Arabic: An Essential Grammar

33.12 Verbs with a middle hamzah and final

alif-maqs

̇

u ̄rah ى (in the

basic form) are rare, but include the common verb َر َأى ra

a ̄ ‘to see’. In

the perfect it is conjugated like verbs with a final

alif maqs

̇

u ̄rah (^) ..ـى,
but in the imperfect the middle hamzah (^) َأ /...


a.../ is, exceptionally,
omitted:
Note: The middle hamzah is also omitted in form IV: َأ َرى


ara ̄ ‘he showed’,
which in the imperfect is ُي ِري yurı ̄. (See paradigm A2.16 in Appendix 2.)
Exercises
Practise your reading:
ه
ا
ِءَلاُؤ
1
) ٌرِجاَت ( ُرا َّجُّ تل
2
َنوُرَتْشَي
3
َنوُعيِبَيَو
4
) ٌةَعاَضِب ( َعِئاَضَب
5
يِف ًةَب َّ رَهُم
6

. ِقو ُّ سل

(1) These

1

traders (merchants) are

2

buying

3

and selling

5

smuggled

4

goods in

6

the market.

1

ْنَأ َدْعَب

2

اَنْيَضْمَأ

3

ْيَلاوَح

4

ٍتاَعاَس ِعَبْرَأ

5

يِف ى َّ شَمَتَن

6

ِةَباَغْل

7

اَناَعَد

8

ُدَحَأ

9

ىَلإ ) ٌليِمَز ( اَنِئَلاَمُز

01

. ِهِلِزْنَم يِف ِءاَشَعْل

(2)

1

After

2

we spent

3

around

4

four hours

5

walking (strolling) in

6

the forest,

8

one of

9

our colleagues

7

invited us to

10

dinner at his home.

ْلَه

1

َنِم ِتْيَتَأ

2

َنِم ُتْيَتَأ vَلا ؟ِعِرا َّ شل

3

. ِنا كَُّّ دل

(3) Did

1

you come (in) from

2

the street? No, I came from

3

the shop.

Perfect Imperfect

َجا َء g ̆a ̄

a, to come (for: َج َي َأ g ̆aya

a) َي ِجي ُء yag ̆ı

• 
  
  u

َشا َء sˇa ̄

a, to wish (for: َش َي َء sˇaya

a) َي َشا ُء yasˇa ̄

u

َسا َء sa ̄

a, to be bad (for: َس َو َأ sawa

a) َي ُسو ُء yasu ̄

u

Perfect Imperfect

َر َأى ra

a ̄, to see (for: َر َأ َي ra

aya) َي َرى yara ̄ (for: َي ْر َأى)

(conjugated like v. َر َمى rama ̄, ‘to throw’)

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Verbs with

a weak final

radical,

doubly

weak verbs