Lesson 32– الدَّرْسُ الثَّانِي وَالثَّلاثُونَ
Sound Verb and Defective Verb – الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ والمُعْتَلُّ
Types of Defective Verbs - أَنْوَاعُ الْفِعْلِ الْمُعْتَلِّ
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- The type of an Arabic defective verb is determined according to the place of the defective letter in it (beginning, middle and last), such as وَعَدَ, قَالَ and سَعَى. This lesson elaborates the types of Arabic defective verbs.
- A defective verb with one defective letter:
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| A past-form verb beginning with a defective letter. It is always in the past form, because the present form verb may begin with the letter yaa’, such as /Yaktubu/, i.e. to write. The yaa’ letter here is not a defective letter, but it just indicates the present form of the verb. Note: a past-form verb never begins with the long vowel (a) | Modal (mithāl) | ||
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| Picture | Present | past | A past- or present-form verb including a defective letter in the middle | Hollow (aĵwaf) |
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| Picture | Present | Past | A past- or present-form verb ending with a defective letter | Deficient (naqiŝ) |
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2- A defective verb with two defective letters:
| Examples | Place of the defective letters | Verb |
| A verb including two defective letters separated by another sound letter | Mixed Separated (lafīf mafruuq) | |
| A verb including two joined defective letters | Mixed joined (lafīf maqruun) | |