In fact, we already mentioned how to turn the
active imperfective verbs to passive while we were talking about the
imperfective structures.
This is done by modifying two elements in the
structures:
The short vowel of the pronominal prefix (i.e.
the
ain
'a-, ta-,
ya- &
na-) will be
changed to u (if is not already).
The short vowel between the final two letters
of the verb stem (the green short vowel) will be changed to
a.
Or, in the terminology of this site, the
imperfective passive verbs are all
Yu-a
verbs.
Structures of the Imperfective Verb
(Indicative Mood)
Passive Voice
Active Voice
Form I
yuf"al(u)
يُفْعَلُ
yaf"al(u)
يَفْعَلُ
yaf"il(u)
يَفْعِلُ
yaf"ul(u)
يَفْعُلُ
Form II
yufa''"al(u)
يُفَعَّلُ
yufa''"il(u)
يُفَعِّلُ
Form III
yufaa"al(u)
يُفَاْعَلُ
yufaa"il(u)
يُفَاْعِلُ
Form IV
yuf"al(u)
يُفْعَلُ
yuf"il(u)
يُفْعِلُ
Form V
yutafa''"al(u)
يُتَفَعَّلُ
yatafa''"al(u)
يَتَفَعَّلُ
Form VI
yutafaa"al(u)
يُتَفَاْعَلُ
yatafaa"al(u)
يَتَفَاْعَلُ
Form VII
yunfa"al(u)
يُنْفَعَلُ
yanfa"il(u)
يَنْفَعِلُ
Form VIII
yufta"al(u)
يُفْتَعَلُ
yafta"il(u)
يَفْتَعِلُ
Form IX
yuf"all(u)
يُفْعَلُّ
yaf"all(u)
يَفْعَلُّ
Form X
yustaf"al(u)
يُسْتَفْعَلُ
yastaf"il(u)
يَسْتَفْعِلُ
Form XI
yuf"aall(u)
يُفْعَاْلُّ
yaf"aall(u)
يَفْعَاْلُّ
Form XII
yuf"aw"al(u)
يُفْعَوْعَلُ
yaf"aw"il(u)
يَفْعَوْعِلُ
Form XIII
yuf"awwal(u)
يُفْعَوِّلُ
yaf"awwil(u)
يَفْعَوِّلُ
Form XIV
yuf"anlal(u)
يُفْعَنْلَلُ
yaf"anlil(u)
يَفْعَنْلِلُ
Form XV
yuf"anlaa
يُفْعَنْلَىْ*
yaf"anliy
يَفْعَنْلِيْ
Form QI
yutafa"lal(u)
يُتَفَعْلَلُ
yatafa"lal(u)
يَتَفَعْلَلُ
Form QII
yufa"lal(u)
يُفَعْلَلُ
yufa"lil(u)
يُفَعْلِلُ
Form QIII
yuf"anlal(u)
يُفْعَنْلَلُ
yaf"anlil(u)
يَفْعَنْلِلُ
Form QIV
yuf"alall(u)
يُفْعَلَلُّ
yaf"alill(u)
يَفْعَلِلُّ
*Form XV is a defective-verb-like. The
final weak A of this form will be turned to
a
when preceded by an
a, and the
"he" pronominal suffix. The passive conjugation of defective
verbs will be covered soon.
Examples:
Passive
Active
yuktab(u)
يُكْتَبُ
yaktub(u)
يَكْتُبُ
≡ (he/it) is/becomes written by somebody
≡ (he/it) is being/becoming written by somebody
≡ (he/it) will be/become written by somebody
(he) writes
(he) is writing
(he) will write
yu"raf(u)
يُعْرَفُ
ya"rif(u)
يَعْرِفُ
≡ (he/it) is/becomes known by somebody
≡ (he/it) will be/become known by somebody
(he) knows
(he) will know
yusaa"ad(u)
يُسَاْعَدُ
yusaa"id(u)
يُسَاْعِدُ
≡ (he/it) is/becomes helped by somebody
≡ (he/it) is being/becoming helped by somebody
≡ (he/it) will be/become helped by somebody
(he) helps
(he) is helping
(he) will help
yuhdar(u)
يُحْضَرُ
yuhdir(u)
يُحْضِرُ
≡ (he/it) is/becomes brought by somebody
≡ (he/it) is being/becoming brought by somebody
≡ (he/it) will be/become brought by somebody
(he) brings
(he) is bringing
(he) will bring
yuta"allam(u)
يُتَعَلَّمُ
yata"allam(u)
يَتَعَلَّمُ
≡ (he/it) is/becomes learnt by somebody
≡ (he/it) is being/becoming learnt by somebody
≡ (he/it) will be/become learnt by somebody
(he) learns
(he) is learning
(he) will learn
yuktashaf(u)
يُكْتَشَفُ
yaktashif(u)
يَكْتَشِفُ
≡ (he/it) is/becomes discovered by somebody
≡ (he/it) is being/becoming discovered by somebody
≡ (he/it) will
be/become discovered by somebody
(he) discovers
(he) is discovering
(he) will discover
yusta"mal(u)
يُسْتَعْمَلُ
yasta"mil(u)
يَسْتَعْمِلُ
≡ (he/it) is/becomes used by somebody
≡ (he/it) is being/becoming used by somebody
≡ (he/it) will be/become used by somebody
(he) uses
(he) is using
(he) will use
yuzakhraf(u)
يُزَخْرَفُ
yuzakhrif(u)
يُزَخْرِفُ
≡ (he/it) is/becomes embroidered by somebody
≡ (he/it) is being/becoming embroidered by somebody
