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fell in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- saqaṭa
- Arabizi
saqaTa- Type
- verb
- Root
- ق ط ر
Other meanings
- وَقَعَ waqaʿa — fell · to drop (past)
How to use it
"fell" is the past tense of "fall". In Arabic the most common verb is سَقَطَ (saqaṭa). It is a regular verb and does not need a subject pronoun in a simple past sentence. Use وَقَعَ (waqaʿa) for a more formal or literary style.
Example sentences
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السَّقْطُ فِي الْجَبَلِ سَبَبَ أَذَىً.
al-saḳṭu fī al-jabali sababa aḏāً.
The fall on the mountain caused injury.
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الطائِرَةُ وَقَعَتْ فِي البِحارِ.
aṭ-ṭāʾiratu waqaʿat fī al-biḥār.
The plane fell into the sea.
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سَقَطَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ بِسُرْعَةٍ.
saqaṭati ash-shajaratu bisurʿatin.
The tree fell quickly.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Sami fell.
انهار سامي ساقطا.
The tree fell down.
سقطت الشجرة.
Many trees fell down.
سقطت الكثير من الأشجار.
Sami's hair fell out.
تساقط شعر سامي.
Layla's life fell apart.
لقد انهارت حياة ليلى.
Suddenly, the rain fell.
فجأة هطل المطر.
Commodity prices fell, too.
كما هبطت أسعار السلع الأساسية أيضاً.
The building fell down suddenly.
فجأة انهار المبنى.
When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
ومتى نزل الندى على المحلّة ليلا كان ينزل المنّ معه
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
ومتى نزل الندى على المحلّة ليلا كان ينزل المنّ معه
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
بين رجليها انطرح سقط اضطجع. بين رجليها انطرح سقط. حيث انطرح فهناك سقط مقتولا.
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
بين رجليها انطرح سقط اضطجع. بين رجليها انطرح سقط. حيث انطرح فهناك سقط مقتولا.
Questions and answers
Is "fell" always سَقَطَ?
Usually yes for a physical fall. For metaphorical or formal contexts, وَقَعَ is also common.
Do I need to add a subject pronoun?
No, the verb alone conveys the past meaning; add a pronoun only for emphasis.
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