Etymology

From the root ح و ط ‎(ḥ-w-ṭ).

Verb

أَحَاطَ • ‎(ʾaḥāṭa) IV, non-past يُحِيطُ‎ (yuḥīṭu)

1. to surround, encircle, ring (transitive or with بِ ‎(bi))
2. to contain
3. to comprehend, understand fully

Conjugation

Related terms

• حَاطَ ‎(ḥāṭa, “to guard, to surround”)
• حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa, “to wall in, to surround”)
• حَاوَطَ ‎(ḥāwaṭa, “to try to outsmart, to mislead”)
• تَحَوَّطَ ‎(taḥawwaṭa, “to guard, to be careful”)
• اِحْتَاطَ ‎(iḥtāṭa, “to be careful, to surround, to guard”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “أحاط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Arabic

Verb

أُحَاطُ • ‎(ʾuḥāṭu) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَاطَ ‎(ḥāṭa)

Verb

أُحَاطَ • ‎(ʾuḥāṭa) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَاطَ ‎(ḥāṭa)