See also: أخترع

Arabic edit

Root
خ ر ع (ḵ-r-ʕ)

Verb edit

اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa) VIII, non-past يَخْتَرِعُ‎ (yaḵtariʕu)

  1. (transitive) to invent
    مَا أَبْرَزُ مَا ٱخْتَرَعَهُ ٱلْيَابَانِيُّونَ فِي ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلْمَاضِي؟
    mā ʔabrazu mā ḵtaraʕahu l-yābāniyyūna fī l-qarni l-māḍī?
    What of the last-century Japanese inventions was the most notable?
    Synonym: اِبْتَدَعَ (ibtadaʕa)
  2. (transitive, archaic) to split off
    Synonyms: اِكْتَسَرَ (iktasara, to break off), اِقْتَطَعَ (iqtaṭaʕa, to cut off), اِخْتَزَلَ (iḵtazala, to chop off; to hack off)
    1. (transitive, obsolete) to misappropriate

Conjugation edit

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Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ɪχtɪrəʕ/

Verb edit

اِخْتِرَع (iḵtiraʿ) (imperfect يِخْتِرِع (yiḵtiriʿ))

  1. (transitive) to invent
    منو اخترع نواة لنكس؟
    Who invented [the] Linux Kernel?
  2. (intransitive) to be frightened, to be scared, to be afraid
    Synonym: خاف (ḵāf)
    شفيكم عسى ما اخترعتوا من الظلمة
    What's up with you, I hope you did not get scared of the dark

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
خ ر ع
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ix.ta.raʕ/, [ɪxˈta.raʕ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

اخترع (iḵtaraʕ) VIII (present بخترع (biḵtreʕ))

  1. to invent
    اخترعو رمز سرّي يبعتولكم ايّاه أولادكم لمّا يحسّو حالهم بمواقف مش مريحة.
    iḵtirʕu ramz sirri yibʕatū-lkom iyyāh ūlādkom lamma yḥessu ḥālhom bi-mawāʔef miš murīḥa
    Invent a secret message for your kids to send you when they feel themselves in uncomfortable situations.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of اخترع (iḵtaraʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m اخترعت (iḵtaraʕt) اخترعت (iḵtaraʕt) اخترع (iḵtaraʕ) اخترعنا (iḵtaraʕna) اخترعتو (iḵtaraʕtu) اخترعو (iḵtaraʕu)
f اخترعتي (iḵtaraʕti) اخترعت (iḵtarʕat)
present m بخترع (baḵtreʕ) بتخترع (btiḵtreʕ) بخترع (biḵtreʕ) منخترع (mniḵtreʕ) بتخترعو (btiḵtirʕu) بخترعو (biḵtirʕu)
f بتخترعي (btiḵtirʕi) بتخترع (btiḵtreʕ)
subjunctive m اخترع (aḵtreʕ) تخترع (tiḵtreʕ) يخترع (yiḵtreʕ) نخترع (niḵtreʕ) تخترعو (tiḵtirʕu) يخترعو (yiḵtirʕu)
f تخترعي (tiḵtirʕi) تخترع (tiḵtreʕ)
imperative m اخترع (iḵtriʕ) اخترعو (iḵtirʕu)
f اخترعي (iḵtirʕi)