أبطأ

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ب ط ء (b-ṭ-ʔ)

Verb[edit]

أَبْطَأَ (ʔabṭaʔa) IV, non-past يُبْطِئُ‎ (yubṭiʔu)

  1. to delay; to be slow
    لَا تُبْطِئْ فِي الرَّدِّ عَلَى رِسَالَتِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.
    lā tubṭiʔ fī r-raddi ʕalā risālatī min faḍlika.
    Don't delay answering my letter, please.
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ب ط ء (b-ṭ-ʔ)

Elative of بَطِيء (baṭīʔ, slow).

Adjective[edit]

أَبْطَأ (ʔabṭaʔ) (feminine بُطْأَى (buṭʔā))

  1. elative degree of بَطِيء (baṭīʔ):
    1. slower; slowest
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بطؤ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

أُبَطَّأُ (ʔubaṭṭaʔu) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of بَطَّأَ (baṭṭaʔa)

Verb[edit]

أُبَطَّأَ (ʔubaṭṭaʔa) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of بَطَّأَ (baṭṭaʔa)

Verb[edit]

أُبَطَّأْ (ʔubaṭṭaʔ) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of بَطَّأَ (baṭṭaʔa)