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Root Verb
دفش
dafash
to push
د ف ش
A regular Form I sound verb meaning 'to push' (physically), commonly used in everyday Levantine Arabic. Another verb, دفع (dafa3), can also mean 'to push' but is more frequently used to mean 'to pay'.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I pushed"
How these tenses work
The present tense
Person prefixes, plus the dialect's marker for "now" or "usually".
The past tense
One stem, eight endings.
The future
One small prefix or word in front of the present.
Saying "not"
Negating verbs, nouns and adjectives.
Roots and verb forms (Form I–X)
How three root letters and a pattern make a verb.
Verb classes: sound, hollow, defective, doubled
Why some verbs change shape when they conjugate.