عتت

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of persistence, insistence, and stubbornness, often in speech or argument. It also extends to meanings of roughness, harshness, and in some contexts, refers to a young, strong male animal or a tall, robust person. Additionally, it touches upon the idea of repetition and hesitation in speech.

Derived headwords

عَتَهَverb

1.
to repeat speechboth
To repeat words to someone over and over again.
2.
to insist on a questionboth
To insist or persist in asking a question.
3.
to rebukeboth
To rebuke or reprimand someone, with a meaning close to scolding.

يَعْتَهُverb

1.
to repeat speechboth
He repeats words to someone over and over again.
2.
to insist on a questionboth
He insists or persists in asking a question.
3.
to rebukeboth
He rebukes or reprimands someone.

عَتَاverb

1.
to repeat speechboth
He repeated words to someone over and over again.
2.
to insist on a questionboth
He insisted or persisted in asking a question.
3.
to rebukeboth
He rebuked or reprimanded someone.

عَاتَهَverb

1.
to insist on a questionboth
To insist or persist in asking a question.

يُعَاتِتُverb

1.
to insist on a questionboth
He insists or persists in asking a question.

عَاتَهَverb

1.
to rebukeboth
To rebuke or reprimand someone.

مُعَاتَةٌnoun

1.
argumentboth
An argument or dispute.

عَتَاتٌnoun

1.
argumentboth
An argument or dispute.

عَتَاتُهُnoun

1.
argumentboth
An argument or dispute.

العَتْعَتُnoun

1.
kidclassical
A young male goat.

العَتْعَتُnoun

1.
young manclassical
A strong and robust young man.

العَتْعَتُnoun

1.
tall manclassical
A tall, well-built man, or a tall, robust man.

العَتْعَتُnoun

1.
roughnessboth
Roughness or harshness in speech or other matters.

العَتْعَتَةُnoun

1.
madnessclassical
Madness or insanity.

عَتْعَتَverb

1.
to call a kidclassical
To call or drive a young goat.

تَعَتَّتَverb

1.
to hesitate in speechboth
To hesitate or falter in one's speech, not proceeding smoothly.

عَتَىverb

1.
untilclassical
A dialectal variant of 'hatta' (until).

Parallel reading

رد عليه الكلام مرة بعد مرة

He repeated the words to him time after time.

أن رجلا حلف أيمانا فجعلوا يعاتونه، فقال: عليه كفارة

A man swore oaths, and they began to insist on him (with questions), so he said: He owes expiation.

أي يرادونه في القول، ويلحون عليه فيكرر الحلف

Meaning they pressed him in speech and insisted on him, so he repeated the oath.

وبخه ووقمه، والمعنيان متقاربان

He rebuked him and reprimanded him; the two meanings are close.

إذا خاصمه

When he argued with him.

ما زلت أعاته وأصاته عتاتا وصتاتا، وهي الخصومة

I kept arguing with him and disputing with him with arguments and disputes, and it is argumentation.

وهو الجدي، فلو قال: العتعت كبلبل: الجدي، ويفتح، كان أحسن

And it is the kid; if he had said: Al-'at'at, like bulbul: the kid, and with a fatha, it would have been better.

لما رأته مؤدنا عظيرا قالت أريد العتتت الذفرا فلا سقاها الوابل الجورا إلاهها ولا وقاها العرا

When she saw him a great youth, she said: I want the strong, victorious youth, may her god not water her with unjust rain nor protect her from nakedness.

غلظ في الكلام وغيره، أو شبيه بغلظ

Roughness in speech and other matters, or something similar to roughness.

العتعتة: الجنون

Al-'at'atah: madness.

دعاء الجدي بعت عت

Calling the kid with 'ba't, ba't'.

حكاه أو حاتم، أو زجر له، وقد عتعت اراعي؛ بالجدي، إذا زجره

Abu Hatim narrated it, or he drove him away; and the shepherd drove the kid away when he deterred it.

قيل: عتعت به: دعاه

It was said: 'At'ata bihi: he called him.

تردد و لم يستمر فيه

He hesitated and did not continue in it.

وعتى لغة في حتى

And 'ata is a dialectal form of 'hatta'.

وقرأ ابن مسعود (عتى حين) في معنى (حتى حين)

And Ibn Mas'ud recited: 'ata heen' in the meaning of 'hatta heen'.