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Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of exceeding limits, arrogance, and becoming old or advanced in age. It describes someone who has become haughty, transgressed boundaries, or reached an advanced age.

Derived headwords

عَتَاverb

1.
to be arrogantboth
To become excessively proud, haughty, and disdainful of others.
2.
to exceed the limitboth
To transgress boundaries, go beyond what is permissible or expected.

عَتِيًّاnoun

1.
arroganceboth
The state or quality of being arrogant and haughty.
2.
transgressionboth
The act of exceeding limits or boundaries.

عُتُوًّاnoun

1.
arroganceboth
The state of being arrogant and rebellious.
2.
transgressionboth
The act of exceeding limits, often in a rebellious manner.

عَاتٍadjective

1.
arrogantboth
One who is arrogant, haughty, and transgresses limits.

عَتِيٌّadjective

1.
arrogantboth
Characterized by arrogance and transgression.

عُتَاةٌnoun

1.
arrogant onesboth
Plural of 'عاتٍ', referring to those who are arrogant and transgressors.

عَتِيٌّnoun

1.
old ageboth
The state of being old or advanced in years.

عَتِيًّاnoun

1.
old ageboth
The state of being old, advanced in years.

كَبُرَverb

1.
to grow oldboth
To reach an advanced age.

وَلَّىverb

1.
to grow oldboth
To become old, to reach old age.

عَتَىverb

1.
to be arrogantclassical
To become arrogant and transgress limits.
2.
to exceed the limitclassical
To go beyond what is proper or lawful.

حَتَّىparticle

1.
untilboth
A particle used to indicate the end of a period or the extent of something.

Parallel reading

عتا عتيا وعتيا وعتوا: استكبر، وجاوز الحد

He became arrogant, haughty, and transgressed the limit.

فهو عات وعتي

So he is arrogant and transgressing.

ج: عتي

Plural: arrogant ones.

والشيخ عتيا، بالضم ويفتح: كبر، وولى

And the old man, with dammah and with fatha: he grew old and became advanced in age.

عتى: لغة في حتى

ʿatā: a dialectal variant of ḥattā.