أَسَاءَ do wrong in Arabic
أَسَاءَ is how you say “do wrong” in Arabic.
Root س و أ s-w-ʾ. verb (form IV). asāʾa.
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Meaning of do wrong in Arabic
- to do evil, act wrongly, do ill opposite of aḥsana, 'to do well'
- to treat someone badly, do wrong to used with إلى, لـ, على, or بـ before the person
- to spoil, mar, do something poorly
Example sentence
وَإِذَا فَوَّضْتَ إِلَيْهَا أَسَاءَتْ
And if you give it free rein, it will do wrong.
أَسَاءَتْ it will do wrong
Past-tense verb 'asa'at' = 'it did badly, did wrong'; '-at' marks feminine 'it'.
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How it is used
Paired as the direct opposite of أَحْسَنَ ('to do well'); أساء إلى فلان means 'he wronged/mistreated so-and-so', while أساء used of a task or object means he did it badly or marred it.
Words from the same root
- سَاءَ to be or become evil, bad
- سَيِّئَة a bad deed, sin, misdeed
- سُوْء evil, harm, something bad
- أَسْوَأ worse, more evil
- مَسَاوٍ faults, shortcomings, bad qualities
Common questions
- How do you say "do wrong" in Arabic?
- أَسَاءَ (asāʾa).
- What is the difference between أَسَاءَ and سَاءَ?
- سَاءَ (form I) is intransitive, 'to be or become evil/bad'; أَسَاءَ (form IV) is transitive, 'to do evil to' someone or 'to mar/spoil' something.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).