Note: The passive participle of such verbs is rare.32.7 The verbal nouns of roots with a weak middle radical are similarto the verbal nouns of the strong verbs, e.g.32.8 The nouns of place and time are formed as follows:32.9 The derived verb forms II, III, V and VI of roots with weak middleradicals are conjugated regularly like the derived verb forms of strongverbs. But there are exceptions in the verb forms IV, VII, VIII and X,where the weak radicals reappear.See table A1.4 for the patterns of derived verb forms of roots with aweak middle radical و or ي in Appendix 1.
32.10 Tenses formed with َكا َن ka ̄na
The verb َكا َن ka ̄na ‘to be’ (lit. ‘he was’) can be used in the perfect or
imperfect tense as an auxiliary preceding another verb in the perfector imperfect tense:َبا َع َبـا ِئ ٌع (for: َبا ِي ٌع
ba ̄
a, to sell ba ̄
i
un, seller, salesman ba ̄yi
un)َنا َم َنا ِئ ٌم (for: َنا ِو ٌم
na ̄ma, to sleep na ̄
imun, sleeping na ̄wimun)Perfect Verbal nounَقا َل qa ̄la, to say َقـ ْو ٌل qawlun, speech, saying
َبا َع ba ̄
a, to sell َبـ ْي ٌع bay
un, sellingَنا َم na ̄ma, to sleep َن ْو ٌم nawmun, sleep
َم َكا ٌن maka ̄nun, place (v.َكا َن ka ̄na ‘to be’, root kwn)
َم َنا ٌم mana ̄mun, place to sleep (v.َنا َم na ̄ma ‘to sleep’, root: nwm)
َمسا ٌر masa ̄run, lane, route, trajectory (v.َسا َر sa ̄ra ‘to walk’, root: syr)
240Verbs with
a weak
middle
radical