Arabic for waste

istanfaqa

ﺍِﺳﺘَﻨﻔَﻖَ

waste – past tense he

yastanfiqu

ﻳَﺴﺘَﻨﻔِﻖُ

waste – present tense he

The Arabic verb for waste is written ﺍِﺳﺘَﻨﻔَﻖَ and pronunced istanfaqa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺴﺘَﻨﻔِﻖُ and pronounced yastanfiqu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻥ ﻑ ﻕ

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

Words related to waste

All letters in waste

ﺍِﺳﺘَﻨﻔَﻖَ

ﺍ

ﺳـ

ـﺘـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻖ

ﺍ

ﺳـ

ـﺘـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻖ

ﺍ

ـﺎ

ﺱ

ﺳـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺲ

ﺕ

ﺗـ

ـﺘـ

ـﺖ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

alef

sin

nun

qaf

The Arabic word for waste consists of: The letter alef that is written ﺍ and pronounced . The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter sin that is written ﺱ ( here ﺳـ ) and pronounced s. The letter ta that is written ﺕ ( here ـﺘـ ) 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 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 qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ـﻖ ) and pronounced q 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 ﺍِﺳﺘَﻨﻔَﻖَ and pronounced istanfaqa.

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The pattern for waste

istaf3ala becomes istanfaqa

We have seen that the Arabic word for waste is written ﺍِﺳﺘَﻨﻔَﻖَ and pronounced istanfaqa. It follows the pattern verb form 10. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure istaf3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is istaf3ala and the root letters are n, f and q, the word becomes istanfaqa.
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