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