أخذ

From root ء خ ذ‎ (ʔ-ḵ-ḏ). From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫaḏ-. Cognate with Hebrew אָחַז‎ (aḥáz), Aramaic ܐܚܕ‎ (ʾeḥaḏ), Sabaean 𐩱𐩭𐩹‎ (ʾḵḏ).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.xa.ða/

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أَخَذَ • (ʔaḵaḏa) I, non-past يَأْخُذُ‎‎ (yaʔḵuḏu)

1. to take
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:154:

     ‏وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَنْ مُوسَى الْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ الأَلْوَاحَ […]‎

     walammā sakata ʕan mūsā l-ḡaḍabu ʔaḵaḏa l-ʔalwāḥa […]

     When Moses’ anger subsided, he took up the tablets...

2. to take along
3. to get, to receive, to obtain
4. to seize, to grab, to take hold
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150:

     ‏وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ‎

     waʔaḵaḏa biraʔsi ʔaḵīhi yajurruhu ʔilayhi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. to capture, to seize, to take captive
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:5:

     ‏فَإِذَا ٱنْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ‎

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. to perceive, to notice
7. to gather, to understand, to infer, to deduce
8. to grip, to captivate, to spellbind
9. to keep, to observe, to adopt, to embrace, to follow

   ‏أَخَذَ بِرَأْيِ صَدِيقِهِ‎

   ʔaḵaḏa biraʔyi ṣadīqihi

   He took his friend's advice.

10. to accept
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:82:

      ‏قَالَ أَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قَالُوا أَقْرَرْنَا‎

      qāla ʔaʔaqrartum waʔaḵaḏtum ʕalā ḏālikum ʔiṣrī qālū ʔaqrarnā

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

11. to admonish, to urge, to drive
12. to enjoin, to impose
13. to strip, to deprive, to cut off, to bar
14. to reproach, to blame

    ‏أَخَذَ عَلَى الْمُؤَلِّفِ إِهْمَالَهُ المَصَادِرَ‎

    ʔaḵaḏa ʕalā l-muʔallifi ʔihmālahu l-maṣādira

    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

15. to obligate
16. to learn, to study
17. to begin, to start, to prepare to, to set out to, to be about to, to get ready to (followed by a non-past verb)

    ‏أَخَذْتُ أَبْكِي‎ ― ʔaḵaḏtu ʔabkī ― I began to cry

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Egyptian Arabic: أخد‎ (ʔaḵad), خد‎ (ḵad)
• Gulf Arabic: خذا‎ (ḵaḏa, ḵiḏa)
• Maltese: ħa
• Moroccan Arabic: خاد‎ (ḵād), خدى‎ (ḵdā)

• IPA^(key): /ʔax.xa.ða/

أَخَّذَ • (ʔaḵḵaḏa) II, non-past يُؤَخِّذُ‎‎ (yuʔaḵḵiḏu)

1. to put under a spell, to enchant, to bewitch

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• IPA^(key): /ʔaxð/

أَخْذ • (ʔaḵḏ) m

1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (form I)
2. acceptance, reception
3. seizure
4. taking away, removal

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Azerbaijani: əxz
• Bengali: আখেজ (akhez)
• Persian: اخذ‎ (axz)
  • Urdu: اخذ‎ (axz)

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ءخذ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.xad/, /ʔa.xað/

أَخَذ • (ʔakad, ʔaḵað) I (non-past ياخذ‎ (yākud, yāḵuð))

1. to take