Arabic for be merciful

raHima
ﺭَﺣِﻢَ
be merciful – past tense he
yarHamu
ﻳَﺮﺣَﻢُ
be merciful – present tense he

The Arabic verb for be merciful is written ﺭَﺣِﻢَ and pronunced raHima in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺮﺣَﻢُ and pronounced yarHamu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word be merciful consists of three Arabic letters: ra that is written and pronounced r, Ha that is written and pronounced H and mim that is written and pronounced m. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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All letters in be merciful

ﺭَﺣِﻢَ
ﺣـ
ـﻢ
 
ﺣـ
ـﻢ
 
ـﺮ
ﺣـ
ـﺤـ
ـﺢ
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
 
ra
r
Ha
H
mim
m
 
 
The Arabic word for be merciful consists of: The letter ra that is written ﺭ 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 Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ﺣـ ) and pronounced H 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 mim that is written ﻡ ( here ـﻢ ) and pronounced m 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 ﺭَﺣِﻢَ and pronounced raHima.
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The pattern for be merciful

fa3ila becomes raHima

We have seen that the Arabic word for be merciful is written ﺭَﺣِﻢَ and pronounced raHima. 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 r, H and m, the word becomes raHima.
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 be merciful

Conjugations of be merciful

past tense
present tense
he
raHima
ﺭَﺣِﻢَ
he - past tense
yarHamu
ﻳَﺮﺣَﻢُ
he - present tense
she
raHimat
ﺭَﺣِﻤَﺖ
she - past tense
tarHamu
ﺗَﺮﺣَﻢُ
she - present tense
I
raHimtu
ﺭَﺣِﻤﺖُ
I - past tense
'arHamu
ﺃَﺭﺣَﻢُ
I - present tense