أتى

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أتى

/ʔa.taː/

Where it comes from

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

verb أَتَى · ʔatā · يَأْتِي · إِتْيَان · أَتْي · مَأْتَاة

ambitransitive to come
transitive to bring […]فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَيُّهَا أَزْكَى طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا
to come up with, to bring forth, to create, to invent, to think of
transitive to do, to commit, to perpetrate أَتَى جُرْمًا
euphemistic, transitive to cohabit, to sleep with فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ
to destroy أَتَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى الْمَنْزِل
Similar: أَفْنَى, أَرْدَى, أَزْهَقَ, أَعْدَمَ, بَدَّدَ, لَاشَى, أَبَادَ, أَتَى عَلَى, أَزَالَ, أَهْلَكَ, أَوْدَى بِـ, أَبْلَى
to come upon مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

Similar: جَاءَ

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verb

Similar: جَاءَ

In English

come to move nearer

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MLA

"أتى." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%89. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

أتى. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%89

Chicago

"أتى." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%89.

BibTeX

@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أتى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}