Arabic for fall

saqaTa

ﺳَﻘَﻂَ

fall – past tense he

yasquTu

ﻳَﺴﻘُﻂُ

fall – present tense he

The Arabic verb for fall is written ﺳَﻘَﻂَ and pronunced saqaTa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺴﻘُﻂُ and pronounced yasquTu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word fall

Your nameplate fell from the door.⁴

saqaTat lawHatu ismika min 3alaa albaabi

ﺳَﻘَﻄَﺖ ﻟَﻮﺣَﺔُ ﺍِﺳﻤِﻚَ ﻣِﻦ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺍَﻟﺒَﺎﺏِ

They fall at night as a glow.

tasquTu fii allayli kaaljamri

ﺗَﺴﻘُﻂُ ﻓِﻲ ﺍَﻟﻠَﻴﻞِ ﻛَﺎَﻟﺠَﻤﺮِ

The rain falls from the sky.⁸

tasquTu al'amTaaru min assamaa'i

ﺗَﺴﻘُﻂُ ﺍَﻟﺄَﻣﻄَﺎﺭُ ﻣِﻦ ﺍَﻟﺴَّﻤَﺎﺀِ

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Important letters: ﺱ ﻕ ﻁ

The root of the word fall consists of three Arabic letters: sin that is written ﺱ and pronounced s, qaf that is written ﻕ and pronounced q and Ta that is written ﻁ and pronounced T. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to fall

overthrow, projection

All letters in fall

ﺳَﻘَﻂَ

ﺳـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻂ

ﺳـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻂ

ﺱ

ﺳـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺲ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

ﻁ

ﻃـ

ـﻄـ

ـﻂ

sin

qaf

The Arabic word for fall consists of: The letter sin that is written ﺱ ( here ﺳـ ) 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 qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ـﻘـ ) 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 ـﻂ ) 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﺳَﻘَﻂَ and pronounced saqaTa.

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 fall

fa3ala becomes saqaTa

We have seen that the Arabic word for fall is written ﺳَﻘَﻂَ and pronounced saqaTa. 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 s, q and T, the word becomes saqaTa.
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