Arabic for ask to stop

istawqafa

ﺍِﺳﺘَﻮﻗَﻒَ

ask to stop – past tense he

yastawqifu

ﻳَﺴﺘَﻮﻗِﻒُ

ask to stop – present tense he

The Arabic verb for ask to stop is written ﺍِﺳﺘَﻮﻗَﻒَ and pronunced istawqafa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺴﺘَﻮﻗِﻒُ and pronounced yastawqifu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻭ ﻕ ﻑ

The root of the word ask to stop consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w, qaf that is written ﻕ and pronounced q and fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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All letters in ask to stop

ﺍِﺳﺘَﻮﻗَﻒَ

ﺍ

ﺳـ

ـﺘـ

ـﻮ

ﻗـ

ـﻒ

ﺍ

ﺳـ

ـﺘـ

ـﻮ

ﻗـ

ـﻒ

ﺍ

ـﺎ

ﺱ

ﺳـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺲ

ﺕ

ﺗـ

ـﺘـ

ـﺖ

ﻭ

ـﻮ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

alef

sin

waw

qaf

The Arabic word for ask to stop consists of: The letter alef that is written ﺍ and pronounced . The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter sin that is written ﺱ ( here ﺳـ ) and pronounced s. The letter ta that is written ﺕ ( here ـﺘـ ) and pronounced t. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter waw that is written ﻭ ( here ـﻮ ) and pronounced w and is a part of the root of the word. 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 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 ﺍِﺳﺘَﻮﻗَﻒَ and pronounced istawqafa.

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The pattern for ask to stop

istaf3ala becomes istawqafa

We have seen that the Arabic word for ask to stop is written ﺍِﺳﺘَﻮﻗَﻒَ and pronounced istawqafa. It follows the pattern verb form 10. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure istaf3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is istaf3ala and the root letters are w, q and f, the word becomes istawqafa.
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