Verb Glossary — Like to Maintain

English	Basic	Present (I)	Past (I)
To like	bġa	kan-bġi	(past meaning: knt baġi)
To like (alt.)	3jb	kay-3jbni	3jbni
To make something lighter	xffef	kan-xffef	xffeft
To limit	нdded	kan-нdded	нddedt
To limit (alt.)	нbs	kan-нbs	нbst
To limp	3rj	kan-3rj	3rjt
To draw a line	sṭṭr	kan-sṭṭr	sṭṭrt
To live or reside	skn	kan-skn	sknt
To lend money	sllf	kan-sllf	sllft
To lock	sdd	kan-sdd	sddit
To lock (alt.)	surt	kan-surt	surtt
To look or see	šaf	kan-šuf	šft
To look after	thlla f	kan-thlla	thllat
To look after (alt.)	нḍa	kan-нḍi	нḍit
To look alike	tšabh	kan-tšabh	tšabht
To look behind	tlfft	kan-tlfft	tlfftt
To look down on someone	нgr	kan-нgr	нgrt
To look for	qllb 3la	kan-qllb	qllbt
To look like	šbh	kan-šbh	šbht
To look like (alt.)	ban bнal	kan-ban	bnt
To look out of a window	ṭll	kan-ṭll	ṭllit
To loosen	ṭlq	kan-ṭlq	ṭlqt
To loosen (alt.)	rxa	kan-rxi	rxit
To loosen (alt.)	rxf	kan-rxf	rxft
To lose	wḍḍr	kan-wḍḍr	wḍḍrt
To lose (alt.)	tllf	kan-tllf	tllft
To become lost	twḍḍr	kan-twḍḍr	twḍḍrt
To love	bġa	kan-bġi	(past meaning: knt baġi)
To love (alt.)	mat 3la	kan-mut	mtt
To lower	nzzl	kan-nzzl	nzzlt
To lower (alt.)	hbbṭ	kan-hbbṭ	hbbṭt
To lower (alt.)	nqṣ	kan-nqṣ	nqṣt
To make something bigger	kbbr	kan-kbbr	kbbrt
To maintain or preserve	нafḍ 3la	kan-нafḍ	нafḍt

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