LessonsProperties of the Six Basic Triliteral Forms: Contest, Transitivity, and Semantic PatternsQuiz

For the specialized mughālabah construction the book contrasts these root types:

Root typeClass used for prevailing
SoundNaṣara
Hollow-wāwNaṣara
Final-wāwNaṣara
Initially weakḌaraba
Hollow-yāʾḌaraba
Final-yāʾḌaraba

This is a rule for a specific contest usage, not a replacement for the ordinary dictionary conjugation of every Arabic verb.

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Summary Rule for Contest Constructions

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

For the specialized mughālabah construction the book contrasts these root types:

Root typeClass used for prevailing
SoundNaṣara
Hollow-wāwNaṣara
Final-wāwNaṣara
Initially weakḌaraba
Hollow-yāʾḌaraba
Final-yāʾḌaraba

This is a rule for a specific contest usage, not a replacement for the ordinary dictionary conjugation of every Arabic verb.