Arabic for hate

kariha

ﻛَﺮِﻩَ

hate – past tense he

yakrahu

ﻳَﻜﺮَﻩُ

hate – present tense he

The Arabic verb for hate is written ﻛَﺮِﻩَ and pronunced kariha in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻜﺮَﻩُ and pronounced yakrahu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word hate

I hate them strongly.

'akrahuhum 'ashaddu alkurhi

ﺃَﻛﺮَﻫُﻬُﻢ ﺃَﺷَﺪُّ ﺍَﻟﻜُﺮﻩِ

For a while, I thought that you hated me.⁶

i3taqadtu liwahlatin 'annaka kunta takrahunii

ﺍِﻋﺘَﻘَﺪﺕُ ﻟِﻮَﻫﻠَﺔٍ ﺃَﻧَّﻚَ ﻛُﻨﺖَ ﺗَﻜﺮَﻫُﻨِﻲ

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Important letters: ﻙ ﺭ ﻩ

The root of the word hate consists of three Arabic letters: kaf that is written ﻙ and pronounced k, ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r and ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to hate

The word hate letter by letter

ﻛَﺮِﻩَ

ﻛـ

ـﺮ

ﻩ

ﻛـ

ـﺮ

ﻩ

ﻙ

ﻛـ

ـﻜـ

ـﻚ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

kaf

The Arabic word for hate consists of: The letter kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ﻛـ ) 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 ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r 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 ha that is written ﻩ 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﻛَﺮِﻩَ and pronounced kariha.

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 hate

fa3ila becomes kariha

We have seen that the Arabic word for hate is written ﻛَﺮِﻩَ and pronounced kariha. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are k, r and h, the word becomes kariha.
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