تحت

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

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

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

Adverb edit

تَحْتُ • (taḥtu)

below

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Lane, Edward William (1863) “تحت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /taħ.ta/
Audio (file)

Preposition edit

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 edit

Inflected forms
Base form					تَحْتَ (taḥta)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	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)

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ت ح ت
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَحْت (taḥt).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ta.ħat/, /taħt/

Adverb edit

تحت • (taḥat)

Synonyms edit

أَسْفَل (ʔasfal)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic تَحْت (taḥt).

Noun edit

تحت • (taht)

the lower surface; bottom
the space beneath

Descendants edit

Turkish: taht

Adverb edit

تحت • (tahte)

under, beneath

References edit

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تحت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 347
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “taht2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 504