اِحْمَرَّ يَحْمَرُّ
to turn red
Verb forms › Form IX
اِفعَلَّ
Arabic Verb Form IX: Colours and defects
A narrow form, almost entirely used for becoming a colour or acquiring a bodily defect.
Pattern: اِفعَلَّ
What it does: Colours and defects
In the dictionary: 23 Form IX verbs
How to recognise it
Every Arabic verb form is described by weighing it against the template root ف-ع-ل. Form IX is written اِفعَلَّ, 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 IX verbs
23 of 23, most common first, each with its present tense and root.
اِبْيَضَّ يَبْيَضُّ
to turn white
اِسْوَدَّ يَسْوَدُّ
to become black
اِخْضَرَّ يَخْضَرُّ
to become green
اِزْرَقَّ يَزْرَقُّ
to turn blue
اِحْوَرَّ يَحْوَرُّ
to be or become white
اِصْفَرَّ يَصْفَرُّ
to turn yellow
اِعْوَجَّ يَعْوَجُّ
to be twisted
اِخْضَلَّ يَخْضَلُّ
to be moist
اِحْوَلَّ يَحْوَلُّ
to squint
اِرْفَضَّ يَرْفَضُّ
to drip
اِعْوَرَّ يَعْوَرُّ
to be or become one-eyed or blind in one eye
اِصْهَبَّ يَصْهَبُّ
to be or become brownish-red
اِرْبَدَّ يَرْبَدُّ
to be of a dingy colour
اِشْهَلَّ يَشْهَلُّ
synonym of شَهِلَ
اِسْمَرَّ يَسْمَرُّ
to be or become brown
اِدْهَمَّ يَدْهَمُّ
to be or become black
اِرْعَوَى يَرْعَوِي
to see the light
اِغْبَرَّ يَغْبَرُّ
to be or become dust-colored
اِكْمَدَّ يَكْمَدُّ
to be or become smutty or dark
اِقْتَمَّ يَقْتَمُّ
to be or become dark-colored or blackish
اِجْأَلَّ يَجْأَلُّ
to be or become horrified
اِرْبَثَّ يَرْبَثُّ
to become separated
Practise Form IX
Drill these verbs with spaced repetition, or run a conjugation drill on Form IX only.
The other forms
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