DEFINITION OF STRONG and WEAK VERBS

Definition:If any triliteral rooted verb's one of the three root letters is one of alif (hamza, a), waaw (w) or yaa (y) then that is defined as a weak verb.

Any verb which does not contain one of the alif (hamza), waaw or yaa as one of the root letters is defined as a strong verb.
Moreover, any verb doubled with a shadda in the second root letter is a weak verb. There are so many weak verbs which fit to this definition that it would be difficult to list them all. We will give a few examples to show how they are conjugated.

For example, the verbs which start with waaw (e.g., the first letter of the triliteral root letter is waaw) are weak verbs, e.g., wajada=to find, wahaba=to give, waDa'A=to put, waqafa=to stand up, wa'Ada=to promise. We will give the conjugation of the wajada and wa'Ada below.

The dual form is not used in daily life. It is usually an academic interest. Therefore, from now on we will skip the dual form from our tables.

Verb=wajada=to find, masc=m, fem=f English Pronouns Arabic Pronouns   Perfect   Imperfect I anaa wajadtu ajidu Thou (m) anta wajadta tajidu Thou (f) anti wajadti tajidiyna He huwa wajada yajidu She hiya wajadat tajidu We nahnu wajadnaa najidu You (m) antum wajadtum tajiduuna You (f) antunna wajadtunna tajidna They (m) hum wajaduu yajiduuna They (f) hunna wajadna yajidna

Verb=wa'Ada=to promise   Perfect   Imperfect wa'Adtu a'Idu wa'Adta ta'Idu wa'Adti ta'Idiyna wa'Ada ya'Idu wa'Adat ta'Idu wa'Adnaa na'Idu wa'Adtum ta'Iduuna wa'Adtunna ta'Idna wa'Aduu ya'Iduuna wa'Adna ya'Idna

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