أَطْمَعَ make greedy in Arabic
أَطْمَعَ is how you say “make greedy” in Arabic.
Root ط م ع ṭ-m-ʿ. verb (form IV, causative). aṭmaʿa.
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Meaning of make greedy in Arabic
- to make someone covet or desire something eagerly causative of the form I verb طَمِعَ; takes the object via فِى (and sometimes بِ)
- to cause someone to hope for or expect something
Example sentence
إِنَّ النَّفْسَ إِذَا أُطْمِعَتْ طَمِعَتْ
Indeed, when the soul is given hope of something, it becomes greedy.
أُطْمِعَتْ is made greedy
Passive past-tense verb = 'it was given hope, made to covet'; '-at' marks feminine 'it'.
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How it is used
The form IV causative of طَمِعَ: it puts the desire into someone else rather than expressing it oneself. Like its base verb, it takes its object with the preposition فِى (occasionally بِ).
Words from the same root
- طَمِعَ to covet, desire eagerly
- طَمَعٌ greed, covetousness
- طَامِعٌ covetous, greedy
- طَمَّاعٌ very covetous, greedy
- مَطْمَعٌ a thing coveted, an object of desire
More example sentences
فَإِنْ إِلْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ أَطْمَعَهُ فِي نَفْسِهِ،
If he turned to it, it made him covet his self.
أَطْمَعَهُ made him covet
A causative verb ('it made him crave'), built on the pattern that adds a 'cause-to' meaning, carrying the object -hu ('him') on the end. So one word says 'it made him desire'. The subject is the distraction and -hu is the man being made to crave; a phrase follows to say in what.
Common questions
- How do you say "make greedy" in Arabic?
- أَطْمَعَ (aṭmaʿa) — the causative form of طَمِعَ (to covet), meaning to make someone desire or covet something eagerly.
- How does أَطْمَعَ differ from طَمِعَ?
- طَمِعَ means "to covet" (the person himself desires); أَطْمَعَ is its causative, "to make (someone else) covet or hope for something."
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).