Arabic for feed

'aT3ama

ﺃَﻃﻌَﻢَ

feed – past tense he

yuT3imu

ﻳُﻄﻌِﻢُ

feed – present tense he

The Arabic verb for feed is written ﺃَﻃﻌَﻢَ and pronunced 'aT3ama in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻄﻌِﻢُ and pronounced yuT3imu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word feed

She crushed the walnuts and fed him.

kasarat aljawza wa'aT3amathu

ﻛَﺴَﺮَﺕ ﺍَﻟﺠَﻮﺯَ ﻭَﺃَﻃﻌَﻤَﺘﻪُ

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Important letters: ﻁ ﻉ ﻡ

The root of the word feed consists of three Arabic letters: Ta that is written ﻁ and pronounced T, ayn that is written ﻉ and pronounced 3 and mim that is written ﻡ and pronounced m. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to feed

The letters of feed

ﺃَﻃﻌَﻢَ

ﺃ

ﻃـ

ـﻌـ

ـﻢ

ﺃ

ﻃـ

ـﻌـ

ـﻢ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﻁ

ﻃـ

ـﻄـ

ـﻂ

ﻉ

ﻋـ

ـﻌـ

ـﻊ

ﻡ

ﻣـ

ـﻤـ

ـﻢ

alif hamza

ayn

mim

The Arabic word for feed consists of: The letter alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced '. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ﻃـ ) and pronounced T and is a part of the root of the word. The letter ayn that is written ﻉ ( here ـﻌـ ) and pronounced 3 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 mim that is written ﻡ ( here ـﻢ ) and pronounced m 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 ﺃَﻃﻌَﻢَ and pronounced 'aT3ama.

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 feed

'af3ala becomes 'aT3ama

We have seen that the Arabic word for feed is written ﺃَﻃﻌَﻢَ and pronounced 'aT3ama. It follows the pattern verb form 4. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure 'af3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is 'af3ala and the root letters are T, 3 and m, the word becomes 'aT3ama.
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