Arabic: An Essential Grammar

33.7 The passive of all verbs with a weak final radical و... /w/ or

ي... /y/ is conjugated according to the same pattern as the strong verbs,

e.g.

33.8 The conjugation of the derived verb forms II–X of verbs with

a weak final radical و... /...w/ or ي... /...y/ is identical to that of the

derived verb forms of strong verbs. There is an exception with some

verbal nouns where the weak final radical after the

alif is changed to

hamzah, e.g. ِل َقا ٌء liqa ̄

un ‘meeting’ (for: ِل َقا ٌي liqa ̄yun) from the root

لقي lqy ‘to meet’.

See the pattern tables of verbs with a weak final radical و /w/ or ي /y/

and their conjugations in the appendices.

33.9 The declension of the active participle of verbs with a weak

final radical و... /w/ or ي... /y/ is illustrated below with the help of the

active participle َقا ٍض qa ̄d

̇

in ‘judge’, from the verb َق َضى qad

̇

a ̄ ‘to

judge’. It should be noted that the active participle has only two case

endings in the masculine singular: /...in/ for both the nominative and

genitive and /...an/ for the accusative:

Active Passive Passive

Perfect Perfect Imperfect

Ind. Subj. Juss.

َد َعا ُد ِع َي ُي ْد َعى ُي ْد َعى ُي ْد َع

da



a ̄, to invite du



iya yud



a ̄ yud



a ̄ yud



a

َل ِق َي ُل ِق َي ُيْل َقى ُيْل َقى ُيْل َق

laqiya, to meet luqiya yulqa ̄ yulqa ̄ yulqa

َر َمى ُر ِم َي ُي ْر َمى ُي ْر َمى ُي ْر َم

rama ̄, to throw rumiya yurma ̄ yurma ̄ yurma

َس َعى ُس ِع َي ُي ْس َعى ُي ْس َع ُي ْس َعى

sa



a ̄, to strive su



iya yus



a ̄ yus



a ̄ yus



a

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Verbs with

a weak final

radical,

doubly

weak verbs