Arabic for lie down

raqada
ﺭَﻗَﺪَ
lie down – past tense he
yarqudu
ﻳَﺮﻗُﺪُ
lie down – present tense he

The Arabic verb for lie down is written ﺭَﻗَﺪَ and pronunced raqada in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺮﻗُﺪُ and pronounced yarqudu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word lie down consists of three Arabic letters: ra that is written and pronounced r, qaf that is written and pronounced q and dal that is written and pronounced d. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to lie down

The letters of lie down

ﺭَﻗَﺪَ
ﻗـ
ـﺪ
 
ﻗـ
ـﺪ
 
ـﺮ
ﻗـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻖ
ـﺪ
 
ra
r
qaf
q
dal
d
 
 
The Arabic word for lie down consists of: The letter ra that is written ﺭ 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. 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 dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) and pronounced d 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 ﺭَﻗَﺪَ and pronounced raqada.
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The pattern for lie down

fa3ala becomes raqada

We have seen that the Arabic word for lie down is written ﺭَﻗَﺪَ and pronounced raqada. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are r, q and d, the word becomes raqada.
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 lie down

Conjugations of lie down

past tense
present tense
he
raqada
ﺭَﻗَﺪَ
he - past tense
yarqudu
ﻳَﺮﻗُﺪُ
he - present tense
she
raqadat
ﺭَﻗَﺪَﺕ
she - past tense
tarqudu
ﺗَﺮﻗُﺪُ
she - present tense
I
raqadtu
ﺭَﻗَﺪﺕُ
I - past tense
'arqudu
ﺃَﺭﻗُﺪُ
I - present tense