LessonsSix Semantic Functions of Form VIII (Iftiʿāl): Adoption, Exertion, Selection, Response, Equivalence, and Independent UsageQuiz

Muṭāwaʿat of faʿala describes the result or response to a prior Form-I action.
غَمَمْتُهُ فَاغْتَمَّ
Translation: I caused him grief, and so he became grieved.
The first verb gives the cause; the second marks the resulting condition in the affected person. Merely having related radicals is not enough to classify a pair as muṭāwaʿah: the causal/result relation must be clear.

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Function 4: Response to an Earlier Form-I Act

Six Semantic Functions of Form VIII (Iftiʿāl): Adoption, Exertion, Selection, Response, Equivalence, and Independent Usage

Muṭāwaʿat of faʿala describes the result or response to a prior Form-I action.
غَمَمْتُهُ فَاغْتَمَّ
Translation: I caused him grief, and so he became grieved.
The first verb gives the cause; the second marks the resulting condition in the affected person. Merely having related radicals is not enough to classify a pair as muṭāwaʿah: the causal/result relation must be clear.