Arabic for regret

lahifa

ﻟَﻬِﻒَ

regret – past tense he

yalhafu

ﻳَﻠﻬَﻒُ

regret – present tense he

The Arabic verb for regret is written ﻟَﻬِﻒَ and pronunced lahifa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻠﻬَﻒُ and pronounced yalhafu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻝ ﻩ ﻑ

The root of the word regret consists of three Arabic letters: lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l, ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h and fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to regret

The word regret letter by letter

ﻟَﻬِﻒَ

ﻟـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻒ

ﻟـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻒ

ﻝ

ﻟـ

ـﻠـ

ـﻞ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

lam

The Arabic word for regret consists of: The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ﻟـ ) and pronounced l 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 ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ـﻒ ) 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 ﻟَﻬِﻒَ and pronounced lahifa.

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The pattern for regret

fa3ila becomes lahifa

We have seen that the Arabic word for regret is written ﻟَﻬِﻒَ and pronounced lahifa. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are l, h and f, the word becomes lahifa.
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