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Past Tense & Verb Forms

The past tense (al-madi), its conjugation and the derived verb forms.
كَتَبُوا
they wrote (m)
katabuu
Third masculine plural, with a silent final alif
كَتَبْنَ
they wrote (f)
katabna
Third feminine plural
كَتَبْتُمْ
you wrote (m pl)
katabtum
Second masculine plural
كَتَبَا
they two wrote
katabaa
Dual, masculine
قَالَ
he said
qaala
A hollow verb in the past
بَاعَ
he sold
baa'a
A hollow verb of ya origin
جَرَى
he ran
jaraa
A defective verb
دَعَا
he called
da'aa
A defective verb of waw origin
وَجَدَ
he found
wajada
An assimilated verb with initial waw
مَدَّ
he stretched
madda
A doubled verb