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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaħtu/
• (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐħət/

Adverb

تَحْتُ • (taḥtu)

1. 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), “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): /ˈtaħta/

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Preposition

تَحْتَ • (taḥta)

1. under

Inflection

    Inflected forms

Base form					تَحْتَ (taḥta)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	تَحْتِي‎ (taḥtī)			تَحْتَنَا‎ (taḥtanā)
Second person	تَحْتَكَ‎ (taḥtaka)	تَحْتَكِ‎ (taḥtaki)	تَحْتَكُمَا‎ (taḥtakumā)	تَحْتَكُمْ‎ (taḥtakum)	تَحْتَكُنَّ‎ (taḥtakunna)
Third person	تَحْتَهُ‎ (taḥtahu)	تَحْتَهَا‎ (taḥtahā)	تَحْتَهُمَا‎ (taḥtahumā)	تَحْتَهُمْ‎ (taḥtahum)	تَحْتَهُنَّ‎ (taḥtahunna)

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَحْت‎ (taḥt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taħat/

Adverb

تَحَت • (taħat)

1. down
2. under
3. below
4. downstairs

Synonyms

• أَسْفَل‎ (ʼasfal)