Arabic for spend

Sarafa
ﺻَﺮَﻑَ
spend – past tense he
yaSrifu
ﻳَﺼﺮِﻑُ
spend – present tense he

The Arabic verb for spend is written ﺻَﺮَﻑَ and pronunced Sarafa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺼﺮِﻑُ and pronounced yaSrifu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word spend consists of three Arabic letters: Sad that is written and pronounced S, ra that is written and pronounced r and fa that is written and pronounced f. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to spend

The word spend letter by letter

ﺻَﺮَﻑَ
ﺻـ
ـﺮ
 
ﺻـ
ـﺮ
 
ﺻـ
ـﺼـ
ـﺺ
ـﺮ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
 
Sad
S
ra
r
fa
f
 
 
The Arabic word for spend consists of: The letter Sad that is written ﺹ ( here ﺻـ ) and pronounced S 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 fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f 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 ﺻَﺮَﻑَ and pronounced Sarafa.
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 spend

fa3ala becomes Sarafa

We have seen that the Arabic word for spend is written ﺻَﺮَﻑَ and pronounced Sarafa. 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 S, r and f, the word becomes Sarafa.
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 spend

Conjugations of spend

past tense
present tense
he
Sarafa
ﺻَﺮَﻑَ
he - past tense
yaSrifu
ﻳَﺼﺮِﻑُ
he - present tense
she
Sarafat
ﺻَﺮَﻓَﺖ
she - past tense
taSrifu
ﺗَﺼﺮِﻑُ
she - present tense
I
Saraftu
ﺻَﺮَﻓﺖُ
I - past tense
'aSrifu
ﺃَﺻﺮِﻑُ
I - present tense