baqa'

From Arabic ⁧بَقِيَ⁩ (baqiya). The final root letter għ was added by analogy: When għ began to be vowelised, the paradigm generally remained distinct from the paradigm of actual vocalic verbs on the basis of vowel colour; compare smajt (“I heard”) from sama’, Arabic ⁧سَمِعَ⁩ (samiʕa), versus bdejt (“I began”), from beda, Arabic ⁧بَدَأَ⁩ (badaʔa). However, in the verb baqa’ the vowel colour had been influenced by the preceding q (bqajt), and thus was it eventually integrated into the għ-class. Compare the same in ltaqa’ (“to meet”), from ⁧اِلْتَقَى⁩ (iltaqā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʔa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʔaˤ/ (archaic)
• Rhymes: -aʔa, -aʔaˤ

baqa’ (imperfect jibqa’, verbal noun baqgħa)

1. to remain, to stay
2. to agree
3. Used with a following active participle to convey a continuous action
4. Used with an intransitive verb in the imperfect to convey a habitual or repeated action
5. Used with a transitive verb in the imperfect to convey a continuous action