LessonsComprehensive Final Revision: Root Classes, Morphological Changes, Conjugations, Nouns and Verb-Form SemanticsQuiz

Identify a simple triliteral class by the actual vowel pattern of the second radical in past and present, not solely by an approximate meaning.

PatternModelBook’s notable tendency
Naṣaraنَصَرَ يَنْصُرُCertain contesting uses
Ḍarabaضَرَبَ يَضْرِبُOther contesting uses
Samiʿaسَمِعَ يَسْمَعُMany intransitive states/qualities
Fataḥaفَتَحَ يَفْتَحُGuttural-radical tendency
Karumaكَرُمَ يَكْرُمُDispositions/qualities
Ḥasibaحَسِبَ يَحْسِبُRestricted attested forms

A specialized maghālabah rule does not authorize unrestricted reassignment of verbal pattern for every lexical verb.

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Six Simple Triliteral Patterns and Their Tendencies

Comprehensive Final Revision: Root Classes, Morphological Changes, Conjugations, Nouns and Verb-Form Semantics

Identify a simple triliteral class by the actual vowel pattern of the second radical in past and present, not solely by an approximate meaning.

PatternModelBook’s notable tendency
Naṣaraنَصَرَ يَنْصُرُCertain contesting uses
Ḍarabaضَرَبَ يَضْرِبُOther contesting uses
Samiʿaسَمِعَ يَسْمَعُMany intransitive states/qualities
Fataḥaفَتَحَ يَفْتَحُGuttural-radical tendency
Karumaكَرُمَ يَكْرُمُDispositions/qualities
Ḥasibaحَسِبَ يَحْسِبُRestricted attested forms

A specialized maghālabah rule does not authorize unrestricted reassignment of verbal pattern for every lexical verb.