English → Arabic
missed in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- fawata
- Arabizi
fawata- Type
- verb
- Root
- ف و ت
How to use it
فَوْتَ is the past tense of the verb فَوْتَ meaning “to miss, to fail to catch or to be absent”. It is used for missing transport, opportunities, or information. The verb pattern is فَعَلَ.
Example sentences
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أَنَا فَوْتُ القِطارَ صَبَاحًا.
anā fawtu al-qiṭāra ṣabāḥan.
I missed the train this morning.
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هُوَ فَوْتَ الفُرْصَةَ لِلتَّجْرِبةِ.
huwa fawta al-furṣata lit-tajribi.
He missed the chance to try.
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لَمْ أَفْهَمْ السُّؤَالَ فَفَوْتُهُ.
lam ʾafham al-suʾāla fa-fawtuhu.
I didn’t understand the question, so I missed it.
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 missed.
لم يصب سامي.
I missed my stop.
فوّتت موقفي.
I missed the bus.
لقد فاتتني الحافلة
Sami missed Layla.
افتقد سامي ليلى.
Any missed services?
أيّة خدمات تفتقدونها؟
You just missed her.
أنت مشتاق لها فحسب.
Sami missed his bus.
فوّت سامي حافلته.
Sami missed his dog.
افتقد سامي لكلبه.
How I've missed you!
لكم اشتقت إليك!
Sami shot and missed.
أطلق سامي النّار و لم يصب.
Sami missed Sunday school.
فوّتت ليلى درس مدرسة الأحد.
PH: We missed a lot. You know, you missed, we missed the Internet, the long tail, the role of the audience, open systems, social networks.
ب.هـ.: لقد أخفقنا في توقعاتنا، أخفقنا في جانب الإنترنت، أخفقنا في توقع الإنتشار الكبير، التفاعل مع المستخدمين، أنظمة التشغيل مفتوحة المصدر، والشبكات الإجتماعية.
Questions and answers
Can فَوْتَ be used for people?
Usually not; for a person you would say غابَ or لم يَحْضُرَ.
What is the noun form?
The noun is فَوْت (fawt), meaning “miss, loss”.
Related words and expressions
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