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Root Verb

بقى

buqa

to remain

ب ق ي

Form I defective verb. The past tense takes an 'ee' sound in the first and second person suffixes, while the present tense retains the 'a' ending.

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I remained"

"to remain" in the other dialects