Arabic for burn, flame

lahiba

ﻟَﻬِﺐَ

burn, flame – past tense he

yalhabu

ﻳَﻠﻬَﺐُ

burn, flame – present tense he

The Arabic verb for burn, flame is written ﻟَﻬِﺐَ and pronunced lahiba in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻠﻬَﺐُ and pronounced yalhabu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻝ ﻩ ﺏ

The root of the word burn, flame consists of three Arabic letters: lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l, ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h and beh that is written ﺏ and pronounced b. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The letters of burn, flame

ﻟَﻬِﺐَ

ﻟـ

ـﻬـ

ـﺐ

ﻟـ

ـﻬـ

ـﺐ

ﻝ

ﻟـ

ـﻠـ

ـﻞ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﺏ

ﺑـ

ـﺒـ

ـﺐ

lam

beh

The Arabic word for burn, flame consists of: The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ﻟـ ) and pronounced l 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 ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) and pronounced h 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 beh that is written ﺏ ( here ـﺐ ) and pronounced b 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 ﻟَﻬِﺐَ and pronounced lahiba.

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The pattern for burn, flame

fa3ila becomes lahiba

We have seen that the Arabic word for burn, flame is written ﻟَﻬِﺐَ and pronounced lahiba. 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 l, h and b, the word becomes lahiba.
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