Modern Standard Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic), Example 69

قاتل أعداءه
Qātala ʾaʿdāʾahu.
qātala
kill.III.REP.PRF.3SG.M
ʾaʿdāʾ-a-hu
rival.M.PL-ACC-3SG.M
He fought against his rivals.
Comment:
Stem III = fight (not kill), derived from stem I of the same root (KILL) with a repetitive meaning of the base stem.
Type:
Elicited from speaker