How to say "to give" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto give
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَعْطَى
aʿṭāאעטא
أعطى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
נתן
natanنَاتَان
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
عَطَى
ʿaṭaעטאSpoken Levantine drops the initial hamza: ʿaṭa.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
اِدَّى
iddaאדאCairo's 'to give' is a different verb: idda — iddīni, 'give me'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عْطَى
ʿṭaעטאDarija: ʿṭa; ʿṭīni — 'give me'.
In a phrase
أَعْطَى الْفَقِير طَعَام
aʿṭā al-faqīr ṭaʿāmאעטא אל-פקיר טעאםHe gave the poor man food