اِحْمَرَّ
Translation: It became red.
اِحْوَلَّ
Translation: He became cross-eyed.
Both predicates attribute a developing quality to their own subject, rather than describing an agent directly changing an external object.
Intransitivity is a syntactic characteristic. Color and defect describe the meaning category, so a form may belong to both classifications simultaneously.
LessonsFinal Characteristics of Derived Forms: Ifʿīlāl, Ifʿilāl, Faʿlala, Tafaʿlala, and Related PatternsQuiz
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Intransitivity: The Subject Bears the Quality
Final Characteristics of Derived Forms: Ifʿīlāl, Ifʿilāl, Faʿlala, Tafaʿlala, and Related Patterns
اِحْمَرَّ
Translation: It became red.
اِحْوَلَّ
Translation: He became cross-eyed.
Both predicates attribute a developing quality to their own subject, rather than describing an agent directly changing an external object.
Intransitivity is a syntactic characteristic. Color and defect describe the meaning category, so a form may belong to both classifications simultaneously.