وَجِيَ — يَوْجَى
Translation: He suffered sore feet — he suffers sore feet.
وَلِيَ — يَلِي
Translation: He came near — he comes near.
Featureوَجِيَوَلِيَ
Rootو ج يو ل ي
PatternSamiʿaḤasiba
Initial wāwVisible in imperfectDeleted in imperfect
Imperativeاِيجَلِ
Prohibitionلَا تَوْجَلَا تَلِ
Both are separated doubly weak, yet the initial wāw behaves differently. The precise morphological pattern and vowel environment determine whether a weak radical is deleted.
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Eight Short Paradigms: Lafīf and Defective Verbs with Morphological Explanations
وَجِيَ — يَوْجَى
Translation: He suffered sore feet — he suffers sore feet.
وَلِيَ — يَلِي
Translation: He came near — he comes near.
Featureوَجِيَوَلِيَ
Rootو ج يو ل ي
PatternSamiʿaḤasiba
Initial wāwVisible in imperfectDeleted in imperfect
Imperativeاِيجَلِ
Prohibitionلَا تَوْجَلَا تَلِ
Both are separated doubly weak, yet the initial wāw behaves differently. The precise morphological pattern and vowel environment determine whether a weak radical is deleted.