Arabic

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Etymology

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Denominal verb of إِبْط (ʔibṭ, armpit).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَأَبَّطَ (taʔabbaṭa) V (non-past يَتَأَبَّطُ (yataʔabbaṭu), verbal noun تَأَبُّط (taʔabbuṭ)) (transitive)

  1. to take under one's arms
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 124:
      وَبِشَكْلٍ مَا كُنْتُ مُدْمِنًا كَبِيرًا عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ٱلصُّحُفِ، وَلَا أَرْتَاحُ نَفْسِيًّا حَتَى أَتَأَبَّطُ عَشْرًا مِنْهَا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ
      wabišaklin mā kuntu mudminan kabīran ʕalā qirāʔati ṣ-ṣuḥufi, walā ʔartāḥu nafsiyyan ḥatā ʔataʔabbaṭu ʕašran minhā ʔaw ʔakṯara
      I was kind of obsessed with reading the newspaper, and had no mental rest until I took ten or more under my arms.
  2. (figuratively) to embrace, to nurture

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