اختار

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Arabic[edit]

Root
خ ي ر (ḵ-y-r)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra) VIII, non-past يَخْتَارُ‎ (yaḵtāru)

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

Conjugation[edit]

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Root
خ ي ر
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xtaːr/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

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)

Conjugation[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
خ ي ر
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ix.taːr/, [ɪxˈtˤɑːrˤ]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

    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)