Arabic for strike

naqara

ﻧَﻘَﺮَ

strike – past tense he

yanquru

ﻳَﻨﻘُﺮُ

strike – present tense he

The Arabic verb for strike is written ﻧَﻘَﺮَ and pronunced naqara in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻨﻘُﺮُ and pronounced yanquru. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word strike

The rain started to rattle on the windowpane.¹

'akhadha almaTaru yanquru 3alaa annaafidhati

ﺃَﺧَﺬَ ﺍَﻟﻤَﻄَﺮُ ﻳَﻨﻘُﺮُ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺍَﻟﻨَّﺎﻓِﺬَﺓِ

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Important letters: ﻥ ﻕ ﺭ

The root of the word strike consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n, qaf that is written ﻕ and pronounced q and ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to strike

The letters of strike

ﻧَﻘَﺮَ

ﻧـ

ـﻘـ

ـﺮ

ﻧـ

ـﻘـ

ـﺮ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

nun

qaf

The Arabic word for strike 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 qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ـﻘـ ) and pronounced q 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 ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) 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. Therefore, the word is writen ﻧَﻘَﺮَ and pronounced naqara.

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 strike

fa3ala becomes naqara

We have seen that the Arabic word for strike is written ﻧَﻘَﺮَ and pronounced naqara. 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 n, q and r, the word becomes naqara.
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