Arabic for disappear, fade away

'afala

ﺃَﻓَﻞَ

disappear, fade away – past tense he

ya'filu

ﻳَﺄﻓِﻞُ

disappear, fade away – present tense he

The Arabic verb for disappear, fade away is written ﺃَﻓَﻞَ and pronunced 'afala in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺄﻓِﻞُ and pronounced ya'filu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﺃ ﻑ ﻝ

The root of the word disappear, fade away consists of three Arabic letters: alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced ', fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f and lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Word related to disappear, fade away

passing

'aafil

ﺁﻓِﻞ

The word disappear, fade away letter by letter

ﺃَﻓَﻞَ

ﺃ

ﻓـ

ـﻞ

ﺃ

ﻓـ

ـﻞ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﻝ

ﻟـ

ـﻠـ

ـﻞ

alif hamza

lam

The Arabic word for disappear, fade away consists of: The letter alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced ' 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 fa that is written ﻑ ( here ﻓـ ) 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 lam that is written ﻝ ( here ـﻞ ) and pronounced l 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 ﺃَﻓَﻞَ and pronounced 'afala.

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The pattern for disappear, fade away

fa3ala becomes 'afala

We have seen that the Arabic word for disappear, fade away is written ﺃَﻓَﻞَ and pronounced 'afala. 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 ', f and l, the word becomes 'afala.
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