Arabic: An Essential Grammar

See table A1.2, the patterns of the doubled verb رََّف farra, and conjuga-

tion A2.3, the doubled verb رََّمـ marra, in the appendices.

Note: The derived verb forms are conjugated to a certain extent like the regular

verbs.

29.3 The nouns of place and time for the doubled verb are formed as

follows:

29.4 Quadriliteral verbs

The quadriliteral or four-radical verbs, ر َبا ِعيَُّأْل ِف ْع ُل ل, have four

consonants in the root (the pattern َف ْعَل َل fa



lala). They are conjugated

as form II عـ َلََّفـ fa



ala (i.e. CaCCaCa) of the regular triliteral verb.

There are very few quadriliteral verbs and, apart from the basic form,

they have only two derived verb forms: II and IV. The derived forms

are less common and have no passive. The verbal noun (mas
̇

dar) of

the quadriliteral verb of the basic form follows the pattern of َف ْعَلَل ٌة

fa



lalatun. The perfect, imperfect indicative and verbal noun of the

quadriliteral verb are exemplified below:

Perfect Imperfect Imperative

رََّم marra رَُّي ُم yamurru (for: َيـ ْمـ ُر ُر yamruru) رَُّمـ murra!

to pass pass!

رََّف farra, رَُّي ِف yafirru (for: َيـ ْفـ ِر ُر yafriru) رَِّفـ^ firra!

to escape, to flee escape!

Noun of place Basic verb form

لٌّ َم َح^ mah

̇

allun لَّ َح h

̇

alla

place to untie, to solve

رٌَّم َق^ maqarrun رََّق qarra

residence, headquarters to settle down

Form I

Perfect Imperfect Verbal noun (mas

̇

dar)

َت ْر َج َم targ ̆ama ُي َت ْر ِج ُم yutarg ̆imu َت ْر َج َم ٌة targ ̆amatun

to translate translation

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Doubled

verbs,

quadrilit-

eral verbs