LessonsFive Augmented Triliteral Patterns Without Hamzat al-WaslQuiz

Word / formMeaning / explanation
أَكْرِمْ / لَا تُكْرِمْhonour / do not honour.
صَرِّفْ / لَا تُصَرِّفْtransform / do not transform.
تَقَبَّلْ / لَا تَتَقَبَّلْaccept / do not accept.
قَاتِلْ / لَا تُقَاتِلْfight / do not fight.
تَقَابَلْ / لَا تَتَقَابَلْmeet / do not meet.

Lā al-nāhiyah makes the imperfect jussive in prohibition. A second-person imperative uses the pattern's designated imperative form. The ifʿāl imperative retains initial hamzat al-qaṭʿ; the other four patterns do not require that initial hamza.

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Imperatives and prohibitions across the five forms

Five Augmented Triliteral Patterns Without Hamzat al-Wasl

Word / formMeaning / explanation
أَكْرِمْ / لَا تُكْرِمْhonour / do not honour.
صَرِّفْ / لَا تُصَرِّفْtransform / do not transform.
تَقَبَّلْ / لَا تَتَقَبَّلْaccept / do not accept.
قَاتِلْ / لَا تُقَاتِلْfight / do not fight.
تَقَابَلْ / لَا تَتَقَابَلْmeet / do not meet.

Lā al-nāhiyah makes the imperfect jussive in prohibition. A second-person imperative uses the pattern's designated imperative form. The ifʿāl imperative retains initial hamzat al-qaṭʿ; the other four patterns do not require that initial hamza.