Arabic for hit

Daraba

ﺿَﺮَﺏَ

hit – past tense he

yaDribu

ﻳَﻀﺮِﺏُ

hit – present tense he

The Arabic verb for hit is written ﺿَﺮَﺏَ and pronunced Daraba in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻀﺮِﺏُ and pronounced yaDribu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word hit

He was mean towards the animals and hit them.⁵

kaana shirriiran tujaah alHayawaanaati waDarabahaa

ﻛَﺎﻥَ ﺷِﺮِّﻳﺮﺍً ﺗُﺠَﺎﻩ ﺍَﻟﺤَﻴَﻮَﺍﻧَﺎﺕِ ﻭَﺿَﺮَﺑَﻬَﺎ

I hit hard.

Darabtu Darban shadiidan

ﺿَﺮَﺑﺖُ ﺿَﺮﺑﺎً ﺷَﺪِﻳﺪﺍً

I struck two blows.

Darabtu Darbayni

ﺿَﺮَﺑﺖُ ﺿَﺮﺑَﻴﻦِ

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Important letters: ﺽ ﺭ ﺏ

The root of the word hit consists of three Arabic letters: Dad that is written ﺽ and pronounced D, ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r and beh that is written ﺏ and pronounced b. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to hit

to compete, speculate

Daaraba

ﺿَﺎﺭَﺏَ

multiplication, strike

The letters of hit

ﺿَﺮَﺏَ

ﺿـ

ـﺮ

ﺏ

ﺿـ

ـﺮ

ﺏ

ﺽ

ﺿـ

ـﻀـ

ـﺾ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

ﺏ

ﺑـ

ـﺒـ

ـﺐ

Dad

beh

The Arabic word for hit consists of: The letter Dad that is written ﺽ ( here ﺿـ ) 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. The letter ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r 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 beh that is written ﺏ and pronounced b 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 ﺿَﺮَﺏَ and pronounced Daraba.

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 hit

fa3ala becomes Daraba

We have seen that the Arabic word for hit is written ﺿَﺮَﺏَ and pronounced Daraba. 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 D, r and b, the word becomes Daraba.
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