Arabic for be ignorant

nakira

ﻧَﻜِﺮَ

be ignorant – past tense he

yankaru

ﻳَﻨﻜَﺮُ

be ignorant – present tense he

The Arabic verb for be ignorant is written ﻧَﻜِﺮَ and pronunced nakira in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻨﻜَﺮُ and pronounced yankaru. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻥ ﻙ ﺭ

The root of the word be ignorant consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n, kaf that is written ﻙ and pronounced k and ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word be ignorant letter by letter

ﻧَﻜِﺮَ

ﻧـ

ـﻜـ

ـﺮ

ﻧـ

ـﻜـ

ـﺮ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻙ

ﻛـ

ـﻜـ

ـﻚ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

nun

kaf

The Arabic word for be ignorant 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 short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﻧَﻜِﺮَ and pronounced nakira.

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The pattern for be ignorant

fa3ila becomes nakira

We have seen that the Arabic word for be ignorant is written ﻧَﻜِﺮَ and pronounced nakira. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are n, k and r, the word becomes nakira.
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