Arabic for flame

lahab
ﻟَﻬَﺐ
flame – masculine singular

The Arabic word for flame is pronounced lahab and written ﻟَﻬَﺐ.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word flame consists of three Arabic letters: lam that is written and pronounced l, ha that is written and pronounced h and beh that is written and pronounced b. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word flame letter by letter

ﻟَﻬَﺐ
ﻟـ
ـﻬـ
ـﺐ
 
ﻟـ
ـﻬـ
ـﺐ
 
ﻟـ
ـﻠـ
ـﻞ
ﻫـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻪ
ﺑـ
ـﺒـ
ـﺐ
 
lam
l
ha
h
beh
b
 
 
The Arabic word for flame consists of: The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ﻟـ ) 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. 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 a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter beh that is written ﺏ ( here ـﺐ ) and pronounced b and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻟَﻬَﺐ and pronounced lahab.
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 flame

fa3al becomes lahab

We have seen that the Arabic word for flame is written ﻟَﻬَﺐ and pronounced lahab. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3al where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3al and the root letters are l, h and b, the word becomes lahab.
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

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