أَرَادَ يُرِيدُ
to want
Verb forms › Form IV
A prefixed hamza makes something or someone undergo the root action. Often blunter and more transitive than Form II.
Pattern: أَفعَلَ
What it does: Causative
In the dictionary: 592 Form IV verbs
Every Arabic verb form is described by weighing it against the template root ف-ع-ل. Form IV is written أَفعَلَ, so any root poured into that same shape behaves the same way. That template is the word's wazn, its measure.
80 of 592, most common first, each with its present tense and root.
Drill these verbs with spaced repetition, or run a conjugation drill on Form IV only.
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