Arabic for read

qara'a

ﻗَﺮَﺃَ

read – past tense he

yaqra'u

ﻳَﻘﺮَﺃُ

read – present tense he

The Arabic verb for read is written ﻗَﺮَﺃَ and pronunced qara'a in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻘﺮَﺃُ and pronounced yaqra'u. See more conjugations

About the audio files

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word read

Did you think about the men wearing hats and reading the morning newspaper every day?⁶

The girl reads the book.

taqra'u albintu alkitaaba

ﺗَﻘﺮَﺃُ ﺍَﻟﺒِﻨﺖُ ﺍَﻟﻜِﺘَﺎﺏَ

The squirrel reads the book.

yaqra'u assinjaabu alkitaaba

ﻳَﻘﺮَﺃُ ﺍَﻟﺴِّﻨﺠَﺎﺏُ ﺍَﻟﻜِﺘَﺎﺏَ

Do you want to help arabic.fi?
We have thousands of words and almost two thousand phrases with detailed information, grammar lessons and many other resources. Everything is free to use. With your help, this website can be even better.
Read more here

Important letters: ﻕ ﺭ ﺃ

The root of the word read consists of three Arabic letters: qaf that is written ﻕ and pronounced q, ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r and alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced '. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to read

The word read letter by letter

ﻗَﺮَﺃَ

ﻗـ

ـﺮ

ﺃ

ﻗـ

ـﺮ

ﺃ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

qaf

alif hamza

The Arabic word for read 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 ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) 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 alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced ' 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 ﻗَﺮَﺃَ and pronounced qara'a.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
Learn how to write with Arabic letters

The pattern for read

fa3ala becomes qara'a

We have seen that the Arabic word for read is written ﻗَﺮَﺃَ and pronounced qara'a. 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, r and ', the word becomes qara'a.
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