LessonsEight Short Paradigms: Lafīf and Defective Verbs with Morphological ExplanationsQuiz

طَوَى — يَطْوِي
Translation: He folded — he folds.
قَوِيَ — يَقْوَى
Translation: He became strong — he becomes strong.

Featureطَوَىقَوِيَ
Rootط و يق و ي
PatternḌarabaSamiʿa
Imperfect endingFinal yāʾFinal alif maqṣūrah
Imperativeاِطْوِاِقْوَ
Descriptive formطَاوٍقَوِيٌّ

The middle and final root consonants are both weak. They need not remain visibly adjacent after morphological change: weakening may transform either radical.

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Comparing the Two Adjacent Doubly Weak Verbs

Eight Short Paradigms: Lafīf and Defective Verbs with Morphological Explanations

طَوَى — يَطْوِي
Translation: He folded — he folds.
قَوِيَ — يَقْوَى
Translation: He became strong — he becomes strong.

Featureطَوَىقَوِيَ
Rootط و يق و ي
PatternḌarabaSamiʿa
Imperfect endingFinal yāʾFinal alif maqṣūrah
Imperativeاِطْوِاِقْوَ
Descriptive formطَاوٍقَوِيٌّ

The middle and final root consonants are both weak. They need not remain visibly adjacent after morphological change: weakening may transform either radical.