Arabic for find

wajada

ﻭَﺟَﺪَ

find – past tense he

yajidu

ﻳَﺠِﺪُ

find – present tense he

The Arabic verb for find is written ﻭَﺟَﺪَ and pronunced wajada in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺠِﺪُ and pronounced yajidu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word find

I can find your ring.

'anaa 'astaTii3u 'an 'ajida khaatamaka

ﺃَﻧَﺎ ﺃَﺳﺘَﻄِﻴﻊُ ﺃَﻥ ﺃَﺟِﺪَ ﺧَﺎﺗَﻤَﻚَ

He can never guess what is under the hat.

lan yaHzira 'abadan maadhaa yajidu taHta alqubba3ati

ﻟَﻦ ﻳَﺤﺰِﺭَ ﺃَﺑَﺪﺍً ﻣَﺎﺫَﺍ ﻳَﺠِﺪُ ﺗَﺤﺖَ ﺍَﻟﻘُﺒَّﻌَﺔِ

I discovered a lot of precious songs and poems.⁵

wajadtu kathiiran min l'aghaanii waalqaSaa'idi aththamiinati

ﻭَﺟَﺪﺕُ ﻛَﺜِﻴﺮﺍً ﻣِﻦ ﺍﻟﺄَﻏَﺎﻧِﻲ ﻭَﺍَﻟﻘَﺼَﺎﺋِﺪِ ﺍَﻟﺜَّﻤِﻴﻨَﺔِ

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Important letters: ﻭ ﺝ ﺩ

The root of the word find consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w, jim that is written ﺝ and pronounced j and dal that is written ﺩ and pronounced d. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to find

The letters of find

ﻭَﺟَﺪَ

ﻭ

ﺟـ

ـﺪ

ﻭ

ﺟـ

ـﺪ

ﻭ

ـﻮ

ﺝ

ﺟـ

ـﺠـ

ـﺞ

ﺩ

ـﺪ

waw

jim

dal

The Arabic word for find 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 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 dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) and pronounced d 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 ﻭَﺟَﺪَ and pronounced wajada.

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 find

fa3ala becomes wajada

We have seen that the Arabic word for find is written ﻭَﺟَﺪَ and pronounced wajada. 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, j and d, the word becomes wajada.
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