Lesson 92 – الدَّرْسُ الثَّانِي وَالتِّسْعُونَ

Patterns of abstract verbs - أَوْزانُ الأفْعالِ المُجَرَّدَةِ

The abstract quadruple verb pattern – أَوْزانُ الفِعْلِ الرُّباعِيِّ الْمُجَرَّد

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  • There is only one regular pattern for the Arabic quadruple verb FaƐlala YufaƐlilu فَعْلَلَ يُفَعْلِلُ.
  • We can divide the quadruple verb into two categories according to the meaning of the verbs as follows:

1-    Quadruple verbs indicating intangible meanings: Consider the following examples:

Past form

Pattern FaƐlala فعْلَلَ

Present form

Pattern YufaƐlilu يفَعْلِلُ

Meaning

Example

Arabic

English meaning

عَسْعَسَ

يُعَسْعِسُ

Search for

تُعَسْعِسُ الشُّرْطَةُ والنَّاسُ نائِمُونَ

The policemen search while people sleep.

بَعْثَرَ

يُبَعْثِرُ

Scatter

لا تُبَعْثِرْ أَمْوالكَ

Don’t scatter your money.

دَحْرَجَ

يُدَحْرِجُ

Roll over

مَنْ يُدَحْرِجِ الْحَجَرَ يَنَلِ الْجائِزَةَ

Whoever rolls over that stone, will win a prize.

عَرْبَدَ

يُعَرْبِدُ

Revel

لا تُعَرْبِدْ فِي الشَّوارعِ فَتُحْبَسْ

Don’t revel in public street, otherwise the police may prison you.

2-    Quadruple verbs indicating tangible objects: Consider the following examples:

Past verb

Pattern FaƐlala فعْلَلَ

Present verb

Pattern YufaƐlilu يفعْلِلُ

Meaning

عَقْرَبَ

يُعَقْرِبُ

Harm as a scorpion

فَلْفَلَ

يُفَلْفِلُ

Put pepper

بَرْعَمَ

يُبَرْعِمُ

Start budding