Arabic Verb Conjugation Practice
The following is a list of verbs designed, not for vocabulary building, but more for practicing the verb conjugation tables, advanced paradigms, and application of different morphophonemic rules.
Regular Conjugations
The 6 Basic Paradigms
Arabic | English |
نصَر
ينصُر | to help |
كتَب
يكتُب | to write |
بلَغ
يبلُغ | to reach |
رسَب
يرسُب | to fail (e.g. a test) |
بسَط
يبسُط | to spread; to be spread out |
Arabic | English |
ضرَب
يضرِب | to hit |
حمَل
يحمِل | to carry |
حفَر
يحفِر | to dig |
خزَم
يخزِم | to thread together (e.g. pearls) |
سدَل
يسدِل | to (let something) hang downward |
Arabic | English |
سمِع
يسمَع | to hear |
علِم
يعلَم | to know |
شرِب
يشرَب | to drink |
نهِم
ينهَم | to have an insatiable appetite |
ثرِم
يثرَم | to have gaps between the teeth |
Arabic | English |
فتَح
يفتَح | to open; to decide |
ذهَب
يذهَب | to go; to have an opinion |
نفَع
ينفَع | to benefit |
فرَع
يفرَع | to surpass |
شغَف
يشغَف | to infatuate |
Arabic | English |
كرُم | to be noble |
سهُل | to be easy |
شرُف | to be eminent/well-bred |
طلُق | to be cheerful |
شكُس | to be malicious |
Arabic | English |
حسِب
يحسِب | to consider/deem |
وثِق
يثِق | to put one’s confidence in |
ورِم
يرِم | to be swollen |
وعِق
يعِق | to be curmudgeonly |
وكِم
يكِم | to be offensive |
The Advanced Paradigms
Arabic | English |
أخرج | to drive out; to direct (a movie) |
خرّج | to evict; to train/coach |
تخرّج | to graduate |
تخارج | to part company |
استخرج | to extract/extrapolate |
Arabic | English |
أقطع | to make or let cut |
قطّع | to chop/dice/mince; to dismember |
قاطع | to part company; to snub; to boycott |
تقطّع | to become severed; to become disrupted |
تقاطع | to part company; to snub each other |
اقتطع | to break off a little bit (e.g. page from a magazine) |
استقطع | to deduct |
انقطع | to become cut off |
Hamza Verbs
Arabic | English |
أخَذ
يأخُذ | to take |
أسِف
يأسَف | to regret |
أبَد
يأبِد | to last/persist |
سئِم
يسأَم | to be weary/tired |
سأَل
يسأَل | to ask |
دأَب
يدأَب | to persist/persevere |
قرَأ
يقرَأ | to read |
جرُؤ
يجرُؤ | to dare/have the audacity |
آتى | to bring |
ايتلف | to be in harmony; coalition |
اتّخذ | to adopt (an opinion/dogma/etc) |
Assimilated Verbs
Arabic | English |
وضَع
يضَع | to put |
وقَع
يقَع | to fall; to occur |
وهَب
يهَب | to give as a gift; bestow |
وجَد
يجِد | to find (without necessarily searching) |
وثَب
يثِب | to jump; to dash |
وثِق
يثِق | to put confidence in |
وجِع
يوجَع | to be in / feel pain |
وجِل
يوجَل | to be scared |
وجُه
يوجُه | to have distinction/noteworthiness |
يبِس
ييبَس | to become dry |
يئِس
ييئَس / يئِس
يئِس | to give up totally |
يتَم
يتِم / يتُم
ييتُم / يتِم ييتَم | to be(come) an orphan |
يرِع
ييرَع | to be a coward |
يسِر
ييسَر | to be easy |
أيقن | to make sure |
Hollow Verbs
Arabic | English |
قال
يقول | to say |
تاب
يتوب | to repent |
ثار
يثور | to instigate / stir up commotion |
حاط
يحوط | to guard |
دار
يدور | to revolve |
دام
يدوم | to last/continue |
قام
يقوم | to stand |
باع
يبيع | to buy |
تام
يتيم | to become moonstruck by love |
تاه
يتيه | to become lost (in an open area) |
راع
يريع | to flourish |
زاد
يزيد | to increase |
خاف
يخاف | to be afraid |
كاد
يكاد | to plan mischief |
نام
ينام | to sleep |
شاء
يشاء | to want |
عاف
يعاف | to hate |
أعاد | to repeat/redo/return |
أعان | to assist |
اختار | to choose |
اصطاد | to hunt |
استخار | to seek council |
استبان | to become clear |
Deficient Verbs
Arabic | English |
دعا | to call; to invite |
صحا | to wake up |
دنا | to come down |
علا | to be high/lofty |
قضى
يقضي | to pass judgement |
مضى
يمضي | to pass (as in time) |
جرى
يجري | to flow |
بقِي
يبقى | to remain |
رضِي
يرضى | to be pleased (with something) |
نسِي
ينسى | to forget |
أجرى | to make flow |
أعطى | to give |
زكّى | to purify |
سوّى | to make straight |
ربّى | to raise/couch/educate/etc |
نادى | to call loudly |
راعى | to watch intently |
تزكّى | to purify oneself |
تعالى | to be high and mighty |
اصطفى | to choose/distinguish |
ابتلى | to test with hardships |
احتوى | to be comprised of |
استسقى | to look for water |
استلقى | to lie down; to throw oneself down |
استوى | to settle down / to land |
انبغى | to be necessary |
Verbs with Duplicate Letters
Arabic | English |
سبّ
يسُبّ | to insult/swear |
كفّ
يكُفّ | to refrain |
مرّ
يمُرّ | to pass by |
فرّ
يفِرّ | to flee |
فزّ
يفِزّ | to spring up / jump up |
دبّ
يدِبّ | to crawl / creep around |
أهرّ | to make growl |
حاجّ | to argue/dispute (using proofs) |
تحاجّ | to debate with each other |
اشتدّ | to intensify |
امتدّ | to become spread |
استبدّ | to monopolize |
استدلّ | to ask to be shown (e.g. the way) |
استعدّ | to get ready (e.g. for company) |
اندقّ | to be crushed |
انسلّ | to sneak (steal) something away |
Some Highly Deficient Verbs
Arabic | English |
ألا
يألو | to neglect to do something |
أمّ
يأُمّ | to lead (e.g. in prayer) |
أنى
يأني | to draw near |
آب
يؤوب | to return; to incur (e.g. a penalty) |
أوى
يأوي | to seek refuge |
أيِس
يأيَس (يآس) | to despair |
آن
يئين | to draw near |
وخى
يخي | to intend |
حيّ | to be alive |
رأى
يرى | to see |
اعتور | to alternate |