Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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Chapter 30

Verbs with hamzah

There are verbs where hamzah occurs as one of the radicals. These are

called, َأْلـ ِف ْع ُل ْلـ َم ْه ُمو ُز ,

al-fi



lu l-mahmu ̄zu.

30.1 Verbs with initial hamzah

Verbs with hamzah as the first radical, و ِلَّأْلـ َم ْه ُمو ُز ْ َلأ

َأْل ِف ْع ُل , are con-

jugated on the same principles as the regular strong verbs, with some

exceptions. (See below and the conjugations in Appendix 2.)

30.2 When the imperative is preceded by the conjunction َو wa... or ...فـ َ

fa..., the long vowel after the initial hamzah disappears, i.e. is replaced

by suku ̄n: ...َو ْ أ wa-

..., ...َف ْ أ fa

..., e.g.

Perfect Imperfect Imperative

َأ ِذ َن َي ْأ َذ ُن ِإي َذ ْن! (for: ِإ ْئ َذ ْن




ad

̄

ina, to allow ya

d

̄

anu

ı

• d
  ̄

an

i

d

̄

an)

َأ َس َر َي ْأ ِس ُر ِإي ِس ْر! (for: ِإ ْئ ِس ْر




asara, to capture ya

siru

ı

• sir

i

sir)

َأ َم َل َي ْأ ُم ُل ُأو ُم ْل! (for: ُأ ْؤ ُم ْل




amala, to hope ya

mulu

u ̄mul

u

mul)

!َو ْأ َذ ْن wa-

d

̄

an! and allow! (for: َو ِإي َذ ْن wa-

ı

• d
  ̄

an)

!َو ْأ ِس ْر wa-

sir! and capture! (for: َو ِإي ِس ْر wa-

ı

• sir)

!َف ْأ ُم ْل fa-

mul! and hope! (for: َف ُأو ُم ْل fa-

u ̄mul)