LessonsSeven Semantic Functions of Form VI (Tafāʿul): Reciprocity, Multiplicity, Pretence, Response, Equivalence, and Independent UsesQuiz

The sixth property is equivalence with Form IV (afʿala): a Form VI verb may share the attested sense of a Form IV verb.
تَيَامَنَ
Translation: He entered Yemen.
أَيْمَنَ
Translation: He entered Yemen.
The book compares them in this particular sense. Form VI starts with tāʾ; Form IV starts with hamzah, yet both are reported with the same meaning here. This is an attested lexical relationship, not a universal transformation for all roots.

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Function 6: Equivalence with Form IV

Seven Semantic Functions of Form VI (Tafāʿul): Reciprocity, Multiplicity, Pretence, Response, Equivalence, and Independent Uses

The sixth property is equivalence with Form IV (afʿala): a Form VI verb may share the attested sense of a Form IV verb.
تَيَامَنَ
Translation: He entered Yemen.
أَيْمَنَ
Translation: He entered Yemen.
The book compares them in this particular sense. Form VI starts with tāʾ; Form IV starts with hamzah, yet both are reported with the same meaning here. This is an attested lexical relationship, not a universal transformation for all roots.