Arabic for blow

nafakha

ﻧَﻔَﺦَ

blow – past tense he

yanfukhu

ﻳَﻨﻔُﺦُ

blow – present tense he

The Arabic verb for blow is written ﻧَﻔَﺦَ and pronunced nafakha in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻨﻔُﺦُ and pronounced yanfukhu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻥ ﻑ ﺥ

The root of the word blow consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n, fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f and kha that is written ﺥ and pronounced kh. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to blow

The word blow letter by letter

ﻧَﻔَﺦَ

ﻧـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺦ

ﻧـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺦ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﺥ

ﺧـ

ـﺨـ

ـﺦ

nun

kha

The Arabic word for blow consists of: The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ﻧـ ) and pronounced n 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 ـﻔـ ) 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 kha that is written ﺥ ( here ـﺦ ) and pronounced kh 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 ﻧَﻔَﺦَ and pronounced nafakha.

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 blow

fa3ala becomes nafakha

We have seen that the Arabic word for blow is written ﻧَﻔَﺦَ and pronounced nafakha. 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 n, f and kh, the word becomes nafakha.
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