تَحَدَّثَ يَتَحَدَّثُ
to speak
Verb forms › Form V
تَفَعَّلَ
Arabic Verb Form V: Reflexive of Form II
Form II with a تَ in front: the action turns back on the doer, or is undergone gradually.
Pattern: تَفَعَّلَ
What it does: Reflexive of Form II
In the dictionary: 542 Form V verbs
How to recognise it
Every Arabic verb form is described by weighing it against the template root ف-ع-ل. Form V is written تَفَعَّلَ, 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 V verbs
80 of 542, most common first, each with its present tense and root.
تَذَكَّرَ يَتَذَكَّرُ
to remember
تَعَلَّمَ يَتَعَلَّمُ
to learn
تَكَلَّمَ يَتَكَلَّمُ
to talk
تَمَنَّى يَتَمَنَّى
to wish for
تَحَرَّكَ يَتَحَرَّكُ
to depart
تَوَقَّفَ يَتَوَقَّفُ
to stop
تَوَقَّعَ يَتَوَقَّعُ
to hope
تَأَكَّدَ يَتَأَكَّدُ
to be confirmed
تَمَكَّنَ يَتَمَكَّنُ
to be influential
تَعَرَّفَ يَتَعَرَّفُ
to become acquainted
تَأَخَّرَ يَتَأَخَّرُ
to go back
تَغَيَّرَ يَتَغَيَّرُ
to change
تَزَوَّجَ يَتَزَوَّجُ
to get married to someone
تَعَلَّقَ يَتَعَلَّقُ
to be suspended
تَصَرَّفَ يَتَصَرَّفُ
to behave
تَخَيَّلَ يَتَخَيَّلُ
to imagine
تَلَقَّى يَتَلَقَّى
to receive
تَحَوَّلَ يَتَحَوَّلُ
to shift
تَعَرَّضَ يَتَعَرَّضُ
to expose oneself to
تَحَقَّقَ يَتَحَقَّقُ
to come true
تَخَلَّى يَتَخَلَّى
to relinquish or surrender
تَقَدَّمَ يَتَقَدَّمُ
to precede
تَحَمَّلَ يَتَحَمَّلُ
to take up
تَطَلَّبَ يَتَطَلَّبُ
to necessitate
تَسَبَّبَ يَتَسَبَّبُ
to be caused by
تَنَفَّسَ يَتَنَفَّسُ
to breathe
تَوَلَّى يَتَوَلَّى
to take charge of
تَخَلَّصَ يَتَخَلَّصُ
to rid
تَمَتَّعَ يَتَمَتَّعُ
to enjoy
تَطَلَّعَ يَتَطَلَّعُ
to look out
تَحَسَّنَ يَتَحَسَّنُ
to improve
تَخَطَّى يَتَخَطَّى
to overstep
تَصَوَّرَ يَتَصَوَّرُ
to be or become formed
تَوَسَّلَ يَتَوَسَّلُ
to curry favor
تَوَرَّطَ يَتَوَرَّطُ
to become embroiled in
تَفَقَّدَ يَتَفَقَّدُ
to inspect
تَأَذَّى يَتَأَذَّى
to suffer damage or harm
تَعَقَّبَ يَتَعَقَّبُ
to trace
تَحَكَّمَ يَتَحَكَّمُ
to have one's own way
تَأَتَّى يَتَأَتَّى
to happen to
تَخَبَّرَ يَتَخَبَّرُ
to inquire
تَجَوَّلَ يَتَجَوَّلُ
to roam
تَدَخَّلَ يَتَدَخَّلُ
to interfere
تَبَقَّى يَتَبَقَّى
to remain
تَعَيَّنَ يَتَعَيَّنُ
to be appointed
تَوَجَّهَ يَتَوَجَّهُ
to wend one's way
تَسَكَّعَ يَتَسَكَّعُ
to wander about
تَضَمَّنَ يَتَضَمَّنُ
to comprise
تَحَطَّمَ يَتَحَطَّمُ
to be broken
تَحَتَّمَ يَتَحَتَّمُ
mandatory
تَبَوَّلَ يَتَبَوَّلُ
to urinate
تَصَدَّقَ يَتَصَدَّقُ
to give alms
تَسَلَّلَ يَتَسَلَّلُ
to sneak
تَطَوَّرَ يَتَطَوَّرُ
to develop
تُوُفِّيَ يُتَوَفَّى
to die
تَأَثَّرَ يَتَأَثَّرُ
to emulate
تَرَدَّدَ يَتَرَدَّدُ
to be made to go back
تَوَصَّلَ يَتَوَصَّلُ
to obtain access [with إِلَى ‘to something’]
تَسَلَّقَ يَتَسَلَّقُ
to climb
تَسَنَّى يَتَسَنَّى
to become elevated
تَشَرَّفَ يَتَشَرَّفُ
to be distinguished
تَدَفَّقَ يَتَدَفَّقُ
to flow
تَجَمَّدَ يَتَجَمَّدُ
to freeze
تَقَبَّلَ يَتَقَبَّلُ
to accept
تَجَنَّبَ يَتَجَنَّبُ
to avoid
تَقَيَّأَ يَتَقَيَّأُ
to vomit
تَتَبَّعَ يَتَتَبَّعُ
to pursue
تَدَبَّرَ يَتَدَبَّرُ
to ponder
تَمَشَّى يَتَمَشَّى
to be in accordance or appropriate
تَكَرَّرَ يَتَكَرَّرُ
to recur
تَعَطَّى يَتَعَطَّى
to ask for a thing
تَقَوَّلَ يَتَقَوَّلُ
to fabricate
تَوَقَّى يَتَوَقَّى
to be wary of
تَطَوَّعَ يَتَطَوَّعُ
to do voluntarily
تَعَدَّى يَتَعَدَّى
to encroach
تَأَسَّفَ يَتَأَسَّفُ
to feel sorry
تَسَرَّبَ يَتَسَرَّبُ
to leak out
تَخَرَّجَ يَتَخَرَّجُ
to graduate
تَمَسَّكَ يَتَمَسَّكُ
to hold on
Practise Form V
Drill these verbs with spaced repetition, or run a conjugation drill on Form V only.
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