فِعْلٌ-Verb
A verb is a word that describes an action
A verb in the Arabic language consists of: 1) the action and 2) the doer of the action
الْمُعْرَبُ وَالْمَبْنِيُّ مِنَ الْأَفْعَالِ
الْفِعْلُ الْمَاضِي وَالْفِعْلُ الْأَمْرِ مَبْنِيَّانِ
| Groups of the sound triliteral verb | أَبْوَابُ الْفِعْلِ الثُّلَاثِيِّ الْمُجَرَّدِ |
| Approximately | 6,299 verbs | ||||
| Group I – I | Group I – A | Group U – U | Group A – A | Group A – I | Group A – U |
| بَاب حَسِبَ | بَاب سَمِعَ | بَاب كَرُمَ | بَاب فَتَحَ | بَاب ضَرَبَ | بَاب نَصَرَ |
| حَسِبَ يَحْسِبُ | سَمِعَ يَسْمَعُ | كَرُمَ يَكْرُمُ | فَتَحَ يَفْتَحُ | ضَرَبَ يَضْرِبُ | نَصَرَ يَنْصُرُ |
| ح | س | ك | ف | ض | ن |
| Derived forms of the triliteral verb | الْفِعْلُ الثُّلَاثِيُّ الْمَزِيْدُ فِيْهِ |
| Form | Form IV | Form III | Form II |
| بَاب إِفْعَالٌ | بَاب مُفَاعَلَةٌ وَ فِعَالٌ | بَاب تَفْعِيْلٌ | |
| Usage | Causative | Reciprocal/Collective | Causative, Intensive/Extensive |
| أَفْعَلَ يُفْعِلُ | فَاعَلَ يُفَاعِلُ | فَعَّلَ يُفَعِّلُ | |
| Form | Form VII | Form VI | Form V |
| بَاب اِنْفِعَالٌ | بَاب تَفَاعُلٌ | بَاب تَفَعُّلٌ | |
| Usage | Passive of Form 1 | Reflexive of Form 3, Pretension | Reflexive of Form 2 |
| اِنْفَعَلَ يَنْفَعِلُ | تَفَاعَلَ يَتَفَاعَلُ | تَفَعَّلَ يَتَفَعَّلُ | |
| Form | Form X | Form IX | Form VIII |
| بَاب اِسْتِفْعَالٌ | بَاب اِفْعِلَالٌ | بَاب اِفْتِعَالٌ | |
| Usage | Causative, Reflexive | Color, Defects | Reflexive of Form 1 |
| اِفْتَعَلَ يَفْتَعِلُ | |||
| Quadrilateral verb | الْفِعْلُ الرُّبَاعِيُّ | ||
| بَاب فَعْلَلَ يُفَعْلِلُ | |||
| الْفِعْلُ الرُّبَاعِيُّ الْمَزِيْدُ فِيْهِ | |||
| اِفْعِنْلَالٌ | اِفْعِلَّالٌ | بَاب تَفَعْلُلٌ | |
| اِفْعَنْلَلَ يَفْعَنْلِلُ | اِفْعَلَلَّ يَفْعَلِلُّ | تَفَعْلَلَ يَتَفَعْلَلُ | |