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Root Verb
مَلَأَ
mala2a
to fill
م ل ء
This is a sound verb with a hamza as the third radical (mahmouz). While it conjugates like a regular sound verb, the seat of the hamza changes depending on the surrounding vowels (e.g., sitting on a yaa in تَمْلَئِينَ and on a waw in يَمْلَؤُونَ).
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I filled"
How these tenses work
The present tense
Person prefixes, plus the dialect's marker for "now" or "usually".
The past tense
One stem, eight endings.
The future
One small prefix or word in front of the present.
Saying "not"
Negating verbs, nouns and adjectives.
Roots and verb forms (Form I–X)
How three root letters and a pattern make a verb.
Verb classes: sound, hollow, defective, doubled
Why some verbs change shape when they conjugate.