أبطأ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ط ء (b-ṭ-ʔ)

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Root
ب ط ء (b-ṭ-ʔ)

Elative of بَطِيء (baṭīʔ, slow).

Adjective

أَبْطَأ • (ʔabṭaʔ) (feminine بُطْأَى (buṭʔā))

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

Verb

أُبَطَّأُ • (ʔubaṭṭaʔu) (form II)

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

Verb

أُبَطَّأَ • (ʔubaṭṭaʔa) (form II)

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

Verb

أُبَطَّأْ • (ʔubaṭṭaʔ) (form II)

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