Istaʿāra: Borrowing

Derived Hollow Wāw and Yāʾ Verbs: Short Paradigms and Morphological Reasoning

اِسْتَعَارَ means “to borrow.” Its root is ع و ر, with the middle wāw surfacing as ā or ī in these derived forms.

CategoryForm
Active perfectاِسْتَعَارَ
Active imperfectيَسْتَعِيرُ
Verbal nounاِسْتِعَارَةٌ
Active participleمُسْتَعِيرٌ
Passive perfectاُسْتُعِيرَ
Passive imperfectيُسْتَعَارُ
Passive participleمُسْتَعَارٌ
Imperativeاِسْتَعِرْ
Prohibitionلَا تَسْتَعِرْ

مُسْتَعِيرٌ designates the borrower; مُسْتَعَارٌ designates the borrowed item.