Arabic for head for, intend

qaSada

ﻗَﺼَﺪَ

head for, intend – past tense he

yaqSidu

ﻳَﻘﺼِﺪُ

head for, intend – present tense he

The Arabic verb for head for, intend is written ﻗَﺼَﺪَ and pronunced qaSada in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻘﺼِﺪُ and pronounced yaqSidu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word head for, intend

I did not mean that.

lam 'aqSid dhalika

ﻟَﻢ ﺃَﻗﺼِﺪ ﺫَﻟِﻚَ

Do you mean vagabond?⁴

'ataqSidu mutasakki3?

ﺃَﺗَﻘﺼِﺪُ ﻣُﺘَﺴَﻜِّﻊ؟

The tourists head towards our countries.⁸

assuyyaaHu yaqSiduuna bilaadanaa

ﺍَﻟﺴُّﻴَّﺎﺡُ ﻳَﻘﺼِﺪُﻭﻥَ ﺑِﻠَﺎﺩَﻧَﺎ

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Important letters: ﻕ ﺹ ﺩ

The root of the word head for, intend consists of three Arabic letters: qaf that is written ﻕ and pronounced q, Sad that is written ﺹ and pronounced S and dal that is written ﺩ and pronounced d. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to head for, intend

The word head for, intend letter by letter

ﻗَﺼَﺪَ

ﻗـ

ـﺼـ

ـﺪ

ﻗـ

ـﺼـ

ـﺪ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

ﺹ

ﺻـ

ـﺼـ

ـﺺ

ﺩ

ـﺪ

qaf

Sad

dal

The Arabic word for head for, intend consists of: 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 Sad that is written ﺹ ( here ـﺼـ ) and pronounced S 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 dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﻗَﺼَﺪَ and pronounced qaSada.

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The pattern for head for, intend

fa3ala becomes qaSada

We have seen that the Arabic word for head for, intend is written ﻗَﺼَﺪَ and pronounced qaSada. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are q, S and d, the word becomes qaSada.
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