LessonsEight Short Paradigms: Lafīf and Defective Verbs with Morphological ExplanationsQuiz

Written forms may change, but the underlying root determines the morphological class.

VerbFirst radicalMiddle radicalFinal radicalClass
وَلِيَوليSeparated doubly weak
طَوَىطويAdjacent doubly weak
أَغْنَىغنيYāʾ-final
سَمَّىسموWāw-final

Both أَغْنَى and سَمَّى end in alif maqṣūrah on the surface. The former derives from final yāʾ and the latter from final wāw, so their categories differ.

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Locating the Weak Radicals Across Four Classes

Eight Short Paradigms: Lafīf and Defective Verbs with Morphological Explanations

Written forms may change, but the underlying root determines the morphological class.

VerbFirst radicalMiddle radicalFinal radicalClass
وَلِيَوليSeparated doubly weak
طَوَىطويAdjacent doubly weak
أَغْنَىغنيYāʾ-final
سَمَّىسموWāw-final

Both أَغْنَى and سَمَّى end in alif maqṣūrah on the surface. The former derives from final yāʾ and the latter from final wāw, so their categories differ.