The imperative by lām is used with everything else in the...
The imperative by lām is used with everything else in the active or passive voice, for example: لِیُکافإ المُجتهِدُ The imperative form is formed from the aorist tense by erasing the aorist letter from the beginning. Then, if the letter after the erased aorist letter has a vowel sign this will be the form, for example: تَعَلَّم.
But, if the letter after the erased aorist letter has a sakūn a glottal stop will be added to the beginning of the word, for example: اِنتَبِه The added glottal stop in the imperative form is given a dummah when the aorist tense verb is triliteral and the second root letter has a dummah , for example: اُنظُر. It is given a fathah when the verb is quadriliteral, for example: أکرِم. It is given a kasrah when any other case, for example: اِعلَم.
So, when the verb is quadriliteral the glottal stop is a qat‛ glottal stop and in every other case it is a wasl glottal stop. Previous…
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