Arabic for sail

'abHara

ﺃَﺑﺤَﺮَ

sail – past tense he

yubHiru

ﻳُﺒﺤِﺮُ

sail – present tense he

The Arabic verb for sail is written ﺃَﺑﺤَﺮَ and pronunced 'abHara in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﺒﺤِﺮُ and pronounced yubHiru. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﺏ ﺡ ﺭ

The root of the word sail consists of three Arabic letters: beh that is written ﺏ and pronounced b, Ha that is written ﺡ and pronounced H and ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to sail

The word sail letter by letter

ﺃَﺑﺤَﺮَ

ﺃ

ﺑـ

ـﺤـ

ـﺮ

ﺃ

ﺑـ

ـﺤـ

ـﺮ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﺏ

ﺑـ

ـﺒـ

ـﺐ

ﺡ

ﺣـ

ـﺤـ

ـﺢ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

alif hamza

beh

The Arabic word for sail consists of: The letter alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced '. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter beh that is written ﺏ ( here ﺑـ ) and pronounced b and is a part of the root of the word. The letter Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ـﺤـ ) 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 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 ﺃَﺑﺤَﺮَ and pronounced 'abHara.

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 sail

'af3ala becomes 'abHara

We have seen that the Arabic word for sail is written ﺃَﺑﺤَﺮَ and pronounced 'abHara. It follows the pattern verb form 4. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure 'af3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is 'af3ala and the root letters are b, H and r, the word becomes 'abHara.
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