Arabic for defend

daafa3a

ﺩَﺍﻓَﻊَ

defend – past tense he

yudaafi3u

ﻳُﺪَﺍﻓِﻊُ

defend – present tense he

The Arabic verb for defend is written ﺩَﺍﻓَﻊَ and pronunced daafa3a in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﺪَﺍﻓِﻊُ and pronounced yudaafi3u. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﺩ ﻑ ﻉ

The root of the word defend consists of three Arabic letters: dal that is written ﺩ and pronounced d, fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f and ayn that is written ﻉ and pronounced 3. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word defend letter by letter

ﺩَﺍﻓَﻊَ

ﺩ

ﺍ

ﻓـ

ـﻊ

ﺩ

ﺍ

ﻓـ

ـﻊ

ﺩ

ـﺪ

ﺍ

ـﺎ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﻉ

ﻋـ

ـﻌـ

ـﻊ

dal

alef

ayn

The Arabic word for defend consists of: The letter dal that is written ﺩ 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. The letter alef that is written ﺍ and pronounced . The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ﻓـ ) 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. The letter ayn that is written ﻉ ( here ـﻊ ) and pronounced 3 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 ﺩَﺍﻓَﻊَ and pronounced daafa3a.

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The pattern for defend

faa3ala becomes daafa3a

We have seen that the Arabic word for defend is written ﺩَﺍﻓَﻊَ and pronounced daafa3a. It follows the pattern verb form 3. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure faa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is faa3ala and the root letters are d, f and 3, the word becomes daafa3a.
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