Some hollow-verb forms would otherwise place a long-vowel radical next to another consonant that must be quiescent. This is the morphological context described as the meeting of two quiescent letters. The weak medial radical is elided in the relevant forms.
Word / formMeaning / explanation
قَالَ → قُلْتُI said.
بَاعَ → بِعْتُI sold.
خَافَ → خِفْتُI feared.
The initial ḍammah or kasrah is conditioned by the underlying pattern, not arbitrarily chosen.
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Hollow Verbs: Seven Iʿlāl Rules and Three Short Paradigms
Some hollow-verb forms would otherwise place a long-vowel radical next to another consonant that must be quiescent. This is the morphological context described as the meeting of two quiescent letters. The weak medial radical is elided in the relevant forms.
Word / formMeaning / explanation
قَالَ → قُلْتُI said.
بَاعَ → بِعْتُI sold.
خَافَ → خِفْتُI feared.
The initial ḍammah or kasrah is conditioned by the underlying pattern, not arbitrarily chosen.