Summary of Verb Forms
1.
Negative Positive Verbal Passive Passive Passive Active Active Active Perf.
Imper. Imper. Noun Participle Imperf . Perf verb Participl Imperf. verb
(noun) Verb e Verb
(noun)
َفُهَو َمْكُتوٌب ِكَتاَبًة اْكُتْب َلا َتْكُتْب َفُهَو َكاتٌِب ُكِتَب ُيْكَتُب َيْكُتُب َكَتَب
Don’t write Write! Writing Written So it is It is written It was A writer So he is He is writing He wrote
written
2. Causative / Intensive
Negative Positive Verbal Passive Passive Passive Active Active Active Perf.
Imper. Imper. Noun Participle Imperf . Perf verb Participle Imperf. Verb verb
(noun) Verb (noun)
ُيَعَّلُم َفُهَو ُمَعَّلٌم َتْعِليًما َعِّلْم َلا تَُعِّلْم ُعِّلَم ُمَعِّلٌم َفُهَو ُيَعِّلُم َعَّلَم
So it is
Don’t teach Teach! Teaching Taught It is taught It was taught A teacher So he is He is teaching He taught
3. Direct Action - Intransitive
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Passive Active Active Active
Imper. Imper. Participle Imperf . Perf verb Participle Imperf. Perf.
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb verb
َجاَهَد ُيَجاِهُد َفُهَو ُمَجاِهٌد ُجوِهَد ُيَجاَهُد َفُهَو ُمَجاَهٌد ِجَهاًدا َجاِهْد َلا تَُجاِهْد
So it is
ُمَجاَهَدًة
Don’t strive Strive! Striven against It is striven It was striven A striver So he is He is striving He strove
against against
Striving
4. Causative
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Passive Active Active Active
Imper. Imper. Participle Imperf . Perf verb Participle Imperf. Perf.
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb verb
َلا تُْسِلْم ِٕاْسَلاًما أَْسِلْم ُيْسَلُم َفُهَو ُمْسَلٌم أُْسِلَم أَْسَلَم ُيْسِلُم َفُهَو ُمْسِلٌم
Don’t surrender! So it is
Surrender! Surrendering Surrendered It is It was A Surrenderer So he is He is He
surrendered surrendered surrendering surrendered
5. Reflexive of 2
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Passive Active Active Active Perf.
Imper. Imper. Participle Imperf . Perf verb Participle Imperf. verb
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb
َلا َتَتَعَّلْم َتَعَّلْم َتَعُّلًما ُيَتَعَّلُم َفُهَو ُمَتَعَّلٌم تُُعِّلَم َيَتَعَّلُم َفُهَو ُمَتَعِّلٌم َتَعَّلَم
So it is He learned
Don’t learn Learn! Learning Learned It is learned It was A learner So he is He is learning
learned
6. Mutual / Group action
Negative Positive Verbal Passive Passive Passive Active Active Active
Imper. Imper. Noun Participle Imperf . Perf verb Participle Imperf. Perf. verb
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb
َتَفاَهَم َيَتَفاَهُم َفُهَو ُمَتَفاِهٌم تُُفوِهَم ُيَتَفاَهُم َفُهَو ُمَتَفاَهٌم َتَفاُهًما َتَفاَهْم َلا َتَتَفاَهْم
So it is
Don’t (mutually) (Mutually) (Mutual) (Mutually) It is It was (Mutually) So they They are They
understand understand! understanding understood (mutually) (mutually) Understanding are (mutually) (mutually)
understood understood understanding understood
7. Passive of 1
Negative Positive Verbal Passive Passive Passive Perf Active Participle Active Active Perf.
Imper. Imper. Noun Participle Imperf . verb (noun) Imperf. verb
(noun) Verb Verb
َلا ف اِْنِكَشافًا اْنَكِشْف
ٌ ف َفُهَو ُمْنَكَش
ُ ف ُاْنُكِشَف ُيْنَكَش ُ اِْنَكَشَف َيْنَكِش
ٌ ف َفُهَو ُمْنَكِش
َتْنَكِشْف
So he
Be uncovered! Uncovering - - Uncovered So he is He is being It became
is
uncovered uncovered
Don’t be uncoverd
8. Reflexive of 1
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Passive Active Active Active
Imper. Imper. Participle Imperf . Perf verb Participle Imperf. Perf. verb
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb
اِْجَتَهَد َيْجَتِهُد َفُهَو ُمْجَتِهٌد ُاْجُتِهَد ُيْجَتَهُد َفُهَو ُمْجَتَهٌد اِْجِتَهاًدا اْجَتِهْد َلا َتْجَتِهْد
So it is
Don’t work hard Work hard! Hard work Worked at It is worked at It was worked A hard worker So he He is working He worked
at is hard hard
9. Colours or Defects
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Passive Active Active Active
Imper. Imper. Participle Imperf . Perf verb Participle Imperf. Perf.
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb verb
اِْحِمَراًرا اْحَمَّر َلا َتْحَمَّر - - - اِْحَمَّر َيْحَمُّر َفُهَو ُمْحَمٌّر
Don’t become red Become red! Reddening Reddened So he He is It became
is becoming red red
10. To seek
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Passive Perf Active Active Active Perf.
Imper. Imper. Participle Imperf . verb Participle Imperf. verb
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb
َلا ُمْسَتْفِهٌم ُاْسُتْفِهَم ُيْسَتْفَهُم َفُهَو ُمْسَتْفَهٌم اْسِتْفَهاًما اِْسَتْفِهْم َفُهَو اِْسَتْفَهَم َيْسَتْفِهُم
So
َتْسَتْفِهْم Enquire! Enquiry Enquired So it is It is enquired It was enquired An enquirer
he is
He is enquiring He enquired
Don’t enquire
11.
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Passive Perf Active Active Active Perf.
Imper. Imper. Participle Imperf . verb Participle Imperf. verb
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb
َلا اْحِميَراٌر اِْحَمارِْر ُيْحَماُّر َفُهَو أُْحَماَّر اِْحَماَّر َيْحَماُّر َفُهَو َمْحَماٌّر
تْحَمارِْر So it is So it is
12.
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Passive Perf Active Active Active Perf.
Imper. Imper. Participle Imperf . verb Participle Imperf. verb
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb
َلا اِْجَلِّوْد اْجَلِّوٌد ُمْجَلِّوٌد ُيْجَلِّوُد َفُهَو ُاْجَلِّوَد ُمْجَلِّوٌد اِْجَلَّوَد َيْجَلِّوُد َفُهَو
َتْجَلِّوْد So it is So he is
13.
Negative Positive Verbal Noun Passive Passive Imperf Passive Perf Active Active Active Perf.
Imper. Imper. Participle . verb Participle Imperf. verb
(noun) Verb (noun) Verb
اِْفَعْنِلْل َلا َتْفَعْنِلْل اْفِعْنَلاٌل- ُيْفَعْنَلُل َفُهَو ُاْفُعْنِلَل ُمْفَعْنِلُل اِْفَعْنَلَل َيْفَعْنِلُل َفُهَو
! So it is So he
is
14.
Negative Positive Imper. Verbal Passive Passive Imperf Passive Perf Active Active Imperf. Active Perf. verb
Imper. Noun Participle . verb Participle Verb
(noun) Verb (noun)
َلا اْعَشْوِشْب - - ُمْعَشْوِشٌب ُاْعُشْوِشَب ُيْعَشْوَشُب اِْعَشْوَشَب َيْعَشْوِشُب
So
َتْعَشْوِشْب So he
it is is
