Word / formMeaning / explanation
بَعْثَرَhe scattered; active perfect.
يُبَعْثِرُhe scatters; active imperfect.
بَعْثَرَةًscattering; verbal noun.
مُبَعْثِرٌsomeone who scatters; active participle.
بَعْثِرْscatter!; imperative.
لَا تُبَعْثِرْdo not scatter!; prohibition.
The imperfect uses initial yāʾ, while the second-person imperative does not. Prohibitive lā makes the imperfect jussive, leaving the final rāʾ vowelless.