fed in Arabic: أطعم (aṭʿama) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

How to use it

‘Fed’ is the past tense of ‘feed’, meaning to give food to someone or something. In Arabic the verb ‘أَطْعَمَ’ is used for both people and animals.

أَطْعَمَ الوَلَدَ طَعَامًا لَذِيذًا.

aṭʿama al-walada ṭaʿāman lazīthan.

He fed the boy a tasty meal.
قَدْ أَطْعَمْتُ القِطَّةَ بِالحَلِيبِ.

qad aṭʿamtu al-qiṭṭata bil-ḥalibi.

I have fed the cat with milk.
الأُمُّ أَطْعَمَتْ أَوْلَادَهَا فِي الصَّبَاحِ.

al-ummu aṭʿamat awlādahā fī al-ṣabāḥi.

The mother fed her children in the morning.

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

The Fed Trap

فخ الاحتياطي الفيدرالي

Audit the Fed?

هل ندقق حسابات بنك الاحتياطي الفيدرالي؟

Blaming the Fed

إلقاء اللوم على بنك الاحتياطي الفيدرالي

Fighting the Fed

مقاومة بنك الاحتياطي الفيدرالي

Seriously fed up.

الله الله الله

The Fed in Denial

بنك الاحتياطي الفيدرالي في حالة إنكار

Sami fed his dog.

قدّم سامي الأكل لكلبه.

Sami fed the dog.

قدّم سامي الأكل لذلك الكلب.

The Fed Under Fire

بنك الاحتياطي الفيدرالي تحت النار

Fed Up with the Fed

ضقنا ذرعاً بمجلس الاحتياطي الفيدرالي

Don’t Follow The Fed

لا تقتدوا ببنك الاحتياطي الفيدرالي

And he's fed up with it. He's fed up with burying his friends, his family, his community.

ولقد ضاق ذرعاً بها. ضاق ذرعاً بدفن أصدقائه، وأسرته، ومجتمعه.

What is the present tense of ‘feed’?

‘Feeds’ (present) → ‘feeds’ in English; in Arabic it is ‘يَطْعَمُ’ (yaṭʿamu).

Can ‘feed’ be used metaphorically?

Yes, e.g., ‘feed the mind’ meaning to provide knowledge.