Arabic for envy

Hasada

ﺣَﺴَﺪَ

envy – past tense he

yaHsudu

ﻳَﺤﺴُﺪُ

envy – present tense he

The Arabic verb for envy is written ﺣَﺴَﺪَ and pronunced Hasada in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺤﺴُﺪُ and pronounced yaHsudu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word envy

I do not envy you this job!¹

laa 'aHsuduka 3alaa hadhihi alwaZiifati

ﻟَﺎ ﺃَﺣﺴُﺪُﻙَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻫَﺬِﻩِ ﺍَﻟﻮَﻇِﻴﻔَﺔِ

Do you want to help arabic.fi?
We have thousands of words and almost two thousand phrases with detailed information, grammar lessons and many other resources. Everything is free to use. With your help, this website can be even better.
Read more here

Important letters: ﺡ ﺱ ﺩ

The root of the word envy consists of three Arabic letters: Ha that is written ﺡ and pronounced H, sin that is written ﺱ and pronounced s and dal that is written ﺩ and pronounced d. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to envy

The word envy letter by letter

ﺣَﺴَﺪَ

ﺣـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺪ

ﺣـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺪ

ﺡ

ﺣـ

ـﺤـ

ـﺢ

ﺱ

ﺳـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺲ

ﺩ

ـﺪ

sin

dal

The Arabic word for envy consists of: The letter Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ﺣـ ) 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. The letter sin that is written ﺱ ( here ـﺴـ ) 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 dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) and pronounced d 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 ﺣَﺴَﺪَ and pronounced Hasada.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
Learn how to write with Arabic letters

The pattern for envy

fa3ala becomes Hasada

We have seen that the Arabic word for envy is written ﺣَﺴَﺪَ and pronounced Hasada. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are H, s and d, the word becomes Hasada.
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