Arabic for sigh

tanahhada

ﺗَﻨَﻬَّﺪَ

sigh – past tense he

yatanahhadu

ﻳَﺘَﻨَﻬَّﺪُ

sigh – present tense he

The Arabic verb for sigh is written ﺗَﻨَﻬَّﺪَ and pronunced tanahhada in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺘَﻨَﻬَّﺪُ and pronounced yatanahhadu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word sigh

He heaved a deep sigh.¹

tanahhada tanhiidatan 3amiiqatan

ﺗَﻨَﻬَّﺪَ ﺗَﻨﻬِﻴﺪَﺓً ﻋَﻤِﻴﻘَﺔً

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Important letters: ﻥ ﻩ ﺩ

The root of the word sigh consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n, ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h and dal that is written ﺩ and pronounced d. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to sigh

The word sigh letter by letter

ﺗَﻨَﻬَّﺪَ

ﺗـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻬـ

ـﺪ

ﺗـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻬـ

ـﺪ

ﺕ

ﺗـ

ـﺘـ

ـﺖ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﺩ

ـﺪ

nun

dal

The Arabic word for sigh consists of: The letter ta that is written ﺕ ( here ﺗـ ) and pronounced t. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻨـ ) 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. The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) 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. The letter dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﺗَﻨَﻬَّﺪَ and pronounced tanahhada.

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The pattern for sigh

tafa33ala becomes tanahhada

We have seen that the Arabic word for sigh is written ﺗَﻨَﻬَّﺪَ and pronounced tanahhada. It follows the pattern verb form 5. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure tafa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is tafa33ala and the root letters are n, h and d, the word becomes tanahhada.
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