A1verb
يَأْتِي
yaʾtī
he comes
Example
يَأْتِي إِلَى الْبَيْتِ فِي الْمَسَاءِ.
yaʾtī ilā al-bayti fī al-masāʾi.
He comes home in the evening.
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Arabic root
ا-ت-ي
2 words from this root family
A1verb
أَتَى
atā
he came / he brought
Example
أَتَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ
atā amru Allāhi falā tastaʿjilūh
The command of Allah has come, so do not hasten it (16:1)
Grammar
Defective verb (nāqiṣ) with yāʾ. Past: أَتَى, Present: يَأْتِي. Synonym of جَاءَ (came) but slightly different in usage.
Culture
The past tense here is used to express certainty about a future event, a rhetorical device in Arabic indicating inevitability.