Arabic for swell

tanaffakha
ﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺦَ
swell – past tense he
yatanaffakhu
ﻳَﺘَﻨَﻔَّﺦُ
swell – present tense he

The Arabic verb for swell is written ﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺦَ and pronunced tanaffakha in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺘَﻨَﻔَّﺦُ and pronounced yatanaffakhu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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

Words related to swell

The letters of swell

ﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺦَ
ﺗـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺦ
 
ﺗـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺦ
 
ﺗـ
ـﺘـ
ـﺖ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
ﺧـ
ـﺨـ
ـﺦ
 
ta
t
nun
n
fa
f
kha
kh
 
 
The Arabic word for swell consists of: The letter ta that is written ﺕ ( here ﺗـ ) and pronounced t. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻨـ ) 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 ﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺦَ and pronounced tanaffakha.
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 swell

tafa33ala becomes tanaffakha

We have seen that the Arabic word for swell is written ﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺦَ and pronounced tanaffakha. It follows the pattern verb form 5. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure tafa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is tafa33ala and the root letters are n, f and kh, the word becomes tanaffakha.
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 swell

Conjugations of swell

past tense
present tense
he
tanaffakha
ﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺦَ
he - past tense
yatanaffakhu
ﻳَﺘَﻨَﻔَّﺦُ
he - present tense
she
tanaffakhat
ﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺨَﺖ
she - past tense
tatanaffakhu
ﺗَﺘَﻨَﻔَّﺦُ
she - present tense
I
tanaffakhtu
ﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺨﺖُ
I - past tense
'atanaffakhu
ﺃَﺗَﻨَﻔَّﺦُ
I - present tense