Quadriliteral verbs; 'To wish/want' and 'to prefer'; Verbs with double objects.

'Quadriliteral' means quite simply 'having four (as opposed to three) root consonants', and with these verbs we bring to a close our study of the Arabic verb system. Quadriliteral verbs are of the CaCCaC pattern, but are different from the CaCCaC verbs we studied in Unit 14 by virtue of the fact the middle two consonants are not identical. Typical 'strong' quadriliterals are tárjam 'to translate', xárbaT 'to mix up, disarrange', ghárbal 'to confuse (someone)', fándas 'to grab a handful of (something)'.