Turning these structures into the passive
voice is not complicated; to turn any structure, there are two
modifications required:
Turning the short vowel between the final two
letters (the green short vowel) to
i.
Turning all the remaining short vowels of the
structure to
u.
Let us apply these modifications to the
structures. We will do form I again although we already did it in the
previous page.
First, we will change the green vowel of all
structures to
i.
Passive
Active
Form I
fa"il(a)
فَعِلَ
fa"al(a)
فَعَلَ
fa"il(a)
فَعِلَ
fa"ul(a)
فَعُلَ
Form II
fa""il(a)
فَعِّلَ
fa""al(a)
فَعَّلَ
Form III
faa"il(a)
فَاْعِلَ
faa"al(a)
فَاْعَلَ
Form IV
'af"il(a)
أَفْعِلَ
'af"al(a)
أَفْعَلَ
Form V
tafa''"il(a)
تَفَعِّلَ
tafa''"al(a)
تَفَعَّلَ
Form VI
tafaa"il(a)
تَفَاْعِلَ
tafaa"al(a)
تَفَاْعَلَ
Form VII
'infa"il(a)
اِنْفَعِلَ
'infa"al(a)
اِنْفَعَلَ
Form VIII
'ifta"il(a)
اِفْتَعِلَ
'ifta"al(a)
اِفْتَعَلَ
Form IX
'if"all(a)
اِفْعَلََّ
'if"all(a)
اِفْعَلََّ
Form X
'istaf"il(a)
اِسْتَفْعِلَ
'istaf"al(a)
اِسْتَفْعَلَ
Form XI
'if"aall(a)
اِفْعَاْلَّ
'if"aall(a)
اِفْعَاْلَّ
Form XII
'if"aw"il(a)
اِفْعَوْعِلَ
'if"aw"al(a)
اِفْعَوْعَلَ
Form XIII
'if"awwil(a)
اِفْعَوِّلَ
'if"awwal(a)
اِفْعَوَّلَ
Form XIV
'if"anlil(a)
اِفْعَنْلِلَ
'if"anlal(a)
اِفْعَنْلَلَ
Form XV
'if"anliy(a)
اِفْعَنْلِيَ*
'if"anlaa
اِفْعَنْلَىْ
Form QI
fa"lil(a)
فَعْلِلَ
fa"lal(a)
فَعْلَلَ
Form QII
tafa"lil(a)
تَفَعْلِلَ
tafa"lal(a)
تَفَعْلَلَ
Form QIII
'if"anlil(a)
اِفْعَنْلِلَ
'if"anlal(a)
اِفْعَنْلَلَ
Form QIV
'if"alill(a)
اِفْعَلِلَّ
'if"alall(a)
اِفْعَلَلَّ
*Note that
form XV is a defective-verb-like. The
final weak A of this form will be turned to
y
if preceded by an
i, and the
"he" pronominal suffix(-a)will show up again because
there is no reason for it hiding anymore. The passive conjugation of
defective verbs will be covered soon.
Now we will apply the second step, which is to
turn all the remaining short vowels of the structure to
u.
This includes vowels following the first root letter (the
f)
and vowels preceding it. The vowels preceding such letter are found either
in ta-
prefixes or following an initial
'alif.
Structures of the Perfective Verb
Passive Voice
Active Voice
Form I
fu"il(a)
فُعِلَ
fa"al(a)
فَعَلَ
fa"il(a)
فَعِلَ
fa"ul(a)
فَعُلَ
Form II
fu""il(a)
فُعِّلَ
fa""al(a)
فَعَّلَ
Form III
fuw"il(a)
فُوْعِلَ*
faa"al(a)
فَاْعَلَ
Form IV
'uf"il(a)
أُفْعِلَ
'af"al(a)
أَفْعَلَ
Form V
tufu''"il(a)
تُفُعِّلَ
tafa''"al(a)
تَفَعَّلَ
Form VI
tufuw"il(a)
تُفُوْعِلَ*
tafaa"al(a)
تَفَاْعَلَ
Form VII
'unfu"il(a)
اُنْفُعِلَ
'infa"al(a)
اِنْفَعَلَ
Form VIII
'uftu"il(a)
اُفْتُعِلَ
'ifta"al(a)
اِفْتَعَلَ
Form IX
'uf"ull(a)
اُفْعُلَّ
'if"all(a)
اِفْعَلََّ
Form X
'ustuf"il(a)
اُسْتُفْعِلَ
'istaf"al(a)
اِسْتَفْعَلَ
Form XI
'uf"uwll(a)
اُفْعُوْلَّ*
'if"aall(a)
اِفْعَاْلَّ
Form XII
'uf"uw"il(a)
اُفْعُوْعِلَ
'if"aw"al(a)
اِفْعَوْعَلَ
Form XIII
'if"uwwil(a)
اُفْعُوِّلَ
'if"awwal(a)
اِفْعَوَّلَ
Form XIV
'uf"unlil(a)
اُفْعُنْلِلَ
'if"anlal(a)
اِفْعَنْلَلَ
Form XV
'if"unliy(a)
اُفْعُنْلِيَ
'if"anlaa
اِفْعَنْلَىْ
Form QI
fu"lil(a)
فُعْلِلَ
fa"lal(a)
فَعْلَلَ
Form QII
tufu"lil(a)
تُفُعْلِلَ
tafa"lal(a)
تَفَعْلَلَ
Form QIII
'uf"unlil(a)
اُفْعُنْلِلَ
'if"anlal(a)
اِفْعَنْلَلَ
Form QIV
'uf"ulill(a)
اُفْعُلِلَّ
'if"alall(a)
اِفْعَلَلَّ
*Forms III,
VI & XI are hollow-verb-like. They
contain middle weak A's, and as we already shown on this site, such weak
A's are always transformed from something else (w
or
y).
Inasmuch as a weak A cannot remain if preceded by anything other than
a, the weak
A's of these forms will be transformed into
w's in the passive voice,
the suitable weak letter for a preceding
u.
►Perfective Passive Voice Formation
Turn the short vowel between the final two
letters (the green short vowel) to
i.
Turn all the remaining short vowels of the
structure to
u.
If existed, turn middle long A's (aa)
to long U's (oo).
Examples:
Passive
Active
jurrib(a)
جُرِّبَ
jarrab(a)
جَرَّبَ
≡ (he/it) was tried by somebody
(he) tried
shuwhid(a)
شُوْهِدَ
shaahad(a)
شَاْهَدَ
≡ (he/it) was watched by somebody
(he) watched
'u"lim(a)
أُعْلِمَ
'a"lam(a)
أَعْلَمَ
≡ (he/it) was informed by somebody
(he) informed
'uktushif(a)
اُكْتُشِفَ
'iktashaf(a)
اِكْتَشَفَ
≡ (he/it) was discovered by somebody
(he) discovered
'ustukhdim(a)
اُسْتُخْدِمَ
'istakhdam(a)
اِسْتَخْدَمَ
≡ (he/it) was used by somebody
(he) used
zulzil(a)
زُلْزِلَ
zalzal(a)
زَلْزَلَ
≡ (he/it) was shaken violently by somebody
(he) shook violently
All passive verbs take
pronominal suffixes
regularly just like their active counterparts.
