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عته

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of persistence, insistence, and stubbornness, often in speech or action. It extends to meanings of harshness in speech, strong physical attributes, and in some contexts, a form of madness or incoherence.

Derived headwords

عَتَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to persist in speechboth

    To repeat speech or a statement over and over again.

عَتَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to insistboth

    To be insistent or persistent in making a request.

عَتَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to reproachboth

    To reproach or admonish someone through speech.

عَاتَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to quarrelboth

    To engage in a quarrel or dispute with someone.

مُعَاتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    quarrelingboth

    The act of quarreling or disputing.

عَتَاتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    quarrelingboth

    The act of quarreling or disputing.

العَتْعَتnoun
  1. 1.
    kidclassical

    A young goat.

  2. 2.
    strong oneclassical

    A strong, powerful individual.

  3. 3.
    tall manclassical

    A tall, well-built man, or a tall, restless man.

العَتَتnoun
  1. 1.
    harshness in speechboth

    Roughness or coarseness in speech.

العَتْعَتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    madnessboth

    Insanity or madness.

  2. 2.
    kid's cryclassical

    The bleating sound of a young goat, specifically 'عت عت'.

تَعَتَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to falter in speechboth

    To speak incoherently or without continuity.

عَتَىverb
  1. 1.
    untilclassical

    A variant pronunciation or dialectal form of the word 'حتى' (until).

Parallel reading

رد عليه ms0182 الكلام مرة بعد مرة
He repeated speech to him time after time.
و بالمسألة: ألح عليه
And in the matter of a request: he insisted upon him.
و بالكلام: وبخه
And in speech: he reproached him.
وعاته معاتة وعتاتا: خاصمه
And he quarreled with him, a quarreling and disputing: he disputed with him.
والعتعت، كبلبل وربرب: الجدي
And al-'at'at, like bulbul and rubrub: the kid.
والعتعت، كبلبل وربرب: الشديد القوي
And al-'at'at, like bulbul and rubrub: the strong, the powerful.
والعتعت، كبلبل وربرب: الرجل الطويل التام، أو الطويل المضطرب
And al-'at'at, like bulbul and rubrub: the tall, complete man, or the tall, restless man.
والعتت، محركة: غلظ في الكلام
And al-'atat, with vowelization: harshness in speech.
والعتعتة: الجنون
And al-'at'atah: madness.
والعتعتة: ودعاء الجدي بعت عت
And al-'at'atah: and the calling of the kid with 'at 'at.
وتعتت في كلامه: لم يستمر فيه
And he faltered in his speech: he did not continue in it.
وعتى: لغة في: حتى
And 'ata: a dialectal form for: hatta.