The sound and weak verbs in Arabic language

Arabic verbs are classified as sound (ุตุญูŠุญ) or weak (ู…ุนุชู„). Sound verbs lack vowels and include regular, mamzated, and doubled types, while weak verbs contain one or more vowels like ูˆุงูˆุŒ ูŠุงุกุŒ ุฃู„ู.

A. ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ุตุญูŠุญ The sound verb
Verbs that have no vowel (ุงุŒ ูˆุŒูŠ)

1. ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ุณุงู„ู… Regular sound verbs
Verbs that have no Hamza or shadda: ุฌู„ุณุŒ ูƒุชุจุŒ ุณู…ุน.,

2. Irregular sound verbs
a. ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ู‡ู…ูˆุฒ Mamzated sound verbs
Where ุก is one of the consonants: ุฃุฎุฐุŒ ุฃูƒู„ุŒ ุณุฃู„ุŒ ู…ู„ุฃุŒ ู„ุฌุฃ
b. ู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุถุนู Germinate/doubled verbs
Verbs that have Shadda and they are divided into two types:
โ€ข ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุถุนู ุงู„ุซู„ุงุซูŠ: ุฏู‚ู‘ุŒุฑุฏู‘
Where the second and third radicals of the root are the same:
: ุดุฏู‘ุŒ ู…ุฏู‘ุŒ ุณุฏู‘
โ€ข ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุถุนู ุงู„ุฑุจุงุนูŠ
Where the first and the third letter letters are the same and the second and the fourth are the same ุฒู„ุฒู„ุŒ ูˆุณูˆุณ

B. ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุนุชู„ The weak verbs
Verbs whose letters are vowels ุงุŒูˆุŒูŠ

ูŠุจุณุŒ ูˆุณุน ูˆุฌุฏุŒ ูˆู‚ุน :ูŠ or ูˆ Assimilated Verbs whose first letter is aุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุนุชู„ ุงู„ู…ุซุงู„1.
ู‚ุงู„ุŒ ู†ุงู…ุŒ ุจุงุน Hallow Verbs whose second letter is a vowel: ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุนุชู„ ุงู„ุฃุฌูˆู2.

3. ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุนุชู„ ุงู„ู†ุงู‚ุต
Defected verbs whose last letter is a vowel: ุฏุนุงุŒ ุฑู…ู‰ุŒ ุดูƒู‰ุŒ ุณุนู‰
Verbs who has two vowels ุงู„ูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุนุชู„ ุงู„ู„ููŠู4.
a. ุดูˆู‰ุŒ ู„ูˆู‰:ู„ููŠู ู…ู‚ุฑูˆู†
Verbs that have two vowels that are not separated by a consonant:
b. ูˆู‚ู‰ุŒ ูˆุดู‰ : ู„ููŠู ู…ูุฑูˆู‚
Verbs that have two vowels separated by a consonant

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