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Common Compound and Prefixed Verbs
Verb Infinitive:
خوردن
Present Stem:
خور
Meaning:
"to eat"
زمین خوردن
کتک خوردن
قسم خوردن
تکان خوردن
سرما خوردن
قل خوردن
سُر خوردن
to fall down
to be beaten up
to swear (to vow)
to move (intrans.)
to catch a cold
to roll (intrans.)
to slip
Verb Infinitive:
زدن
Present Stem:
زن
Meaning:
"to hit"
حرف زدن
داد زدن
دست زدن
گل زدن
زنگ زدن
کتک زدن
قدم زدن
ایمیل زدن
لبخند زدن
حدس زدن
چشمک زدن
to talk
to shout
to clap, to touch
to score a goal
to call (phone)
to beat up
to stroll
to send an email
to smile
to guess
to wink
Verb Infinitive:
کشیدن
Present Stem:
کش
Meaning:
"to pull, to draw"
خجالت کشیدن
نفس کشیدن
دراز کشیدن
رنج کشیدن
to be ashamed
to breathe
to lie down
to suffer
Verb Infinitive:
گرفتن
Present Stem:
گیر
Meaning:
"to get"
یاد گرفتن
تصمیم گرفتن
قرض گرفتن
گاز گرفتن
پس گرفتن
to learn
to decide
to borrow
to bite
to take back
Verb Infinitive:
دادن
Present Stem:
ده
Meaning:
"to give"
دستور دادن
نشان دادن
یاد دادن
توضیح دادن
گوش دادن
قرض دادن
فحش دادن
هل دادن
فشار دادن
درس دادن
قول دادن
دست دادن
تشخیص دادن
تکان دادن
نجات دادن
ترجیح دادن
to command
to show
to teach
to explain
to listen
to lend
to swear (to curse)
to push
to apply pressure
to teach (in a class only)
to promise
to shake hands
to detect
to move (trans.)
to rescue
to prefer
Verb Infinitive:
داشتن
Present Stem:
دار
Meaning:
"to have"
دوست داشتن
لازم داشتن
برداشتن
وجود داشتن
قبول داشتن
to like, to love
to need
to pick up
to exist
to believe in
Verb Infinitive:
رفتن
Present Stem:
رو
Meaning:
"to go"
راه رفتن
در رفتن
آب رفتن
to walk
to escape
to shrink
Verb Infinitive:
بردن
Present Stem:
بَر
Meaning:
"to take (sth to swhr)"
لذّت بردن
پی بردن
نام بردن
رنج بردن
to enjoy
to find out
to name (to mention)
to suffer
Verb Infinitive:
بودن
Present Stem:
باش
Meaning:
"to be"
بلد بودن
حفظ بودن
to know (how to do sth)
to know by heart
Verb Infinitive:
آمدن
Present Stem:
آ
Meaning:
"to come"
بند آمدن
پیش آمدن
to stop flowing (rain, blood, breath, etc.)
to happen
Verb Infinitive:
شدن
Present Stem:
شو
Meaning:
"to become"
بلند شدن
پا شدن
to get up
to get up
Verb Infinitive:
کردن
Present Stem:
کُن
Meaning:
"to do, to make"
فکر کردن
کار کردن
کمک کردن
صبر کردن
بازی کردن
نگاه کردن
شروع کردن
تمام کردن
قهر کردن
عوض کردن
فرار کردن
پیدا کردن
حفظ کردن
to think
to work
to help
to wait
to play
to look
to begin
to end
to sulk
to change
to escape
to find
to memorize, to preserve