Arabic for confront, face

waajaha

ﻭَﺍﺟَﻪَ

confront, face – past tense he

yuwaajihu

ﻳُﻮَﺍﺟِﻪُ

confront, face – present tense he

The Arabic verb for confront, face is written ﻭَﺍﺟَﻪَ and pronunced waajaha in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻮَﺍﺟِﻪُ and pronounced yuwaajihu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻭ ﺝ ﻩ

The root of the word confront, face consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w, jim that is written ﺝ and pronounced j and ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word confront, face letter by letter

ﻭَﺍﺟَﻪَ

ﻭ

ﺍ

ﺟـ

ـﻪ

ﻭ

ﺍ

ﺟـ

ـﻪ

ﻭ

ـﻮ

ﺍ

ـﺎ

ﺝ

ﺟـ

ـﺠـ

ـﺞ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

waw

alef

jim

The Arabic word for confront, face consists of: The letter waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w 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 and pronounced . The letter jim that is written ﺝ ( here ﺟـ ) and pronounced j 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 ـﻪ ) 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 ﻭَﺍﺟَﻪَ and pronounced waajaha.

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The pattern for confront, face

faa3ala becomes waajaha

We have seen that the Arabic word for confront, face is written ﻭَﺍﺟَﻪَ and pronounced waajaha. 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 w, j and h, the word becomes waajaha.
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