Arabic for saliva

nafth
ﻧَﻔﺚ
saliva – masculine singular

ﻧَﻔﺚ is an Arabic word. The meaning is saliva. You pronounce it nafth.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word saliva consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written and pronounced n, fa that is written and pronounced f and tha that is written and pronounced th. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word saliva letter by letter

ﻧَﻔﺚ
ﻧـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺚ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻔـ
ـﺚ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
ﺛـ
ـﺜـ
ـﺚ
 
nun
n
fa
f
tha
th
 
 
The Arabic word for saliva consists of: The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ﻧـ ) and pronounced n 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 ـﻔـ ) and pronounced f and is a part of the root of the word. The letter tha that is written ﺙ ( here ـﺚ ) and pronounced th and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻧَﻔﺚ and pronounced nafth.
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 saliva

fa3l becomes nafth

We have seen that the Arabic word for saliva is written ﻧَﻔﺚ and pronounced nafth. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3l where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3l and the root letters are n, f and th, the word becomes nafth.
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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