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Root Verb

بقي

bigi

to remain

ب ق ي

This is a Form I defective verb. The past tense has an 'i' stem (bigi) and the present has an 'a' stem (yibga). The verb فضل (fidil) is also widely used in Hijazi Arabic with the exact same meaning.

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I remained"

"to remain" in the other dialects