Elementary Arabic Morphology 1

Regular Verbs and Verbs With Increase Letters

  1. What is a regular verb?

  2. What are the categories of regular verbs?

  3. What is a verb with increase letters?

  4. How many forms do triliteral verbs with increase letters have?

  5. How many forms do quadriliteral verbs with increase letters have?

  6. A regular verb is a verb that is without any extra letters. For example: کَتَبَ دَحرَجَ (he rolled, he wrote)

  7. There are two categories of regular verbs:

• Triliteral; for example**:** نَصَرَ کَرُمَ (he respected, he helped)

• Quadriliteral; for example: دَحرَجَ زَلزَلَ(he shook, he rolled)

  1. Triliteral verbs with increase letters have one, two or three letters added to the original letters of the verb. For example: اَکرَمَ اجتَمَعَ استَغفَرَ (he asked for forgiveness, he gathered, he respected)

Quadriliteral verbs with increase letters have one or two letters added to the original letters of the verb. For example: تَدَحرَجَ اقشَعَرّ (he shuddered, he rolled)

  1. There are ten forms for the triliteral verbs with increase letters:

فَعّلَ فَاعَلَ اَفعَلَ

تَفَعّلَ تَفَاعَلَ اِفتَعَلَ اِنفَعَلَ اِفعَلّ

اِستَفعَلَ اِفعَوعَلَ

25: There are three forms of quadriliteral verbs with increase letters:

• تَفَعلَلَ اِفعَنلَلَ اِفعَلَلّ