Arabic vocabulary
هَاتْbring in Arabic
هَاتْ is how you say “bring” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ه ي ت (hyt)verb (imperative only — no past-tense or prohibitive form)Pronounced hāt
Meaning of bring in Arabic
- Give (me)! — equivalent to أَعْطِنِى; said to a man as هَاتِ, with distinct forms for dual/plural and for women (هَاتِيَا, هَاتُوا, هَاتِى, هَاتِينَ)
- Bring — the common rendering of the same imperative — hand something over
هَاتِ is a defective imperative verb: it exists only in the command form (هَاتِ to a man, هَاتِيَا to two, هَاتُوا to a group of men, هَاتِى to a woman, هَاتِينَ to a group of women), has no past tense (one does not say هَاتَيْتُ), and is never used prohibitively. Some grammarians trace it to أَتَى ('to come'), with the أ changed to هـ, though its pattern matches Form III. It should not be confused with the related exclamation هَيْتَ لَكَ ('Come!'), which occurs in Qur'an 12:23.
Words from the same root
- هيّتto cry out to and call someone (form II)
- هَيْتَ لَكَ'Come!' — a distinct exclamation, famous from Qur'an 12:23
- هَيَّاتٌclamorous; one who calls out often or loudly
- هِيتٌa low-lying, depressed piece of ground
Common questions
- How do you say "bring" in Arabic?
- هَاتِ (hāti) — the imperative meaning 'give me!' or 'hand it over,' said to a man; other forms are used for women, pairs, or groups.
- Is هَاتِ the same as هَيْتَ لَكَ؟
- No — هَاتِ means 'give me/bring,' while هَيْتَ لَكَ is a separate exclamation meaning 'Come!', known from its use in Qur'an 12:23.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
قَالَ هَاتْ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ رَزِيَّةً فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ
He said, "Bring what would not be a calamity in the religion of God."
هَاتْ — bring. A command form 'bring/give here', a fixed imperative demanding something be produced. It directs the listener to bring forward whatever the relative clause after it specifies.
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