Fataḥa: Examples with Throat Consonants

Properties of the Six Basic Triliteral Forms: Contest, Transitivity, and Semantic Patterns

Locate the throat consonant in the examples:

PerfectMeaningThroat consonant position
مَنَعَPreventedThird radical: ع
سَلَخَSkinnedThird radical: خ
جَحَدَDeniedSecond radical: ح
نَهَضَRose upSecond radical: ه
ذَهَبَWentSecond radical: ه

The relevant consonant may be the second or third radical. First identify the root's ف–ع–ل positions before applying the phonetic observation.