Form II(a) II is causative: to cause someone to do something (transitive).
Iَعـِلـ َم
alima IIلـ َمََّعـ
allama imperf. لـ ُمُّيـ َعـَ yu
allimuto know to teach (lit. cause someone to learn)(b) II is intensifying or iterative: repeating the action (transitive).
Iَك َس َر kasara IIسـ َرَّ َك kassara imperf. س ُرَّ ُيـ َك yukassiru
to break to smash, to break into pieces(c) II is declarative: to consider someone or something to be something,(transitive).Iَكـ َذ َب kad
̄aba IIذ َبََّكـ kad
̄d
̄aba imperf. ذ ُبَُّيـ َكـ yukad
̄d
̄ibuto lie to consider someone a liar,to disbelieve someone else(d) II is denominative (forming verb from noun).
ِس َلا ٌح sila ̄h
̇un (noun) IIل َحََّس sallah
̇a imperf. ل ُحُّي َسَ yusallih
̇uweapon to armForm IIIIII denotes an effort to do or achieve that which is expressed by the basic
form. Often it expresses an action directed at (or done together with)someone else. Form III is mostly transitive.I َكـ َتـب kataba IIIَكـا َتـ َب ka ̄taba imperf. ُيـ َكـا ِتـ ُب yuka ̄tibu
to write to correspond with somebodyIَس َب َق sabaqa IIIَسا َب َق sa ̄baqa imperf. ُي َس ِاب َق yusa ̄biqu
to precede to compete with, to raceIَبَل َغ balag ̇a IIIَباَل َغ ba ̄lag ̇a imperf. ُي َباِل ُغ yuba ̄lig ̇u
to reach to exaggerateForm IVIV is prefixed with َأ /
a.../ which is elided in the imperfect tense.(a) IV is causative: to cause someone to do the action (transitive).^119
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