ABSTRACT
If the penultimate vowel in the present tense of َلَعَف is a kasra, as in ُسِل َْي / َسَلَج “to sit,” the vowel beginning the imperative form is a kasra, as in the following:
Singular:
Dual:
Plural:
Singular:
Dual:
Plural:
In waaw-beginning verbs as in ُفِصَي / َفَصَو “to describe,” the hamza that usually begins the imperative form does not appear. The vowel following the
first consonant in the imperative form takes the middle vowel of the present
tense of the verb for َوُه. An example of when the middle vowel is a kasra, as in ُفِصَي / َفَصَو “to
describe,” is below:
Singular:
Dual:
Plural:
An example of when the middle vowel is a fat-Ha, as in ُعَضَي / َعَضَو “to put, to place,” follows:
Singular:
Dual:
Plural:
As with the waaw-beginning verbs, there is no initial hamza in the imperative
of the َلَعَف form of hollow verbs. The imperative of hollow verbs such as َداع, َراز, and َمان results in the shortening of the long vowel of the present tense of the verb form for some pronouns.
