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Root Verb
قعد
ga3ad
to wake up
ق ع د
In Gulf Arabic, the verb قعد (ga3ad), which literally means 'to sit', is the most common everyday word used to mean 'to wake up' (often used as قعد من النوم). The letter ق is pronounced as a hard 'g'.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I woke up"