Arabic for be sleepless, stay awake at night

sahira

ﺳَﻬِﺮَ

be sleepless, stay awake at night – past tense he

yasharu

ﻳَﺴﻬَﺮُ

be sleepless, stay awake at night – present tense he

The Arabic verb for be sleepless, stay awake at night is written ﺳَﻬِﺮَ and pronunced sahira in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺴﻬَﺮُ and pronounced yasharu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word be sleepless, stay awake at night

I stayed up and the moon stayed up with me.

sahirtu waalqamara

ﺳَﻬِﺮﺕُ ﻭَﺍَﻟﻘَﻤَﺮَ

I stayed up all night.

sahirtu kulla allayli

ﺳَﻬِﺮﺕُ ﻛُﻞَّ ﺍَﻟﻠَﻴﻞِ

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Important letters: ﺱ ﻩ ﺭ

The root of the word be sleepless, stay awake at night consists of three Arabic letters: sin that is written ﺱ and pronounced s, ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h and ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to be sleepless, stay awake at night

night person, night reveler, nocturnal

The word be sleepless, stay awake at night letter by letter

ﺳَﻬِﺮَ

ﺳـ

ـﻬـ

ـﺮ

ﺳـ

ـﻬـ

ـﺮ

ﺱ

ﺳـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺲ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

sin

The Arabic word for be sleepless, stay awake at night consists of: The letter sin that is written ﺱ ( here ﺳـ ) and pronounced s 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 ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under 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 ﺳَﻬِﺮَ and pronounced sahira.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for be sleepless, stay awake at night

fa3ila becomes sahira

We have seen that the Arabic word for be sleepless, stay awake at night is written ﺳَﻬِﺮَ and pronounced sahira. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are s, h and r, the word becomes sahira.
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