Arabic for shake hands

SaafaHa
ﺻَﺎﻓَﺢَ
shake hands – past tense he
yuSaafiHu
ﻳُﺼَﺎﻓِﺢُ
shake hands – present tense he

The Arabic verb for shake hands is written ﺻَﺎﻓَﺢَ and pronunced SaafaHa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﺼَﺎﻓِﺢُ and pronounced yuSaafiHu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word shake hands consists of three Arabic letters: Sad that is written and pronounced S, fa that is written and pronounced f and Ha that is written and pronounced H. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to shake hands

The word shake hands letter by letter

ﺻَﺎﻓَﺢَ
ﺻـ
ـﺎ
ﻓـ
ـﺢ
 
ﺻـ
ـﺎ
ﻓـ
ـﺢ
 
ﺻـ
ـﺼـ
ـﺺ
ـﺎ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
ﺣـ
ـﺤـ
ـﺢ
 
Sad
S
alef
fa
f
Ha
H
 
 
The Arabic word for shake hands consists of: The letter Sad that is written ﺹ ( here ﺻـ ) and pronounced S 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 alef that is written ﺍ ( here ـﺎ ) and pronounced . The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ﻓـ ) and pronounced f 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 Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ـﺢ ) and pronounced H 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 ﺻَﺎﻓَﺢَ and pronounced SaafaHa.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for shake hands

faa3ala becomes SaafaHa

We have seen that the Arabic word for shake hands is written ﺻَﺎﻓَﺢَ and pronounced SaafaHa. It follows the pattern verb form 3. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure faa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is faa3ala and the root letters are S, f and H, the word becomes SaafaHa.
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 shake hands

Conjugations of shake hands

past tense
present tense
he
SaafaHa
ﺻَﺎﻓَﺢَ
he - past tense
yuSaafiHu
ﻳُﺼَﺎﻓِﺢُ
he - present tense
she
SaafaHat
ﺻَﺎﻓَﺤَﺖ
she - past tense
tuSaafiHu
ﺗُﺼَﺎﻓِﺢُ
she - present tense
I
SaafaHtu
ﺻَﺎﻓَﺤﺖُ
I - past tense
'uSaafiHu
ﺃُﺻَﺎﻓِﺢُ
I - present tense