Arabic for dust

nafaDa

ﻧَﻔَﺾَ

dust – past tense he

yanfuDu

ﻳَﻨﻔُﺾُ

dust – present tense he

The Arabic verb for dust is written ﻧَﻔَﺾَ and pronunced nafaDa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻨﻔُﺾُ and pronounced yanfuDu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word dust

The loneliness shakes off its dust.⁴

alwaHdatu tanfuDu ghabaarahaa

ﺍَﻟﻮَﺣﺪَﺓُ ﺗَﻨﻔُﺾُ ﻏَﺒَﺎﺭَﻫَﺎ

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Important letters: ﻥ ﻑ ﺽ

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

Words related to dust

The word dust letter by letter

ﻧَﻔَﺾَ

ﻧـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺾ

ﻧـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺾ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﺽ

ﺿـ

ـﻀـ

ـﺾ

nun

Dad

The Arabic word for dust 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 ﻧَﻔَﺾَ and pronounced nafaDa.

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 dust

fa3ala becomes nafaDa

We have seen that the Arabic word for dust is written ﻧَﻔَﺾَ and pronounced nafaDa. 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 D, the word becomes nafaDa.
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