LessonsThe Imperative: Active and Passive Paradigms and Formation RulesQuiz

The light emphatic nūn is sākin and lacks a shaddah. It can reinforce imperatives too, but the original chart leaves six light-nūn positions empty: both third-person duals, both second-person duals, and both feminine plurals.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
اِفْعَلَنْcertainly do (masculine singular).
لِيَفْعَلَنْlet him certainly do.
اِفْعَلَانِّyou two must certainly do (heavy nūn); the corresponding light-nūn entry is absent.

Hence each heavy-nūn paradigm covers fourteen positions while the light-nūn counterpart covers only eight listed positions.

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Light emphatic nūn and its missing person slots

The Imperative: Active and Passive Paradigms and Formation Rules

The light emphatic nūn is sākin and lacks a shaddah. It can reinforce imperatives too, but the original chart leaves six light-nūn positions empty: both third-person duals, both second-person duals, and both feminine plurals.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
اِفْعَلَنْcertainly do (masculine singular).
لِيَفْعَلَنْlet him certainly do.
اِفْعَلَانِّyou two must certainly do (heavy nūn); the corresponding light-nūn entry is absent.

Hence each heavy-nūn paradigm covers fourteen positions while the light-nūn counterpart covers only eight listed positions.