Arabic for calamity

nakb
ﻧَﻜﺐ
calamity – masculine singular

The Arabic word for calamity is pronounced nakb and written ﻧَﻜﺐ.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word calamity consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written and pronounced n, kaf that is written and pronounced k and beh that is written and pronounced b. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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All letters in calamity

ﻧَﻜﺐ
ﻧـ
ـﻜـ
ـﺐ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻜـ
ـﺐ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻛـ
ـﻜـ
ـﻚ
ﺑـ
ـﺒـ
ـﺐ
 
nun
n
kaf
k
beh
b
 
 
The Arabic word for calamity consists of: The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ﻧـ ) and pronounced n 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 kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ـﻜـ ) and pronounced k and is a part of the root of the word. The letter beh that is written ﺏ ( here ـﺐ ) and pronounced b and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻧَﻜﺐ and pronounced nakb.
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 calamity

fa3l becomes nakb

We have seen that the Arabic word for calamity is written ﻧَﻜﺐ and pronounced nakb. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3l where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3l and the root letters are n, k and b, the word becomes nakb.
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

Words with the same pattern as calamity