Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Morphology 1 The Division of Verbs into Perfect, Sound and Unsound What is a perfect verb? What is a sound verb? What is an unsound verb? A perfect verb is a verb that does not have any weak letters, glottal stops or doubled letters in its root. For example: ضَرَبَ قَتَلَ شَنَقَ ( he hung, he killed, he hit) A sound verb is a verb that either has a glottal stop or a doubled letter in its root.
For example: ﺃکَلَ مَدّ (he extended, he ate) An unsound verb is a verb that has a weak letter ( alif, wāw or yā' ) in its root. For example: وَثَبَ نَامَ رَضِیَ (he became satisfied, he slept, he jumped) Previous Next