اِسْتَطَاعَ يَسْتَطِيعُ
to be able to
Verb forms › Form X
اِستَفعَلَ
Arabic Verb Form X: Seeking or considering
The اِست prefix means asking for the root action, or regarding something as having that quality.
Pattern: اِستَفعَلَ
What it does: Seeking or considering
In the dictionary: 303 Form X verbs
How to recognise it
Every Arabic verb form is described by weighing it against the template root ف-ع-ل. Form X is written اِستَفعَلَ, 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 X verbs
80 of 303, most common first, each with its present tense and root.
اِسْتَخْدَمَ يَسْتَخْدِمُ
to use
اِسْتَمَرَّ يَسْتَمِرُّ
to continue
اِسْتَحَقَّ يَسْتَحِقُّ
to be worthy
اِسْتَمْتَعَ يَسْتَمْتِعُ
to enjoy
اِسْتَيْقَظَ يَسْتَيْقِظُ
to wake up
اِسْتَغْرَقَ يَسْتَغْرِقُ
to absorb
اِسْتَعْمَلَ يَسْتَعْمِلُ
to use
اِسْتَعَدَّ يَسْتَعِدُّ
to prepare oneself for
اِسْتَسْلَمَ يَسْتَسْلِمُ
to surrender
اِسْتَعَادَ يَسْتَعِيدُ
to recover
اِسْتَحَالَ يَسْتَحِيلُ
to be impossible
اِسْتَدْعَى يَسْتَدْعِي
to call for
اِسْتَقْبَلَ يَسْتَقْبِلُ
to receive
اِسْتَرَاحَ يَسْتَرِيحُ
to be calm
اِسْتَرْخَى يَسْتَرْخِي
to slacken
اِسْتَقَالَ يَسْتَقِيلُ
to seek the cancellation of
اِسْتَغَلَّ يَسْتَغِلُّ
to desire from [with accusative] to bring yield
اِسْتَأْجَرَ يَسْتَأْجِرُ
to rent
اِسْتَدَارَ يَسْتَدِيرُ
to become round
اِسْتَقَرَّ يَسْتَقِرُّ
to be peaceful
اِسْتَجَابَ يَسْتَجِيبُ
to respond
اِسْتَعَارَ يَسْتَعِيرُ
to borrow
اِسْتَحَمَّ يَسْتَحِمُّ
to bathe
اِسْتَوْعَبَ يَسْتَوْعِبُ
to comprehend
اِسْتَحْسَنَ يَسْتَحْسِنُ
to think well of
اِسْتَرْجَعَ يَسْتَرْجِعُ
to retrieve
اِسْتَفَادَ يَسْتَفِيدُ
to earn
اِسْتَلْقَى يَسْتَلْقِي
to lie down
اِسْتَبْعَدَ يَسْتَبْعِدُ
to consider far
اِسْتَهْدَفَ يَسْتَهْدِفُ
to be exposed
اِسْتَوْلَى يَسْتَوْلِي
to seize
اِسْتَشَارَ يَسْتَشِيرُ
to ask the advice of
اِسْتَوْدَعَ يَسْتَوْدِعُ
to place
اِسْتَنْتَجَ يَسْتَنْتِجُ
to infer
اِسْتَثْمَرَ يَسْتَثْمِرُ
to exploit
اِسْتَرَدَّ يَسْتَرِدُّ
to demand back
اِسْتَعْجَلَ يَسْتَعْجِلُ
to rush
اِسْتَنْشَقَ يَسْتَنْشِقُ
to breathe in
اِسْتَبْدَلَ يَسْتَبْدِلُ
to accept in exchange
اِسْتَهْلَكَ يَسْتَهْلِكُ
to exhaust oneself
اِسْتَكْشَفَ يَسْتَكْشِفُ
to explore
اِسْتَغَاثَ يَسْتَغِيثُ
to call to help
اِسْتَخْرَجَ يَسْتَخْرِجُ
to extract
اِسْتَقَلَّ يَسْتَقِلُّ
to find small
اِسْتَشْعَرَ يَسْتَشْعِرُ
to perceive
اِسْتَجْوَبَ يَسْتَجْوِبُ
to question
اِسْتَقْطَعَ يَسْتَقْطِعُ
to deduct
اِسْتَنْقَعَ يَسْتَنْقِعُ
to stagnate
اِسْتَوْضَحَ يَسْتَوْضِحُ
to investigate
اِسْتَأْصَلَ يَسْتَأْصِلُ
to uproot
اِسْتَحْوَذَ يَسْتَحْوِذُ
to capture
اِسْتَلْزَمَ يَسْتَلْزِمُ
to consider necessary
اِسْتَخْلَصَ يَسْتَخْلِصُ
to draw out
اِسْتَكْمَلَ يَسْتَكْمِلُ
to complete
اِسْتَشْفَى يَسْتَشْفِي
to seek a cure
اِسْتَجَدَّ يَسْتَجِدُّ
to be or become new
اِسْتَخْفَى يَسْتَخْفِي
to vanish
اِسْتَعْدَى يَسْتَعْدِي
to ask for assistance
اِسْتَدَرَّ يَسْتَدِرُّ
to stream
اِسْتَجْدَى يَسْتَجْدِي
to beg
اِسْتَنْسَخَ يَسْتَنْسِخُ
to copy
اِسْتَخَفَّ يَسْتَخِفُّ
to belittle
اِسْتَثْنَى يَسْتَثْنِي
to except
اِسْتَعْرَضَ يَسْتَعْرِضُ
to ask to be shown
اِسْتَأْنَفَ يَسْتَأْنِفُ
to resume
اِسْتَطْلَعَ يَسْتَطْلِعُ
to inquire
اِسْتَحْضَرَ يَسْتَحْضِرُ
to summon physically
اِسْتَأْذَنَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ
to ask permission
اِسْتَوْرَدَ يَسْتَوْرِدُ
to import
اِسْتَعَاذَ يَسْتَعِيذُ
to protect oneself
اِسْتَمْنَى يَسْتَمْنِي
to masturbate
اِسْتَكْتَبَ يَسْتَكْتِبُ
to ask to write
اِسْتَصْدَرَ يَسْتَصْدِرُ
to bring about
اِسْتَحْفَظَ يَسْتَحْفِظُ
to ask someone to guard
اِسْتَرْجَلَ يَسْتَرْجِلُ
to become a man
اِسْتَمْطَرَ يَسْتَمْطِرُ
to ask for rain
اِسْتَكَفَّ يَسْتَكِفُّ
to ask for alms from
اِسْتَهْزَأَ يَسْتَهْزِئُ
to mock
اِسْتَوْقَفَ يَسْتَوْقِفُ
to stop
Practise Form X
Drill these verbs with spaced repetition, or run a conjugation drill on Form X only.
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