Jump to content

أساء

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: أشاء

Arabic

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]
Root
س و ء (s w ʔ)
9 terms

Compare سُوء (sūʔ, evil, harm).

Verb

[edit]

أَسَاءَ (ʔasāʔa) IV (non-past يُسِيءُ (yusīʔu), verbal noun إِسَاءَة (ʔisāʔa))

  1. (intransitive) to do bad, to do wrong, to act badly, to act wrong
  2. to harm, to mistreat [with accusative ‘something’ or إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘someone’]
    أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِ
    ʔaḥsana ʔilayka saʕdun baynamā ʔanta ʔasaʔta ʔilayhi
    Saad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly
  3. (transitive) to misunderstand (a statement, a remark))
    أَسَاءَ الْفَهْمَ
    ʔasāʔa l-fahma
    He misunderstood
  4. (transitive) to do badly, to do wrong, to mishandle
    أَسَاءَ ٱسْتِعْمَالَ السِّكِّينِ فَجُرِحَ.
    ʔasāʔa stiʕmāla s-sikkīni fajuriḥa.
    He mishandled the knife and injured himself.
Conjugation
[edit]
Antonyms
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

أساء (transliteration needed)

  1. 'أساء' is not any of the forms of the form-I verb 'سَاءَ'