أبى

Meaning

1. to reject, to refuse
2. to have an aversion for
3. (nonstandard) to will, to desire
4. (nonstandard) to demand, to ask for
5. (nonstandard) to be in lack, to be necessary

Concepts

refuse

decline

reject

turn down

pass up

deny

disapprove

Synonyms

رفض

تقيأ

رذل

طرح

نبذ

حنى

نزل

اِعْترض

فقد أهميته

تقدم نحو النهاية

أنْكر

حرن الفرس

أضعف

إِمْتنع عن

تراجع

هبط

انحدر

انحط

Translations

rejeitar

refusar

rejeter

refuser

declinar

repousser

rechazar

rebutjar

ricusare

rifiutare

απορρίπτω

αρνούμαι

recusare

recusar

respingere

Etymology

Supposedly from Proto-Semitic *ʔabay-; according to unifying theory, the meaning of wanting is the original, but came to be always used with negation, such that this is the bulk of attestation of Biblical Hebrew אָבָה (ʔāḇā), and the dialects which standard Arabic has been based on have dropped the negating particle while other dialects continue the older situation. The alternative view assumes mutilated بَغَى (baḡā, “to desire”), well-known, behind the nonstandard meanings.