Arabic

Verb

تَحَوَّطَ • ‎(taḥawwaṭa) V, non-past يَتَحَوَّطُ‎ (yataḥawwaṭu)

1. to guard, protect
2. (transitive) to take precautions concerning
3. to be careful

Conjugation

Related terms

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

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

تَحَوُّط • ‎(taḥawwuṭ) m

1. verbal noun of تَحَوَّطَ ‎(taḥawwaṭa) (form V)

Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

تَحُوطُ • ‎(taḥūṭu) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of حَاطَ ‎(ḥāṭa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of حَاطَ ‎(ḥāṭa)

Verb

تَحُوطَ • ‎(taḥūṭa) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of حَاطَ ‎(ḥāṭa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of حَاطَ ‎(ḥāṭa)

Etymology 4

Verb

تُحَوِّطُ • ‎(tuḥawwiṭu) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)

Verb

تُحَوِّطَ • ‎(tuḥawwiṭa) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)

Verb

تُحَوِّطْ • ‎(tuḥawwiṭ) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)

Verb

تُحَوَّطُ • ‎(tuḥawwaṭu) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)

Verb

تُحَوَّطَ • ‎(tuḥawwaṭa) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)

Verb

تُحَوَّطْ • ‎(tuḥawwaṭ) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of حَوَّطَ ‎(ḥawwaṭa)