Arabic for pursue

nahaja
ﻧَﻬَﺞَ
pursue – past tense he
yanhaju
ﻳَﻨﻬَﺞُ
pursue – present tense he

The Arabic verb for pursue is written ﻧَﻬَﺞَ and pronunced nahaja in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻨﻬَﺞُ and pronounced yanhaju. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word pursue consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written and pronounced n, ha that is written and pronounced h and jim that is written and pronounced j. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to pursue

The letters of pursue

ﻧَﻬَﺞَ
ﻧـ
ـﻬـ
ـﺞ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻬـ
ـﺞ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻫـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻪ
ﺟـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺞ
 
nun
n
ha
h
jim
j
 
 
The Arabic word for pursue 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 ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) 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 jim that is written ﺝ ( here ـﺞ ) and pronounced j 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 ﻧَﻬَﺞَ and pronounced nahaja.
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 pursue

fa3ala becomes nahaja

We have seen that the Arabic word for pursue is written ﻧَﻬَﺞَ and pronounced nahaja. 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, h and j, the word becomes nahaja.
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 pursue

Conjugations of pursue

past tense
present tense
he
nahaja
ﻧَﻬَﺞَ
he - past tense
yanhaju
ﻳَﻨﻬَﺞُ
he - present tense
she
nahajat
ﻧَﻬَﺠَﺖ
she - past tense
tanhaju
ﺗَﻨﻬَﺞُ
she - present tense
I
nahajtu
ﻧَﻬَﺠﺖُ
I - past tense
'anhaju
ﺃَﻧﻬَﺞُ
I - present tense