Arabic for behave

taSarrafa

ﺗَﺼَﺮَّﻑَ

behave – past tense he

yataSarrafu

ﻳَﺘَﺼَﺮَّﻑُ

behave – present tense he

The Arabic verb for behave is written ﺗَﺼَﺮَّﻑَ and pronunced taSarrafa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺘَﺼَﺮَّﻑُ and pronounced yataSarrafu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word behave

She acts with great authority.¹

tataSarrafu bii3tidaadin kabiirin

ﺗَﺘَﺼَﺮَّﻑُ ﺑِﺎِﻋﺘِﺪَﺍﺩٍ ﻛَﺒِﻴﺮٍ

She told him exactly how to do.

qaalat lahu kayf sayataSarrafu tamaaman

ﻗَﺎﻟَﺖ ﻟَﻪُ ﻛَﻴﻒ ﺳَﻴَﺘَﺼَﺮَّﻑُ ﺗَﻤَﺎﻣﺎً

He acted under emotional stress.¹

taSarrafa bial3aaTifati

ﺗَﺼَﺮَّﻑَ ﺑِﺎَﻟﻌَﺎﻃِﻔَﺔِ

Important letters: ﺹ ﺭ ﻑ

The root of the word behave consists of three Arabic letters: Sad that is written ﺹ and pronounced S, ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r and fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to behave

administrator, governor

All letters in behave

ﺗَﺼَﺮَّﻑَ

ﺗـ

ـﺼـ

ـﺮ

ﻑ

ﺗـ

ـﺼـ

ـﺮ

ﻑ

ﺕ

ﺗـ

ـﺘـ

ـﺖ

ﺹ

ﺻـ

ـﺼـ

ـﺺ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

Sad

The Arabic word for behave consists of: The letter ta that is written ﺕ ( here ﺗـ ) and pronounced t. 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 ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r 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 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 ﺗَﺼَﺮَّﻑَ and pronounced taSarrafa.

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 behave

tafa33ala becomes taSarrafa

We have seen that the Arabic word for behave is written ﺗَﺼَﺮَّﻑَ and pronounced taSarrafa. It follows the pattern verb form 5. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure tafa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is tafa33ala and the root letters are S, r and f, the word becomes taSarrafa.
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