Imperative Verb (الأمْرُ)

Imperative verb (الأَمْر) in Arabic is the verb form used to give commands, express requests, or issue instructions. It's like saying "Write!" or "Sit!" in English.

In this lesson, we will analyze imperative verb for three types of verbs:

  1. Sound verb (الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ السَّالِم)
  2. Hamzated verb (الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ الـمَهْمُوز)
  3. Doubled verb (الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ الـمُضعَّف)
We will analyze other types of verbs and their imperatives in the following lessons.

Now, grab your pens and write!

Sound verb (الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ السَّالِم)

A sound verb (الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ السَّالِم), is a verb with no weak letters (أ، و، ي), hamza (ء), or doubled letters in its root.

To form the imperative of a sound verb, the following patterns are used: اُفْعُلْ or اِفْعِلْ or اِفْعَلْ

اُكْتُــبْ Write! (masculine singular) اُكْتُــبِـي Write! (feminine singular)اُكْتُــبَا Write! (dual, for two people)اُكْتُــبُوا Write! (masculine plural)اُكْتُــبْنَ Write! (feminine plural)
اِجْـلِــسْ Sit! (masculine singular)اِجْلِــسِي Sit! (feminine singular)اِجْـلِــسَا Sit! (dual, for two people)اِجْلِــسُوا Sit! (masculine plural)اِجْـلِــسْنَ Sit! (feminine plural)
اِسْــمَــعْ Listen! (masculine singular)اِسْــمَــعِـي Listen! (feminine singular)اِسْــمَــعَا Listen! (dual, for two people)اِسْــمَــعُوا Listen! (masculine plural)اِسْــمَــعْنَ Listen! (feminine plural)

Hamzated verb (الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ الـمَهْمُوز)

Hamzated verb (الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ الـمَهْمُوز), is a verb that contains a hamza (ء) in its root.

If the first root letter is a hamza, it is deleted in the imperative form

كُــلْ Eat! (masculine singular)كُــلِـي Eat! (feminine singular)كُــلَا Eat! (dual, for two people)كُــلُوا Eat! (masculine plural)كُــلْنَ Eat! (feminine plural)

Doubled verb (الفِعْلُ الصَّحِيحُ الـمُضعَّف)

Doubled verb (الفعل المضعف), is a verb where the final two letters are identical and written together.

This kind of verb has two possible forms for the imperative: عُدَّ or اُعْدُدْ

عُــدَّ Count! (masculine singular)عُــدِّي Count! (feminine singular)عُــدَّا Count! (dual, for two people)عُــدُّوا Count! (masculine plural)اُعْـدُدْنَ Count! (feminine plural)
اُعْــدُدْ Count! (masculine singular)اُعْــدُدِي Count! (feminine singular)اُعْــدُدَا Count! (dual, for two people)اُعْــدُدُوا Count! (masculine plural)اُعْــدُدْنَ Count! (feminine plural)

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