Advanced Arabic Verb Forms

General Meanings of the Verb Forms with Examples

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		Present	Past	Egs.	Meaning of examples	Similar to another Verb form in vowels	General Meaning
1	Form I	يَفْعَلُ	فَعَلَ	شرب كتب	To drink To write
2	Form II	يُفَعِّلُ	فَعَّلَ	قطَع كسَّر فرَّق	To cut into pieces To smash To separate	Shaddah on middle root	Causation Intensity of action Estimation
3	Form III	يُفاعِلُ	فَاعَلَ	حاول نازع جالس	To try To dispute with s.o To sit with s.o	Added alif after 1st root	Do an action to s.o. Attempt to do sthg to s.o transitive needs an object
4	Form IV	يُفْعِلُ	أَفْعَلَ	أرسل أخبر	To send To inform	Added hamzah before 1st root	Causative - To cause to enter = to admit
5	Form V	يَتَفَعَّلُ	تَفَعَّلَ	تطوّع تعلّم تبسّم	To volunteer To teach o.s To smile	Form V is similar to form II with added ت	Reflexive of form II Do something to oneself (remind o.s)
6	Form VI	يَتَفاعَلُ	تَفَاعَلَ	تعاون تبادل	To cooperate To exchange	Form VI is similar to form III with added ت	Reciprocity (doing sthg with others)
7	Form VII	يَنْفَعِلُ	انْفَعَلَ	انفجر انقطع انقلب	To gush out To be cut off To be turned over	Added ان	Reflexive Intransitive (no object) Similar to passive
8	Form VIII	يَفْتَعِلُ	افْتَعَلَ	اجتمع اقترب	To gather To draw near	Added ا + ت	Reflexive
9	Form IX	يَفْعَلُّ	افْعَلَّ	ابيضّ اسودّ	To become white To become black	Added ا + shaddah	Colours
10	Form X	يَسْتَفْعِلُ	اسْتَفْعَلَ	استغفر استنفر	To seek forgiveness To be frightened	Added است	To consider s.o as sthg (true or not) Asking/Taking/seeking