How to Conjugate ittaṣala (to contact, to call) in Arabic

اِتَّصَلَ (ittaṣala) means to contact, to call. It is an assimilated Form VIII verb from the root و ص ل (w-ṣ-l): اِتَّصَلَ (ittaṣala) in the past, يَتَّصِلُ (yattaṣilu) in the present and اِتَّصِلْ (ittaṣil) as a command. The tables below give its full conjugation in all 13 persons and its impersonal passive, vowelled, with its participles and verbal noun.

Every form of ittaṣala on this page comes from the engine behind our Arabic verb conjugator and was checked against Wiktionary's conjugation table for اِتَّصَلَ, down to the regular Form VIII verbal noun اِتِّصَال (ittiṣāl).

Ittaṣala at a glance

Past tense of ittaṣala

In the past tense (al-māḍī) the Form VIII stem ittaṣal- stays the same in all 13 persons and only the suffix changes: اِتَّصَلْتُ (ittaṣaltu), اِتَّصَلَتْ (ittaṣalat), اِتَّصَلُوا (ittaṣalū).

Present tense of ittaṣala

The present tense (al-muḍāriʿ) of Form VIII takes the prefix vowel a (ya-, ta-, na-, a-), as in أَتَّصِلُ (attaṣilu) and يَتَّصِلُ (yattaṣilu); the masculine plural adds -ūna: يَتَّصِلُونَ (yattaṣilūna).

Subjunctive and jussive of ittaṣala

After أن (an, that) the he-form of ittaṣala takes the subjunctive, يَتَّصِلَ (yattaṣila); the negative command puts لا (lā) before the jussive: لا تَتَّصِلْ (tattaṣil).

Imperative of ittaṣala

The command of Form VIII drops the prefix of the jussive تَتَّصِلْ (tattaṣil) and puts a connecting alif in front: اِتَّصِلْ (ittaṣil) to one man, اِتَّصِلِي (ittaṣilī) to one woman, اِتَّصِلُوا (ittaṣilū) to a group.

Passive of ittaṣala

A Form VIII passive has u in the opening syllables and i before the last root letter in the past (اُتُّصِلَ (uttuṣila)), and the prefix yu- with a before the last root letter in the present (يُتَّصَلُ (yuttaṣalu)). Wiktionary lists the passive of ittaṣala as impersonal: only the he-form is used, without a subject of its own.

Participles and verbal noun of ittaṣala

A Form VIII active participle is the present stem with mu- in place of the prefix: يَتَّصِلُ (yattaṣilu) gives مُتَّصِل (muttaṣil). The passive participle has a where the active participle has i: مُتَّصَل (muttaṣal). The verbal noun (maṣdar) follows the Form VIII pattern iftiʿāl: اِتِّصَال (ittiṣāl). The Arabic grammar books we recommend cover all ten patterns at more length.

Why ittaṣala conjugates this way

اِتَّصَلَ (ittaṣala) comes from a root that begins with و (w). In Form VIII that letter assimilates to the t of the pattern, giving a doubled t: اِتَّصَلَ (ittaṣala), يَتَّصِلُ (yattaṣilu), and the verbal noun اِتِّصَال (ittiṣāl).

Form VIII puts t after the first root letter (iftaʿala), the action turned inward. It starts with a connecting alif, and its present is يَتَّصِلُ (yattaṣilu). Iḥtāja (to need) and intaẓara (to wait for) are built on the same Form VIII pattern.

Ittaṣala in sentences

اتصلت بك.
She called you.
The verb: اِتَّصَلَتْ (ittaṣalat), past, she. Source: Tatoeba sentence 11622939 by dididodo (CC BY 2.0 FR), unvowelled as published.

من يتصل بي؟
Who is calling me?
The verb: يَتَّصِلُ (yattaṣilu), present, he. Source: Tatoeba sentence 12007934 by LdjuherTaqvaylit (CC BY 2.0 FR), unvowelled as published.

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