Arabic: An Essential Grammar

‘to deposit’. Its verbal noun (mas

̇

dar) is ِإ ْس ِتي َدا ٌع

istı ̄da ̄



un

‘lodging, depositing’ (for: إ ْس ِت ْو َدا ٌع

istiwda ̄



un).

31.5 The nouns of place and time are formed as follows.

31.6 Verbs with the initial weak radical ي /y/

There are very few verbs with the initial weak radical ي /y/. These verbs

are mostly conjugated like strong verbs. The imperative and the passive

of the basic verb form are rare, e.g.

See table A1.3, the pattern of the derived verb forms with a weak initial

radical و /w/, and conjugation A2.8 of the weak verb َو َض َع wad
̇

a



a ‘to

put’ in the appendices.

Exercises

Practise your reading:

1

) َعَقَو I ( ُعَقَي

2

ْنِم ٌءْزُج

3

)ٌدَلَب ( ِناَدْلُب

4

اَيْس ƒ ا يِف َ ّيِبَرَعْل ِمَلاَعْل

5

ُعَقَيَو

ُءْزُجـْل

6

يِف ُرَخْلآ

7

. اَيْقيِرْفِإ ِلاَمَش

(1)

2

Some (lit.

2

one part) of the

3

countries of the Arab

4

world

1

are (lit. is)

located in Asia and

6

the others

5

are situated in

7

north Africa.

Nouns of place and time Basic verb form

ِمي َلا ٌد mı

• la ̄dun, birth
  َوَل َد walada, to give birth

م ْو ِع ٌد maw



idun, appointment َو َع َد wa



ada, to promise

َم ْو ِق ٌف mawqifun, parking lot َو َق َف waqafa, to stand, to stand still

Perfect Imperfect

َي ِب َس yabisa, to become dry َيـ ْيـ َبــ ُس yaybasu

َي ِئ َس ya

isa, to despair َيـ ْيـ َأ ُس yay

asu

َي ِق َظ yaqid

̇ ̄

a, to wake up َيـ ْيـ َق ُظ yayqad

̄ ̇

u

OR

َي ُق َظ yaqud

̄ ̇

a, to wake up َيـ ْيـ ُقـ ُظ yayqud

̄ ̇

u

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Verbs with

a weak

initial

radical