Arabic

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Root
خ ي ر (ḵ y r)
9 terms

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اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra) VIII (non-past يَخْتَارُ (yaḵtāru), verbal noun اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār) or خِيرَة (ḵīra) or خِيَار (ḵiyār))

  1. (transitive) to choose, to make one’s choice
  2. (transitive) to select, to elect, to pick
    Synonym: اِصْطَفَى (iṣṭafā)

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Moroccan Arabic

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Root
خ ي ر
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra).

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  • IPA(key): /xtaːr/
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Verb

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اختار (ḵtār) VIII (non-past يختار (yiḵtār), verbal noun اختيار (ḵtiyār), active participle مختار (miḵtār))

  1. to choose
    Synonym: عزل (ʕzal)
  2. to select
    Synonym: عزل (ʕzal)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
خ ي ر
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra).

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Verb

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اختار (iḵtār) VIII (present بختار (biḵtār), passive participle مختار (muḵtār))

  1. to choose
    Synonym: نقّى (naʔʔa)
    تطلّع على كلّ أنواع هالبوظةمش عارف شو بدّي أختار.
    itṭallaʕ ʕala kull ʔanwāʕ hāl-būẓa — miš ʕāref šu biddi ʔaḵtār
    Look at all these ice cream flavors — I don't know what to choose.
    إذا اخترتو تروحو على هالرحلة هادا إشي برجعلكم.
    ʔiza iḵtartu trūḥu ʕala hāl-raḥle hāda ʔiši birjaʕ-ilkom
    If you choose to go on the trip, that's up to you.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of اختار (iḵtār)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m اخترت (iḵtart) اخترت (iḵtart) اختار (iḵtār) اخترنا (iḵtarna) اخترتو (iḵtartu) اختارو (iḵtāru)
f اخترتي (iḵtarti) اختارت (iḵtārat)
present m بختار (baḵtār) بتختار (btiḵtār) بختار (biḵtār) منختار (mniḵtār) بتختارو (btiḵtāru) بختارو (biḵtāru)
f بتختاري (btiḵtāri) بتختار (btiḵtār)
subjunctive m أختار (ʔaḵtār) تختار (tiḵtār) يختار (yiḵtār) نختار (niḵtār) تختارو (tiḵtāru) يختارو (yiḵtāru)
f تختاري (tiḵtāri) تختار (tiḵtār)
imperative m اختار (iḵtār) اختارو (iḵtāru)
f اختاري (iḵtāri)
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