LessonsEmphatic Lām and the Heavy and Light Nūn ParadigmsQuiz

These are the six third-person passive heavy-nūn positions:

Word / formMeaning / explanation
لَيُفْعَلَنَّthird masculine singular
لَيُفْعَلَانِّthird masculine dual
لَيُفْعَلُنَّthird masculine plural
لَتُفْعَلَنَّthird feminine singular
لَتُفْعَلَانِّthird feminine dual
لَيُفْعَلْنَانِّthird feminine plural

They cover masculine singular/dual/plural and feminine singular/dual/plural. The ḍamma of the passive prefix remains. The same rules of masculine plural wāw deletion, dual alif retention, and feminine-plural separating alif continue to apply.

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Heavy passive: all six third-person positions

Emphatic Lām and the Heavy and Light Nūn Paradigms

These are the six third-person passive heavy-nūn positions:

Word / formMeaning / explanation
لَيُفْعَلَنَّthird masculine singular
لَيُفْعَلَانِّthird masculine dual
لَيُفْعَلُنَّthird masculine plural
لَتُفْعَلَنَّthird feminine singular
لَتُفْعَلَانِّthird feminine dual
لَيُفْعَلْنَانِّthird feminine plural

They cover masculine singular/dual/plural and feminine singular/dual/plural. The ḍamma of the passive prefix remains. The same rules of masculine plural wāw deletion, dual alif retention, and feminine-plural separating alif continue to apply.