Arabic for milk

Haliib
ﺣَﻠِﻴﺐ
milk – masculine singular

The Arabic word for milk is pronounced Haliib and written ﺣَﻠِﻴﺐ.

About the audio files
Category: drinks
Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

Using the word milk

Do you want to help arabic.fi?
We have thousands of words and almost two thousand phrases with detailed information, grammar lessons and many other resources. Everything is free to use. With your help, this website can be even better.
Read more here

Important letters:
The root of the word milk consists of three Arabic letters: Ha that is written and pronounced H, lam that is written and pronounced l and beh that is written and pronounced b. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Word related to milk

All letters in milk

ﺣَﻠِﻴﺐ
ﺣـ
ـﻠـ
ـﻴـ
ـﺐ
 
ﺣـ
ـﻠـ
ـﻴـ
ـﺐ
 
ﺣـ
ـﺤـ
ـﺢ
ﻟـ
ـﻠـ
ـﻞ
ﻳـ
ـﻴـ
ـﻲ
ﺑـ
ـﺒـ
ـﺐ
 
Ha
H
lam
l
ya
y
beh
b
 
 
The Arabic word for milk consists of: The letter Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ﺣـ ) 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 lam that is written ﻝ ( here ـﻠـ ) and pronounced l and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter ya that is written ﻱ ( here ـﻴـ ) and pronounced y. The letter beh that is written ﺏ ( here ـﺐ ) and pronounced b and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﺣَﻠِﻴﺐ and pronounced Haliib.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
Learn how to write with Arabic letters

The pattern for milk

fa3iil becomes Haliib

We have seen that the Arabic word for milk is written ﺣَﻠِﻴﺐ and pronounced Haliib. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3iil where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3iil and the root letters are H, l and b, the word becomes Haliib.
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 milk