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Verb forms › Form III
فاعَلَ
Arabic Verb Form III: Done to or with someone
Stretching the first vowel points the action at another party — you do it to them, or alongside them.
Pattern: فاعَلَ
What it does: Done to or with someone
In the dictionary: 315 Form III verbs
How to recognise it
Every Arabic verb form is described by weighing it against the template root ف-ع-ل. Form III is written فاعَلَ, 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 III verbs
80 of 315, most common first, each with its present tense and root.
غَادَرَ يُغَادِرُ
to leave
سَاعَدَ يُسَاعِدُ
to help
شَاهَدَ يُشَاهِدُ
to see
وَافَقَ يُوَافِقُ
to succeed
لَاحَقَ يُلَاحِقُ
to pursue
مَارَسَ يُمَارِسُ
to practice
قَابَلَ يُقَابِلُ
to stand exactly opposite
لَاحَظَ يُلَاحِظُ
to notice
رَاقَبَ يُرَاقِبُ
to keep track
كَارَى يُكَارِي
to rent out
مَانَعَ يُمَانِعُ
to resist
وَاجَهَ يُوَاجِهُ
to face
نَادَى يُنَادِي
to shout
عَانَى يُعَانِي
to suffer
رَاهَنَ يُرَاهِنُ
to bet
قَاتَلَ يُقَاتِلُ
to combat
بَارَى يُبَارِي
to disagree
وَاصَلَ يُوَاصِلُ
to be united with
سَافَرَ يُسَافِرُ
to travel
عَالَجَ يُعَالِجُ
to treat
بَارَكَ يُبَارِكُ
to bless
شَابَهَ يُشَابِهُ
to resemble
رَاجَعَ يُرَاجِعُ
to review
نَاقَشَ يُنَاقِشُ
to discuss
وَاعَدَ يُوَاعِدُ
to appoint
هَاجَمَ يُهَاجِمُ
to attack
بَالَى يُبَالِي
to care about
شَارَكَ يُشَارِكُ
to share
سَاوَى يُسَاوِي
to equal
بَالَغَ يُبَالِغُ
to exaggerate
فَاجَأَ يُفَاجِئُ
to overtake
طَابَقَ يُطَابِقُ
to be in accordance with
حَارَبَ يُحَارِبُ
to wage war against
تَابَعَ يُتَابِعُ
to continue
خَاطَرَ يُخَاطِرُ
to risk
كَافَحَ يُكَافِحُ
to manage
قَاوَمَ يُقَاوِمُ
to withstand
حَافَظَ يُحَافِظُ
to preserve
ضَاجَعَ يُضَاجِعُ
to sleep with
طَارَدَ يُطَارِدُ
to chase
دَافَعَ يُدَافِعُ
to defend
صَادَفَ يُصَادِفُ
to encounter
بَاضَعَ يُبَاضِعُ
to have sexual intercourse with
عَالَّ يُعَالُّ
noon
رَاسَلَ يُرَاسِلُ
to correspond
تَاجَرَ يُتَاجِرُ
to trade
وَالَى يُوَالِي
to be a friend
قَاطَعَ يُقَاطِعُ
renounce
لَاءَمَ يُلَائِمُ
to meet the requirements
سَانَدَ يُسَانِدُ
to help
نَاسَبَ يُنَاسِبُ
to suit
طَالَبَ يُطَالِبُ
to request
عَاقَبَ يُعَاقِبُ
to punish
سَامَى يُسَامِي
to vie
عَاوَدَ يُعَاوِدُ
to return
قَارَنَ يُقَارِنُ
to become associated with
وَاقَفَ يُوَاقِفُ
to stand with [+direct object] or by his side
كَارَمَ يُكَارِمُ
to treat with generosity or compete in generosity with
جَارَى يُجَارِي
to play along or walk alongside
عَامَلَ يُعَامِلُ
to do business with
فَارَقَ يُفَارِقُ
to separate oneself from
صَارَعَ يُصَارِعُ
to wrestle
خَالَفَ يُخَالِفُ
to contradict
هَالَّ يُهَالُّ
to hire
جَالَسَ يُجَالِسُ
to sit with
مَاسَّ يُمَاسُّ
to touch
رَاهَقَ يُرَاهِقُ
to be or become a teenager
رَادَّ يُرَادُّ
to return
عَادَى يُعَادِي
to treat as an enemy
عَادَلَ يُعَادِلُ
to be equal to
وَادَّ يُوَادُّ
to engage in fellowship with
لَايَلَ يُلَايِلُ
to hire on a nightly basis
حَامَى يُحَامِي
to defend
خَادَعَ يُخَادِعُ
to seek to deceive
عَاشَرَ يُعَاشِرُ
to befriend
جَانَسَ يُجَانِسُ
to be akin to
رَافَقَ يُرَافِقُ
to accompany
عَايَنَ يُعَايِنُ
to view
نَافَسَ يُنَافِسُ
to compete with
Practise Form III
Drill these verbs with spaced repetition, or run a conjugation drill on Form III only.
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