Mutāwaʿah (resulting action) expresses the result experienced by something after another agent's action.
كَسَرْتُهُ فَانْكَسَرَ
Translation: I broke it, and so it broke.
In كَسَرْتُهُ, the speaker acts upon the object marked by هُ. In فَانْكَسَرَ, what was previously affected becomes the subject of the resulting state. Here the initiating action is a Form I (faʿala) verb.
LessonsCharacteristics of Form VII (Infiʿāl): Intransitivity, Manifestation, Resulting Action, Equivalence, Root Restrictions and Independent UseQuiz
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Third Characteristic: Response to a Form I Action
Mutāwaʿah (resulting action) expresses the result experienced by something after another agent's action.
كَسَرْتُهُ فَانْكَسَرَ
Translation: I broke it, and so it broke.
In كَسَرْتُهُ, the speaker acts upon the object marked by هُ. In فَانْكَسَرَ, what was previously affected becomes the subject of the resulting state. Here the initiating action is a Form I (faʿala) verb.