# Ayn-Te-Vav — عتو (Etw)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Etw

- **Meaning:** To drag, push violently, draw along, pull, carry anyone away forcibly. Atiya - to be quick to do evil. Utuyyun - prone/quick to do evil, wicked, rough, glutton, rude, hard-hearted ruffian, cruel, greedy, violent, ignoble, ill-mannered. Aatiyatin - blowing with extraordinary force.
- **Derived forms:** عَاتِيَة (1) · عَتَ (5) · عُتُوّ (2) · عِتِيّ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** وَعَتَوْا۟ — waʿataw · "and (were) insolent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ

FaAAaqaroo annaqata waAAatawAAan amri rabbihim waqaloo ya salihui/tina bima taAAiduna in kunta minaalmursaleen

And they hamstrung the she-camel; and they scorned the command of their Lord, saying: “O Ṣāliḥ: bring thou us what thou promisest us, if thou be among the emissaries.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-77.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 166

- **Form in this verse:** عَتَوْا۟ — ʿataw · "they exceeded all bounds"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَنْ مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِـ۪ٔينَ

Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhooAAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasi-een

And when they scorned what they had been forbidden, We said to them: “Be despised apes!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-166.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** عِتِيًّۭا — ʿitiyyan · "extreme"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِراً وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِياًّ

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun wakanati imraatee AAaqiran waqadbalaghtu mina alkibari AAitiyya

He said: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when my wife is barren and I have reached extreme old age?”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-8.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** عِتِيًّۭا — ʿitiyyan · "(in) rebellion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ لَنَنْزِعَنَّ مِنْ كُلِّ ش۪يعَةٍ اَيُّهُمْ اَشَدُّ عَلَى الرَّحْمٰنِ عِتِياًّۚ

Thumma lananziAAanna min kulli sheeAAatinayyuhum ashaddu AAala arrahmaniAAitiyya

Then will We extract from every sect those of them most severe towards the Almighty in disdain;

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-69.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** وَعَتَوْ — waʿataw · "and (become) insolent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَٓاءَنَا لَوْلَٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ اَوْ نَرٰى رَبَّـنَاۜ لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُواًّ كَب۪يراً

Waqala allatheena layarjoona liqaana lawla onzila AAalaynaalmala-ikatu aw nara rabbana laqadiistakbaroo fee anfusihim waAAataw AAutuwwan kabeera

And those who look not for a meeting with Us say: “Oh, that the angels were but sent down upon us, or we but saw our Lord!” They have waxed proud concerning themselves, and scornful with great scorn.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-21.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** عُتُوًّۭا — ʿutuwwan · "(with) insolence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَٓاءَنَا لَوْلَٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ اَوْ نَرٰى رَبَّـنَاۜ لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُواًّ كَب۪يراً

Waqala allatheena layarjoona liqaana lawla onzila AAalaynaalmala-ikatu aw nara rabbana laqadiistakbaroo fee anfusihim waAAataw AAutuwwan kabeera

And those who look not for a meeting with Us say: “Oh, that the angels were but sent down upon us, or we but saw our Lord!” They have waxed proud concerning themselves, and scornful with great scorn.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-21.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَتَوْا۟ — faʿataw · "But they rebelled"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ

FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathat-humuassaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroon

But they scorned the command of their Lord, and the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on,

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-44.md_

### 65. Surah At-Talaq, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** عَتَتْ — ʿatat · "rebelled"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِه۪ فَحَاسَبْنَاهَا حِسَاباً شَد۪يداً وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا عَذَاباً نُكْراً

Wakaayyin min qaryatin AAatat AAan amrirabbiha warusulihi fahasabnaha hisabanshadeedan waAAaththabnaha AAathabannukra

And how many a city scorned the command of its Lord and His messengers so We called it to a stern account and punished it with a terrible punishment!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-talaq/verse-8.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** عُتُوٍّۢ — ʿutuwwin · "pride"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي يَرْزُقُكُمْ اِنْ اَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۚ بَلْ لَجُّوا ف۪ي عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

Amman hatha allatheeyarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoor

If: “Who is this?” — “That who will provide for you if He withhold His provision!” — the truth is, they have persisted in scorn and aversion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-21.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** عَاتِيَةٍۢ — ʿātiyatin · "violent"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهْلِكُوا بِر۪يحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehinsarsarin AAatiya

And as for ʿĀd: they were destroyed by a howling, raging wind

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-6.md_

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