Arabic for rub

farraka

ﻓَﺮَّﻙَ

rub – past tense he

yufarriku

ﻳُﻔَﺮِّﻙُ

rub – present tense he

The Arabic verb for rub is written ﻓَﺮَّﻙَ and pronunced farraka in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻔَﺮِّﻙُ and pronounced yufarriku. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word rub

The king asked the man to scrub his body.

Talaba almaliku min arrajuli 'an yufarrika jismahu

ﻃَﻠَﺐَ ﺍَﻟﻤَﻠِﻚُ ﻣِﻦ ﺍَﻟﺮَّﺟُﻞِ ﺃَﻥ ﻳُﻔَﺮِّﻙَ ﺟِﺴﻤَﻪُ

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Important letters: ﻑ ﺭ ﻙ

The root of the word rub consists of three Arabic letters: fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f, ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r and kaf that is written ﻙ and pronounced k. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Word related to rub

friction

fark

ﻓَﺮﻙ

The letters of rub

ﻓَﺮَّﻙَ

ﻓـ

ـﺮ

ﻙ

ﻓـ

ـﺮ

ﻙ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

ﻙ

ﻛـ

ـﻜـ

ـﻚ

kaf

The Arabic word for rub consists of: The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ﻓـ ) and pronounced f 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. The letter kaf that is written ﻙ and pronounced k 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 ﻓَﺮَّﻙَ and pronounced farraka.

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 rub

fa33ala becomes farraka

We have seen that the Arabic word for rub is written ﻓَﺮَّﻙَ and pronounced farraka. It follows the pattern verb form 2. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa33ala and the root letters are f, r and k, the word becomes farraka.
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