Arabic for scoop up

Hafana
ﺣَﻔَﻦَ
scoop up – past tense he
yaHfunu
ﻳَﺤﻔُﻦُ
scoop up – present tense he

The Arabic verb for scoop up is written ﺣَﻔَﻦَ and pronunced Hafana in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺤﻔُﻦُ and pronounced yaHfunu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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

Word related to scoop up

The word scoop up letter by letter

ﺣَﻔَﻦَ
ﺣـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻦ
 
ﺣـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻦ
 
ﺣـ
ـﺤـ
ـﺢ
ﻓـ
ـﻔـ
ـﻒ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
 
Ha
H
fa
f
nun
n
 
 
The Arabic word for scoop up consists of: The letter Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ﺣـ ) 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 fa that is written ﻑ ( here ـﻔـ ) and pronounced f 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 nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻦ ) 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﺣَﻔَﻦَ and pronounced Hafana.
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 scoop up

fa3ala becomes Hafana

We have seen that the Arabic word for scoop up is written ﺣَﻔَﻦَ and pronounced Hafana. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are H, f and n, the word becomes Hafana.
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 scoop up

Conjugations of scoop up

past tense
present tense
he
Hafana
ﺣَﻔَﻦَ
he - past tense
yaHfunu
ﻳَﺤﻔُﻦُ
he - present tense
she
Hafanat
ﺣَﻔَﻨَﺖ
she - past tense
taHfunu
ﺗَﺤﻔُﻦُ
she - present tense
I
Hafantu
ﺣَﻔَﻨﺖُ
I - past tense
'aHfunu
ﺃَﺣﻔُﻦُ
I - present tense