Four-lettered verbs in Arabic | الْفِعْلُ المُجَرَدُ الرُّباعِي

Introduction to the four-lettered verbs

The four-lettered verbs are these verbs are formed from four letters. The root of which is فَعْلَلَ.They are not derived from the tri-literal form فَعَلَ. Four-letters root verbs follow the forms:

Form XII: فَعْلَلَ
Form XIII: تَفَعْلَلَ
Form XIV: إِفْعَلَلَّ
Form XV: اِفْعَنْلَلَ

1. Table of four-lettered verb form فَعْلَلَ

Past tense – فَعْلَلَ
Imperfect tense – يُفَعْلِلُ
Imperative – فَعْلِلْ
Verbal noun – فَعْلَلَةٌ
Active participle – مُفَعْلِلٌ
Passive participle – مُفَعْلَلٌ
Past active – فُعْلِلَ
Imperfect passive – يُفَعْلَلُ

Examples used in the Holy Quran

الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ

Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind – (114:5)

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake (99:1)

وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ

but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. (2:96)

فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them]. (9:14)

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in (81:7)

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2. Table of four-lettered verb form تَفَعْلَلَ

Past tense – تَفَعْلَلَ
Imperfect tense – يَتَفَعْلَلُ
Imperative – تَفَعْلَلْ
Verbal noun – تَفَعْلُلٌ
Active participle – مُتَفَعْلِلٌ

3. Table of four-lettered verb form إِفْعَلَلَّ

Past tense – إِفْعَلَلَّ
Imperfect tense – يَفْعَلِلُّ
Imperative – إِفْعَلِّلْ – إِفْعَلِّلَ
Verbal noun – إِفْعَلَّالٌ
Active participle – مُفْعَلِلٌّ

Examples:

قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي

He said, “Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied.” (2:260)

وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْإِيمَانِ

while his heart is secure in faith (16:106)

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

[To the righteous it will be said], “O reassured soul, (89:27)

تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ

The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord (39:23)

4.Table of four-lettered verb form إِفْعَنْلَلَ

Past tense – إِفْعَنْلَلَ
Imperfect tense – يَفْعَنْلِلُ
Imperative – إِفْعَنْلِلْ
Verbal noun – إِفْعِنْلَالٌ
Active participle – مُفْعَنْلِلٌ
Passive participle – مُفْعَنْلَلٌ

You have now completed this Arabic lesson. The next one will be insha’Allah about introducing the declension of a noun.

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Four-lettered verbs