Arabic for postpone

'ajjala

ﺃَﺟَّﻞَ

postpone – past tense he

yu'ajjilu

ﻳُﺆَﺟِّﻞُ

postpone – present tense he

The Arabic verb for postpone is written ﺃَﺟَّﻞَ and pronunced 'ajjala in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﺆَﺟِّﻞُ and pronounced yu'ajjilu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﺃ ﺝ ﻝ

The root of the word postpone consists of three Arabic letters: alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced ', jim that is written ﺝ and pronounced j and lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Word related to postpone

because of

'ajl

ﺃَﺟﻞ

The word postpone letter by letter

ﺃَﺟَّﻞَ

ﺃ

ﺟـ

ـﻞ

ﺃ

ﺟـ

ـﻞ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﺝ

ﺟـ

ـﺠـ

ـﺞ

ﻝ

ﻟـ

ـﻠـ

ـﻞ

alif hamza

jim

lam

The Arabic word for postpone consists of: The letter alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced ' 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 jim that is written ﺝ ( here ﺟـ ) and pronounced j 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 lam that is written ﻝ ( here ـﻞ ) and pronounced l 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 ﺃَﺟَّﻞَ and pronounced 'ajjala.

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 postpone

fa33ala becomes 'ajjala

We have seen that the Arabic word for postpone is written ﺃَﺟَّﻞَ and pronounced 'ajjala. It follows the pattern verb form 2. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa33ala and the root letters are ', j and l, the word becomes 'ajjala.
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