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In this rule the penultimate letter carries kasrah. If the active imperfect already has that kasrah it remains; otherwise the required kasrah is supplied.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
يُكْرِمُ ← مُكْرِمٌkasrah on rāʾ.
يَجْتَنِبُ ← مُجْتَنِبٌkasrah on nūn.
يَتَقَبَّلُ ← مُتَقَبِّلٌkasrah on the doubled bāʾ.

Simply adding initial mu- is therefore insufficient unless the internal vowel is correct.

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Kasrah on the penultimate letter

Active Participles: Definition, Patterns, Paradigms and Derivation

In this rule the penultimate letter carries kasrah. If the active imperfect already has that kasrah it remains; otherwise the required kasrah is supplied.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
يُكْرِمُ ← مُكْرِمٌkasrah on rāʾ.
يَجْتَنِبُ ← مُجْتَنِبٌkasrah on nūn.
يَتَقَبَّلُ ← مُتَقَبِّلٌkasrah on the doubled bāʾ.

Simply adding initial mu- is therefore insufficient unless the internal vowel is correct.