Inflected Weak Verb in the Holy Quran (Morphosemantic Study)

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DHOFAR UNIVERSITY

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This study aims to find out the nature of the particles-inflected weak verb, extrapolate its occurrence and identify its morphological and semantic properties in Holy Quran. The study adopted the descriptive, analytical and inductive approach. The study was addressed through: the concept of weak verb, the reasons for its being weak, it’s kind of which influenced, and the morphological and semantic structures that it indicates in the context of the Holy Quran.
One of the most notable results of examining the occurrence of these weak verbs in the Holy Quran is the appearance of the verb (Zala=to cease) in both the past tense and the present tense forms, where it is confined to progressive mood if it negates, or to mean cessation of something otherwise. The weak verb also was reported three times in the past tense form, once without negation where it was strong, and twice negated with (maa particle). As for the present tense, it appeared seven times, six of which negated with (laa particle), and one time with (laa particle). However, the verb (baraha=to leave/to abandon/to depart from) was used three times in the form of present, once negated by (la particle), and twice by the ( lan particle). On the other hand, the verb (awshaka= be almost) did not occur. The verb (fate’a=had been) appeared once in the present tense from which the negation had been deleted.

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