Arabic for crawl

zaHafa

ﺯَﺣَﻒَ

crawl – past tense he

yazHafu

ﻳَﺰﺣَﻒُ

crawl – present tense he

The Arabic verb for crawl is written ﺯَﺣَﻒَ and pronunced zaHafa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺰﺣَﻒُ and pronounced yazHafu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word crawl

He crawled along in the grass.¹

zaHafa 3alaa alHashiishi

ﺯَﺣَﻒَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺍَﻟﺤَﺸِﻴﺶِ

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Important letters: ﺯ ﺡ ﻑ

The root of the word crawl consists of three Arabic letters: zayn that is written ﺯ and pronounced z, Ha that is written ﺡ and pronounced H and fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to crawl

All letters in crawl

ﺯَﺣَﻒَ

ﺯ

ﺣـ

ـﻒ

ﺯ

ﺣـ

ـﻒ

ﺯ

ـﺰ

ﺡ

ﺣـ

ـﺤـ

ـﺢ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

zayn

The Arabic word for crawl consists of: The letter zayn that is written ﺯ and pronounced z 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 ﺡ ( here ﺣـ ) 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 fa that is written ﻑ ( here ـﻒ ) 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﺯَﺣَﻒَ and pronounced zaHafa.

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 crawl

fa3ala becomes zaHafa

We have seen that the Arabic word for crawl is written ﺯَﺣَﻒَ and pronounced zaHafa. 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 z, H and f, the word becomes zaHafa.
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