Basic Verbs in Iraqi Arabic

To allow

يسمح (yisma7)

To answer

يجاوب (yijawib)

To apply (file for)

يقدم على / يگدم على (yigaddim 3ala)

To apply (put on)

يحط (yi7uTT)

To arrive

يوصل (yoSal)

To ask

يسأل (yis'al)

To attend

يحضر (ya7Dur)

To bathe (shower)

يسبح (yisba7)

To be

يكون (yekoon)

To be enough

يكفي (yikfi)

To become

يصير (yiSeer)

To begin

يبدي (yibdi)

To believe

يصدگ / يصدق (yiSaddig)

To break

يكسر (yiksir)

To bring

يجيب (yijeeb)

To brush (teeth/clean)

يفرج (yifarrij)

To burn

يحرك / يحرق (ya7rig)

To buy

يشتري (yishtiri)

To call (phone)

يخابر (yikhabir)

To can / be able to

يگدر / يقدر (yigdar)

To carry

يشيل (yisheel)

To change

يغير (yighayyir)

To check

يتأكد (yit'akkad)

To close

يسد (yisidd)

To come

يجي (yiji)

To cook

يطبخ (yiTbokh)

To cross

يعبر (ya3bur)

To cry

يبچي (yibchi)

To cultivate

يزرع (yizra3)

To cut

يگص / يقص (yigoSS)

To dance

يركص / يرقص (yirguS)

To decide

يقرر (yigarrir)

To describe

يوصف (yoSif)

To design

يصمم (yiSammim)

To die

يموت (yamoot)

To do

يسوي (yisawwi)

To draw

يرسم (yirsim)

To drink

يشرب (yishrab)

To drive

يسوق / يسوگ (yisoog)

To dry

ينشف (yinashshif)

To earn

يحصل (ya7aSSil)

To eat

ياكل (yakul)

To empty

يفرغ (yifarrugh)

To end

يخلص (yikhlaS)

To enjoy

يتونس (yitwannis)

To enter

يدخل / يفوت (yidkhol / yifoot)

To explain

يشرح (yishra7)

To fail

يرسب (yirsib)

To fall

يوگع / يوقع (yogwa3)

To feel

يحس (yi7iss)

To fight

يتعارك (yit3arak)

To fill (up)

يترس (yitris)

To find

يلگي / يلاقي (yilgi)

To finish

يكمل (yikammil)

To fish

يصيد سمچ (yiSeed simach)

To fly

يطير (yiTeer)

To follow

يلحگ / يلحق (yil7ag)

To forget

ينسى (yinsa)

To forgive

يسامح (yisami7)

To fry

يگلي / يقلي (yigli)

To get

يحصل (ya7aSSil)

To give

ينطي (yinTi)

To go

يروح (yaroo7)

To hate

يكره (yikrah)

To have

عنده (3indah)

To hear

يسمع (yisma3)

To help

يساعد (yisa3id)

To hit

يضرب (yiDrub)

To hold

يلزم (yilzim)

To hug

يشبگ (yishbig)

To hurt

يوجع (yowja3)

To ignore

يغلس (yighallis)

To improve, To get better

يتحسن (yit7assan)

To invite

يعزم (ya3zim)

To judge

يحكم (ya7kum)

To kill

يكتل (yiktil)

To kiss

يبوس (yiboos)

To know (Facts and Information)

يعرف (yi3rif)

To know (People and places)

يعرف (yi3rif)

To last

يطول (yiTawwil)

To laugh

يضحك (yiD7ak)

To learn

يتعلم (yit3allam)

To leave (depart)

يروح / يمشي (yaroo7 / yimshi)

To leave (go out)

يطلع (yiTla3)

To lie

يچذب (yichdib)

To like

يعجبني (yi3jibni)

To listen

يسمع / يصغي (yisma3 / yiSghi)

To live

يعيش (ya3eesh)

To look at

يباوع على (yibawo3 3ala)

To look for

يدور على (yidawwir 3ala)

To look like, To resemble

يشبه (yishbah)

To lose (competition)

يخسر (yikhsar)

To lose (object)

يضيع (yiDayyi3)

To love

يحب (yi7ibb)

To lower

ينزل (yinazzil)

To make

يسوي (yisawwi)

To measure

يگيس / يقيس (yigees)

To meet

يقابل / يلتقي بـ (yigabil / yiltaqi b-)

To memorize

يحفظ (ya7faz)

To miss

يشتاگ / يشتاق لـ (yishtag l-)