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Root Verb
اِسْتَيْقَظَ
istayqaza
to wake up
ي ق ظ
This is a Form X verb meaning 'to wake up'. Although its first root letter is a weak letter (ي), it conjugates completely regularly in this form without dropping any letters.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I woke up"
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.