مأتى

مأتى

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place and verbal noun from the verb أَتَى‎ (ʾatā, “to come”), from the root ء ت ي‎ (ʾ-t-y).

Noun

مَأْتًى • (maʾtan) m (dual مَأْتَيَانِ‎ (maʾtayāni), plural مَآتٍ‎ (maʾātin))

1. verbal noun of أَتَى‎ (ʾatā) (form I)
2. place from which something comes
3. place at which one arrives
4. access
5. place of origin
6. origin, source, provenance
7. place where one has been or to which one has come
8. place where something starts or ends

Declension

Declension of noun مَأْتًى (maʾtan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَأْتَى maʾtā	الْمَأْتَى‎ al-maʾtā	مَأْتَى maʾtā
Nominative	مَأْتًى maʾtan	الْمَأْتَى‎ al-maʾtā	مَأْتَى maʾtā
Accusative	مَأْتًى maʾtan	الْمَأْتَى‎ al-maʾtā	مَأْتَى maʾtā
Genitive	مَأْتًى maʾtan	الْمَأْتَى‎ al-maʾtā	مَأْتَى maʾtā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَأْتَيَيْن‎ maʾtayayn	الْمَأْتَيَيْن‎ al-maʾtayayn	مَأْتَيَيْ‎ maʾtayay
Nominative	مَأْتَيَانِ‎ maʾtayāni	الْمَأْتَيَانِ‎ al-maʾtayāni	مَأْتَيَا‎ maʾtayā
Accusative	مَأْتَيَيْنِ‎ maʾtayayni	الْمَأْتَيَيْنِ‎ al-maʾtayayni	مَأْتَيَيْ‎ maʾtayay
Genitive	مَأْتَيَيْنِ‎ maʾtayayni	الْمَأْتَيَيْنِ‎ al-maʾtayayni	مَأْتَيَيْ‎ maʾtayay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَآتِي‎ maʾātī	الْمَآتِي‎ al-maʾātī	مَآتِي‎ maʾātī
Nominative	مَآتٍ‎ maʾātin	الْمَآتِي‎ al-maʾātī	مَآتِي‎ maʾātī
Accusative	مَآتِيَ‎ maʾātiya	الْمَآتِيَ‎ al-maʾātiya	مَآتِيَ‎ maʾātiya
Genitive	مَآتٍ‎ maʾātin	الْمَآتِي‎ al-maʾātī	مَآتِي‎ maʾātī

References

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