The sound and weak verbs in Arabic language

Arabic verbs are classified as sound (صحيح) or weak (معتل). Sound verbs lack vowels and include regular, mamzated, and doubled types, while weak verbs contain one or more vowels like واو، ياء، ألف.

A. الفعل الصحيح The sound verb
Verbs that have no vowel (ا، و،ي)

1. الفعل السالم Regular sound verbs
Verbs that have no Hamza or shadda: جلس، كتب، سمع.,

2. Irregular sound verbs
a. الفعل المهموز Mamzated sound verbs
Where ء is one of the consonants: أخذ، أكل، سأل، ملأ، لجأ
b. لفعل المضعف Germinate/doubled verbs
Verbs that have Shadda and they are divided into two types:
• الفعل المضعف الثلاثي: دقّ،ردّ
Where the second and third radicals of the root are the same:
: شدّ، مدّ، سدّ
• الفعل المضعف الرباعي
Where the first and the third letter letters are the same and the second and the fourth are the same زلزل، وسوس

B. الفعل المعتل The weak verbs
Verbs whose letters are vowels ا،و،ي

يبس، وسع وجد، وقع :ي or و Assimilated Verbs whose first letter is aالفعل المعتل المثال1.
قال، نام، باع Hallow Verbs whose second letter is a vowel: الفعل المعتل الأجوف2.

3. الفعل المعتل الناقص
Defected verbs whose last letter is a vowel: دعا، رمى، شكى، سعى
Verbs who has two vowels الفعل المعتل اللفيف4.
a. شوى، لوى:لفيف مقرون
Verbs that have two vowels that are not separated by a consonant:
b. وقى، وشى : لفيف مفروق
Verbs that have two vowels separated by a consonant

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