتَ | يَمُتْ | — |
| هِيَ she | مَاتَتْ | تَمُوتُ | تَمُوتَ | تَمُتْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | مُتُّمَا | تَمُوتَانِ | تَمُوتَا | تَمُوتَا | مُوتَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | مَاتَا | يَمُوتَانِ | يَمُوتَا | يَمُوتَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | مَاتَتَا | تَمُوتَانِ | تَمُوتَا | تَمُوتَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | مُتْنَا | نَمُوتُ | نَمُوتَ | نَمُتْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | مُتُّمْ | تَمُوتُونَ | تَمُوتُوا | تَمُوتُوا | مُوتُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | مُتُّنَّ | تَمُتْنَ | تَمُتْنَ | تَمُتْنَ | مُتْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | مَاتُوا | يَمُوتُونَ | يَمُوتُوا | يَمُوتُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | مُتْنَ | يَمُتْنَ | يَمُتْنَ | يَمُتْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | مَوَات |
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