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MSA: Verbs

Arabic Verbs; root (3PM past tense) & 1P present tense

EnglishArabic root (3SM)First person present tense
to accept قَبِلَ --- qabila أَقْبَلُ --- aqbalu
to agree وَافَقَ --- wāfaqa أُوَافِقُ --- uwāfiqu
to allow سَمَحَ --- samaḥa أَسْمَحُ --- asmaḥu
to answer أَجَابَ --- ajāba أُجِيبُ --- ujību
to arrest اِعْتَقَلَ --- iʿtaqala أَعْتَقِلُ --- aʿtaqilu
to arrest/catch/seize قَبَضَ عَلَى --- qabaḍa ʿalā أَقْبِضُ عَلَى --- aqbiḍu ʿalā
to arrest/detain أَوْقَفَ --- awqafa أُوقِفُ --- ūqifu
to arrive وَصَلَ --- waṣala أَصِلُ --- aṣilu
to ask for طَلَبَ --- ṭalaba أَطْلُبُ --- aṭlubu
to ask سَأَلَ --- saʾala أَسْأَلُ --- asʾalu
to attack هَاجَمَ --- hājama أُهَاجِمُ --- uhājimu
to bathe اِسْتَحَمَّ --- istaḥamma أَسْتَحِمُّ --- astahimmu
to be able (can) اِسْتَطَاعَ --- istaṭāʿa أَسْتَطِيعُ --- astaṭīʿu
to be born وُلِدَ --- wulida وُلِدْتُ --- wulidtu (past tense used)
to be completed/take place تَمَّ --- tamma يَتِمُّ --- yatimmu (3rd person he/it)
to be concerned اِهْتَمَّ --- ihtamma أَهْتَمُّ --- ahtammu
to be satisfied/calm/at rest اِرْتَاحَ --- irtāḥa أَرْتَاحُ --- artāḥu
to be كَانَ --- kāna أَكُونُ --- akūnu
to become (general) صَارَ --- ṣāra أَصِيرُ --- aṣīru
to become (often related to morning) أَصْبَحَ --- aṣbaḥa أُصْبِحُ --- uṣbiḥu
to begin بَدَأَ --- badaʾa أَبْدَأُ --- abdaʾu
to believe (have faith) آمَنَ --- ʾāmana أُؤْمِنُ --- uʾminu
to break كَسَرَ --- kasara أَكْسِرُ --- aksiru
to bring / fetch (requires direct object) أَحْضَرَ --- aḥḍara أُحْضِرُ --- uḥḍiru
to browse تَصَفَّحَ --- taṣaffaḥa أَتَصَفَّحُ --- ataṣaffaḥu
to brush فَرَشَ --- farasha أَفْرِشُ --- afrishu
to build بَنَى --- banā أَبْنِي --- abnī
to buy اِشْتَرَى --- ishtarā أَشْتَرِي --- ashtarī
to call (invite) دَعَا --- daʿā أَدْعُو --- adʿū
to call (on phone) اِتَّصَلَ --- ittaṣala أَتَّصِلُ --- attaṣilu
to cancel أَلْغَى --- alghā أُلْغِي --- ulghī
to carry حَمَلَ --- ḥamala أَحْمِلُ --- aḥmilu
to change غَيَّرَ --- ghayyara أُغَيِّرُ --- ughayyiru
to check/verify فَحَصَ --- faḥaṣa أَفْحَصُ --- afḥaṣu
to choose اِخْتَارَ --- ikhtāra أَخْتَارُ --- akhtāru
to clean نَظَّفَ --- naẓẓafa أُنَظِّفُ --- unaẓẓifu
to close غَلَقَ --- ghalaqa أَغْلِقُ --- aghliqu
to come / arrive (formal, slightly more literary) أَتَى --- atā آتِي --- ātī
to come(general, very common) جَاءَ --- jā'a أَجِيءُ --- ajī'u
to comment عَلَّقَ + عَلَى --- ʿallaqa + ʿalā أُعَلِّقُ + عَلَى --- uʿalliqu + ʿalā
to commit/practice اِعْتَمَدَ --- iʿtamada أَعْتَمِدُ --- aʿtamidu
to confirm أَكَّدَ --- akkada أُؤَكِّدُ --- uʾakkidu
to consist of, be made up of تَكَوَّنَ --- takawwana + min أَتَكَوَّنُ --- atakawwanu + min
to continue وَاصَلَ --- wāṣala أُوَاصِلُ --- uwāṣilu
to cook (another way) طَهَى --- ṭahā أَطْهُو --- aṭhū
to cook (common) طَبَخَ --- ṭabakha أَطْبُخُ --- aṭbukhu
to could/was able قَدِرَ --- qaḍira أَقْدِرُ --- aqdiru
to count عَدَّ --- ʿadda أَعُدُّ --- aʿuddu
to create خَلَقَ --- khalaqa أَخْلُقُ --- akhluqu
to cry بَكَى --- bakā أَبْكِي --- abkī
to cut قَطَعَ --- qaṭaʿa أَقْطَعُ --- aqṭaʿu
to decide قَرَّرَ --- qarrara أُقَرِّرُ --- uqarriru
to decrease اِنْخَفَضَ --- inkhafāḍa أَنْخَفِضُ --- ankhfidu
to demand طَالَبَ --- ṭālaba أُطَالِبُ --- uṭālibu
to depart رَحَلَ --- raḥala أَرْحَلُ --- arḥalu
to describe وَصَفَ --- waṣafa أَصِفُ --- aṣifu
to die مَاتَ --- māta أَمُوتُ --- amūtu
to differ اِخْتَلَفَ --- ikhtalafa أَخْتَلِفُ --- akhtalifu
to divide / split قَسَمَ --- qasama أَقْسِمُ --- aqsimu
to do, make فَعَلَ --- faʿala أَفْعَلُ --- afʿalu
to drink شَرِبَ --- shariba أَشْرَبُ --- ashrabu
to drive / lead قَادَ --- qāda أَقُودُ --- aqūdu
to drop/lower أَسْقَطَ --- asqaṭa أُسْقِطُ --- usqiṭu
to eat أَكَلَ --- akala آكُلُ --- ākulu
to employ وَظَّفَ --- waẓẓafa أُوَظِّفُ --- uwaẓẓifu
to enjoy اِسْتَمْتَعَ --- istamtaʿa أَسْتَمْتِعُ --- astamtiʿu
to enter دَخَلَ --- dakhala أَدْخُلُ --- adkhulu
to enter وَرَدَ --- warada أَرِدُ --- aridu
to escape هَرَبَ --- haraba أَهْرُبُ --- ahrubu
to examine فَحَصَ --- faḥaṣa أَفْحَصُ --- afḥaṣu
to expand تَوَسَّعَ --- tawassaʿa أَتَوَسَّعُ --- atawassaʿu
to expect تَوَقَّعَ --- tawaqqaʿa أَتَوَقَّعُ --- atawaqqaʿu
to explain شَرَحَ --- sharaḥa أَشْرَحُ --- ashraḥu
to fail فَشِلَ --- fashila أَفْشَلُ --- afshalu
to fall (downward) سَقَطَ --- saqaṭa أَسْقُطُ --- asquṭu
to feel شَعَرَ --- shaʿara أَشْعُرُ --- ashʿuru
to find وَجَدَ --- wajada أَجِدُ --- ajidu
to finish (informal) خَلَصَ --- khalaṣa أَخْلُصُ --- akhluṣu
to finish (requires object) أَنْهَى --- anhā أُنْهِي --- unhī
to finish (to be completed) اِنْتَهَى --- intahā أَنْتَهِي --- antahī
to flee هَرَبَ --- haraba أَهْرُبُ --- ahrubu
to fly طَارَ --- ṭāra أَطِيرُ --- aṭīru
to follow تَبِعَ --- tabiʿa أَتْبَعُ --- atbaʿu
to forget نَسِيَ --- nasiya أَنْسَى --- ansā
to give أَعْطَى --- aʿṭā أُعْطِي --- uʿṭī
to go ذَهَبَ --- dhahaba أَذْهَبُ --- adhhabu
to happen/occur (particularly for news) حَدَثَ --- ḥadatha أَحْدُثُ --- aḥduthu
to happen/take place/fall/be situated (location usually matters) وَقَعَ --- waqaʿa أَقَعُ --- aqaʿu
to hate كَرِهَ --- kariha أَكْرَهُ --- akrahu
to have/possess مَلَكَ --- malaka أَمْلِكُ --- amliku
to hear سَمِعَ --- samiʿa أَسْمَعُ --- asmaʿu
to help سَاعَدَ --- sāʿada أُسَاعِدُ --- usāʿidu
to hide أَخْفَى --- akhfā أُخْفِي --- ukhfī
to hold/catch أَمْسَكَ --- amsaka أُمْسِكُ --- umsiku
to hope (broad ideal) أَمَلَ --- amala آمُلُ --- āmul
to hope (from someone) رَجَا --- rajā أَرْجُو --- arjū
to improve حَسَّنَ — ḥassana أُحَسِّنُ — uḥassinu
to include شَمَلَ --- shamala أَشْمِلُ --- ashmilu
to indicate أَشَارَ --- ashāra أُشِيرُ --- ushīru
to inform (from "news") أَخْبَرَ --- akhbara أُخْبِرُ --- ukhbiru
to inquire اِسْتَفْسَرَ --- istafsara أَسْتَفْسِرُ --- astafsiru
to inspect فَتَّشَ --- fattaša أُفَتِّشُ --- ufattišu
to interpret فَسَّرَ --- fassara أُفَسِّرُ --- ufassiru
to join (casual, e.g., a group of people, a conversation) اِنْضَمَّ --- inḍamma أَنْضَمُّ --- anḍammu
to join / enroll (formal, e.g., an organization, university) اِلْتَحَقَ --- iltaḥaqa أَلْتَحِقُ --- altaḥiqu
to join in/participate/share/take part شَارَكَ --- shāraka أُشَارِكُ --- ushāriku
to know (by acquaintance/recognition) عَرَفَ --- ʿarafa أَعْرِفُ --- aʿrifu
to know (deeply/academically) عَلِمَ --- ʿalima أَعْلَمُ --- aʿlamu
to laugh ضَحِكَ --- ḍaḥika أَضْحَكُ --- aḍḥaku
to lead (can be drive a vehicle) قَادَ --- qāda أَقُودُ --- aqūdu
to learn تَعَلَّمَ --- taʿallama أَتَعَلَّمُ --- ataʿallamu
to leave (go out) خَرَجَ --- kharaja أَخْرُجُ --- akhruju
to leave behind تَرَكَ --- taraka أَتْرُكُ --- atrūku
to leave/exit (for a destination) غَادَرَ --- ghādara أُغَادِرُ --- ughādiru
to like/love أَحَبَّ --- aḥabba أُحِبُّ --- uḥibbu
to link/tie رَبَطَ --- rabaṭa أَرْبُطُ --- arbuṭu
to listen اِسْتَمَعَ --- istamaʿa أَسْتَمِعُ --- astamiʿu
to live (reside) سَكَنَ --- sakana أَسْكُنُ --- askunu
to live عَاشَ --- ʿāsha أَعِيشُ --- aʿīshu
to look at / notice (short term) نَظَرَ --- naẓara أَنْظُرُ --- ʾanẓuru
to lose فَقَدَ --- faqada أَفْقِدُ --- afqidu
to make صَنَعَ --- ṣanaʿa أَصْنَعُ --- aṣnaʿu
to meet/face (formal, direct object) قَابَلَ --- qābala أُقَابِلُ --- uqābilu
to meet/gather (can be unplanned) اِلْتَقَى --- iltaqā أَلْتَقِي --- altaqī
to mention / remember / state ذَكَرَ --- dhakara أَذْكُرُ --- adhkuru
to move / be in motion تَحَرَّكَ --- taḥarraka أَتَحَرَّكُ --- ataḥarraku
to move / change location اِنْتَقَلَ --- intaqala + min/ila أَنْتَقِلُ --- antaqilu + min/ila
to need اِحْتَاجَ --- iḥtāja أَحْتَاجُ --- aḥtāju
to note لَاحَظَ --- lāḥaẓa أُلَاحِظُ --- ulāḥiẓu
to offer قَدَّمَ --- qaddama أُقَدِّمُ --- uqaddimu
to offer/present قَدَّمَ --- qaddama أُقَدِّمُ --- uqaddimu
to open فَتَحَ --- fataḥa أَفْتَحُ --- aftaḥu
to order/request طَلَبَ --- ṭalaba أَطْلُبُ --- aṭlubu
to organize رَتَّبَ --- rattaba أُرَتِّبُ --- urattibu
to own اِمْتَلَكَ --- imtalaka أَمْتَلِكُ --- amtliku
to pass/walk by مَرَّ --- marra أَمُرُّ --- amurru
to pay دَفَعَ --- dafaʿa أَدْفَعُ --- adfaʿu
to plant زَرَعَ --- zaraʿa أَزْرَعُ --- azraʿu
to play (an instrument) عَزَفَ --- ʿazafa أَعْزِفُ --- aʿzifu
to play لَعِبَ --- laʿiba أَلْعَبُ --- alʿabu
to prefer فَضَّلَ --- faḍḍala أُفَضِّلُ --- ufaḍḍilu
to prepare (planning) أَعَدَّ --- aʿadda أُعِدُّ --- uʿiddu
to prepare / make ready or available حَضَّرَ --- ḥaḍḍara أُحَضِّرُ --- uḥaḍḍiru
to progress / advance تَقَدَّمَ --- taqaddama أَتَقَدَّمُ --- ataqaddamu
to promise وَعَدَ --- waʿada أَعِدُ --- aʿidu
to provide أَتَاحَ --- atāḥa أُتِيحُ --- utīḥu
to pull سَحَبَ --- saḥaba أَسْحَبُ --- asḥabu
to push دَفَعَ --- dafaʿa أَدْفَعُ --- adfaʿu
to put وَضَعَ --- waḍaʿa أَضَعُ --- aḍaʿu
to raise/lift رَفَعَ --- rafaʿa أَرْفَعُ --- arfaʿu
to read قَرَأَ --- qaraʾa أَقْرَأُ --- aqraʾu
to receive (obtain) حَصَلَ --- ḥaṣala أَحْصُلُ --- aḥṣulu
to receive / welcome someone اِسْتَقْبَلَ --- istaqbala أَسْتَقْبِلُ --- astaqbilu
to receive اِسْتَلَمَ --- istalama أَسْتَلِمُ --- astalimu
to relax اِسْتَرَاحَ --- istarāḥa أَسْتَرِيحُ --- astarīḥu
to remember / recall / recollect تَذَكَّرَ --- tadhakkara أَتَذَكَّرُ --- atadhakkaru
to renew جَدَّدَ --- jaddada أُجَدِّدُ --- ujaddidu
to rent (as owner) أَجَّرَ --- 'ajjara أُؤَجِّرُ --- u'ajjiru
to rent (as tenant) اِسْتَأْجَرَ --- ista'jara أَسْتَأْجِرُ --- astaqjiru
to rescue أَنْقَذَ --- anqadha أُنْقِذُ --- unqidhu
to return (more MSA) عَادَ --- ʿāda أَعُودُ --- aʿūdu
to return (MSA and common dialect) رَجَعَ --- rajaʿa أَرْجِعُ --- arjiʿu
to ride رَكِبَ --- rakiba أَرْكَبُ --- arkabu
to rise اِرْتَفَعَ --- irtafaʿa أَرْتَفِعُ --- artafiʿu
to run (or flow / an event) جَرَى --- jarā أَجْرِي --- ajrī
to run (or jog, physical act) رَكَضَ --- rakaḍa أَرْكُضُ --- arkuḍu
to say قَالَ --- qāla أَقُولُ --- aqūlu
to scream صَرَخَ --- ṣarakha أَصْرُخُ --- aṣrukhu
to search بَحَثَ --- baḥatha أَبْحَثُ --- abḥathu
to see رَأَى --- raʾā أَرَى --- arā
to seem, appear بَدَا --- badā أَبْدُو --- abdū
to sell بَاعَ --- bāʿa أَبِيعُ --- abīʿu
to send (dispatch) بَعَثَ --- baʿatha أَبْعَثُ --- abʿathu
to send أَرْسَلَ --- arsala أُرْسِلُ --- ursilu
to serve خَدَمَ --- khadama أَخْدُمُ --- akhdumu
to shop تَسَوَّقَ --- tasawwaqa أَتَسَوَّقُ --- atasawwaqu
to shout صَاحَ --- ṣāḥa أَصِيحُ --- aṣīḥu
to shout/cry صَرَخَ --- ṣarakha أَصْرُخُ --- aṣrukhu
to show أَظْهَرَ --- aẓhara أُظْهِرُ --- uẓhiru
to shower/bathe اِسْتَحَمَّ --- istaḥamma أَسْتَحِمُّ --- astahimmu
to sign وَقَّعَ --- waqqaʿa أُوَقِّعُ --- uwaqqiʿu
to sit جَلَسَ --- jalasa أَجْلِسُ --- ajlisu
to sleep نَامَ --- nāma أَنَامُ --- anāmu
to snatch/grab (kidnap/hijack) خَطَفَ --- khaṭafa أَخْطِفُ --- akhṭifu
to snatch/pickpocket نَشَلَ --- nashala أَنْشُلُ --- anshulu
to speak (converse) تَحَدَّثَ --- taḥaddatha أَتَحَدَّثُ --- ataḥaddathu
to speak (talk) تَكَلَّمَ --- takallama أَتَكَلَّمُ --- atakallamu
to speak نَطَقَ --- naṭaqa أَنْطِقُ --- anṭiqu
to stand (get up) قَامَ --- qāma أَقُومُ --- aqūmu
to start بَدَأَ --- badaʾa أَبْدَأُ --- abdaʾu
to stay, remain بَقِيَ --- baqiya أَبْقَى --- abqā
to steal سَرَقَ --- saraqa أَسْرِقُ --- asriqu
to stop وَقَفَ --- waqafa أَقِفُ --- aqifu
to study دَرَسَ --- darasa أَدْرُسُ --- adrusu
to support دَعَّمَ --- daʿama أُدَعِّمُ --- udaʿʿimu
to swim سَبَحَ --- sabaḥa أَسْبَحُ --- asbaḥu
to take أَخَذَ --- akhadha آخُذُ --- ākhudhu
to teach (academic/formally) دَرَّسَ --- darrasa أُدَرِّسُ --- udarrisu
to teach/inform (broadly) عَلَّمَ --- ʿallama أُعَلِّمُ --- uʿallimu
to think about فَكَّرَ --- fakkara أُفَكِّرُ --- ufakkiru
to think اِعْتَقَدَ --- iʿtaqada أَعْتَقِدُ --- aʿtaqidu
to travel سَافَرَ --- sāfara أُسَافِرُ --- usāfiru
to try حَاوَلَ --- ḥāwala أُحَاوِلُ --- uḥāwilu
to turn on أَضَاءَ --- aḍāʾa أُضِيءُ --- uḍīʾu
to understand فَهِمَ --- fahima أَفْهَمُ --- afhamu
to use اِسْتَعْمَلَ --- istaʿmala أَسْتَعْمِلُ --- astaʿmilu
to vary تَنَوَّعَ --- tanawwaʿa أَتَنَوَّعُ --- atanawwaʿu
to visit زَارَ --- zāra أَزُورُ --- azūru
to volunteer تَطَوَّعَ --- taṭawwaʿa أَتَطَوَّعُ --- ataṭawwaʿu
to wait اِنْتَظَرَ --- intaẓara أَنْتَظِرُ --- antaẓiru
to wake up اِسْتَيْقَظَ --- istayqaẓa أَسْتَيْقِظُ --- astayqiẓu
to walk مَشَى --- mashā أَمْشِي --- amshī
to want أَرَادَ --- arāda أُرِيدُ --- urīdu
to wash غَسَلَ --- ghasala أَغْسِلُ --- aghsilu
to watch (prolonged) شَاهَدَ --- shāhada أُشَاهِدُ --- ushāhidu
to wear (common) لَبِسَ --- labisa أَلْبَسُ --- albasu
to wear (formal/literary/news) اِرْتَدَى --- irtadā أَرْتَدِي --- artadī
to win فَازَ --- fāza + bi أَفُوزُ --- afūzu + bi
to wish (desire/more concrete) رَغِبَ --- raghiba أَرْغَبُ (فِي) --- arghabu (fī)
to wish (unlikely aspiration) تَمَنَّى --- tamannā + direct obj أَتَمَنَّى --- atamannā + direct obj
to witness شَهِدَ --- shahida أَشْهَدُ --- ashhadu
to work on عَمِلَ عَلَى --- ʿamila ʿalā أَعْمَلُ عَلَى --- aʿmalu ʿalā
to work عَمِلَ --- ʿamila أَعْمَلُ --- aʿmalu
to worry قَلِقَ --- qaliqa أَقْلَقُ --- aqlaqu
to write كَتَبَ --- kataba أَكْتُبُ --- aktubu
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