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The normal pattern for a sound, unaugmented triliteral is مَفْعُولٌ. The placeholders f-ʿ-l are replaced by the three root letters, while the pattern contributes the prefix mīm and long ū.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
نَصَرَ ← مَنْصُورٌhelped.
ضَرَبَ ← مَضْرُوبٌstruck.
سَمِعَ ← مَسْمُوعٌheard.

This is the regular sound-triliteral rule. Verbs with weak radicals may undergo further morphological changes.

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Pattern of the regular triliteral

Passive Participles: Definition, Six Forms and Derivation

The normal pattern for a sound, unaugmented triliteral is مَفْعُولٌ. The placeholders f-ʿ-l are replaced by the three root letters, while the pattern contributes the prefix mīm and long ū.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
نَصَرَ ← مَنْصُورٌhelped.
ضَرَبَ ← مَضْرُوبٌstruck.
سَمِعَ ← مَسْمُوعٌheard.

This is the regular sound-triliteral rule. Verbs with weak radicals may undergo further morphological changes.