Arabic for deceive

'awhama

ﺃَﻭﻫَﻢَ

deceive – past tense he

yuuhimu

ﻳُﻮﻫِﻢُ

deceive – present tense he

The Arabic verb for deceive is written ﺃَﻭﻫَﻢَ and pronunced 'awhama in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻮﻫِﻢُ and pronounced yuuhimu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻭ ﻩ ﻡ

The root of the word deceive consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w, ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h and mim that is written ﻡ and pronounced m. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to deceive

to picture in the mind

All letters in deceive

ﺃَﻭﻫَﻢَ

ﺃ

ﻭ

ﻫـ

ـﻢ

ﺃ

ﻭ

ﻫـ

ـﻢ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﻭ

ـﻮ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﻡ

ﻣـ

ـﻤـ

ـﻢ

alif hamza

waw

mim

The Arabic word for deceive consists of: The letter alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced '. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w and is a part of the root of the word. The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ﻫـ ) 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 mim that is written ﻡ ( here ـﻢ ) and pronounced m 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 ﺃَﻭﻫَﻢَ and pronounced 'awhama.

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 deceive

'af3ala becomes 'awhama

We have seen that the Arabic word for deceive is written ﺃَﻭﻫَﻢَ and pronounced 'awhama. It follows the pattern verb form 4. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure 'af3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is 'af3ala and the root letters are w, h and m, the word becomes 'awhama.
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