Arabic for shake

naffaDa
ﻧَﻔَّﺾَ
shake – past tense he
yunaffiDu
ﻳُﻨَﻔِّﺾُ
shake – present tense he

The Arabic verb for shake is written ﻧَﻔَّﺾَ and pronunced naffaDa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻨَﻔِّﺾُ and pronounced yunaffiDu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word shake consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written and pronounced n, fa that is written and pronounced f and Dad that is written and pronounced D. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to shake

The letters of shake

ﻧَﻔَّﺾَ
ﻧـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺾ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺾ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
ﺿـ
ـﻀـ
ـﺾ
 
nun
n
fa
f
Dad
D
 
 
The Arabic word for shake 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 Dad that is written ﺽ ( here ـﺾ ) and pronounced D 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 ﻧَﻔَّﺾَ and pronounced naffaDa.
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 shake

fa33ala becomes naffaDa

We have seen that the Arabic word for shake is written ﻧَﻔَّﺾَ and pronounced naffaDa. 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 n, f and D, the word becomes naffaDa.
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

Words with the same pattern as shake

Conjugations of shake

past tense
present tense
he
naffaDa
ﻧَﻔَّﺾَ
he - past tense
yunaffiDu
ﻳُﻨَﻔِّﺾُ
he - present tense
she
naffaDat
ﻧَﻔَّﻀَﺖ
she - past tense
tunaffiDu
ﺗُﻨَﻔِّﺾُ
she - present tense
I
naffaDtu
ﻧَﻔَّﻀﺖُ
I - past tense
'unaffiDu
ﺃُﻧَﻔِّﺾُ
I - present tense