أتى

See also: آتى‎, آتي‎, آبى‎, أبي‎, أتي‎, آتی‎, آبی‎, and أبى‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء ت ي‎ (ʾ-t-y). Compare Aramaic אֲתָא‎ (ʾăṯā, “to come”), Ge'ez አተወ (ʾätäwä, “to go home”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎚𐎆 (ảtw, “to come”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.taː/

Verb

أَتَى • (ʾatā) I, non-past يَأْتِي‎‎ (yaʾtī)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to come
2. (transitive) to bring [+ بِ‎ (object) = what]
   • 609–632 C.E., Qur'an, 18:19:

     ‏ […] فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَيُّهَا أَزْكَى طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا‎

     […] falyanẓur ʾayyuhā ʾazkā ṭaʿāman falyaʾtikum birizqin minhu walyatalaṭṭaf walā yušʿiranna bikum ʾaḥadan

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3. (transitive) to do, to commit, to perpetrate

   ‏أَتَى جُرْمًا‎ ― ʾatā jurman ― He has commited a crime.

   • Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali

     ‏لَا تَنْهَ عَنْ خُلُقٍ وَتَأْتِيَ مِثْلَهُ / عَارٌ عَلَيْكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ عَظِيمُ‎

     lā tanha ʿan ḵuluqin wataʾtiya miṯlahu / ʿārun ʿalayka ʾiḏā faʿalta ʿaẓīmu

     You shall not forbid proper things and do such / great shame upon you if you do things.

4. (euphemistic, transitive) to cohabit, to sleep with
   • Quran 2:222

     ‏فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ‎

     faʾiḏā taṭahharna faʾtūhunna min ḥayṯu ʾamarakumu llāhu

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5. to destroy [+ عَلَى‎ (object) = what]

   ‏أَتَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى الْمَنْزِل‎

   ʾatati n-nāru ʿalā l-manzil

   The fire has destroyed the house.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:أفنى

6. to come upon [+ عَلَى‎ (object) = what]
   • Quran 51:42

     ‏مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ‎

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7. to come up with, to bring forth, to create, to invent, to think of
   • 609–632 C.E., Qur'an, 65:1:

     ‏يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَٱتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ رَبَّكُمْ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِن بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ‎

     yā ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu ʾiḏā ṭallaqtumu n-nisāʾa faṭalliqūhunna liʿiddatihinna waʾaḥṣū l-ʿiddata wattaqū llāha rabbakum lā tuḵrijūhunna min buyūtihinna walā yaḵrujna ʾillā ʾan yaʾtīna bifāḥišatin mmubayyinatin

     O 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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

أَتَى

(form-I final-weak, verbal nouns إِتْيَان or أَتْي or مَأْتَاة or مَأْتًى)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						إِتْيَان‎ or أَتْي‎ or مَأْتَاة‎ or مَأْتًى‎ ʾityān or ʾaty or maʾtāh or maʾtan
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						آتٍ‎ ʾātin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَأْتِيّ‎ maʾtiyy
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أَتَيْتُ‎ ʾataytu	أَتَيْتَ‎ ʾatayta	أَتَى ʾatā		أَتَيْتُمَا‎ ʾataytumā	أَتَيَا‎ ʾatayā		أَتَيْنَا‎ ʾataynā	أَتَيْتُمْ‎ ʾataytum	أَتَوْا‎ ʾataw
	f		أَتَيْتِ‎ ʾatayti	أَتَتْ‎ ʾatat			أَتَتَا‎ ʾatatā			أَتَيْتُنَّ‎ ʾataytunna	أَتَيْنَ‎ ʾatayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	آتِي‎ ʾātī	تَأْتِي‎ taʾtī	يَأْتِي‎ yaʾtī		تَأْتِيَانِ‎ taʾtiyāni	يَأْتِيَانِ‎ yaʾtiyāni		نَأْتِي‎ naʾtī	تَأْتُونَ‎ taʾtūna	يَأْتُونَ‎ yaʾtūna
	f		تَأْتِينَ‎ taʾtīna	تَأْتِي‎ taʾtī			تَأْتِيَانِ‎ taʾtiyāni			تَأْتِينَ‎ taʾtīna	يَأْتِينَ‎ yaʾtīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	آتِيَ‎ ʾātiya	تَأْتِيَ‎ taʾtiya	يَأْتِيَ‎ yaʾtiya		تَأْتِيَا‎ taʾtiyā	يَأْتِيَا‎ yaʾtiyā		نَأْتِيَ‎ naʾtiya	تَأْتُوا‎ taʾtū	يَأْتُوا‎ yaʾtū
	f		تَأْتِي‎ taʾtī	تَأْتِيَ‎ taʾtiya			تَأْتِيَا‎ taʾtiyā			تَأْتِينَ‎ taʾtīna	يَأْتِينَ‎ yaʾtīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	آتِ‎ ʾāti	تَأْتِ‎ taʾti	يَأْتِ‎ yaʾti		تَأْتِيَا‎ taʾtiyā	يَأْتِيَا‎ yaʾtiyā		نَأْتِ‎ naʾti	تَأْتُوا‎ taʾtū	يَأْتُوا‎ yaʾtū
	f		تَأْتِي‎ taʾtī	تَأْتِ‎ taʾti			تَأْتِيَا‎ taʾtiyā			تَأْتِينَ‎ taʾtīna	يَأْتِينَ‎ yaʾtīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِيتِ‎ īti			اِيتِيَا‎ ītiyā				اِيتُوا‎ ītū
	f		اِيتِي‎ ītī							اِيتِينَ‎ ītīna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُتِيتُ‎ ʾutītu	أُتِيتَ‎ ʾutīta	أُتِيَ‎ ʾutiya		أُتِيتُمَا‎ ʾutītumā	أُتِيَا‎ ʾutiyā		أُتِينَا‎ ʾutīnā	أُتِيتُمْ‎ ʾutītum	أُتُوا‎ ʾutū
	f		أُتِيتِ‎ ʾutīti	أُتِيَتْ‎ ʾutiyat			أُتِيَتَا‎ ʾutiyatā			أُتِيتُنَّ‎ ʾutītunna	أُتِينَ‎ ʾutīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	أُوتَى‎ ʾūtā	تُؤْتَى‎ tuʾtā	يُؤْتَى‎ yuʾtā		تُؤْتَيَانِ‎ tuʾtayāni	يُؤْتَيَانِ‎ yuʾtayāni		نُؤْتَى‎ nuʾtā	تُؤْتَوْنَ‎ tuʾtawna	يُؤْتَوْنَ‎ yuʾtawna
	f		تُؤْتَيْنَ‎ tuʾtayna	تُؤْتَى‎ tuʾtā			تُؤْتَيَانِ‎ tuʾtayāni			تُؤْتَيْنَ‎ tuʾtayna	يُؤْتَيْنَ‎ yuʾtayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوتَى‎ ʾūtā	تُؤْتَى‎ tuʾtā	يُؤْتَى‎ yuʾtā		تُؤْتَيَا‎ tuʾtayā	يُؤْتَيَا‎ yuʾtayā		نُؤْتَى‎ nuʾtā	تُؤْتَوْا‎ tuʾtaw	يُؤْتَوْا‎ yuʾtaw
	f		تُؤْتَيْ‎ tuʾtay	تُؤْتَى‎ tuʾtā			تُؤْتَيَا‎ tuʾtayā			تُؤْتَيْنَ‎ tuʾtayna	يُؤْتَيْنَ‎ yuʾtayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوتَ‎ ʾūta	تُؤْتَ‎ tuʾta	يُؤْتَ‎ yuʾta		تُؤْتَيَا‎ tuʾtayā	يُؤْتَيَا‎ yuʾtayā		نُؤْتَ‎ nuʾta	تُؤْتَوْا‎ tuʾtaw	يُؤْتَوْا‎ yuʾtaw
	f		تُؤْتَيْ‎ tuʾtay	تُؤْتَ‎ tuʾta			تُؤْتَيَا‎ tuʾtayā			تُؤْتَيْنَ‎ tuʾtayna	يُؤْتَيْنَ‎ yuʾtayna

Synonyms

• جَاءَ‎ (jāʾa)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “أتى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 15–16
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أتى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 8
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ءتي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 3–4