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Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to be
 * 2)  to exist, to be, there be
 * 3) to behove
 * 4) to happen, to occur, to take place
 * 1) to behove
 * 2) to happen, to occur, to take place
 * 1) to happen, to occur, to take place
 * 1) to happen, to occur, to take place
 * 1) to happen, to occur, to take place

Usage notes

 * Like all copulative verbs in Arabic, takes a predicate in the accusative case. This contrasts with old Indo-European languages such as Latin and Greek, in which the predicate of a copulative verb is in the nominative case.
 * In the present indicative, “to be” is most often expressed by a nominal sentence with no verb. In this case, the predicate is in the nominative case.
 * Imperfect forms of are not rare, however:
 * They occur after certain conjunctions that must always be followed by a verb:
 * They are sometimes used instead of a nominal sentence to provide for a clearer sentence structure.
 * The jussive forms that end in sukun sometimes drop the final, giving: , , ,.
 * They are sometimes used instead of a nominal sentence to provide for a clearer sentence structure.
 * The jussive forms that end in sukun sometimes drop the final, giving: , , ,.
 * The jussive forms that end in sukun sometimes drop the final, giving: , , ,.

Etymology 2
From, q.v.

Etymology 3
From, q.v.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to be

Usage notes

 * The copula "to be" is omitted in the present tense, whereas the present form of is used to express the future tense.