Arabic for jump

qafaza

ﻗَﻔَﺰَ

jump – past tense he

yaqfizu

ﻳَﻘﻔِﺰُ

jump – present tense he

The Arabic verb for jump is written ﻗَﻔَﺰَ and pronunced qafaza in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻘﻔِﺰُ and pronounced yaqfizu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word jump

She jumped around between piles of fruit.

kaanat taqfizu hunaa wahunaaka bayna 'akwaami alfiwaakihi

ﻛَﺎﻧَﺖ ﺗَﻘﻔِﺰُ ﻫُﻨَﺎ ﻭَﻫُﻨَﺎﻙَ ﺑَﻴﻦَ ﺃَﻛﻮَﺍﻡِ ﺍَﻟﻔِﻮَﺍﻛِﻪِ

A grasshopper jumped and suddenly a bird flew to the ground to catch it.

qafazat jaraadatun wafaj'atan Taara 3uSfuurun biittijaahi al'arDi liyumsikuhaa

ﻗَﻔَﺰَﺕ ﺟَﺮَﺍﺩَﺓٌ ﻭَﻓَﺠﺄَﺓً ﻃَﺎﺭَ ﻋُﺼﻔُﻮﺭٌ ﺑِﺎِﺗِّﺠَﺎﻩِ ﺍَﻟﺄَﺭﺽِ ﻟِﻴُﻤﺴِﻜُﻬَﺎ

The cat jumps up on the table.

yaqfizu alqiTTu fawqa aTTaawilati

ﻳَﻘﻔِﺰُ ﺍَﻟﻘِﻂُّ ﻓَﻮﻕَ ﺍَﻟﻄَّﺎﻭِﻟَﺔِ

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Important letters: ﻕ ﻑ ﺯ

The root of the word jump consists of three Arabic letters: qaf that is written ﻕ and pronounced q, fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f and zayn that is written ﺯ and pronounced z. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to jump

All letters in jump

ﻗَﻔَﺰَ

ﻗـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺰ

ﻗـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺰ

ﻕ

ﻗـ

ـﻘـ

ـﻖ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﺯ

ـﺰ

qaf

zayn

The Arabic word for jump consists of: The letter qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ﻗـ ) 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 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 zayn that is written ﺯ ( here ـﺰ ) and pronounced z 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 ﻗَﻔَﺰَ and pronounced qafaza.

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 jump

fa3ala becomes qafaza

We have seen that the Arabic word for jump is written ﻗَﻔَﺰَ and pronounced qafaza. 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 q, f and z, the word becomes qafaza.
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