Arabic for be empty-handed

'aSfara

ﺃَﺻﻔَﺮَ

be empty-handed – past tense he

yuSfiru

ﻳُﺼﻔِﺮُ

be empty-handed – present tense he

The Arabic verb for be empty-handed is written ﺃَﺻﻔَﺮَ and pronunced 'aSfara in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﺼﻔِﺮُ and pronounced yuSfiru. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﺹ ﻑ ﺭ

The root of the word be empty-handed consists of three Arabic letters: Sad that is written ﺹ and pronounced S, fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f and ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to be empty-handed

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All letters in be empty-handed

ﺃَﺻﻔَﺮَ

ﺃ

ﺻـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺮ

ﺃ

ﺻـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺮ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﺹ

ﺻـ

ـﺼـ

ـﺺ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

alif hamza

Sad

The Arabic word for be empty-handed 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 Sad that is written ﺹ ( here ﺻـ ) and pronounced S 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 ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r 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 ﺃَﺻﻔَﺮَ and pronounced 'aSfara.

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The pattern for be empty-handed

'af3ala becomes 'aSfara

We have seen that the Arabic word for be empty-handed is written ﺃَﺻﻔَﺮَ and pronounced 'aSfara. 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 S, f and r, the word becomes 'aSfara.
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