Arabic for nibble

qaDama
ﻗَﻀَﻢَ
nibble – past tense he
yaqDamu
ﻳَﻘﻀَﻢُ
nibble – present tense he

The Arabic verb for nibble is written ﻗَﻀَﻢَ and pronunced qaDama in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻘﻀَﻢُ and pronounced yaqDamu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word nibble consists of three Arabic letters: qaf that is written and pronounced q, Dad that is written and pronounced D and mim that is written and pronounced m. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to nibble

The word nibble letter by letter

ﻗَﻀَﻢَ
ﻗـ
ـﻀـ
ـﻢ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻀـ
ـﻢ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻖ
ﺿـ
ـﻀـ
ـﺾ
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
 
qaf
q
Dad
D
mim
m
 
 
The Arabic word for nibble consists of: The letter qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ﻗـ ) and pronounced q 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 Dad that is written ﺽ ( here ـﻀـ ) 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. The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ـﻢ ) and pronounced m 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 ﻗَﻀَﻢَ and pronounced qaDama.
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 nibble

fa3ala becomes qaDama

We have seen that the Arabic word for nibble is written ﻗَﻀَﻢَ and pronounced qaDama. 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 q, D and m, the word becomes qaDama.
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 nibble

Conjugations of nibble

past tense
present tense
he
qaDama
ﻗَﻀَﻢَ
he - past tense
yaqDamu
ﻳَﻘﻀَﻢُ
he - present tense
she
qaDamat
ﻗَﻀَﻤَﺖ
she - past tense
taqDamu
ﺗَﻘﻀَﻢُ
she - present tense
I
qaDamtu
ﻗَﻀَﻤﺖُ
I - past tense
'aqDamu
ﺃَﻗﻀَﻢُ
I - present tense