Arabic for live

sakana

ﺳَﻜَﻦَ

live – past tense he

yaskunu

ﻳَﺴﻜُﻦُ

live – present tense he

The Arabic verb for live is written ﺳَﻜَﻦَ and pronunced sakana in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺴﻜُﻦُ and pronounced yaskunu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word live

He lives in Egypt.

yaskunu fii miSr

ﻳَﺴﻜُﻦُ ﻓِﻲ ﻣِﺼﺮ

The queen lives in a castle.

almalikatu taskunu fii qaSrin

ﺍَﻟﻤَﻠِﻜَﺔُ ﺗَﺴﻜُﻦُ ﻓِﻲ ﻗَﺼﺮٍ

After a short time they were married and lived in a small cottage by the river.

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Important letters: ﺱ ﻙ ﻥ

The root of the word live consists of three Arabic letters: sin that is written ﺱ and pronounced s, kaf that is written ﻙ and pronounced k and nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to live

The word live letter by letter

ﺳَﻜَﻦَ

ﺳـ

ـﻜـ

ـﻦ

ﺳـ

ـﻜـ

ـﻦ

ﺱ

ﺳـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺲ

ﻙ

ﻛـ

ـﻜـ

ـﻚ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

sin

kaf

nun

The Arabic word for live 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 kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ـﻜـ ) and pronounced k 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 nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻦ ) and pronounced n 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 ﺳَﻜَﻦَ and pronounced sakana.

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 live

fa3ala becomes sakana

We have seen that the Arabic word for live is written ﺳَﻜَﻦَ and pronounced sakana. 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, k and n, the word becomes sakana.
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