Lam: masculine third-person paradigm

Negating the Imperfect with Lan and Lam: Subjunctive, Jussive and Full Paradigms

Lam: active | passive

FormActivePassive
Third-person masc. singularلَمْ يَفْعَلْلَمْ يُفْعَلْ
Third-person masc. dualلَمْ يَفْعَلَالَمْ يُفْعَلَا
Third-person masc. pluralلَمْ يَفْعَلُوالَمْ يُفْعَلُوا

The singular ends in sukūn; the dual and plural lose their inflectional nūn.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
لَمْ يَفْعَلْhe did not do.
لَمْ يَفْعَلَاthe two males did not do.
لَمْ يُفْعَلُواit was not done to those males.

The verbal form remains imperfect, but its meaning is past-negative.