Arabic for spendthrift

minfaaq
ﻣِﻨﻔَﺎﻕ
spendthrift – masculine singular

The Arabic word for spendthrift is pronounced minfaaq and written ﻣِﻨﻔَﺎﻕ.

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Part of speech: noun. Pattern: instrument noun

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

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The word spendthrift letter by letter

ﻣِﻨﻔَﺎﻕ
ﻣـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺎ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺎ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
ـﺎ
ﻗـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻖ
 
mim
m
nun
n
fa
f
alef
qaf
q
 
 
The Arabic word for spendthrift consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under 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 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 alef that is written ﺍ ( here ـﺎ ) and pronounced . The letter qaf that is written ﻕ and pronounced q and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻣِﻨﻔَﺎﻕ and pronounced minfaaq.
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The pattern for spendthrift

mif3aal becomes minfaaq

We have seen that the Arabic word for spendthrift is written ﻣِﻨﻔَﺎﻕ and pronounced minfaaq. It follows the pattern instrument noun. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure mif3aal where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is mif3aal and the root letters are n, f and q, the word becomes minfaaq.
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

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