Root Verb

غِرِق

ghiriʔ

to sink

غ ر ق

sound

This is an intransitive verb meaning 'to sink' or 'to drown'. The root letter qaf is transliterated as 'q' but pronounced as a glottal stop. The past tense has a CiCiC pattern, eliding the second 'i' before vowel suffixes (e.g., ghirqit). Object pronouns are rarely used in practice.

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I sank"