Arabic for shoulder

mankab
ﻣَﻨﻜَﺐ
shoulder – masculine singular

ﻣَﻨﻜَﺐ is an Arabic word. The meaning is shoulder. You pronounce it mankab.

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The Arabic word word for shoulder can also be conjugated:

manaakib
ﻣَﻨَﺎﻛِﺐ
shoulder – masculine plural
Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word shoulder 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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The word shoulder letter by letter

ﻣَﻨﻜَﺐ
ﻣـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻜـ
ـﺐ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻜـ
ـﺐ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻛـ
ـﻜـ
ـﻚ
ﺑـ
ـﺒـ
ـﺐ
 
mim
m
nun
n
kaf
k
beh
b
 
 
The Arabic word for shoulder consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻨـ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The letter kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ـﻜـ ) 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 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 ﻣَﻨﻜَﺐ and pronounced mankab.
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 shoulder

maf3al becomes mankab

We have seen that the Arabic word for shoulder is written ﻣَﻨﻜَﺐ and pronounced mankab. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure maf3al where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is maf3al and the root letters are n, k and b, the word becomes mankab.
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

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