| Arabic | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BAS Verbs | ||
| جَرَى / يَجْرِي | to run | جَرَى • (jarā) I, non-past يَجْرِي (yajrī) Form I. Synonym- "رَكَضَ". Also "to take place, to happen; to articulate, to express". |
| لَعِبَ / يَلْعَبُ | to play | Form I. Also "to trick, to cheat". Also "to slobber, to drool" (لَعِبَ or لَعَبَ • (laʿaba or laʿiba) I, non-past يَلْعَبُ (yalʿabu)). From the root ل ع ب (l-ʿ-b). Compare لَعْب "game". |
| اِبْتَسَمَ / يَبْتَسِمُ | to smile | Form VIII. From the root ب س م (b-s-m). Note Form I بَسَمَ • (basama) I, non-past يَبْسِمُ (yabsimu) "to smile", Form V تَبَسَّمَ • (tabassama) V, non-past يَتَبَسَّمُ (yatabassamu) "to smile". Note اِبْتِسَامَة • (ibtisāma) "smile" (noun). |
| رَكِبَ / يَرْكَبُ | to ride | Form I. Also "to embark". From the root ر ك ب (r-k-b) |
| شَرِبَ / يَشْرَبُ | to drink | Form I. From root ش ر ب (š-r-b). Compare Ge'ez ሠረበ (śäräbä). |
| جَلَسَ / يَجْلِسُ | to sit | Form I. From the root ج ل س (j-l-s) |
| كَتَبَ / يَكْتُبُ | to write | Form I. Also "to write down, record, register; to compose, draft; to bequeath; to prescribe; to foreordain". From the root ك ت ب (k-t-b). Compare to Hebrew כָּתַב (katáv, kāṯaḇ). |
| قَرَأَ / يَقْرَأُ | to read | Form I. Also "to recite; to review or study; to collect together or to gather piece by piece". From root ق ر ء (q-r-ʾ). Compare Hebrew קָרָא (kará). Cognate with قُرْآن (qurʾān) "act of reciting" |
| مَشَى / يَمْشِي | to walk | Form I. From the root م ش ي (m-š-y) "related to walking". Note مَاشِيَة • (māšiya) "cattle", مَاشٍ • (māšin) "pedestrian; foot soldier; narrator" |
| سَبَحَ / يَسْبَحُ | to swim | Form I. Also "to praise, to glorify". From the root س ب ح (s-b-ḥ). Note مَسْبَح (masbaḥ) "swimming pool", تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ) "glorification of God; exclamation of tasbih, such as- سبحان الله ― subḥān Allah ― Glory be to Allah". |
| تَكَلَّمَ / يَتَكَلَّمُ | to talk | Form V. "To have a discussion or conversation". From the root ك ل م (k-l-m) "Related to speech". |
| رَسَمَ / يَرْسُمُ | to draw | Form I. Also "to trace, sketch; to describe, depict, portray; to paint; to record, enter, mark, indicate; to outline". From the root ر س م (r-s-m). Compare Hebrew רשם (rasham). |
| عَلَّمَ / يُعَلِّمُ | to teach | Form II. "(ditransitive) to teach, to instruct, to train, to educate; (transitive) to designate, to mark, to earmark". Compare عَلِمَ • (ʿalima) I, non-past يَعْلَمُ (yaʿlamu) "(transitive) to know, to have knowledge, to be cognizant, to be aware; to be informed, to be familiar, to be acquainted; to perceive, to discern, to find out, to learn". From the root ع ل م (ʿ-l-m) "Related to knowing and knowledge". Note عَلَم • (ʿalam) m (plural أَعْلَام (ʾaʿlām)) "sign, token, mark, badge; flag, banner; harelip; road sign, guidepost; authority, luminary, star, personage, distinguished man; (grammar, linguistics) proper noun", also عِلْم • (ʿilm) m (plural عُلُوم (ʿulūm)) "verbal noun of عَلِمَ (ʿalima) (form I); knowledge, learning, lore; cognition, acquaintance; information; perception, knowledge; (plural عُلُوم (ʿulūm)) science" |
| فَكَرَ / يَفْكُرُ | to think | Form I. "(construed with فِي (fī)) to think, ponder over" From the root ف ك ر (f-k-r). |
| أَكَلَ / يَأْكُلُ | to eat | Form I. "to eat, to consume, to swallow, to devour; to destroy; to gnaw, to eat away, to corrode, to erode; to spend unlawfully; to enrich oneself, to feather one's nest". From Proto-Semitic *ʾakal- (root ء ك ل (ʾ-k-l)). "related to food and eating; related to itching". Note أُكْل (ʾukl, “food, fruit”). |
| ضَحِكَ / يَضْحَكُ | to laugh | Form I. Also "to jeer, to scoff". From the root ض ح ك (ḍ-ḥ-k). Compare Hebrew צָחַק (ṣāḥaq, “to laugh”). Note مُضْحِك • (muḍḥik) "funny, comical; ridiculous". |
| دَرَسَ / يَدْرُسُ | to study, to learn | Form I. Also "to erase, to efface, to obliterate, to wipe out, to make hard to see; to thresh". From the root د ر س (d-r-s). According to Geiger meanings of interpreting pettily much, the meaning “deuteln”, specifically in Qurʿān 6.105 and Qurʿān 6.156, are a semantic loan from Hebrew דָּרַשׁ (dāráś). Compare إِدْرِيس • (ʾidrīs) "(Islam) Idris, Idrees, a prophet in Islam generally held to be identical to the biblical Enoch. From the verb أَدْرُس (ʾadrus, “to teach”), from the root د ر س (d-r-s), reporterdly because he was the first to write with a pen." Note مُدَرِّس • (mudarris) "teacher", مَدْرَسَة • (madrasa) "academy, school". |
| عَمِلَ / يَعْمَلُ | to work | Form I. "to work, perform; to do (with deliberate thought); to practice, profess; to produce an effect; to be brisk, walk fast; to exercise an influence; (grammar) to govern a case; to take pains (with عَلَى (ʿalā)); to work to an end; to take care of; to last without interruption". From the root ع م ل (ʿ-m-l). Compare Hebrew עָמָל (`Amal, “work, deed”) |
| نَامَ / يَنَامُ | to sleep | Form I. "to sleep; to go to bed; to go to sleep; to abate, to subside, to let up, to calm down; to be inactive, to be listless; to be numb; to neglect, to omit, to overlook; to forget; to be reassured, to accept, to assent, to acquiesce; to trust, to have confidence in". From the root ن و م (n-w-m) "forms words relating to sleep". Note مُنَوِّم "soporific; hypnotic; numbing". |
| قَطَعَ / يَقْطَعُ | to cut | Form I. Also "to break; to stop, to cease". From the root ق ط ع (q-ṭ-ʿ). "Related to cut and separate". Note قِطْعَة "piece, fragment, lump, chunk; part, portion; section, division; coin; (geometry) segment; (military) unit" |
| غَبِيَ / يَغْبَى | to be ignorant, to not understand | From the roots غ ب و (ḡ-b-w) and غ ب ي (ḡ-b-y). |