Arabic for sit down

qa3ada
ﻗَﻌَﺪَ
sit down – past tense he
yaq3udu
ﻳَﻘﻌُﺪُ
sit down – present tense he

The Arabic verb for sit down is written ﻗَﻌَﺪَ and pronunced qa3ada in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻘﻌُﺪُ and pronounced yaq3udu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word sit down consists of three Arabic letters: qaf that is written and pronounced q, ayn that is written and pronounced 3 and dal that is written and pronounced d. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The letters of sit down

ﻗَﻌَﺪَ
ﻗـ
ـﻌـ
ـﺪ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻌـ
ـﺪ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻖ
ﻋـ
ـﻌـ
ـﻊ
ـﺪ
 
qaf
q
ayn
3
dal
d
 
 
The Arabic word for sit down consists of: The letter qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ﻗـ ) 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 ayn that is written ﻉ ( here ـﻌـ ) and pronounced 3 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 ﻗَﻌَﺪَ and pronounced qa3ada.
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 sit down

fa3ala becomes qa3ada

We have seen that the Arabic word for sit down is written ﻗَﻌَﺪَ and pronounced qa3ada. 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 q, 3 and d, the word becomes qa3ada.
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 sit down

Conjugations of sit down

past tense
present tense
he
qa3ada
ﻗَﻌَﺪَ
he - past tense
yaq3udu
ﻳَﻘﻌُﺪُ
he - present tense
she
qa3adat
ﻗَﻌَﺪَﺕ
she - past tense
taq3udu
ﺗَﻘﻌُﺪُ
she - present tense
I
qa3adtu
ﻗَﻌَﺪﺕُ
I - past tense
'aq3udu
ﺃَﻗﻌُﺪُ
I - present tense