حَدَّثَ يُحَدِّثُ
to tell
Verb forms › Form II
فَعَّلَ
Arabic Verb Form II: Causative or intensive
Doubling the middle letter either makes someone else do the action, or makes it thorough and repeated.
Pattern: فَعَّلَ
What it does: Causative or intensive
In the dictionary: 964 Form II verbs
How to recognise it
Every Arabic verb form is described by weighing it against the template root ف-ع-ل. Form II is written فَعَّلَ, 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 II verbs
80 of 964, most common first, each with its present tense and root.
صَدَّقَ يُصَدِّقُ
to believe
قَدَّمَ يُقَدِّمُ
to introduce
أَوَّهَ يُؤَوِّهُ
to moan
صَلَّى يُصَلِّي
to pray
جَرَّدَ يُجَرِّدُ
to strip
سَوَّى يُسَوِّي
to equalize
غَيَّرَ يُغَيِّرُ
to change
شَيَّأَ يُشَيِّئُ
to objectify
قَرَّرَ يُقَرِّرُ
to fix
سَمَّى يُسَمِّي
to name
مَهَّلَ يُمَهِّلُ
to postpone
بَوَّبَ يُبَوِّبُ
to put a door
شَبَّهَ يُشَبِّهُ
to compare
أَكَّدَ يُؤَكِّدُ
to assure
حَرَّكَ يُحَرِّكُ
to move
مَثَّلَ يُمَثِّلُ
to portray
جَرَّبَ يُجَرِّبُ
to experience
وَيَّلَ يُوَيِّلُ
to exclaim "woe!" over or repeatedly
كَذَّبَ يُكَذِّبُ
to allege of lying
وَصَّلَ يُوَصِّلُ
to join
أَدَّى يُؤَدِّي
to bring
خَطَّطَ يُخَطِّطُ
to furrow
دَمَّرَ يُدَمِّرُ
to destroy
رَكَّزَ يُرَكِّزُ
to fix firmly
عَظَّمَ يُعَظِّمُ
to make great
شَخَّصَ يُشَخِّصُ
to personify
سَجَّلَ يُسَجِّلُ
to register
أَمَّنَ يُؤَمِّنُ
to reassure
حَدَّدَ يُحَدِّدُ
to sharpen
لَعَّبَ يُلَعِّبُ
to cause to play
شَغَّلَ يُشَغِّلُ
to occupy
أَثَّرَ يُؤَثِّرُ
to influence
سَلَّمَ يُسَلِّمُ
to surrender
قَسَّمَ يُقَسِّمُ
to divide
حَطَّمَ يُحَطِّمُ
to shatter
غَطَّى يُغَطِّي
to cover up
فَسَّرَ يُفَسِّرُ
to interpret
كَلَّمَ يُكَلِّمُ
to speak
شَكَّلَ يُشَكِّلُ
to become dubious or confused
خَمَّنَ يُخَمِّنُ
to conjecture
رَحَّلَ يُرَحِّلُ
to make depart
عَقَّدَ يُعَقِّدُ
to connect
وَشَّكَ يُوَشِّكُ
to be quick
جَهَّزَ يُجَهِّزُ
to ready
أَمَّى يُؤَمِّي
to take as female slave
عَلَّمَ يُعَلِّمُ
to teach
عَدَّلَ يُعَدِّلُ
to give judgment according to the right
صَوَّرَ يُصَوِّرُ
to form
مَيَّزَ يُمَيِّزُ
to differentiate
غَنَّى يُغَنِّي
to sing
عَرَّضَ يُعَرِّضُ
to broaden
نَظَّفَ يُنَظِّفُ
to clean
وَقَّعَ يُوَقِّعُ
to apply
حَوَّلَ يُحَوِّلُ
to change
كَلَّفَ يُكَلِّفُ
to impose
رَحَّبَ يُرَحِّبُ
to welcome
دَوَّرَ يُدَوِّرُ
to turn in a circle
بَلَّغَ يُبَلِّغُ
to inform
بَقَّى يُبَقِّي
to leave
جَرَّحَ يُجَرِّحُ
to wound much
مَحَّقَ يُمَحِّقُ
to destroy entirely
سَبَّبَ يُسَبِّبُ
to cause
شَوَّى يُشَوِّي
to roast
أَخَّرَ يُؤَخِّرُ
to postpone
حَمَّلَ يُحَمِّلُ
to cause or ask to carry
كَرَّرَ يُكَرِّرُ
to repeat
وَجَّهَ يُوَجِّهُ
to raise to eminence
أَجَّلَ يُؤَجِّلُ
to postpone
رَتَّبَ يُرَتِّبُ
to make constant
دَوَّى يُدَوِّي
to buzz
بَكَّرَ يُبَكِّرُ
to be early
صَرَّحَ يُصَرِّحُ
to speak distinctly
ذَكَّى يُذَكِّي
to slaughter
سَتَّرَ يُسَتِّرُ
to cover up
كَرَّهَ يُكَرِّهُ
to make someone hate
مَزَّقَ يُمَزِّقُ
to tear
مَوَّنَ يُمَوِّنُ
to supply with food or provide catering services
شَرَّحَ يُشَرِّحُ
to cut in slices
قَصَّرَ يُقَصِّرُ
to shorten
Practise Form II
Drill these verbs with spaced repetition, or run a conjugation drill on Form II only.
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