Verb Patterns

Verb Patterns #

Forms I–V #

Each verb entry follows the structure below:

Form # – Transitivity Status

Active ParticiplePresentPast
اِسْم الْفَاعِلالْمُضَارِعالْمَاضِي
Passive ParticiplePassive PresentPassive Past
اِسْم الْمَفْعُولالْمَبْنِي لِلْمَجْهُول (مُضَارِع)الْمَبْنِي لِلْمَجْهُول (مَاضِي)
Negative ImperativeImperativeVerbal Noun
نَهْيأَمْرالْمَصْدَر

🔠 Three Vowel Variants on Third Root Letter (in Present Tense) #

✅ Form I – Transitive (Fatha) #

فَتَحَ – يَفْتَحُ – فَاتِح
فُتِحَ – يُفْتَحُ – مَفْتُوح
فَتْح – اِفْتَحْ – لَا تَفْتَحْ
🔁 He opened


✅ Form I – Transitive (Damma) #

كَتَبَ – يَكْتُبُ – كَاتِب
كُتِبَ – يُكْتَبُ – مَكْتُوب
كِتَابَة – اُكْتُبْ – لَا تَكْتُبْ
🔁 He wrote


✅ Form I – Transitive (Kasra) #

جَلَسَ – يَجْلِسُ – جَالِس
جُلِسَ – يُجْلَسُ – مَجْلُوس
جُلُوس – اِجْلِسْ – لَا تَجْلِسْ
🔁 He sat
Note: While جَلَسَ is typically intransitive, it can function transitively in causative constructions.


🧱 Other Form I–V Verbs #

✅ Form I – Intransitive #

ذَهَبَ – يَذْهَبُ – ذَاهِب
– – –
ذَهَاب – اِذْهَبْ – لَا تَذْهَبْ
🔁 He went


✅ Form II – Transitive #

عَلَّمَ – يُعَلِّمُ – مُعَلِّم
عُلِّمَ – يُعَلَّمُ – مُعَلَّم
تَعْلِيم – عَلِّمْ – لَا تُعَلِّمْ
🔁 He taught


✅ Form III – Transitive #

شَاهَدَ – يُشَاهِدُ – مُشَاهِد
شُوهِدَ – يُشَاهَدُ – مُشَاهَد
مُشَاهَدَة – شَاهِدْ – لَا تُشَاهِدْ
🔁 He watched


✅ Form IV – Transitive #

أَرْسَلَ – يُرْسِلُ – مُرْسِل
أُرْسِلَ – يُرْسَلُ – مُرْسَل
إِرْسَال – أَرْسِلْ – لَا تُرْسِلْ
🔁 He sent


✅ Form V – Intransitive #

تَعَلَّمَ – يَتَعَلَّمُ – مُتَعَلِّم
– – –
تَعَلُّم – تَعَلَّمْ – لَا تَتَعَلَّمْ
🔁 He learned (for himself)


🔠 Weak Verb Examples – Transitive #

✅ Form I – First Letter Weak (وَعَدَ) #

وَعَدَ – يَعِدُ – وَاعِد
وُعِدَ – يُوعَدُ – مَوْعُود
وَعْد – عِدْ – لَا تَعِدْ
🔁 He promised


✅ Form I – Middle Letter Weak (قَالَ) #

قَالَ – يَقُولُ – قَائِل
قِيلَ – يُقَالُ – مَقُول
قَوْل – قُلْ – لَا تَقُلْ
🔁 He said


✅ Form I – Third Letter Weak (رَمَى) #

رَمَى – يَرْمِي – رَامٍ
رُمِيَ – يُرْمَى – مَرْمِيّ
رَمْي – اِرْمِ – لَا تَرْمِ
🔁 He threw


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