Arabic for previous

'aanif
ﺁﻧِﻒ
previous – masculine singular

The Arabic word for previous is pronounced 'aanif and written ﺁﻧِﻒ.

Part of speech: adjective. Pattern: active participle

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

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The letters of previous

ﺁﻧِﻒ
ﻧـ
ـﻒ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻒ
 
ـﺂ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
 
'aa
nun
n
fa
f
 
 
The Arabic word for previous consists of: The letter that is written ﺁ and pronounced 'aa. 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 i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ـﻒ ) and pronounced f and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﺁﻧِﻒ and pronounced 'aanif.
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 previous

faa3il becomes 'aanif

We have seen that the Arabic word for previous is written ﺁﻧِﻒ and pronounced 'aanif. It follows the pattern active participle form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure faa3il where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is faa3il and the root letters are ', n and f, the word becomes 'aanif.
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 previous