Arabic for struggle

kaafaHa

ﻛَﺎﻓَﺢَ

struggle – past tense he

yukaafiHu

ﻳُﻜَﺎﻓِﺢُ

struggle – present tense he

The Arabic verb for struggle is written ﻛَﺎﻓَﺢَ and pronunced kaafaHa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻜَﺎﻓِﺢُ and pronounced yukaafiHu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word struggle

She feels sorry for her husband who has to struggle so hard.

tash3uru bialHuzni 3alaa zawjihaa alladhii yukaafiHu kathiiran

ﺗَﺸﻌُﺮُ ﺑِﺎَﻟﺤُﺰﻥِ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺯَﻭﺟِﻬَﺎ ﺍَﻟَّﺬِﻱ ﻳُﻜَﺎﻓِﺢُ ﻛَﺜِﻴﺮﺍً

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Important letters: ﻙ ﻑ ﺡ

The root of the word struggle consists of three Arabic letters: kaf that is written ﻙ and pronounced k, fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f and Ha that is written ﺡ and pronounced H. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Word related to struggle

struggle

kifaaH

ﻛِﻔَﺎﺡ

All letters in struggle

ﻛَﺎﻓَﺢَ

ﻛـ

ـﺎ

ﻓـ

ـﺢ

ﻛـ

ـﺎ

ﻓـ

ـﺢ

ﻙ

ﻛـ

ـﻜـ

ـﻚ

ﺍ

ـﺎ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﺡ

ﺣـ

ـﺤـ

ـﺢ

kaf

alef

The Arabic word for struggle consists of: The letter kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ﻛـ ) and pronounced k 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 ( here ـﺎ ) 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 Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ـﺢ ) 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﻛَﺎﻓَﺢَ and pronounced kaafaHa.

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 struggle

faa3ala becomes kaafaHa

We have seen that the Arabic word for struggle is written ﻛَﺎﻓَﺢَ and pronounced kaafaHa. 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 k, f and H, the word becomes kaafaHa.
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