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Root Verb

وقف

wigif

to stand

و ق ف

This is a Form I assimilated verb (first root letter is waw). In Hijazi, the past tense takes 'i' vowels (wigif), and in the present the waw is retained, typically pronounced as a diphthong 'aw' or a long 'oo' (bawgaf / boogaf).

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Past Affirmative

أنا

I — "I stood"

"to stand" in the other dialects