Arabic Verb Form VII (7) اِنْفَعَلَ Infa'ala Infa3ala

Meaning shades of Arabic Verbal Form VII

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1 . (w)(t) Can be made from root by prefixing augmentative letter نْ before it and giving it pattern اِنْفَعَلَ . Can be made from Form I فَعَلَ by prefixing نْ to it, due to which it becomes نْفَعَلَ and then to facilitate its pronunciation اِ is added before it and resulting pattern is اِنْفَعَلَ . Form VII is always intransitive.

2 (t)(n) . This form has a specific نْ prefix and it basically has a Self Reflexive meaning shade (in which the agent does the action on itself, the action is carried out by the subject towards the subject. Thus the subject of a reflexive verb is both the performer and the recipient of the action). The نْ prefix addition at the beginning can be said to be adding the meaning shade of to itself here. So naturally Form VII is always intransitive. This form has an inherent or inbuilt object i.e. itself, the one doing the action and the one on which the action is done is the same.

خَفَضَهُ (Form I) he lowered it

اِنْخَفَضَ (Form VII) he lowered himself

3 (w)(n) . Form VII can also have an Effective signification. The effective signification differs from the passive signification in this that the passive indicates that a person is the object of, or experiences the effect of, the action of another; whereas the effective implies that an act is done to a person, or a state produced in him, whether it be caused by another or by himself or automatically.
(t)(n) . This can also be called Agentless signification, passive without agent, in which the agent is totally ignored and not even assumed. The passive without agent denotes an action directed toward the subject without saying anything about the fact that someone did it. In other words, it ignores the agent of the action.

فَتَحَهُ (Form I) he opened it

اِنْفَتَحَ (Form VII) it became opened

4 (t) . In rare cases, where Form I is also intransitive, Form VII usually has a reflexive causative signification i.e. causing or making itself become.

دَثَرَ (Form I) he faded away

اِنْدَثَرَ (Form VII) he made himself fade away

5 (h)(k)(t) . Form VII is usually peculiar to physical action and production of impression. Because reception of impression is more appropriate and congruous in what is apparent to the eyes, e.g. breathing, cutting, pulling etc. (simple, basic actions). Usually the Form VII verbs have the impact or effect of acts done by the use of limbs e.g. breaking, and/or are those that are usually perceivable by the 5 senses i.e. sight, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling.

اِنْقَطَعَ It became cut (Form VII) (limbs e.g. hand can be involved in cutting and cutting can also be perceived by sense of sight)

6 (h)(k) . Form VII اِنْفَعَلَ is quasi-passive مُطَاوِع of Form I فَعَلَ
(a) . مُطَاوِع is a verb whose (grammatical) agent receives the effect of the action of the agent another verb.
(w) . The مُطَاوِع expresses the state into which the object of the action denoted by the verb of which it is مُطَاوِع is brought by that action, as its effect or result.

كَسَرْتُهُ فَٱنْكَسَرَ I broke it (Form I) , so it became broken (Form VII)

7 (w) . Sometimes Form VII implies that a person allows an act to be done in reference to him, or an effect be produced upon him.

اِنْخَدَعَ (Form VII) he let himself be deceived

8 (w) . The reflexive pronoun contained in form VII is never the indirect object to which may be added another object, but always the direct object of the act. Form VII never assumes the reciprocal signification.

9 (w) . Form VII اِنْفَعَلَ is sometimes quasi-passive مُطَاوِع of Form IV أَفْعَلَ specially in modern Arabic but very rarely in Classical Arabic.

أَصْلَحَهُ فَٱنْصَلَحَ he rectified it (Form IV) , so it became rectified (Form VII)

10 (k)(q) . Introducing new meaning in Form VII which is not present in Form I. 

11 (w) . Table 1, demonstrating examples using root ق ت ل

12 (q) . Table 2

Important Note: 
Best examples for analyzing and verifying the level of applicability or non-applicability of above mentioned meaning shades and for finding additional meaning shades is by studying all occurrences of the Form in The Qur'an and for that you can check relevant examples for this Form in Pattern Wise Concordance PDF by visiting the post:
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References: When multiple references mentioned for a point, it means material selected from all quoted references more from some and less from others and all quoted references do not necessarily agree on everything. Material is not exactly copied but based on the reference quoted and I have made additions, editions & changes where required :   

h = Howell Arabic Grammar English
w = Wright Arabic Grammar English
t = Arabic notes on tripod site by Hani Deek
k = Aasaan Khaasiyyaat e abwaab Urdu
q = Qawaid Zaban e Qur'an Urdu
n = new indication by me.
a = Derived from other tools like arabic almanac or some other book.

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فَعۡل فُعۡل فِعۡل فَعَل فُعُل فَعَال فِعَال فَعُل فُعُول فُعَل فِعَل فِعِل

Arabic Verb Form IV (4) أَفْعَلَ af'ala af3ala

Meaning shades of Arabic Verbal Form IV

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Strong Causative Function.
1 (w)(t) . Can be made from root by prefixing augmentative letter أ before it and giving it pattern أَفْعَلَ . Can be made from Form I by prefixing أَ to it, due to which ف looses its vowel and resulting pattern is أَفْعَلَ . This form has a specific أَ prefix and so it has a strong causative function.

جَلَسَ (Form I) He sat.

أَجْلَسَهُ (Form IV) He made him sit. He caused him to sit.
جَلَسَ to أَ + جَلَسَ to أَجْلَسَ

In جَلَسَ he was sitting, while in أَجْلَسَهُ some one made him sit and this is shown visibly in word also by adding of prefix أَ . Subject in Form I is now object in Form IV and new subject is introduced in Form IV using أَ

2 (t) . Sometimes it is used to give reflexive causative meaning.
causative = he made some one do
reflexive causative = he made himself do / he caused himself to do.
فَعَلَ (Form I) He did
أَفْعَلَهُ (Form IV causative) He made him (some one else) do
أَفْعَلَ (Form IV reflexive causative) He made himself do 

3 (w)(g) . Form IV verbs have a causative or factitive signification. (Factitive (for a verb) is having a sense of causing a result & taking a complement as well as an object, as in he appointed me captain.)

4 (w)(n) .When both Form II and Form IV are causative, difference in meaning shade is more obvious in some cases while in some cases deeper analysis is required to identify the difference in meaning shades:
عَلِمَ (Form I) He knew
عَلَّمَ (Form II) He taught
أَعْلَمَ (Form IV) He informed (someone) of a thing. He made/caused (someone) to know a thing.


Transitivity
5 (h) .  Intransitive in Form I usually becomes transitive in Form IV.

ذَهَبَ (Form I) he departed or went away.

أَذْهَبْتُهُ (Form IV) I made him depart or go away. I caused him to depart or go away.

6 (h) . When in Form I, both intransitive & transitive verbs are used, Form IV is usually made from the intransitive verb. There is difference in meaning shade between Form I transitive and Form IV transitive.
حَزِنَ He sorrowed/grieved.(Form I(i) intransitive)
حَزَنَهُ he made or caused sorrow/grief to be in him (some one else). (Form I(a) transitive)
أَحْزَنَهُ he made or caused him (some one else) to become sorrowful/grieved. (Form IV transitive)

7 (h) . Transitive to 1 in Form I usually becomes transitive to 2 in Form IV. The 1st object is made to do the action (the object made to do the thing indicated in the root) and the action is done on the 2nd object (the object on which the thing indicated in the root is done). in other words, the 1st is the object of the making to be, and the 2nd the object of the root of the verb.

أَحْفَرْتُ زَيْدًا ٱلنَّهْرَ I made/caused Zaid to dig the canal.

8 (h)(q). Transitive to 2 in Form I usually becomes transitive to 3 in Form IV. The 1st object is made to do the action (the object made to do the thing indicated in the root) and the 2nd and 3rd objects are related to the root of the word.

أَعْلَمْتُ زَيْدًا بَكْرًا مُطِيعًا I informed Zaid that Bakr is compliant.

More meaning shades
9 (w)(t) .  Verbal Form IV also has a transformative meaning. It comprises a great number of verbs derived from nouns (denominal / denominatives) , many of which are apparently intransitive, because the Arabs often regard as an act what we view as a state. Such verbs combine with the idea of the noun, from which they are derived, that of a transitive verb, of which it is the direct object. 
He made be noun e.g. أَثْمَرَهُ He made it become fruit
He became noun e.g. أَثْمَرَ it became fruit
he nounized e.g. أَثْمَرَ it fructified or bore fruit

10 (w) Another class of these denominals / denominatives indicates:
the movement towards a place (to make for a place) e.g. أَيْمَنَ he went to Yemen
the entering upon a period of time (being, doing, or suffering something therein) e.g. أَصْبَحَ he entered the time of or did something in morning
getting into a state or condition, acquiring a quality, obtaining or having something, or becoming something of a certain kind.

Note: If you are having difficulty understanding the statement possessed of used multiple times in this post, you can simply understand it as possessor of.

11 (h) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل making the object or مَفْعُول to become the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.

أَهْدَيتُهُ I made it to be a هَدِيَّة a present.

12 (h) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل making the object or مَفْعُول to become possessed of the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.
أَجْدَاهُ He made him to be possessed of جَدًا a gift.

13 (h) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل making the object or مَفْعُول to become exposed to the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb. (The أَ importing that you make what was object to the Form I to be exposed to possibly be the object to the root of the accident whether it become an object to it or not).
أَقْتَلَهُ He exposed him to killing (after being exposed to killing there were 2 possibilities, he was actually killed or he was not actually killed)
أَشْقَيْتُهُ I assigned to him a drink (whether he actually drank or not)

14 (k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل giving to the object or مَفْعُول the thing indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.

أَلْحَمْتُهُ I gave (fed) him لَحْم meat.

15 (k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل giving something to the object or مَفْعُول to make the object implement on that thing the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.

أَشْوَيْتُهُ I gave him meat for roasting ش و ي

16 (k) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل allowing the object or مَفْعُول to do or implement the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.

أَقْطَعْتُهُ قُضْبَانًا I allowed him to cut off ق ط ع branches.

17 (h)(w)(k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل finding, estimating, or declaring the object or مَفْعُول to be subject or agent to the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb. This is usually for intransitive meaning shades in root or Form I verb.

أَبْخَلَهُ He thought or estimated or found him to be niggardly.

18 (h)(w)(k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل finding, estimating, or declaring the object or مَفْعُول to be object to the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb. This is usually for transitive meaning shades in root or Form I verb.

أَحْمَدَهُ He thought or estimated or found him to be one who is praised. 

19 (h)(k) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل depriving or removing from the object or مَفْعُول (usually from transitive verbs) the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.

أَشْكَيْتُهُ I removed his شِكَايَة complaint.

20 (h)(k) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل depriving or removing from itself (usually for intransitive verbs) the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.

أَقْسَطَ He removed قُسُوط wrongdoing/injustice from himself.

21 (h) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل to become possessed of the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.

أَغَدَّ الْبَعِيرُ The camel became possessed of غُدَّة pestilential swelling. 
 
22 (h) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل to become possessed of the thing which is possessed of the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as the Form IV verb .

أَجْرَبَ الرَّجُلُ the man became possessed of camels which are possessed of جَرَب scab.

23 (k)(a) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل to do or become possessed of something in the place or time indicated in the word from the same root as the Form IV verb.

أَخْرَفَتِ الشَّاةُ the she-goat gave birth in the (season called) خَرِيف .

24 (k)(a) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل entering a time which is worthy to do the action indicated in the root of the Form IV verb or due time coming on the subject to do the action indicated in the root of the Form IV verb.

أَحْصَدَ الزَّرْعُ the seed produce reached the proper time for being reaped. حَصَاد is the time or season of reaping and from same root as the verb.

25 (k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل to be worthy of the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.

أَلَامَ he became blameworthy.

26 (k) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل reaching the place indicated in a word from the same root.
أَيْمَنَ he reached يَمَن Yemen

27 (k) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل reaching the time indicated in a word from the same root.
أَصْبَحَ he reached صُبْح morning

28 (k) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل reaching the number indicated in a word from the same root.
أَعْشَرَ الطُّلاَّبُ the (number of) students reached 10.

29 (h) .  To indicate the subject or فَاعِل praying for the object or مَفْعُول to get the meaning indicated by the root or thing or quality indicated in the word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb. Form II verbal form is more common in the category of praying.

30 (k) . Exaggeration in the quantity of the thing indicated by the root or word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb.
أَتْمَرَ النَّخْلُ The date-palm tree became possessed of abundant quantity of تَمْر dried dates

31 (k) . Exaggeration in the intensity of the quality indicated by the root or word from the same root as that of the Form IV verb. 

32 (k)(q) . In a few cases, seldom, Form IV serves as the مُطَاوِع (quasi-passive: a verb whose (grammatical) agent receives the effect of the action of another verb) of Form II.
بَشَّرْتُهُ فَأَبْشَرَ I gave him glad tidings so he became glad.

33 (w)(h)(k)(a)  . In a very few cases, seldom, Form IV serves (instead of Form VII or Form VIII) as the مُطَاوِع (quasi-passive: a verb whose (grammatical) agent receives the effect of the action of another verb) of Form I.

كَبَّهُ فَأكَبَّ He threw him on his face and he fell on his face.


34 (k)(a) . Very rarely, a verb is transitive in Form I while intransitive in Form IV.
حَمِدَهُ (Form I) he thankfully praised Him.

أَحْمَدَ (Form IV) He became thankfully praised. 

35 (k) . Introducing new meaning in form IV which is not present in form I. 
root = ق س م
Form I = قَسَمَ he portioned and shared out
Form IV = أَقْسَمَ he swore

36  (k) . Form IV verb can also come for a root in which no Form I verb has come.
root = ر ق ل
Form I = Not Used
Form IV = أَرْقَلَ he hurried

37 (k)(q) . In various books , it is indicated via giving same translation for 2 verbal forms that :
In few cases it has same meaning as:
Form I
In few cases it has same meaning as:
Form II
In few cases it has same meaning as:
Form V
In few cases it has same meaning as:
Form X
But in my opinion, difference is there in meaning shades of the 2 forms, even if at 1st quick look the 2 forms appear to have similar meaning.

38 (a) . Its verbal noun usually comes on the following pattern:
إِفْعَال

39 (w) . Table 1, demonstrating examples using root ق ت ل .

40 (q) . Table 2

Important Note: 
Best examples for analyzing and verifying the level of applicability or non-applicability of above mentioned meaning shades and for finding additional meaning shades is by studying all occurrences of the Form in The Qur'an and for that you can check relevant examples for this Form in Pattern Wise Concordance PDF by visiting the post:
Pattern wise, Root wise & Letter wise Concordance of The Qur'an
& downloading the concordance documents freely. You can check relevant examples of most of the patterns used in the Qur'an by using concordance documents.

References: When multiple references mentioned for a point, it means material selected from all quoted references more from some and less from others and all quoted references do not necessarily agree on everything. Material is not exactly copied but based on the reference quoted and I have made additions, editions & changes where required :   

h = Howell Arabic Grammar English
w = Wright Arabic Grammar English
t = arabic.tripod.com by Hani Deek
k = Aasaan Khaasiyyaat e abwaab Urdu
q = Qawaid Zaban e Qur'an Urdu
n = new indication by me.
a = Derived from other tools like arabic almanac or some other book.
g = meanings obtained by searching factitive meaning in google search.

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فَعۡل فُعۡل فِعۡل فَعَل فُعُل فَعَال فِعَال فَعُل فُعُول فُعَل فِعَل فِعِل

Arabic Verb Form I (u) fa'ula فَعُلَ يَفْعُلُ yaf'ulu

Meaning shades of Arabic Verbal Form I (u)

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فَعُلَ
u-u =  فَعُلَ u-u يَفْعُلُ


ك The form فَعُلَ u-u يَفْعُلُ also known as form كَرُمَ

1 (w) . Mostly indicates a permanent state, or a naturally inherent quality.

2 (t) . فَعُلَ is a pure stative structure. It is always stative without irregularities, and the primary meaning of this structure in Classical Arabic is always "he has been something" or "he was something" rather than "he became something."
A main difference between I (u) and I (i) is that I (u) is usually used for simple attributes like "small," "easy," "tall," "good," "slow," "honorable," etc. whereas I (i) is generally used for more real states like "angry," "tired," "safe," "knowing," "forgetting," "saturated," etc.

3 (h) . These verbs denote natural dispositions. Their attributes subsist in the subject and do not pass beyond him. The transitive verb becomes intransitive, when its pattern is changed to فَعُلَ , it may be done for the sake of intensiveness and wonder.

4 (h) . For verbs of natures, i.e. created qualities. Also what is not a nature sometimes following the course of one, when it has some duration.

5 (k) . Used for permanent/continuous attributes which may be divided into 3 types:
Attributes that are:
i. Natural & by birth
ii. Acquired permanently after effort
iii.  Permanent only for a certain duration of time

6 (k) . Always intransitive because verbs coming from u-u are related to subject or فَاعِل itself and not related to something else.

7 (h) . Form I (u) and Form I (i) are sometimes used for colors, defects, appearances etc., but the main forms to depict colors, defects, appearances etc. are Form IX and Form XI.

8 (h) . When perfect is فَعُلَ its imperfect is always يَفْعُلُ (u-u) .

9 (q) . Pattern فَعِيل which is used for permanent/continuous attributes is related for Form I (u-u) in most of such roots from which this pattern comes.

Important Note: 
Best examples for analyzing and verifying the level of applicability or non-applicability of above mentioned meaning shades and for finding additional meaning shades is by studying all occurrences of the form in The Qur'an and for that you can check relevant examples for this form in Pattern Wise Concordance PDF by visiting the post:
Pattern wise, Root wise & Letter wise Concordance of The Qur'an
& downloading the concordance documents freely. You can check relevant examples of most of the patterns used in the Qur'an by using concordance documents.

References: When multiple references mentioned for a point, it means material selected from all quoted references more from some and less from others and all quoted references do not necessarily agree on everything. Material is not exactly copied but based on the reference quoted and I have made additions, editions & changes where required :   
k = Aasaan Khaasiyyaat e abwaab Urdu
h = Howell Arabic Grammar English
w = Wright Arabic Grammar English
t = arabic.tripod.com
q = Qawaid Zaban e Qur'an Urdu
n = new indication by me.
a = Derived from other tools like arabic almanac or some other book.

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فَعۡل فُعۡل فِعۡل فَعَل فُعُل فَعَال فِعَال فَعُل فُعُول فُعَل فِعَل فِعِل

Arabic Verbal Form I (i) fa'ila فَعِلَ يَفْعَلُ يَفْعِلُ yaf'alu yaf'ilu fa3ila

Meaning shades of Arabic Verbal Form I (i)

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فَعِلَ
i-a =  فَعِلَ i-a يَفْعَلُ
i-i = فَعِلَ i-i يَفْعِلُ

1 (w) . Mostly Intransitive, sometimes transitive. When intransitive, mostly indicates a temporary state or condition, or a merely accidental quality in persons or things.

2 (t) . Generally a stative structure. Rather than indicating real actions that occur over time, this structure usually refers to the state of the subject. These verbs usually do not indicate real actions. You don't actually do something when you "know". The stative verb "to know" can indicate 2 things:
It can indicate the simple being in the state of knowing.
It can indicate the becoming in the state of knowing; or in other words, it can indicate changing from the state of unknowing into the state of knowing.
Thus, stative verbs can indicate either being something or becoming something.
Most of the stative فَعِلَ verbs will primarily indicate the 2nd meaning, i.e. "he became something." A few number of them ill indicate "he was something" as a primary meaning.
The dynamic vs stative distinction between فَعَلَ and فَعِلَ is a general rule but is not always true. Sometimes inverse is also true.

3 (h)(n) . The general rule when perfect is فَعِلَ is that imperfect is mostly يَفْعَلُ (i-a) but when ف of root is و , then يَفْعِلُ (i-i) is mostly used so that cause of elision of و is there i.e. و when quiescent is deemed heavy between a ي pronounced with fatha and an inseparable kasra and is elided/dropped. Very few verbs have rare usage of form فَعِلَ i-i يَفْعِلُ in addition to more common and approved usage of form فَعِلَ i-a يَفْعَلُ without ف of root being a و but on deeper examination usage of i-i in them does not appear to be justified. Some verbs have form فَعِلَ i-a يَفْعَلُ despite ف of root being a و .

س The form فَعِلَ i-a يَفْعَلُ also known as form سَمِعَ
In such verbs, one or multiple from the following meaning shades may be applicable.

Important meaning shades:
(k) . Mostly 8 types of verbs come from i-a and can be used for indicating:

1 (k)(a) . Ailment, sickness, illness, disease; pain, ache etc.
سَقِمَ He became ill.
مَرِضَ He became sick. He had a disease.
وَجِعَ He had pain or ache.
أَلِمَ He suffered severe pain or ache.
شَكِعَ He went into a state of groaning with pain or illness. He was groaning with pain or illness.

2 (k)(a) . Grief, sorrow, sadness etc.
حَزِنَ He became affected with حُزْن (Past related worry. Roughness or uneasiness in the spirit on account of grief. Grief, sorrow, sadness. Grief arising on account of an unpleasant event that has happened, or on account of an object of love that has passed away.
خَزِيَ He became humiliated, disgraced, abased to the level of being ashamed of his state himself. 

3 (k)(a) . Gladness, joy, happiness, rejoicing etc.
فَرِحَ He experienced a sensation of lightness in his heart. He experienced dilation of his chest with delight or pleasure. This experience is usually of short duration, transitory and fleeting. He exulted or rejoiced: beyond due level or ungratefully or proudly.

4 (k)(a) . Colors. (Mostly Form IX and Form XI are used to indicate colors.)
شَهِبَ It was or became of the color termed شُهْبَة (grey, whiteness mixed with blackness.)
قَهِبَ It was or became of the color termed قُهْبَة (an ashy dust color or dusky white color etc.)
أَدِمَ He was or became of the color termed أُدْمَة ( wheatish)

5 (k)(a) . Defect, blemish, fault, faultiness, unsoundness, imperfection, something amiss etc.
شَكِسَ He became ill-natured in behavior or dealing.
لَحِزَ He became miserly.

6 (k)(a) . Condition, state, form, make, appearance, quality, attribute; aggregate of the attributes or qualities etc.
The examples below are also valid for defects point above.
ضَلِعَ It was or became crooked or curved. .
عَرِجَ He became lame.
عِوِرَ He became one eyed. He became blind of one eye.

7 (k)(a) Inflaming with anger; flaring, emotion, incitement, excitement, amazement, astonishment, agitation, restlessness, anxiety, fear etc.  
بَطِرَ He exulted and behaved insolently, ungratefully, thanklessly due to wealth.
قَلِقَ He became restless.
حَمِسَ He became hardy.
غَضِبَ He became angry.

8 (k)(a) . Hunger, thirst etc.
شَبِعَ He became sated or satiated, or satisfied in stomach after eating ample food. 
رَوِيَ He drank to satisfaction, he drank to his fill, he quenched his thirst. He drank enough to satisfy or quench his thirst.  
عَطِشَ He became thirsty.

9 (k) .  Mostly verbs like above 8 categories and verbs indicating change of state or condition come from i-a . In perfect of this form, ع of root is given kasra instead of fatha, i.e. perfect is فَعِلَ instead of فَعَلَ , as if in word and meaning there is change from 1 state or condition to another.

10 (k)(a) . Becoming scared, afraid , confounded, stupefied, astonished, amazed on seeing the thing indicated in the word from the same root.
أَسِدَ He became stupefied by fear on seeing a lion i.e أَسَد
بَقِرَ It (a dog) became confounded, stupefied, astonished on seeing بَقَر (wild oxen or wild bulls or cows).

11 (q) . This form is indicative of internal : states, conditions, emotions etc. 

Other meaning shades:
Following meaning shades are also possible in few verbs from i-a.

12 (k) . Attaching or gluing to the thing indicated in the word from the same root.

13 (k) . Becoming like the thing indicated in the word from the same root.

14 (k) . Becoming possessor of the meaning indicated in the root or thing indicated in the word from the same root. 
تَرِبَ It became dusty.
تَرِبَ he or it became affected with جَرَب (mange or scab) .

15 (k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل making the object or مَفْعُول to become possessed of the meaning indicated by the root or word from the same root.

16 (k) . Subject or فَاعِل Removing from the object or مَفْعُول the meaning indicated by the root or thing indicated by the word from the same root .

Note: 
(k)(n)(a) . Some verbs come on both forms فَعِلَ i-a يَفْعَلُ and فَعُلَ u-u يَفْعُلُ . Verbs that have ي as ع or ل of root don't come on form فَعُلَ u-u يَفْعُلُ except extremely few verbs presented by some as exceptions e.g هَيُؤَ and these 2 with final ي converted to و as رَمُوَ and قَضُوَ . Meaning shade is different, i-a usually indicating a temporary state or condition while u-u a permanent state or condition. Some books translate both verbs with same explanation but differences should be kept in mind and indicated in translation after also considering context in which each of the 2 forms is used.  

ح فَعِلَ i-i يَفْعِلُ also known as form حَسِبَ
1 (h) . The general rule when perfect is فَعِلَ is that imperfect is mostly يَفْعَلُ (i-a) but when ف of root is و , then يَفْعِلُ (i-i) is mostly used so that cause of elision of و is there i.e و when quiescent is deemed heavy between a ي pronounced with fatha and an inseparable kasra and is elided/dropped. Very few verbs have rare usage of form فَعِلَ i-i يَفْعِلُ in addition to more common and approved usage of form فَعِلَ i-a يَفْعَلُ without ف of root being a و but on deeper examination usage of i-i in them does not appear to be justified. Some verbs have form فَعِلَ i-a يَفْعَلُ despite ف of root being a و . So فَعِلَ i-i يَفْعِلُ is not an original form and is converted from فَعِلَ i-a يَفْعَلُ due to above mentioned reason. Its meaning shades don't have to be discussed since same meaning shades of i-a hold for i-i also.

2 (k)(n). All verbs that come on form i-i in The Qur'an have و as ف of root, even حَسِبَ is used in the Qur'an on form i-a and not i-i . Following verbs are said in some books to come from i-i without ف of root being و
حَسِبَ , but it is used in the Qur'an on form i-a only and not even once on form i-i. More approved and used form is i-a and only 1 tribe has i-i dialect also.
بَئِسَ , its contracted form بِئْسَ is used in the Qur'an. Again no i-i usage in the Qur'an. Also in Lane Lexicon, only i-a is mentioned and no i-i and the claim or usage of i-i if any seems strange since ع of root is a guttural letter and such usually get fatha on ع of root in imperfect , then how is form i-i being claimed in addition to i-a?
نَسِيَ , but it is used in the Qur'an on form i-a only and not even once on form i-i.
نَعِمَ , its contracted form نِعْمَ is used in the Qur'an. Again no i-i usage in the Qur'an.
The claim or usage of i-i if any seems strange since ع of root is a guttural letter and such usually get fatha on ع of root in imperfect , then how is form i-i being claimed in addition to i-a?
يَبِسَ , neither i-a nor i-i used in the Qur'an.
 i-a is the more approved and used form and usage of i-i is extraordinary with respect to rules and usage. Though, I have discussed in I(a), the imperfect coming on a-i due to of ف root being a ي as a possible reason of it coming on form a-i and so here in I(i) also, this can be a rare and seldom used reason of coming on form i-i in addition to the approved form i-a in such cases.
يَئِسَ , but it is used in the Qur'an on form i-a only and not even once on form i-i.
i-a is the more approved and used form and usage of i-i is extraordinary with respect to rules and usage. The claim or usage of i-i if any seems strange since ع of root is a guttural letter and such usually get fatha on ع of root in imperfect , then how is form i-i being claimed in addition to i-a?

Important Note: 
Best examples for analyzing and verifying the level of applicability or non-applicability of above mentioned meaning shades and for finding additional meaning shades is by studying all occurrences of the form in The Qur'an and for that you can check relevant examples for this form in Pattern Wise Concordance PDF by visiting the post:  
Pattern wise, Root wise & Letter wise Concordance of The Qur'an
& downloading the concordance documents freely. You can check relevant examples of most of the patterns used in the Qur'an by using concordance documents.

References: When multiple references mentioned for a point, it means material selected from all quoted references more from some and less from others and all quoted references do not necessarily agree on everything. Material is not exactly copied but based on the reference quoted and I have made additions, editions & changes where required :   
k = Aasaan Khaasiyyaat e abwaab Urdu
h = Howell Arabic Grammar English
w = Wright Arabic Grammar English
t = arabic.tripod.com
q = Qawaid Zaban e Qur'an Urdu
n = new indication by me.
a = Derived from other tools like arabic almanac or some other book.

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Arabic Verb Form I (a) فَعَلَ يَفْعُلُ يَفْعِلُ يَفْعَلُ fa'ala yaf'ulu yaf'ilu yaf'alu fa3ala

Meaning shades of Arabic Verbal Form I (a)
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This post is on The Meanings of Arabic Verb Form I (a) فَعَلَ . Usually one or multiple (more than one) of the following meaning shades are applicable in a form I (a) verb and applicable meaning shades may differ from verb to verb.
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 فَعَلَ
a-u = فَعَلَ a-u يَفْعُلُ
a-i = فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ
a-a = فَعَلَ a-a يَفْعَلُ

1 (w) .  Mostly transitive, sometimes intransitive.

2 (t) . Generally a dynamic or active structure. It usually indicates a real action on the part of the subject that occurs over a period of time.

3 (h) . Generally the imperfect of فَعَلَ is يَفْعِلُ (a-i) or يَفْعُلُ (a-u) unless ع or ل of root is a guttural letter i.e. 1 of أ ح خ ع غ ه in which case the imperfect can also come on يَفْعَلُ (a-a). Various فَعَلَ verbs have both imperfects i.e يَفْعِلُ (a-i) or يَفْعُلُ (a-u) .

4 (h) . The verb indicative of superiority usually has فَعَلَ a-u يَفْعُلُ , but not all verbs of a-u are indicative of superiority and have other meaning shades also.

5 (h). The form فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ comes when ف of root is و or ي . Damma is discarded because a ي followed by a و or ي before a damma is deemed heavy. If it is و then it is usually dropped since it is deemed heavy when it is quiescent and is between a ي pronounced with fatha and inseparable kasra. (This can be originally a-i or a-u. )

6 (h) . The form فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ comes when ع or ل of root is ي , but if one of  ع or ل is ي and other one of ع or ل is a guttural letter, then in such cases it can also come on the form فَعَلَ a-a يَفْعَلُ . (This can be originally a-i or a-u)

7 (h) . For roots with same letter as  ع and ل of root i.e. reduplicated verbs , فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ mostly comes for intransitive verbs e.g خَرَّ يَخِرُّ and very rarely for transitive verbs.

8 (h) . For roots with same letter as ع and ل of root i.e. reduplicated verbs , فَعَلَ a-u يَفْعُلُ mostly comes for transitive verbs , and sometimes for intransitive verbs .

9 (h) . The form فَعَلَ a-u يَفْعُلُ comes when ع or ل of root is و , but if ل of root is و and ع of root is a guttural letter in which case it can also come on the form فَعَلَ a-a يَفْعَلُ . (This can be originally a-u or a-i)

10 (h) . The form فَعَلَ a-u يَفْعُلُ comes when the verb is indicative of superiority to the competitor but if ف of root is a و or if ع or ل of root is ي , then the form is فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ . (Such verbs are originally a-u)

11 (h) . The form فَعَلَ a-a يَفْعَلُ usually comes when the verb in not indicative of superiority to the competitor and ع or ل of root is a guttural letter , and root is not with same letter as ع and ل i.e. it is not a reduplicated verb and verb is not a verb which is well known for its usage in form فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ or فَعَلَ a-u يَفْعُلُ . The guttural letter makes form a-a allowable, but not necessary.
Extremely few exceptions exist in which form فَعَلَ a-a يَفْعَلُ is used even when ع or ل of root is not a guttural letter e.g أَبَىٰ يَأْبَىٰ etc. Some possible reasons can be there via which some of the exceptions can be shown to still follow the rule. Some say that بَقَىٰ يَبْقىٰ is originally بَقِىَ يَبْقىٰ because every final ى pronounced with uninflectional fatha and preceded by kasra, can be converted into ا or ى (which is is written ى but spoken like ا and is called ألف مقصورة .) and then kasra on its previous letter is also converted to fatha. Very rarely, perfect of 1 form is used while imperfect of other form is used. Also very rarely, an inter-mixture of 2 dialectic variants is used in which perfect is taken from 1 form while imperfect is taken from the other form.

Important Note: 
Below, I give meaning shades of the sub forms a-u, a-i mostly based on (k) and since other books I have didn't contain much information , I couldn't cross check and re-verify the suggested meaning shades using other books. Moreover, the book has quoted 1 example with most of the shades and it can't be ascertained without an exhaustive study into many such verbs from each sub form the number of verbs on which each of the given meaning shades apply. So just read them few times and if you can keep in mind easily you can, but no need to memorize below meaning shades of form I (a).  

ن The form فَعَلَ a-u يَفْعُلُ also known as form نَصَرَ
In such verbs, one or multiple from the following meaning shades may be applicable.

Important meaning shades:
1 (h)(k)(a) . Indicative of superiority to the competitor . Showing the superiority, surpassing, overpowering, predominating, gaining of ascendancy, victory, overcoming, prevailing of 1 competitor over the other. After form III verb indicating reciprocity or mutual effort or competition, form I (a-u) is usually used to show the gaining of superiority of 1 over the other. An important point to note is that we can't choose any verb we like in a-u and use it to show superiority to the competitor, but this is only for those verbs which are used in Arabic in this sense . 
If ف of root is a و or ي OR if ع or ل of root is ي , then the form used is فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ . It appears that such verbs are originally a-u but due to 1 of these 2 reasons the form is converted to a-i . Specially form I forms indicative of superiority appear to be originally a-u, which are sometimes converted to form a-i when one of these conditions is met. Note: This quality won't be discussed again in a-i even if it comes from a-i when 1 of above mentioned conditions is met, because it appears that in such cases also it is originally a-u which is converted to a-i.
كَبَرْتُهُ I became bigger than him.

2 (a-u, a-i) (k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل making the object or مَفْعُول to become possessed of the meaning indicated by the root or word from the same root.
ثَلَثَ الْمَالَ He made 3 portions of the wealth. (derived from the word ثُلُث from the same root ث ل ث .)

3 (a-u, a-i) (k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل reaching the place or time indicated by the word from the same root.

Other meaning shades:
4 (k) . Possessing the meaning indicated by the root or thing indicated by the word from the same root.
بَابَ لَهُ He was or became a keeper of بَاب i.e. door keeper for him.

5 (k) . Doing something in the time indicated by the word from the same root.
غَدَا He went or went away in the time called غُدْوَة (the early part of the morning).

6 (k) . Making the thing indicated by the word from the same root.
جَدَرَ He made a جِدَار i.e. wall.

7 (k) . Using the thing indicated by the word from the same root. Doing with the thing indicated by the word from the same root, the function it is made for. 
عَصَاهُ He struck or beat him with a عَصَا i.e. staff. (He used a عَصَا i.e. staff. to strike him.)

8 (k) . Taking from something what is indicated by its root or indicated by a word from its root.
ثَلَثَ الْمَالَ He took 3rd portion of the wealth.

9 (k)(a) .  Thrusting, propelling, pushing or repelling the thing indicated by the word from the same root, to remove it from its place .
بَصَقَ He spat. ( بُصَاق means spittle or saliva that has gone forth from the mouth)

10 (k) . Subject or فَاعِل joining or mixing something with the object or مَفْعُول .
مَشَجَ بَيْنَهُمَا He made a mix up or confusion between them 2.
مَزَجَهُ بِالْمَآء He mixed, mingled, blended it with water.

11 (k) . Subject or فَاعِل veiling, covering the object or مَفْعُول .
حَجَبَهُ He veiled it. 

12 (k) . Verbs indicating gathering together or collecting together or assembling together often come on form a-u.
حَشَرَهُم He assembled them together.

13 (q) . This form has verbs indicating the act of advancing or expansion, spreading etc.  and related meaning shades.

14 (a-u, a-i) (k) . Preventing something from the meaning indicated by the root of the verb or word from the same root as the verb.

15 (a-i, a-u) (k) .Giving the thing indicated in the word from the same root.
أَجَرَهُ He gave him أَجْر (a recompense, compensation or reward for what one has done).

16 (a-i, a-u) (k) . Feeding someone with the thing indicated in the word from the same root.
تَمَرَهُ (a-i, a-u) he fed him تَمْر (dates.)

17 (a-i, a-u) (k)(a) .Subject or فَاعِل Removing from the object or مَفْعُول the meaning indicated by the root or thing indicated by the word from the same root .
(This appears to be more common in a-i as compared to a-u based on (k). In examples like below one, both a-i and a-u forms can be used.)
قَشَرَهُ (a-i) & (a-u) both used in similar meaning. He removed or stripped off from it (e.g. branch or some other thing) the قِشْر (outer covering, superficial part, outer integument, peal, rind, bark, coat, covering, skin, crust etc.)

ض The form فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ also known as form ضَرَبَ
In such verbs, one or multiple from the following meaning shades may be applicable.

Important meaning shades:
1 (a-i, a-u) (k)(a) . Subject or فَاعِل Removing from the object or مَفْعُول the meaning indicated by the root or thing indicated by the word from the same root .
(This appears to be more common in a-i as compared to a-u based on (k). In examples like below one, both a-i and a-u forms can be used.)
قَشَرَهُ (a-i) & (a-u) both used in similar meaning. He removed or stripped off from it (e.g. branch or some other thing) the قِشْر (outer covering, superficial part, outer integument, peal, rind, bark, coat, covering, skin, crust etc.)

2 (k) . To shorten a sentence into 1 verb by making the verb from root of 1 word of the sentence.

3 (q) . Movement from above to below.

Other Meaning Shades:
4 (k) . Becoming the thing indicated in the word from the same root or becoming like the thing indicated in the word from the same root.

5 (k) . Making something reach the thing indicated by the word from the same root as that of the verb.
جَلَدَهُ بِالسَّوْط He hit his جِلْد i.e. skin with a whip. (He caused the whip to reach his skin.)

6 (k) . Subject or فَاعِل making separations or divisions or distinctions in the object or مَفْعُول .
قَسَمَهُ He made divisions of it.
فَصَلَهُ He made separations or distinctions in it.

7 (k) . Cutting the thing indicated by the word from the same root.
خَلَى He cut the خَلًى (fresh, green or juicy herbage) .

8 (k) .  Settling or staying in some place.
ثَوَى فِيهِ He stayed or dwelt in it.
قَرَّ فِيهِ He settled or remained in it. 

9 (k) . Correcting or mending something.

10 (k) . Verbs having sense of throwing.
رَمَى He threw.

11 (k) . Verbs related to sound or speaking.
نَطَقَ He spoke.

12 (k) . Clothing or covering with the thing indicated in the word from the same root. 

13 (k) . Joining or plastering or coating something with the thing indicated in the word from the same root.
طَانَهُ he plastered or coated it with طِين (clay or mud, soil that has been mixed with water.)

14 (a-u, a-i) (k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل reaching the place or time indicated by the word from the same root.
(This appears to be more common in a-u as compared to a-i based on (k) and example provided in (k) for a-i has ف of root as ي and it can also be a reason of converting form to a-i or it may also be originally a-i.)
يَمَنَ He came on right side.

15 (a-u, a-i) (k) .  Preventing something from the meaning indicated by the root of the verb or word from the same root as the verb.

16 (a-u, a-i) (k) . Collecting together or gathering together something. Appears to be more common in a-u as compared to a-i.

17 (a-i, a-u) (k)  .Giving the thing indicated in the word from the same root.

18 (a-i, a-u) (k) . Feeding someone with the thing indicated in the word from the same root.
خَبَزَهُ (a-i) he fed him خُبْز (bread.)
تَمَرَهُ (a-i, a-u) he fed him تَمْر (dates.)

19 (a-u, a-i) (k) . To indicate the subject or فَاعِل making the object or مَفْعُول to become possessed of the meaning indicated by the root or word from the same root.

20 (k)(n) . To indicate a place becoming grassy or herby. (k) discusses this point as muchness of the thing indicated in the source word or root, but both examples quoted in form I in it relate to grass or herbs only. To me it seems to indicate the possessing or being possessed of the thing indicated in the root or word from the same root, as muchness is not a quality of form I.


Some other Possible meaning shades of form I (a)
1 (k) . Subject or فَاعِل becoming the thing indicated in the word from the same root.

2 (k) . Subject or فَاعِل making the object or مَفْعُول to become the thing indicated in the word from the same root. 

3 (k) . Subject or فَاعِل breaking the thing indicated in the word from the same root.

4 (k) . Verbs having sense of giving pain.

5 (k) . Giving something in return for another.

6 (k) . Going or traveling.


ف The form فَعَلَ a-a يَفْعَلُ also known as form فَتَحَ
1 . This form is mostly derived from a-i or a-u because of occurrence of a guttural letter i.e. any of the following letters أ ح خ ع غ ه as ع or ل of root and may have any of the meaning shades discussed above for a-i or a-u.

2 (h) . The form فَعَلَ a-a يَفْعَلُ usually comes when the verb in not indicative of superiority to the competitor and ع or ل of root is a guttural letter , and root is not with same letter as ع and ل i.e. it is not a reduplicated verb and verb is not a verb which is well known for its usage in form فَعَلَ a-i يَفْعِلُ or فَعَلَ a-u يَفْعُلُ .The guttural letter makes form a-a allowable, but not necessary.
Extremely few exceptions exist in which form فَعَلَ a-a يَفْعَلُ is used even when ع or ل of root is not a guttural letter e.g. أَبَىٰ يَأْبَىٰ etc. Some possible reasons can be there via which some of the exceptions can be shown to still follow the rule. Some say that بَقَىٰ يَبْقىٰ is originally بَقِىَ يَبْقىٰ because every final ى pronounced with uninflectional fatha and preceded by kasra, can be converted into ا or ى (which is is written ى but spoken like ا and is called ألف مقصورة .) and then kasra on its previous letter is also converted to fatha. Very rarely, perfect of 1 form is used while imperfect of other form is used. Also very rarely, an inter-mixture of 2 dialectic variants is used in which perfect is taken from 1 form while imperfect is taken from the other form.

3 (q) .  This has not been accepted as a baab or form in the real sense and has been made for convenience for roots in which letters أ ح خ ع غ ه come as ع or ل of root. But is not necessary that each verb meeting this condition comes on form a-a and may come on other forms also.

4 (k)(h) . Fatha is lighter than kasra and kasra is lighter than damma. So fatha is the lightest of the short vowels. The guttural letters are pronounced from throat and are heavy. Also, the more the number of letters in a word, the heavier the word. Putting fatha instead of damma or kasra lightens the word to some extent.

5 (h)(k) . When same guttural letter comes as ع or ل of root and the verb is reduplicated, almost always it comes on form a-u or a-i and not a-a.


Important Note: 
Various meaning shades overlap exists between a-u , a-i and a-a i.e. some meaning shades are common for more than 1 form, though the meaning shade may be more common or more applicable in 1 form as compared to the other. Also, the possible meaning shades for form I are many due to which many books don't explain them at all or just touch some meaning shade. All 3 i.e. a-u, a-i and a-a have perfect on pattern فَعَلَ . And as discussed at the beginning, some letters coming in various positions of root also cause certain form of imperfect to come and certain form of imperfect to not come. In addition to that sometimes there are more than one dialectic variants for same verb, as a significant number of verbs are assigned form a-u and a-i at the same time. This implies that a number of meaning shades may be common in both forms. And a-a also is a form just because of a guttural letter coming and is originally a-u or a-i and has meaning shade of a-u or a-i or some meaning shade common between a-u and a-i. In short, all meaning shades discussed in this post are meaning shades when perfect comes on pattern فَعَلَ and should be kept in mind for simplicity. Also since this is form I this also helps us understand in what shades an Arabic verb can be used, as it is not only doing the thing indicated in root but there are various kinds and ways of doing and this can broaden our perspective on Arabic verbs.

Important Note: 
Best examples for analyzing and verifying the level of applicability or non-applicability of above mentioned meaning shades and for finding additional meaning shades is by studying all occurrences of the form in The Qur'an and for that you can check relevant examples for this form in Pattern Wise Concordance PDF by visiting the post:
Pattern wise, Root wise & Letter wise Concordance of The Qur'an
& downloading the concordance documents freely. You can check relevant examples of most of the patterns used in the Qur'an by using concordance documents.

References: When multiple references mentioned for a point, it means material selected from all quoted references more from some and less from others and all quoted references do not necessarily agree on everything. Material is not exactly copied but based on the reference quoted and I have made additions, editions & changes where required :   
k = Aasaan Khaasiyyaat e abwaab Urdu
h = Howell Arabic Grammar English
w = Wright Arabic Grammar English
t = arabic.tripod.com
q = Qawaid Zaban e Qur'an Urdu
n = new indication by me.
a = Derived from other tools like arabic almanac or some other book.

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فَعۡل فُعۡل فِعۡل فَعَل فُعُل فَعَال فِعَال فَعُل فُعُول فُعَل فِعَل فِعِل

Arabic Verb Form III (3) فَاعَلَ faa'ala faa3ala

Meaning shades of Arabic Verbal Form III

Also see posts on Other Arabic Verb Forms
This post is on The Meanings of Arabic Verb Form III فَاعَلَ . Usually one or multiple (more than one) of the following meaning shades are applicable in a form III verb and applicable meaning shades may differ from verb to verb.
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1 (w) . When form I denotes an act that immediately affects an object (direct object or accusative), form III فَاعَلَ expresses the effort or attempt or try to perform the act (indicated in the root) upon the object, in which case the idea of reciprocity or sharing is added when the effort is necessarily or accidentally a mutual one.

Form I صَرَعَهُ indicates he threw him down, while form III صَارَعَهُ indicates, he wrestled or was wrestling him, both subject and object trying to throw down the other.
Form I خَدَعَهُ indicates he deceived, while form III خَادَعَهُ indicates, he tried or was trying to deceive him.


2 (h) . When effort is mutual, the object does to subject what the subject does to object, the مَفْعُول does to the فَاعِل what the فَاعِل does to the مَفْعُول .

ضَارَبْتُهُ I fought him. (I tried to beat him and he tried to beat me.)
قَاتَلْتُهُ I fought a kill or be killed fight with him. (I was trying to kill him and he was trying to kill me.)


3 (w) . When form I indicates a quality or state, form III indicates that one person (subject) makes use of that quality towards another (object), and affects him thereby, or brings him into that state.

Form I خَشُنَ indicates it was or became rough, while form III خَاشَنَ indicates, he treated or was treating him roughly.


4 (t)(n) . The effort or attempt or try in perfect of form III is usually not a did but rather a was doing or was doer of kind and in imperfect of form III for future sense is not a will do kind but rather will be doing or will be doer of kind. The noun that is doing the action is behaving as active participle during the duration of the action. Also the actions usually themselves present this concept even if we translate as most Arabic grammar books in english do with ed instead of was ...ing. He wrestled him, but wrestled is not a 1 time action but an ongoing effort, attempt or try during the duration of the action OR consecutive set of efforts, attempts or tries during the duration of the action during which he was wrestling him and trying to throw him down and even with wrestled the main idea is understood. In examples on this form III, I suggest translating was doing or was ...ing instead of did or ed. And I have mentioned examples using both orthodox english translation method and suggested method in most cases.    


5 (n)(q) . Above point can also explain why form III is sometimes said to indicate:

i. Consecutive actions , 
1 action following the other during the duration of the action, 
consecutive set of efforts, attempts or tries during the duration of the action. (e.g. he was trying to kill him and was putting 1 attempt or effort after another to do so.)
وَالَيْتُ الصَّوْمَ I fasted consecutively. I was fasting consecutively. 
(k) The subject doing the object continuously or consecutively. 

وَاصَلْتُ الْجُهْدَ I was striving continuously.

ii. Extensiveness or Muchness. (Possibly due to similar reason of continuous action or consecutive actions during the duration of the act.)


6 (h) .  Transitivity
Intransitive in form I becomes transitive in form III.
سَهُلَ (form I) it was or became easy.
سَاهَلَهُ (form III) he was easy with him. He was treating him gently.

Transitive in form I is transitive in form III also, if action is performed on the object of the root of the verb.
ضَرَبْتُهُ (form I) I beat him.
ضَارَبْتُهُ (form III) I fought him. (I was trying to beat him and he was trying to beat me.) 

Transitive in form I is doubly transitive or transitive to 2 objects in form III, if action is performed on or for another object that is not the object of the root of the verb.
جَذَبَهُ (form I) he pulled it.
جَاذَبَهُ الْحَبْل (form III) he contended or was contending with him in pulling the rope. (Subject and 1st object are both trying to pull the 2nd object i.e. the rope.)


7 (w) . When form I and IV denote an act, the relation of which to an object is expressed by means of a preposition, the form III converts that indirect object into the immediate or direct object of the act (by removing the preposition). The idea of reciprocity is more or less distinctly implied. Now since the Arabic preposition is removed, while translating in English, context and other factors have to be seen in deciding the preposition in English.

Form I : قَالَ لَهُ He said to him.
Form III : قَاوَلَهُ He conversed with him.


8 (w) . Sometimes denominative (i.e. derived from nouns (including adjectives)), but the ideas of effort and reciprocity are always more or less clearly implied.
(h)(k) . Making a thing to be possessed of its root or word from the same root. 

ضِعْف The like of a thing, that can double or multiply it. ضَاعَفَهُ He doubled or multiplied it. He was doubling or multiplying it.
سَفَر Journey. سَافَرَ He was journeying.


9 (k). Form III verb can also come for a root in which no Form I verb has come.

10 (k)(q) . Form III verb can also introduce new meaning not present in Form I verb, (n) but this meaning can be present in some word from same root.


11  . In some books (k)(q) , it is indicated via giving same translation for 2 verbal forms that :
In few cases it has same meaning as:
Form I
In few cases it has same meaning as:
Form II
In few cases it has same meaning as:
Form IV
In few cases it has same meaning as:
Form VI
But in my opinion, difference is there in meaning shades of the 2 forms, even if at 1st quick look the 2 forms appear to have similar meaning.


12 (a) . Its verbal nouns usually come on following patterns:
فِعَال
مُفَاعَلَة

13 (w) . Table 1 demonstrating examples using root ق ت ل .

(q) . Table 2.

Important Note: 
Best examples for analyzing and verifying the level of applicability or non-applicability of above mentioned meaning shades and for finding additional meaning shades is by studying all occurrences of the form in The Qur'an and for that you can check relevant examples for this form in Pattern Wise Concordance PDF by visiting the post:
Pattern wise, Root wise & Letter wise Concordance of The Qur'an
& downloading the concordance documents freely. You can check relevant examples of most of the patterns used in the Qur'an by using concordance documents.

References: When multiple references mentioned for a point, it means material selected from all quoted references more from some and less from others and all quoted references do not necessarily agree on everything. Material is not exactly copied but based on the reference quoted and I have made additions, editions & changes where required :   
w = Wright Arabic Grammar English 
h = Howell Arabic Grammar English
q = Qawaid Zaban e Qur'an Urdu
a = Derived from other tools like arabic almanac or some other book.
t = arabic.tripod.com
k = Aasaan Khaasiyyaat e abwaab Urdu
n = new indication by me.

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فَعۡل فُعۡل فِعۡل فَعَل فُعُل فَعَال فِعَال فَعُل فُعُول فُعَل فِعَل فِعِل