Arabic for ballast

HaSab
ﺣَﺼَﺐ
ballast – masculine singular

ﺣَﺼَﺐ is an Arabic word. The meaning is ballast. You pronounce it HaSab.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word ballast consists of three Arabic letters: Ha that is written and pronounced H, Sad that is written and pronounced S and beh that is written and pronounced b. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The letters of ballast

ﺣَﺼَﺐ
ﺣـ
ـﺼـ
ـﺐ
 
ﺣـ
ـﺼـ
ـﺐ
 
ﺣـ
ـﺤـ
ـﺢ
ﺻـ
ـﺼـ
ـﺺ
ﺑـ
ـﺒـ
ـﺐ
 
Ha
H
Sad
S
beh
b
 
 
The Arabic word for ballast consists of: 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 Sad that is written ﺹ ( here ـﺼـ ) and pronounced S 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 beh that is written ﺏ ( here ـﺐ ) and pronounced b and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﺣَﺼَﺐ and pronounced HaSab.
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The pattern for ballast

fa3al becomes HaSab

We have seen that the Arabic word for ballast is written ﺣَﺼَﺐ and pronounced HaSab. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3al where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3al and the root letters are H, S and b, the word becomes HaSab.
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 ballast