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Root Verb

قابل

gaabal

to meet

ق ب ل

Form III sound verb. The letter ق (qaf) is typically pronounced as 'g' in Gulf Arabic, and the short 'a' in the final syllable drops when adding vowel suffixes (e.g., gaablat, gaablaw).

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I met"

"to meet" in the other dialects