LessonsEight Short Paradigms: Lafīf and Defective Verbs with Morphological ExplanationsQuiz

طَوَى — يَطْوِي
Translation: The core perfect and imperfect forms.
The root is ط و ي and the pattern is باب ضرب. The table preserves the source sequence of active, passive, participial and command forms.

FormArabicMeaning
Active perfectطَوَىHe folded
Active imperfectيَطْوِيHe folds
Verbal nounطَيًّاFolding
Active participleطَاوٍOne who folds
Passive perfectطُوِيَIt was folded
Passive imperfectيُطْوَىIt is folded
Passive participleمَطْوِيٌّSomething folded
ImperativeاِطْوِFold
Prohibitionلَا تَطْوِDo not fold

The consecutive wāw and yāʾ make this an adjacent doubly weak root; طُوِيَ and مَطْوِيٌّ show how each survives in different shapes.

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Adjacent Doubly Weak: طَوَى

Eight Short Paradigms: Lafīf and Defective Verbs with Morphological Explanations

طَوَى — يَطْوِي
Translation: The core perfect and imperfect forms.
The root is ط و ي and the pattern is باب ضرب. The table preserves the source sequence of active, passive, participial and command forms.

FormArabicMeaning
Active perfectطَوَىHe folded
Active imperfectيَطْوِيHe folds
Verbal nounطَيًّاFolding
Active participleطَاوٍOne who folds
Passive perfectطُوِيَIt was folded
Passive imperfectيُطْوَىIt is folded
Passive participleمَطْوِيٌّSomething folded
ImperativeاِطْوِFold
Prohibitionلَا تَطْوِDo not fold

The consecutive wāw and yāʾ make this an adjacent doubly weak root; طُوِيَ and مَطْوِيٌّ show how each survives in different shapes.