Arabic for drip, trickle

qaTara
ﻗَﻄَﺮَ
drip, trickle – past tense he
yaqTuru
ﻳَﻘﻄُﺮُ
drip, trickle – present tense he

The Arabic verb for drip, trickle is written ﻗَﻄَﺮَ and pronunced qaTara in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻘﻄُﺮُ and pronounced yaqTuru. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word drip, trickle consists of three Arabic letters: qaf that is written and pronounced q, Ta that is written and pronounced T and ra that is written and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to drip, trickle

All letters in drip, trickle

ﻗَﻄَﺮَ
ﻗـ
ـﻄـ
ـﺮ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻄـ
ـﺮ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻖ
ﻃـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻂ
ـﺮ
 
qaf
q
Ta
T
ra
r
 
 
The Arabic word for drip, trickle consists of: The letter qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ﻗـ ) and pronounced q and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ـﻄـ ) and pronounced T and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻗَﻄَﺮَ and pronounced qaTara.
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The pattern for drip, trickle

fa3ala becomes qaTara

We have seen that the Arabic word for drip, trickle is written ﻗَﻄَﺮَ and pronounced qaTara. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are q, T and r, the word becomes qaTara.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

Words with the same pattern as drip, trickle

Conjugations of drip, trickle

past tense
present tense
he
qaTara
ﻗَﻄَﺮَ
he - past tense
yaqTuru
ﻳَﻘﻄُﺮُ
he - present tense
she
qaTarat
ﻗَﻄَﺮَﺕ
she - past tense
taqTuru
ﺗَﻘﻄُﺮُ
she - present tense
I
qaTartu
ﻗَﻄَﺮﺕُ
I - past tense
'aqTuru
ﺃَﻗﻄُﺮُ
I - present tense