Arabic for greed

Tama3
ﻃَﻤَﻊ
greed – masculine singular

The Arabic word for greed is pronounced Tama3 and written ﻃَﻤَﻊ.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word greed consists of three Arabic letters: Ta that is written and pronounced T, mim that is written and pronounced m and ayn that is written and pronounced 3. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The letters of greed

ﻃَﻤَﻊ
ﻃـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻊ
 
ﻃـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻊ
 
ﻃـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻂ
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ﻋـ
ـﻌـ
ـﻊ
 
Ta
T
mim
m
ayn
3
 
 
The Arabic word for greed consists of: The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ﻃـ ) and pronounced T 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 mim that is written ﻡ ( here ـﻤـ ) and pronounced m 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﻃَﻤَﻊ and pronounced Tama3.
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 greed

fa3al becomes Tama3

We have seen that the Arabic word for greed is written ﻃَﻤَﻊ and pronounced Tama3. 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 T, m and 3, the word becomes Tama3.
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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