LessonsFull Conjugation of the Yāʾ-Final Verb رَمَى يَرْمِيQuiz

Active prohibition forbids the addressee from performing an act; passive prohibition forbids an act being done to a person or thing:

AddresseeActivePassive
m. singularلَا تَرْمِلَا تُرْمَ
dualلَا تَرْمِيَالَا تُرْمَيَا
m. pluralلَا تَرْمُوالَا تُرْمَوْا
f. singularلَا تَرْمِيلَا تُرْمَيْ

لَا تَرْمِ: do not throw. لَا تُرْمَ: do not be thrown. The passive reading follows from the vowel pattern of تُرْمَ, not simply from the presence of lā.

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Active Versus Passive Prohibition

Full Conjugation of the Yāʾ-Final Verb رَمَى يَرْمِي

Active prohibition forbids the addressee from performing an act; passive prohibition forbids an act being done to a person or thing:

AddresseeActivePassive
m. singularلَا تَرْمِلَا تُرْمَ
dualلَا تَرْمِيَالَا تُرْمَيَا
m. pluralلَا تَرْمُوالَا تُرْمَوْا
f. singularلَا تَرْمِيلَا تُرْمَيْ

لَا تَرْمِ: do not throw. لَا تُرْمَ: do not be thrown. The passive reading follows from the vowel pattern of تُرْمَ, not simply from the presence of lā.