Root Verb

جاوب

jaawab

to answer

ج و ب

This is a Form III verb meaning 'to answer' (a question, a person, the phone). Although its root is hollow, the waw acts as a regular consonant in this form, so it conjugates like a sound verb. Note that the short 'i' in the present tense drops before vowel suffixes (e.g., yjaawib becomes yjaawboon).