Arabic for populate

qaTana
ﻗَﻄَﻦَ
populate – past tense he
yaqTanu
ﻳَﻘﻄَﻦُ
populate – present tense he

The Arabic verb for populate is written ﻗَﻄَﻦَ and pronunced qaTana in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻘﻄَﻦُ and pronounced yaqTanu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word populate consists of three Arabic letters: qaf that is written and pronounced q, Ta that is written and pronounced T and nun that is written and pronounced n. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to populate

The word populate letter by letter

ﻗَﻄَﻦَ
ﻗـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻖ
ﻃـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻂ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
 
qaf
q
Ta
T
nun
n
 
 
The Arabic word for populate 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 Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ـﻄـ ) and pronounced T 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 ﻗَﻄَﻦَ and pronounced qaTana.
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The pattern for populate

fa3ala becomes qaTana

We have seen that the Arabic word for populate is written ﻗَﻄَﻦَ and pronounced qaTana. 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, T and n, the word becomes qaTana.
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 populate

Conjugations of populate

past tense
present tense
he
qaTana
ﻗَﻄَﻦَ
he - past tense
yaqTanu
ﻳَﻘﻄَﻦُ
he - present tense
she
qaTanat
ﻗَﻄَﻨَﺖ
she - past tense
taqTanu
ﺗَﻘﻄَﻦُ
she - present tense
I
qaTantu
ﻗَﻄَﻨﺖُ
I - past tense
'aqTanu
ﺃَﻗﻄَﻦُ
I - present tense