Arabic for kick

rafasa

ﺭَﻓَﺲَ

kick – past tense he

yarfisu

ﻳَﺮﻓِﺲُ

kick – present tense he

The Arabic verb for kick is written ﺭَﻓَﺲَ and pronunced rafasa in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺮﻓِﺲُ and pronounced yarfisu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﺭ ﻑ ﺱ

The root of the word kick consists of three Arabic letters: ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r, fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f and sin that is written ﺱ and pronounced s. Words with the same root letters are often related.

The word kick letter by letter

ﺭَﻓَﺲَ

ﺭ

ﻓـ

ـﺲ

ﺭ

ﻓـ

ـﺲ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﺱ

ﺳـ

ـﺴـ

ـﺲ

sin

The Arabic word for kick consists of: The letter ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r 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 ﻓـ ) 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 sin that is written ﺱ ( here ـﺲ ) and pronounced s 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 ﺭَﻓَﺲَ and pronounced rafasa.

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 kick

fa3ala becomes rafasa

We have seen that the Arabic word for kick is written ﺭَﻓَﺲَ and pronounced rafasa. 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 r, f and s, the word becomes rafasa.
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