Modern Standard Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic), Example 68

قتل الملك شعبه
Qattala lmaliku šaʿabahu.
qattala
kill.II.INT.PRF.3SG.M
l-malik-u
ART-king.M-NOM
šaʿab-a-hu
people.M-ACC-3SG.M
The king slaughtered his people.
Comment:
stem II verb derived from stem I of the same root. It forms a verb with an intensive meaning of the base verb: kill (I) > slaughter (II)
Type:
Elicited from speaker