See conjugation A2.11 of the verb َخا َف in Appendix 2.
32.5 The weak middle radical ..و.. /w/ also becomes ...ـيـ.. /y/ in
the perfect passive. This ...ـيـ.. /y/ is then assimilated to the preceding
kasrah, producing the long vowel ı ̄. See the table and the conjugation in
the appendices.
32.6 In the active participle of the basic verb form (I), the weak
middle radical ..ـو. /w/ or ..ـيـ.. /y/ is changed to hamzah with kasrah
..ـ ِ ئـ..., /
i/, e.g.
َنا َل (نيل) ِنْل َن َناِلي َناُلوا َن ْل َي َن ْل َي َنا َل َي َنا ُل
na ̄la (nyl) yana ̄lu yana ̄la yanal nal na ̄lu ̄ na ̄lı
- nilna
to
obtain
obtain!
Perfect Imperfect
Form Active Root Passive Active Passive
َقا َل (قول) ِقي َل ُي َقا ُل َي ُقو ُل
Iqa ̄la, to say (qwl) qı
- la, it was said yaqu ̄lu yuqa ̄lu
َبا َع (بيع) ِبي َع ُي َبا ُع َي ِبي ُع
Iba ̄
a, to sell (by
)bı
a, it was sold yabı
u yuba ̄
u
َأ َما َل (ميل) ُأ ِمي َل ُي َما ُل ُي ِمي ُل
IV
ama ̄la, to
bend
(myl)
umı
- la, it was
bent
yumı
- lu yuma ̄lu
ِإ ْس َت َعا َد (عود) ُأ ْس ُت ِعي َد ُي ْس َت َعا ُد َي ْس َت ِعي ُد
X
ista
a ̄da, to
recall
(
wd)
ustu
ı
- da, it
was recalled
yasta
ı
- du yusta
a ̄du
Note: The two verbs َكا َن ka ̄na ‘he was’ and َل ْي َس laysa ‘is not, are not’ have no passive
forms.
Perfect Active participle
َقا َل َق ِائ ٌل (for: َقا ِو ٌل
qa ̄la, to say qa ̄
ilun, teller, saying qa ̄wilun)
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Verbs with
a weak
middle
radical