Arabic for fight, strive

jaahada
ﺟَﺎﻫَﺪَ
fight, strive – past tense he
yujaahidu
ﻳُﺠَﺎﻫِﺪُ
fight, strive – present tense he

The Arabic verb for fight, strive is written ﺟَﺎﻫَﺪَ and pronunced jaahada in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﺠَﺎﻫِﺪُ and pronounced yujaahidu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word fight, strive consists of three Arabic letters: jim that is written and pronounced j, ha that is written and pronounced h and dal that is written and pronounced d. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word fight, strive letter by letter

ﺟَﺎﻫَﺪَ
ﺟـ
ـﺎ
ﻫـ
ـﺪ
 
ﺟـ
ـﺎ
ﻫـ
ـﺪ
 
ﺟـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺞ
ـﺎ
ﻫـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻪ
ـﺪ
 
jim
j
alef
ha
h
dal
d
 
 
The Arabic word for fight, strive consists of: The letter jim that is written ﺝ ( here ﺟـ ) and pronounced j 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 ha that is written ﻩ ( here ﻫـ ) 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. The letter dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) and pronounced d 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 ﺟَﺎﻫَﺪَ and pronounced jaahada.
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The pattern for fight, strive

faa3ala becomes jaahada

We have seen that the Arabic word for fight, strive is written ﺟَﺎﻫَﺪَ and pronounced jaahada. 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 j, h and d, the word becomes jaahada.
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

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Conjugations of fight, strive

past tense
present tense
he
jaahada
ﺟَﺎﻫَﺪَ
he - past tense
yujaahidu
ﻳُﺠَﺎﻫِﺪُ
he - present tense
she
jaahadat
ﺟَﺎﻫَﺪَﺕ
she - past tense
tujaahidu
ﺗُﺠَﺎﻫِﺪُ
she - present tense
I
jaahadtu
ﺟَﺎﻫَﺪﺕُ
I - past tense
'ujaahidu
ﺃُﺟَﺎﻫِﺪُ
I - present tense