Imperfect Active and Passive: Positions 1–7

Complete Conjugation of Khāfa–Yakhāfu: Hollow Wāw from the Samiʿa Class

The active imperfect is يَخَافُ; the passive is يُخَافُ. The imperfect prefixes have different vowels in the active and passive paradigms.

PronounActive imperfectPassive imperfect
هُوَيَخَافُيُخَافُ
هُمَا (م)يَخَافَانِيُخَافَانِ
هُمْيَخَافُونَيُخَافُونَ
هِيَتَخَافُتُخَافُ
هُمَا (ف)تَخَافَانِتُخَافَانِ
هُنَّيَخَفْنَيُخَفْنَ
أَنْتَتَخَافُتُخَافُ

The feminine-plural يَخَفْنَ contracts the medial long vowel before nūn al-niswah. Its corresponding passive is يُخَفْنَ.