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معطاء

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Arabic

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Root
ع ط و (ʕ ṭ w)
10 terms

Etymology

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مِفْعَال (mifʕāl)-type adjective indicating frequency

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مِعْطَاء (miʕṭāʔ) (feminine مِعْطَاء (miʕṭāʔ), common plural مَعَاطٍ (maʕāṭin))

  1. inclined to give, giving freely, generous
    • (Can we date this quote?), “أَنَا وَأَخِي [ʔanā waʔaḵī]”, أَحْمَد نتوف (lyrics), رَشَا رِزْق [rašā rizq] (music), performed by هَالَة الصَّبَّاغ [hāla(t) aṣ-ṣabbāḡ], طَارِق طُرْقَان [ṭāriq ṭurqān], and بَسَّام الْحَسُّونِي [bassām al-ḥassūnī]:
      لَوْ سَرَقَتْ مِنَّا الْأَيَّامْ / قَلْبًا مِعْطَاءً بَسَّامْ / لَنْ نَسْتَسْلِمَ لِلْآلَامْ
      law saraqat minnā l-ʔayyām / qalban miʕṭāʔan bassām / lan nastaslima lilʔālām
      If the days were to steal from us / A giving and smiling heart / We will not surrender to the pain.

Declension

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