Arabic: An Essential Grammar

33.10 Doubly weak verbs

Some of the most common verbs have the two weak radicals و /w/ and

ي /y/. They are called in Arabic ل ِفي ُفََّألـ. The following are the most

common types:

masc. indef. masc. def. fem. indef.

singular

Nom.َقا ٍض (for:َأْل َقا ِضي َقا ِض ٌي (for:َقا ِض َي ٌة َأْل َقا ِض ُي

qa ̄d

̇

in qa ̄d

̇

iyun)

al-qa ̄d

̇

ı

• 
  
  al-qa ̄d
  ̇

iyu)qa ̄d

̇

iyatun

Gen. َقا ٍض (for:َأْل َقا ِضي َقا ِض ٍي (for: َأْل َقا ِض ِي َقا ِض َي ٍة

qa ̄d

̇

in qa ̄d

̇

iyin)

al-qa ̄d

̇

ı

• 
  
  al-qa ̄d
  ̇

iyi)qa ̄d

̇

iyatin

Acc. َقا ِض ًيا َأْل َقا ِض َي َقا ِض َي ًة

qa ̄d

̇

iyan

al-qa ̄d

̇

iya qa ̄d

̇

iyatan

dual

Nom.َقا ِض َيا ِن َأْل َقا ِض َيا ِن َقا ِض َي َتا ِن

qa ̄d

̇

iya ̄ni

al-qa ̄d

̇

iya ̄ni qa ̄d

̇

iyata ̄ni

Acc. َقا ِض َي ْي ِن َأْل َقا ِض َي ْين َقا ِض َي َت ْي ِن

and

gen.

qa ̄d

̇

iyayni

al-

qa ̄d

̇

iyayni

qa ̄d

̇

iyatayni

plural

Nom.َقا ُضو َن َأْل َقا ُضو َن َقا ِض َيا ٌت

qa ̄d

̇

u ̄na

al-qa ̄d

̇

u ̄na qa ̄d

̇

iya ̄tun

Acc. َقا ِضي َن َأْل َقا ِضي َن َقا ِض َيا ٍت

and

gen.

qa ̄d

̇

ı

• na

al-qa ̄d

̇

ı

• na qa ̄d
  ̇

iya ̄tin

Note: A common plural for both masc. and fem. is the broken plural ُق َضا ٌة qud

̇

a ̄tun.

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Verbs with

a weak final

radical,

doubly

weak verbs