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Root Verb

باوع

baawa3

to watch

ب و ع

The verb باوع (baawa3) is the most common everyday Iraqi verb for 'to look' or 'to watch' (e.g., watching TV). It conjugates like a Form III sound verb despite having a hollow root.

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I watched"

"to watch" in the other dialects