كَانَ يَكُونُ
to be
Verb forms › Form I
فَعَلَ
Arabic Verb Form I: The plain action
The base form. It carries the root idea with nothing added — whatever the root means at its simplest.
Pattern: فَعَلَ
What it does: The plain action
In the dictionary: 2467 Form I verbs
How to recognise it
Every Arabic verb form is described by weighing it against the template root ف-ع-ل. Form I is written فَعَلَ, so any root poured into that same shape behaves the same way. That template is the word's wazn, its measure.
The most common Form I verbs
80 of 2467, most common first, each with its present tense and root.
عَرَفَ يَعْرِفُ
to know
قَالَ يَقُولُ
to say
عَلِمَ يَعْلَمُ
to know
فَعَلَ يَفْعَلُ
to do
ذَهَبَ يَذْهَبُ
to go
قَامَ يَقُومُ
to get up
بَدَا يَبْدُو
to appear
عَمِلَ يَعْمَلُ
to work
وَجَدَ يَجِدُ
to find
حَصَلَ يَحْصُلُ
to happen
حَدَثَ يَحْدُثُ
to happen
نَظَرَ يَنْظُرُ
to look
عَادَ يَعُودُ
to return
سَمِعَ يَسْمَعُ
to hear
شَاءَ يَشَاءُ
to will
ظَنَّ يَظُنُّ
to think
تَمَّ يَتِمُّ
to be fulfilled
أَخَذَ يَأْخُذُ
to take
رَأَى يَرَى
to see
أَتَى يَأْتِي
to come
قَتَلَ يَقْتُلُ
to kill
شَعَرَ يَشْعُرُ
to know
فَهِمَ يَفْهَمُ
to understand
بَدَأَ يَبْدَأُ
to begin
وَضَعَ يَضَعُ
to put
خَرَجَ يَخْرُجُ
to exit
وَقَفَ يَقِفُ
to come to a stop
وَجَدَ يَجِدُ
to experience
طَلَبَ يَطْلُبُ
to search
دَعَا يَدْعُو
to call
بَقِيَ يَبْقَى
to last
مَاتَ يَمُوتُ
to die
بَحَثَ يَبْحَثُ
to search
وَدَى يَدِي
to let come up
آهَ يَؤُوهُ
to moan
تَرَكَ يَتْرُكُ
to leave
دَخَلَ يَدْخُلُ
to enter
عَاشَ يَعِيشُ
to live
زَالَ يَزُولُ
to go away
قَصَدَ يَقْصِدُ
to mean
مَلَكَ يَمْلِكُ
to take in possession
فَضَلَ يَفْضُلُ
to remain
جَلَى يَجْلِي
to polish
سَأَلَ يَسْأَلُ
to ask
جَعَلَ يَجْعَلُ
to make: to create
رَأَى يَرَى
to deem true
سَمَحَ يَسْمَحُ
to allow
قَلِقَ يَقْلَقُ
to be agitated
فَكَرَ يَفْكُرُ
to think
جَاءَ يَجِيءُ
to come
نَسِيَ يَنْسَى
to forget
وَثِقَ يَثِقُ
to trust
فَقَدَ يَفْقِدُ
to lose
سَاءَ يَسُوءُ
to act badly
رَغِبَ يَرْغَبُ
to desire
وَعَدَ يَعِدُ
to promise
كَفَى يَكْفِي
to be enough for
عَنَى يَعْنِي
to happen
دَفَعَ يَدْفَعُ
to pay
عَادَ يَعُودُ
to visit
ظَهَرَ يَظْهَرُ
to be outward
ذَكَرَ يَذْكُرُ
to mention
حَمَلَ يَحْمِلُ
to carry
كَتَبَ يَكْتُبُ
to write
هَمَّ يَهُمُّ
to disquiet
مَاتَ يَمُوتُ
to be empty
شَعَرَ يَشْعُرُ
to make or compose poetry
حَدَا يَحْدُو
to spur on
قَدَرَ يَقْدِرُ
to have power
لَامَ يَلُومُ
to blame
وَقَفَ يَقِفُ
to stop
جَلَسَ يَجْلِسُ
to sit
بَنَى يَبْنِي
to construe
أَمَرَ يَأْمُرُ
to order
صَنَعَ يَصْنَعُ
to do
سَارَ يَسِيرُ
to step along
عَنَى يَعْنِي
to mean
تَبَّ يَتِبُّ
to perish
جَرَى يَجْرِي
to run
Practise Form I
Drill these verbs with spaced repetition, or run a conjugation drill on Form I only.
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