Arabic for lay down

raqqada

ﺭَﻗَّﺪَ

lay down – past tense he

yuraqqidu

ﻳُﺮَﻗِّﺪُ

lay down – present tense he

The Arabic verb for lay down is written ﺭَﻗَّﺪَ and pronunced raqqada in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﺮَﻗِّﺪُ and pronounced yuraqqidu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﺭ ﻕ ﺩ

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

Words related to lay down

to lie down

raqada

ﺭَﻗَﺪَ

lying down, subsiding

The letters of lay down

ﺭَﻗَّﺪَ

ﺭ

ﻗـ

ـﺪ

ﺭ

ﻗـ

ـﺪ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

ﺩ

ـﺪ

qaf

dal

The Arabic word for lay 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 ﺭَﻗَّﺪَ and pronounced raqqada.

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The pattern for lay down

fa33ala becomes raqqada

We have seen that the Arabic word for lay down is written ﺭَﻗَّﺪَ and pronounced raqqada. It follows the pattern verb form 2. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa33ala and the root letters are r, q and d, the word becomes raqqada.
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