تعتع

Arabic

Verb

تَعْتَعَ • (taʕtaʕa) Iq (non-past يُتَعْتِعُ (yutaʕtiʕu), verbal noun تَعْتَعَة (taʕtaʕa))

1. to shake, to shift, to urge on with violence
   • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 173:

     دَخَلْتُ ٱلْفَايْسْبُوكِ، وَشَتَمْتُ وَلَعَنْتُ مُطْلَقًا الْعَنَانَ لِٱضْطِغَانِي، كَسِكِّيرٌ تَعْتَعَهُ السُّكْرُ، […]

     daḵaltu l-fāysbūki, wašatamtu walaʕantu muṭlaqan al-ʕanāna liḍṭiḡānī, kasikkīrun taʕtaʕahū as-sukru, […]

     I entered Facebook and reviled and cursed but the clouds for my anger, like a drunkard shifted by drunkenness.

2. to stammer, to falter, to chatter, to get confused in speech
3. to brush off, to stonewall
   • 7th century CE, Sunan Ibn Mājah, 6:162:

     إِذَا قَالُوا وَٱعَضُدَاهْ وَٱكَاسِيَاهْ. وَٱنَاصِرَاهْ وَٱجَبَلَاهْ وَنَحْوَ هَذَا – يُتَعْتَعُ وَيُقَالُ أَنْتَ كَذٰلِكَ أَنْتَ كَذٰلِكَ

     ʔiḏā qālū waʕaḍudāh wakāsiyāh. wanāṣirāh wajabalāh wanaḥwa haḏā – yutaʕtaʕu wayuqālu ʔanta kaḏālika ʔanta kaḏālika

     If they say: “O my strength, O he who clothed us, O my help, O my rock,” and suchlike, he is interrupted and it is said: “Were you really like that? Were you really like that?”

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تَعْتَعَ (Iq, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَعْتَعَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَعْتَعَة taʕtaʕa
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَعْتِع mutaʕtiʕ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَعْتَع mutaʕtaʕ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَعْتَعْتُ taʕtaʕtu	تَعْتَعْتَ taʕtaʕta	تَعْتَعَ taʕtaʕa		تَعْتَعْتُمَا taʕtaʕtumā	تَعْتَعَا taʕtaʕā		تَعْتَعْنَا taʕtaʕnā	تَعْتَعْتُمْ taʕtaʕtum	تَعْتَعُوا taʕtaʕū
	f		تَعْتَعْتِ taʕtaʕti	تَعْتَعَتْ taʕtaʕat			تَعْتَعَتَا taʕtaʕatā			تَعْتَعْتُنَّ taʕtaʕtunna	تَعْتَعْنَ taʕtaʕna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُتَعْتِعُ ʔutaʕtiʕu	تُتَعْتِعُ tutaʕtiʕu	يُتَعْتِعُ yutaʕtiʕu		تُتَعْتِعَانِ tutaʕtiʕāni	يُتَعْتِعَانِ yutaʕtiʕāni		نُتَعْتِعُ nutaʕtiʕu	تُتَعْتِعُونَ tutaʕtiʕūna	يُتَعْتِعُونَ yutaʕtiʕūna
	f		تُتَعْتِعِينَ tutaʕtiʕīna	تُتَعْتِعُ tutaʕtiʕu			تُتَعْتِعَانِ tutaʕtiʕāni			تُتَعْتِعْنَ tutaʕtiʕna	يُتَعْتِعْنَ yutaʕtiʕna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُتَعْتِعَ ʔutaʕtiʕa	تُتَعْتِعَ tutaʕtiʕa	يُتَعْتِعَ yutaʕtiʕa		تُتَعْتِعَا tutaʕtiʕā	يُتَعْتِعَا yutaʕtiʕā		نُتَعْتِعَ nutaʕtiʕa	تُتَعْتِعُوا tutaʕtiʕū	يُتَعْتِعُوا yutaʕtiʕū
	f		تُتَعْتِعِي tutaʕtiʕī	تُتَعْتِعَ tutaʕtiʕa			تُتَعْتِعَا tutaʕtiʕā			تُتَعْتِعْنَ tutaʕtiʕna	يُتَعْتِعْنَ yutaʕtiʕna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُتَعْتِعْ ʔutaʕtiʕ	تُتَعْتِعْ tutaʕtiʕ	يُتَعْتِعْ yutaʕtiʕ		تُتَعْتِعَا tutaʕtiʕā	يُتَعْتِعَا yutaʕtiʕā		نُتَعْتِعْ nutaʕtiʕ	تُتَعْتِعُوا tutaʕtiʕū	يُتَعْتِعُوا yutaʕtiʕū
	f		تُتَعْتِعِي tutaʕtiʕī	تُتَعْتِعْ tutaʕtiʕ			تُتَعْتِعَا tutaʕtiʕā			تُتَعْتِعْنَ tutaʕtiʕna	يُتَعْتِعْنَ yutaʕtiʕna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَعْتِعْ taʕtiʕ			تَعْتِعَا taʕtiʕā				تَعْتِعُوا taʕtiʕū
	f		تَعْتِعِي taʕtiʕī							تَعْتِعْنَ taʕtiʕna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تُعْتِعْتُ tuʕtiʕtu	تُعْتِعْتَ tuʕtiʕta	تُعْتِعَ tuʕtiʕa		تُعْتِعْتُمَا tuʕtiʕtumā	تُعْتِعَا tuʕtiʕā		تُعْتِعْنَا tuʕtiʕnā	تُعْتِعْتُمْ tuʕtiʕtum	تُعْتِعُوا tuʕtiʕū
	f		تُعْتِعْتِ tuʕtiʕti	تُعْتِعَتْ tuʕtiʕat			تُعْتِعَتَا tuʕtiʕatā			تُعْتِعْتُنَّ tuʕtiʕtunna	تُعْتِعْنَ tuʕtiʕna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُتَعْتَعُ ʔutaʕtaʕu	تُتَعْتَعُ tutaʕtaʕu	يُتَعْتَعُ yutaʕtaʕu		تُتَعْتَعَانِ tutaʕtaʕāni	يُتَعْتَعَانِ yutaʕtaʕāni		نُتَعْتَعُ nutaʕtaʕu	تُتَعْتَعُونَ tutaʕtaʕūna	يُتَعْتَعُونَ yutaʕtaʕūna
	f		تُتَعْتَعِينَ tutaʕtaʕīna	تُتَعْتَعُ tutaʕtaʕu			تُتَعْتَعَانِ tutaʕtaʕāni			تُتَعْتَعْنَ tutaʕtaʕna	يُتَعْتَعْنَ yutaʕtaʕna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُتَعْتَعَ ʔutaʕtaʕa	تُتَعْتَعَ tutaʕtaʕa	يُتَعْتَعَ yutaʕtaʕa		تُتَعْتَعَا tutaʕtaʕā	يُتَعْتَعَا yutaʕtaʕā		نُتَعْتَعَ nutaʕtaʕa	تُتَعْتَعُوا tutaʕtaʕū	يُتَعْتَعُوا yutaʕtaʕū
	f		تُتَعْتَعِي tutaʕtaʕī	تُتَعْتَعَ tutaʕtaʕa			تُتَعْتَعَا tutaʕtaʕā			تُتَعْتَعْنَ tutaʕtaʕna	يُتَعْتَعْنَ yutaʕtaʕna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُتَعْتَعْ ʔutaʕtaʕ	تُتَعْتَعْ tutaʕtaʕ	يُتَعْتَعْ yutaʕtaʕ		تُتَعْتَعَا tutaʕtaʕā	يُتَعْتَعَا yutaʕtaʕā		نُتَعْتَعْ nutaʕtaʕ	تُتَعْتَعُوا tutaʕtaʕū	يُتَعْتَعُوا yutaʕtaʕū
	f		تُتَعْتَعِي tutaʕtaʕī	تُتَعْتَعْ tutaʕtaʕ			تُتَعْتَعَا tutaʕtaʕā			تُتَعْتَعْنَ tutaʕtaʕna	يُتَعْتَعْنَ yutaʕtaʕna

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “تعتع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 192b
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “تعتع”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 199b
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تعتع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 177b
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “تعتع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 114b
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “تعتع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 104b, where sense “to shake” is redeclared obsolete