أخد

From Arabic أَخَذَ‎ (ʔaḵaḏa).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.xad/, [ˈʔa.xad]

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أخد • (ʔaḵad) (form I, non-past بياخد‎ (byāḵod) or بوخد‎ (bōḵed), active participle ماخد‎ (māḵed))

1. to take

   ‏إمّي أخدت معها الأكل لستّي.‎‎

   ʔimmi ʔaḵdat maʕha il-ʔakl la-sitti

   My mother took the food for my grandmother with her.

   ‏لازم ناخد تكسي لأنّه السيّارة مع مرتي‎‎

   lāzem nāḵod taksi laʔinno is-sayyāra maʕ marti

   We have to take a taxi because my wife has the car.

   ‏خد شمال من الإشارة وبعدين ضلّ دغري.‎‎

   ḵod šmāl min il-ʔišāra w-baʕdēn ḍall duḡri

   Take a left at the traffic light (lit. signal), then keep (going) straight.

   ‏برافو حبيبتي، أخدتي القرار الصحّ.‎‎

   brāvo ḥabībti, ʔaḵadti il-qarār iṣ-ṣaḥḥ

   Bravo my dear, you made (lit. took) the right decision.

2. to get

   ‏أحمد أخد الكتاب من صاحبه.‎‎

   ʔaḥmad ʔaḵad li-ktāb min ṣāḥbo

   Ahmad got the book from his friend.

• بياخد‎ (byāḵod) is more widely understood, as it is also used in North Levantine and Egyptian dialects, while بوخد‎ (bōḵed) is typically South Levantine. This feature is shared with the verb أكل‎ (ʔakal).