Arabic for bow, kneel

raka3a
ﺭَﻛَﻊَ
bow, kneel – past tense he
yarka3u
ﻳَﺮﻛَﻊُ
bow, kneel – present tense he

The Arabic verb for bow, kneel is written ﺭَﻛَﻊَ and pronunced raka3a in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺮﻛَﻊُ and pronounced yarka3u. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word bow, kneel consists of three Arabic letters: ra that is written and pronounced r, kaf that is written and pronounced k and ayn that is written and pronounced 3. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to bow, kneel

The word bow, kneel letter by letter

ﺭَﻛَﻊَ
ﻛـ
ـﻊ
 
ﻛـ
ـﻊ
 
ـﺮ
ﻛـ
ـﻜـ
ـﻚ
ﻋـ
ـﻌـ
ـﻊ
 
ra
r
kaf
k
ayn
3
 
 
The Arabic word for bow, kneel 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 kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ﻛـ ) and pronounced k 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 ayn that is written ﻉ ( here ـﻊ ) and pronounced 3 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 ﺭَﻛَﻊَ and pronounced raka3a.
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The pattern for bow, kneel

fa3ala becomes raka3a

We have seen that the Arabic word for bow, kneel is written ﺭَﻛَﻊَ and pronounced raka3a. 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, k and 3, the word becomes raka3a.
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 bow, kneel

Conjugations of bow, kneel

past tense
present tense
he
raka3a
ﺭَﻛَﻊَ
he - past tense
yarka3u
ﻳَﺮﻛَﻊُ
he - present tense
she
raka3at
ﺭَﻛَﻌَﺖ
she - past tense
tarka3u
ﺗَﺮﻛَﻊُ
she - present tense
I
raka3tu
ﺭَﻛَﻌﺖُ
I - past tense
'arka3u
ﺃَﺭﻛَﻊُ
I - present tense