Arabic for lengthen

Tawwala
ﻃَﻮَّﻝَ
lengthen – past tense he
yuTawwilu
ﻳُﻄَﻮِّﻝُ
lengthen – present tense he

The Arabic verb for lengthen is written ﻃَﻮَّﻝَ and pronunced Tawwala in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻄَﻮِّﻝُ and pronounced yuTawwilu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word lengthen consists of three Arabic letters: Ta that is written and pronounced T, waw that is written and pronounced w and lam that is written and pronounced l. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to lengthen

All letters in lengthen

ﻃَﻮَّﻝَ
ﻃـ
ـﻮ
 
ﻃـ
ـﻮ
 
ﻃـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻂ
ـﻮ
ﻟـ
ـﻠـ
ـﻞ
 
Ta
T
waw
w
lam
l
 
 
The Arabic word for lengthen consists of: The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ﻃـ ) 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 waw that is written ﻭ ( here ـﻮ ) and pronounced w 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 lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l 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 ﻃَﻮَّﻝَ and pronounced Tawwala.
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 lengthen

fa33ala becomes Tawwala

We have seen that the Arabic word for lengthen is written ﻃَﻮَّﻝَ and pronounced Tawwala. It follows the pattern verb form 2. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa33ala and the root letters are T, w and l, the word becomes Tawwala.
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 lengthen

Conjugations of lengthen

past tense
present tense
he
Tawwala
ﻃَﻮَّﻝَ
he - past tense
yuTawwilu
ﻳُﻄَﻮِّﻝُ
he - present tense
she
Tawwalat
ﻃَﻮَّﻟَﺖ
she - past tense
tuTawwilu
ﺗُﻄَﻮِّﻝُ
she - present tense
I
Tawwaltu
ﻃَﻮَّﻟﺖُ
I - past tense
'uTawwilu
ﺃُﻃَﻮِّﻝُ
I - present tense