The same weak-final principles apply to other commonly used Arabic verbs.
هَدَى — يَهْدِي — اِهْدِ — to guide, he guides, guide!
بَكَى — يَبْكِي — اِبْكِ — to weep, he weeps, weep!
دَنَا — يَدْنُو — اُدْنُ — to draw near, he draws near, approach!
These supplementary examples reinforce the relationship between the weak root-ending, active imperfect and imperative without extending into a new full conjugation lesson.
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Defective Verbs: Six Iʿlāl Rules and Four Short Paradigms
The same weak-final principles apply to other commonly used Arabic verbs.
هَدَى — يَهْدِي — اِهْدِ — to guide, he guides, guide!
بَكَى — يَبْكِي — اِبْكِ — to weep, he weeps, weep!
دَنَا — يَدْنُو — اُدْنُ — to draw near, he draws near, approach!
These supplementary examples reinforce the relationship between the weak root-ending, active imperfect and imperative without extending into a new full conjugation lesson.