Lam: active | passive
FormActivePassive
Second-person masc. singularلَمْ تَفْعَلْلَمْ تُفْعَلْ
Second-person masc. dualلَمْ تَفْعَلَالَمْ تُفْعَلَا
Second-person masc. pluralلَمْ تَفْعَلُوالَمْ تُفْعَلُوا
The second-person masculine singular has a final sukūn, while the dual and plural show deletion of inflectional nūn.
Word / formMeaning / explanation
لَمْ تَفْعَلْyou (one male) did not do.
لَمْ تَفْعَلَاyou two did not do.
لَمْ تَفْعَلُواyou (masc. plural) did not do.
In the passive, the person addressed remains the subject but is described as the person acted upon.