Arabic for arrive

waSala

ﻭَﺻَﻞَ

arrive – past tense he

yaSilu

ﻳَﺼِﻞُ

arrive – present tense he

The Arabic verb for arrive is written ﻭَﺻَﻞَ and pronunced waSala in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺼِﻞُ and pronounced yaSilu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word arrive

I arrived in the last moment.

waSaltu fii 'aakhiri laHZatin

ﻭَﺻَﻠﺖُ ﻓِﻲ ﺁﺧِﺮِ ﻟَﺤﻈَﺔٍ

We arrived at my house.⁵

waSalnaa 'ilaa baytii

ﻭَﺻَﻠﻨَﺎ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﺑَﻴﺘِﻲ

One day she arrived at a large river.

fii 'aHadi all'ayyaami waSalat 'ilaa Diffati nahrin kabiirin

ﻓِﻲ ﺃَﺣَﺪِ ﺍَﻟﺎﻟﺄَﻳَّﺎﻡِ ﻭَﺻَﻠَﺖ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﺿِﻔَّﺔِ ﻧَﻬﺮٍ ﻛَﺒِﻴﺮٍ

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Important letters: ﻭ ﺹ ﻝ

The root of the word arrive consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w, Sad that is written ﺹ and pronounced S and lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to arrive

communication, connection

The letters of arrive

ﻭَﺻَﻞَ

ﻭ

ﺻـ

ـﻞ

ﻭ

ﺻـ

ـﻞ

ﻭ

ـﻮ

ﺹ

ﺻـ

ـﺼـ

ـﺺ

ﻝ

ﻟـ

ـﻠـ

ـﻞ

waw

Sad

lam

The Arabic word for arrive consists of: The letter waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w 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 Sad that is written ﺹ ( here ﺻـ ) 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. 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 ﻭَﺻَﻞَ and pronounced waSala.

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 arrive

fa3ala becomes waSala

We have seen that the Arabic word for arrive is written ﻭَﺻَﻞَ and pronounced waSala. 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 w, S and l, the word becomes waSala.
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