OpenArabic Get the app

فَوْق above in Arabic

فَوْق is how you say “above” in Arabic.

Arabic

English

The audio uses AI voices.

Example sentence

وَإِن المدل لَا يصعد عمله فَوق رَأسه

Indeed, the boastful person's deeds do not rise above his head.

فَوْقَ above

This 'above', an adverb fixed in the accusative, itself governs the following noun in the genitive. It measures the (failed) height: not even 'above his head'.

From Contentment with What God Wills

The English is machine-translated.

The app’s sheet for the word كِتَاب: book, an audio button, and the root it comes from.

Practise this word in the app

One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.

Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.

Free. No ads. No subscription.

An account is needed in the app.

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play

More example sentences

ما تحفظه يبنيك طابقًا فوق طابق

What you memorize builds you up, floor upon floor.

فَوْقَ upon

'above / on top of,' in the -a form, heading an 'of' pair with 'a storey.' 'Storey upon storey' — each layer of memory atop the last.

From Retaining the Quran

أحدها أنه تعالى فوق خلقه كلهم

One of them is that He, exalted be He, is above all His creation.

فَوْقَ is above

A place-word 'above', functioning as the predicate of the verbless clause, 'He is above...'. Arabic states such 'X is above Y' relations with no word for 'is' and uses this word's governed form to link it to what follows.

From God's Eternal Word

Related words