LessonsComplete Paradigms of the Hollow Yāʾ Verb: Bāʿa–YabīʿuQuiz

Commands and prohibitions can also take emphatic endings: the basic command or prohibition remains, but its force increases.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
بِعْ → بِيعَنَّcertainly sell!
لَا تَبِعْ → لَا تَبِيعَنَّdo not sell under any circumstances!
لَا تَبِيعَنْprohibition with light emphatic nūn.
لِيَبِيعَنَّlet him certainly sell.

Heavy nūn is doubled; light nūn is vowelless. Unused light-nūn positions are not completed by analogy.

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Heavy and Light Nūn in Commands and Prohibitions

Complete Paradigms of the Hollow Yāʾ Verb: Bāʿa–Yabīʿu

Commands and prohibitions can also take emphatic endings: the basic command or prohibition remains, but its force increases.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
بِعْ → بِيعَنَّcertainly sell!
لَا تَبِعْ → لَا تَبِيعَنَّdo not sell under any circumstances!
لَا تَبِيعَنْprohibition with light emphatic nūn.
لِيَبِيعَنَّlet him certainly sell.

Heavy nūn is doubled; light nūn is vowelless. Unused light-nūn positions are not completed by analogy.