English → Arabic
ever in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- qaṭṭu
- Arabizi
9aṭṭu- Type
- adverb
Other meanings
- فِي أَيِّ وَقْتٍ مَضَى fī ʾayyi waqtin maḍā — ever · ever (meaning at any time in the past)
- دَائِمًا dāʾiman — ever · ever (meaning always, in specific contexts like 'ever green')
How to use it
The use of 'ever' in English often translates to 'qaṭṭu' (قطّ) in negative or interrogative sentences in Arabic, referring to past time. In positive superlative sentences, it's often implied or translated differently.
Example sentences
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هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْحَيَوَانِ قَطُّ؟
hal raʾayta mithla hādha-l-ḥayawāni qaṭṭu?
Have you ever seen such an animal?
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لَمْ أَذُقْ طَعَامًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ هَذَا قَطُّ.
lam ʾadhuq ṭaʿāman ʾaṭyaba min hādha qaṭṭu.
I have never tasted food better than this ever.
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هَذِهِ أَجْمَلُ زَهْرَةٍ رَأَيْتُهَا فِي حَيَاتِي.
hādhihi ʾajmalu zahratin raʾaytuhā fī ḥayātī.
This is the most beautiful flower I have ever seen.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Worst talk ever!"
أسوء حديث على الإطلاق!"
Well, hardly ever!
"، "Well, hardly ever!
The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
الرب يملك الى الدهر والابد.
To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
الذي له المجد الى ابد الآبدين. آمين
Nothing ever turns out as planned... ever.
لا شئ يمضي كما هو مخطط له...بتاتاً
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
له المجد والسلطان الى ابد الآبدين. آمين
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
فاحفظ شريعتك دائما الى الدهر والابد.
Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
وللّه وابينا المجد الى دهر الداهرين. آمين
God may well pardon them. God is ever-pardoning and ever forgiving.
« فأولئك عسى اللهُ أن يعفو عنهم وكان الله عفوَّا غفورا ».
He predicted ever-larger deficits and debt – and ever-larger government as a result.
وتكهن بعجز متزايد وديون متراكمة ــ ونتيجة لهذا، حكومة متزايدة التضخم.
Usually, decision-making is confined to ever smaller circles, with ever greater secrecy.
ذلك أن اتخاذ القرار في مثل هذه الأحوال يصبح مقتصراً على دائرة تضيق على نحو مستمر، مع ازدياد السرية في التفاقم.
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
اما قديسوا العلي فيأخذون المملكة ويمتلكون المملكة الى الابد والى ابد الآبدين.
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