Arabic for despair

qaniTa
ﻗَﻨِﻂَ
despair – past tense he
yaqnaTu
ﻳَﻘﻨَﻂُ
despair – present tense he

The Arabic verb for despair is written ﻗَﻨِﻂَ and pronunced qaniTa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻘﻨَﻂُ and pronounced yaqnaTu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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

Words related to despair

The letters of despair

ﻗَﻨِﻂَ
ﻗـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻂ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻂ
 
ﻗـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻖ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻃـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻂ
 
qaf
q
nun
n
Ta
T
 
 
The Arabic word for despair consists of: The letter qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ﻗـ ) 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. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻨـ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ـﻂ ) and pronounced T 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 ﻗَﻨِﻂَ and pronounced qaniTa.
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 despair

fa3ila becomes qaniTa

We have seen that the Arabic word for despair is written ﻗَﻨِﻂَ and pronounced qaniTa. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are q, n and T, the word becomes qaniTa.
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 despair

Conjugations of despair

past tense
present tense
he
qaniTa
ﻗَﻨِﻂَ
he - past tense
yaqnaTu
ﻳَﻘﻨَﻂُ
he - present tense
she
qaniTat
ﻗَﻨِﻄَﺖ
she - past tense
taqnaTu
ﺗَﻘﻨَﻂُ
she - present tense
I
qaniTtu
ﻗَﻨِﻄﺖُ
I - past tense
'aqnaTu
ﺃَﻗﻨَﻂُ
I - present tense