Arabic for drop

'awqa3a

ﺃَﻭﻗَﻊَ

drop – past tense he

yuuqi3u

ﻳُﻮﻗِﻊُ

drop – present tense he

The Arabic verb for drop is written ﺃَﻭﻗَﻊَ and pronunced 'awqa3a in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻮﻗِﻊُ and pronounced yuuqi3u. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word drop

He dropped the ball into the water.

'awqa3a alkurata fii almaa'i

ﺃَﻭﻗَﻊَ ﺍَﻟﻜُﺮَﺓَ ﻓِﻲ ﺍَﻟﻤَﺎﺀِ

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Important letters: ﻭ ﻕ ﻉ

The root of the word drop consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w, qaf that is written ﻕ and pronounced q and ayn that is written ﻉ and pronounced 3. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to drop

The word drop letter by letter

ﺃَﻭﻗَﻊَ

ﺃ

ﻭ

ﻗـ

ـﻊ

ﺃ

ﻭ

ﻗـ

ـﻊ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﻭ

ـﻮ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

ﻉ

ﻋـ

ـﻌـ

ـﻊ

alif hamza

waw

qaf

ayn

The Arabic word for drop 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 waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w and is a part of the root of the word. 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 ayn that is written ﻉ ( here ـﻊ ) and pronounced 3 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 ﺃَﻭﻗَﻊَ and pronounced 'awqa3a.

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 drop

'af3ala becomes 'awqa3a

We have seen that the Arabic word for drop is written ﺃَﻭﻗَﻊَ and pronounced 'awqa3a. 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 w, q and 3, the word becomes 'awqa3a.
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