تحت

See also: تخت, بخت, بحت, تجب, تحب, بحث, and ب ح ث

Arabic

Etymology 1

Originally a case form of a defective noun تَحْت (taḥt, “location that is below”); see the usage note. From the root ت ح ت (t ḥ t). Related to Hebrew תַּחַת, Ge'ez ታሕት (taḥt), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎈𐎚 (tḥt /⁠taḥta⁠/) and Classical Syriac ܬܰܚܬ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taħ.tu/
(Gulf) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐħət/

Adverb

تَحْتُ • (taḥtu)

below

Usage notes

This originates as a case form of a defective noun تَحْت (taḥt, “location that is below”). It is declined normally when definite, e.g. التَّحْتُ (at-taḥtu, “the location that is below”). Other forms are the adverbial accusative in the preposition تَحْتَ (taḥta, “below”), the genitive in the expression مِنْ تَحْتِ (min taḥti, “from below, below”) (also with an attached pronoun, as in مِنْ تَحْتِهَا (min taḥtihā, “(from) below it”)), and the irregular expression مِنْ تَحْتُ (min taḥtu, “(from) below”).

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “تحت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of تَحْت (taḥt, “location that is below”). Related to Hebrew תַּחַת (tákhat).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taħ.ta/
Audio: (file)

Preposition

تَحْتَ • (taḥta)

under
جَلَسْتُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِنَسِيمِ ٱلْهَوَاءِ ٱلْعَلِيلِ.
jalastu taḥta šajarati z-zaytūni wastamtaʕtu binasīmi l-hawāʔi l-ʕalīli.
I sat under the olive tree and enjoyed the gentle breeze.

Inflection

Inflected forms

base form					تَحْتَ (taḥta)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		dual	plural
	m	f	dual	m	f
1^st person	تَحْتِي (taḥtī)		تَحْتَنَا (taḥtanā)
2^nd person	تَحْتَكَ (taḥtaka)	تَحْتَكِ (taḥtaki)	تَحْتَكُمَا (taḥtakumā)	تَحْتَكُمْ (taḥtakum)	تَحْتَكُنَّ (taḥtakunna)
3^rd person	تَحْتَهُ (taḥtahu)	تَحْتَهَا (taḥtahā)	تَحْتَهُمَا (taḥtahumā)	تَحْتَهُمْ (taḥtahum)	تَحْتَهُنَّ (taḥtahunna)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ت ح ت
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic تَحْت (taḥt).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.ħat/, /taħt/

Adverb

تحت • (taḥat)

Synonyms

أَسْفَل (ʔasfal)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَحْت (taḥt).

Noun

تحت • (taht)

the lower surface; bottom
the space beneath

Descendants

Turkish: taht

Adverb

تحت • (tahte)

under, beneath

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تحت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 347
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “taht2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 504