How to say "under" in Arabic
CognateMeaningunder
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَحْتَ
taḥtaתחת
تحت
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מתחת ל־
mitakhat le-مِيتَاخَات لِ-
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ت-ح-تHebrew root
ת-ח-תArabic taḥta is Hebrew תַּחַת, sound for sound — one of the tightest matches between the two languages. Modern Hebrew wraps it as מתחת ל־, but Biblical Hebrew used bare תחת exactly like the Arabic.
Related Hebrew word:תחתtakhatتَاخَات
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In a phrase
اَلْقِطَّة تَحْتَ الطَّاوِلَة
al-qiṭṭa taḥta aṭ-ṭāwilaאל-קטה תחת א-טאולהThe cat is under the table.