Arabic for spend

'anfaqa

ﺃَﻧﻔَﻖَ

spend – past tense he

yunfiqu

ﻳُﻨﻔِﻖُ

spend – present tense he

The Arabic verb for spend is written ﺃَﻧﻔَﻖَ and pronunced 'anfaqa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻨﻔِﻖُ and pronounced yunfiqu. 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 spend 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 spend

The letters of spend

ﺃَﻧﻔَﻖَ

ﺃ

ﻧـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻖ

ﺃ

ﻧـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻖ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

alif hamza

nun

qaf

The Arabic word for spend 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 nun that is written ﻥ ( here ﻧـ ) 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 ﺃَﻧﻔَﻖَ and pronounced 'anfaqa.

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 spend

'af3ala becomes 'anfaqa

We have seen that the Arabic word for spend is written ﺃَﻧﻔَﻖَ and pronounced 'anfaqa. 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 n, f and q, the word becomes 'anfaqa.
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