LessonsDefective Wāw Verb: Full Paradigm of دَعَا يَدْعُو with Morphological ExplanationsQuiz

The book's imperative paradigms include more than second-person commands. They also contain third-person and passive requests, typically formed with command-lām:

TypeFormSense
Third-person activeلِيَدْعُLet him call
Third-person passiveلِيُدْعَLet him be called
Second-person activeاُدْعُCall!
Second-person passiveلِتُدْعَLet you be called
First-person activeلِأَدْعُLet me call

لِيَدْعُ directs an action; لِيُدْعَ requests that a recipient be called. Both employ jussive formation.

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Third-Person and Passive Commands

Defective Wāw Verb: Full Paradigm of دَعَا يَدْعُو with Morphological Explanations

The book's imperative paradigms include more than second-person commands. They also contain third-person and passive requests, typically formed with command-lām:

TypeFormSense
Third-person activeلِيَدْعُLet him call
Third-person passiveلِيُدْعَLet him be called
Second-person activeاُدْعُCall!
Second-person passiveلِتُدْعَLet you be called
First-person activeلِأَدْعُLet me call

لِيَدْعُ directs an action; لِيُدْعَ requests that a recipient be called. Both employ jussive formation.