َأ َعا َد ِْلا ْم ِت َحا َن
a
a ̄da l-
imtih
̇
a ̄na. He repeated (re-took) the exam. (He re-
examined.)
ي ِةَّن َظ َر ِفي ْل َق ِضََّأ َعا َد ل
a
a ̄da n-nad
̄ ̇
ara fı
- l-qad
̇
iyyati. He re-considered the case.
ي ِةَّن َظ ِر ِفي ْل َق ِضَِّإ ْق َت َر َح ِإ َعا َد َة ل
iqtarah
̇
a
i
a ̄data n-nad
̇ ̄
ari fı
- l-qad
̇
iyyati. He proposed to re-consider
the case.
Note: The above ِإ َعا َد ٌة is the verbal noun of form IV.
37.6 The verb َكا َد ka ̄da (imperfect: ي َكا ُد yaka ̄du) ‘to be about to
.. ., almost, (nearly).. .’ is used as an auxiliary with the following verb
in the imperfect indicative or, alternatively, imperfect subjunctive
(after َأ ْن), e.g.
When َكا َد ka ̄da is in the perfect or imperfect tense, preceded by the
negative particle َما ma ̄ or َل ْم lam, both tenses have almost the same
meaning: ‘just, barely, hardly, almost not’, e.g.
تى َو َق َعََّما َكا َ د / َل ْم َي َك ْد َي ِقـ ُف َح
ma ̄ ka ̄da / lam yakad yaqifu h
̇
atta ̄ waqa
a. He barely stood up before he
fell down.
Main verb: imperfect
indicative
Main verb: imperfect subjunctive
َكا َد ْل َوَل ُد َي َق ُع OR َكا َد ْل َوَل ُد َأ ْن َي َق َع
ka ̄da l-waladu yaqa
u. ka ̄da l-waladu
an yaqa
a.
The boy was about to fall over.
ِم َن ْل َع َط ِش ِك ْد ُت َأ ُمو ُت OR ِم َن ْل َع َط ِش ِك ْد ُت َأ ْن َأ ُمو َت
kidtu
amu ̄tu mina l-
at
̇
asˇi. kidtu
an
amu ̄ta mina l-
at
̇
asˇi.
I almost died of thirst. I was almost going to die of thirst.
ِم َن ْلـ ُجو ِعَي َكا ُد َي ُمو ُت OR ِم َن ْلـ ُجو ِعَي َكا ُد َأ ْن َي ُمو َت
yaka ̄du yamu ̄tu mina l-g ̆u ̄
i. yaka ̄du
an yamu ̄ta mina l-g ̆u ̄
i.
He is almost dying of hunger. He is almost going to die of hunger.
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Verbs of
wonder, the
negative
copula,
special verbs
and uses