How to say "open your books" in Arabic
CognateMeaningopen your books
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِفْتَحُوا الْكُتُب
iftaḥū l-kutubאפתחו אל-כתב
افتحوا الكتب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פתחו את הספרים
pitkhu et hasfarimپِتْخُو إِت هَاسْفَارِيم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ف-ت-حHebrew root
פ-ת-חiftaḥū is Hebrew פתחו: the same root פ-ת-ח / ف-ت-ح and even the same plural -ū of the imperative. Only the books differ: Arabic kutub, 'written things' (כ-ת-ב), Hebrew ספרים.
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In a phrase
اِفْتَحُوا الْكُتُب عَلَى صَفْحَة عَشَرَة
iftaḥū l-kutub ʿalā ṣafḥa ʿasharaאפתחו אל-כתב עלא צפחה עשרהOpen your books to page ten.