Arabic for prefer

rajjaHa
ﺭَﺟَّﺢَ
prefer – past tense he
yurajjiHu
ﻳُﺮَﺟِّﺢُ
prefer – present tense he

The Arabic verb for prefer is written ﺭَﺟَّﺢَ and pronunced rajjaHa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﺮَﺟِّﺢُ and pronounced yurajjiHu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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

Words related to prefer

The letters of prefer

ﺭَﺟَّﺢَ
ﺟـ
ـﺢ
 
ﺟـ
ـﺢ
 
ـﺮ
ﺟـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺞ
ﺣـ
ـﺤـ
ـﺢ
 
ra
r
jim
j
Ha
H
 
 
The Arabic word for prefer 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 jim that is written ﺝ ( here ﺟـ ) and pronounced j 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 ـﺢ ) 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 ﺭَﺟَّﺢَ and pronounced rajjaHa.
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 prefer

fa33ala becomes rajjaHa

We have seen that the Arabic word for prefer is written ﺭَﺟَّﺢَ and pronounced rajjaHa. It follows the pattern verb form 2. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa33ala and the root letters are r, j and H, the word becomes rajjaHa.
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 prefer

Conjugations of prefer

past tense
present tense
he
rajjaHa
ﺭَﺟَّﺢَ
he - past tense
yurajjiHu
ﻳُﺮَﺟِّﺢُ
he - present tense
she
rajjaHat
ﺭَﺟَّﺤَﺖ
she - past tense
turajjiHu
ﺗُﺮَﺟِّﺢُ
she - present tense
I
rajjaHtu
ﺭَﺟَّﺤﺖُ
I - past tense
'urajjiHu
ﺃُﺭَﺟِّﺢُ
I - present tense