The book says Samiʿa contains more intransitive verbs and fewer transitive ones. An intransitive verb completes its core meaning with its subject, while a transitive verb also relates the action to an object.
فَرِحَ زَيْدٌ
Translation: Zayd rejoiced.
The feeling belongs to Zayd; it is not presented as an act performed upon an object. This is a tendency, not an exceptionless statement about every verb in the class.
LessonsProperties of the Six Basic Triliteral Forms: Contest, Transitivity, and Semantic PatternsQuiz
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Samiʿa: A Predominance of Intransitives
Properties of the Six Basic Triliteral Forms: Contest, Transitivity, and Semantic Patterns
The book says Samiʿa contains more intransitive verbs and fewer transitive ones. An intransitive verb completes its core meaning with its subject, while a transitive verb also relates the action to an object.
فَرِحَ زَيْدٌ
Translation: Zayd rejoiced.
The feeling belongs to Zayd; it is not presented as an act performed upon an object. This is a tendency, not an exceptionless statement about every verb in the class.