Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

عَتَا, aor. يَعْتُو, inf. n. عُتُوٌّ (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ) and عُتِىٌّ and عِتِىٌّ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) of which عُتُوٌّ is the original form, one [i. e. the second] of the two dammehs being changed into a kesreh and therefore the و into ى and then the other ḍammeh being assimilated to the kesreh, (Ṣ, TA,) He behaved proudly, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) and was immoderate, inordinate, or exorbitant: (Ḳ:) he was excessively, immoderately, or inordinately, proud or corrupt or unbelieving: (AO, TA; and so in a copy of the Ṣ as on the authority of AʼObeyd:) or he revolted, recoiled, or was averse, from obedience: (Er-Rághib, TA:) andتَعَتَّيْتُ↓ signifies the same as عَتَوْتُ; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) or I [disobeyed, or] did not obey; (TA;) and so does عَتَيْتُ; (Ḳ, accord. to some copies; but in some, عَتِيتُ;) or, accord. to J and others, one should not say عَتَيْتُ. (TA.) It is said in the Ḳur [li. 44], فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ (TA) i. e. But they turned with disdain from obeying the command of their Lord. (Bḍ, Jel.)

[Hence,] عَتَتِ الرِّيحُ † The wind blew immoderately. (IḲṭṭ, TA.)

And عَتَا said of and old man, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ, [but in my copy of the Mṣb الشى is put for الشيخ,]) aor. يَعْتُو, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) inf. n. عُتُوٌّ (Ṣ, Mṣb) and عِتِىٌّ, (Ṣ,) or عُتِىٌّ and عَتِىٌّ, with damm and also with fet-ḥ, (Ḳ,) He became advanced in age, and in a declining state: (Ṣ, Mṣb,* Ḳ:) [or he became dried up; as is shown by what here follows.] It is said in the Ḳur [xix. 9], accord. to one reading, وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عُتِيًّا, (TA,) from عَتَا It became dried up; (Ksh,* Jel;) said of wood, or a branch; as also عَسَا: (Ksh:) the meaning here being, [And I have reached] the extreme degree of old age: (Jel:) or dryness, and hardness, or rigidness, in the joints and the bones; like the dry wood or branch. (Ksh.)

عَتَّى a dial. var. of حَتَّى, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) of the dial. of Hudheyl and Thakeef. (Ṣ.)

عَاتٍ part. n. of 1; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) Proud, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) and immoderate, inordinate, or exorbitant: (Ḳ:) excessively, immoderately, or inordinately, proud (Mgh) [or corrupt or unbelieving: or revolting, recoiling, or averse, from obedience: (see 1:)] i. q. جَبَّارٌ: (Mgh, TA:) andعَتِىٌّ↓ signifies the same: (Ḳ:) pl. عُتِىٌّ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) originally [عُتُوٌّ,] of the measure فُعُولٌ, (Mṣb,) the [former] و being changed into ى, agreeably with a rule which, Moḥammad Ibn-Es-Seree says, should be observed in a word of this [class and] measure when it is a pl., though not [generally] when it is an inf. n., (Ṣ, TA,) or this is pl. of عَتِىٌّ, and the pl. of عَاتٍ is عُتَاةٌ. (TA.) [See also أَعْتَآءٌ, below.]

Also Advanced [and declining] in age: [or dried up: (see 1, last sentence but one:)] pl. عُتِىٌّ. (Mṣb.)

And لَيْلٌ عاتى [a mistranscription, the latter word being correctly عَاتٍ,] A night intensely dark. (TA.)

أَعْتَى Most [and more] excessive, immoderate, or inordinate, in pride [&c.: see عَاتٍ]. (Mgh.)

أَعْتَآءٌ [a pl., app. of عَاتٍ, like as أَصْحَابٌ is of صَاحِبٌ,] applied to men as meaning دُعَّارٌ [i. e. Who act corruptly, or vitiously; who transgress the command of God; or who commit adultery or fornication;, &c.]. (ISd, Ḳ, TA.)