Arabic Grammar Terms Flashcards

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المُفْرَدُ

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Single utterance

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المُرَكَّبُ

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Combined utterance

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لَفْظ

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Utterance

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الإِسْمُ

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Noun

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الفِعْلُ

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Verb

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الحَرْفُ

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The particle

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الإِسْمُ الجَامِدُ

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Lit. The defective noun. The noun that is not derived from a root nor is any other word derived from it. E.g. رجل or فرس

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المَصْدَرُ

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Lit. The verbal noun. This is not derived from a root but many words are derived from it, e.g. النصر has the words نصر ينصر and ناصر derived from it

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الإِسْمُ المُشْتَقُ

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The derivative noun. This type of noun is derived from a root namely a مصدر. For example ناصر (helper) and مُنْصُوْرٌ (the helped) are both derived from النصر , which is a مصدر

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المُثَنَّى وَالجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُتَكَلِّمُ

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1st person dual and plural (we wrote)

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The root letter or the radical, which corresponds to the position of ف، ع and ل of any wazn.

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الحَرْفُ الأَصْلِيُّ

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الفِعْلُ المُتَعَدِّى

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The transitive verb: the verb that gives a complete meaning with the both the doer/subject and the object e.g.mضَرَبَ زَيدٌ خَالِدًٍا

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The plural

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الجَمْعُ

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2nd person masculine plural (you many men wrote)

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الجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ

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2nd person masculine dual (you two men wrote)

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المُثَنَّى المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ

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3rd person feminine singular (she wrote)

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المُفْرَدُ المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ

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3rd person masculine dual (they two men wrote)

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المُثَنَّى المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ

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The object of a verb

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المَفْعُوْلُ

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The past tense. Lit. The past

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المَاضِ

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The second person. Lit. The present

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المُخَاطَبُ or الحَاضِرُ

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الفِعْلُ الأَمْرِ

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The imperative: the verb in which an order is given, e.g. اُكْتُبْ. - write!

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الفِعْلُ اللاَّزِمُ

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The intransitive verb: verb confirmed to the doer/subject and does to entertain a passive form or the doer/subject and the object is used for a complete meaning but only when the object is brought with a particle preceding it e.g. جَلَسَ زَيدٌ -Zayd sat

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الحَرْفُ الأَصْلِيُّ

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The root letter or the radical, which corresponds to the position of ف، ع and ل of any wazn.

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2nd person feminine dual (you two women wrote)

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المُثَنَّى المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ

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The transitive verb: the verb that gives a complete meaning with the both the doer/subject and the object e.g.mضَرَبَ زَيدٌ خَالِدًٍا

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الفِعْلُ المُتَعَدِّى

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المَصْدَر

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The verbal noun or infinitive: this is the noun that reflects the root meaning of the verb. All the verb forms and inflections are derived from it.

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The imperative: the verb in which an order is given, e.g. اُكْتُبْ. - write!

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الفِعْلُ الأَمْرِ

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الجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ

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3rd person masculine plural (they many men wrote)

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المُثَنَّى المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ

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3rd person masculine dual (they two men wrote)

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The shape or form of a word. Mainly used to refer to any particular conjugated verb or noun

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الصِّيْغَةُ

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المُتَكَلِّمُ

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The first person. Lit the speaker

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The future tense, Lit. The forthcoming

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المَسْتَقْبَل

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2nd person feminine plural (you many women wrote)

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الجَمْعُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ

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المُفْرَدُ المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ

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3rd person feminine singular (she wrote)

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المَاضِ

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The past tense. Lit. The past

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3rd person feminine plural (they many women wrote)

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الجَمْعُ المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ

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The intransitive verb: verb confirmed to the doer/subject and does to entertain a passive form or the doer/subject and the object is used for a complete meaning but only when the object is brought with a particle preceding it e.g. جَلَسَ زَيدٌ -Zayd sat

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الفِعْلُ اللاَّزِمُ

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الثُّلاثِيُّ

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The trilateral: a word with here root letters

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الجَمْعُ المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ

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3rd person feminine plural (they many women wrote)

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الفِعْلُ المَعْلُوْمُ

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The active verb: where the doer is mentioned - نَصَرَ. - he helped or يَنْصُرُ - he is helping

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3rd person masculine plural (they many men wrote)

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الجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ

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The singular

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الوَاحِدُ and المُفْرَدُ

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الحَرْفُ الْعِلَّةِ

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The weak letter: ألف and و and يا are known as weak letters

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الحَال

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The present tense, Lit. The present state

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المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ

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2nd person masculine singular (you single man wrote)

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The perfect: the past tense verb e.g. ضَرَبَ (he hit)

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الفِعْلُ المَاضِ

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التَثْنِيَةُ and. المُثَنَّى

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Duality and the dual

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المُثَنَّى المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ

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3rd person feminine dual (they two women wrote)

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المُثَنَّى المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ

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2nd person masculine dual (you two men wrote)

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A positive verb e.g. كَتَبَ - he wrote, يَكْتُبُ - he is writing or will write

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المُثْبَتُ

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المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ وَالمُؤَنَّثُ المُتَكَلِّمُ

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1st person singular (I wrote)

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لام الكَلِمَةِ

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The third radical or root letter.

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المُؤَنَّثُ

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The feminine

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المَفْعُوْلُ

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The object of a verb

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الزَّمَانُ

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Time or tense

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The weak letter: ألف and و and يا are known as weak letters

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الحَرْفُ الْعِلَّةِ

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The imperfect: the present and future tense verb, e.g. يَضْرِبُ. (He is hitting or will)

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الفِعْلُ المُضَارِع

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Duality and the dual

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التَثْنِيَةُ and. المُثَنَّى

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الفِعْلُ المَجْهُوْلُ

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The passive verb: the verb whose doer is not mentioned, e.g. نُصِرُ (he was helped) or يُنْصَرُ (he is being helped or will be helped)

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The first person. Lit the speaker

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المُتَكَلِّمُ

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The active verb: where the doer is mentioned - نَصَرَ. - he helped or يَنْصُرُ - he is helping

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الفِعْلُ المَعْلُوْمُ

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The first radical or root letter

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فَاءُ الكَلِمَةِ

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1st person dual and plural (we wrote)

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المُثَنَّى وَالجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُتَكَلِّمُ

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الصَّرْفُ

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Term used to refer to the science of morphology - a branch of Arabic grammar

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The masculine

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المُذَكَّرُ

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فَاءُ الكَلِمَةِ

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The first radical or root letter

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The trilateral: a word with here root letters

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الثُّلاثِيُّ

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The middle radical or root letter.

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عَينُ الكَلِمَةِ

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2nd person masculine singular (you single man wrote)

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المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ

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الفِعْلُ المُضَارِع

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The imperfect: the present and future tense verb, e.g. يَضْرِبُ. (He is hitting or will)

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الوَاحِدُ and المُفْرَدُ

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The singular

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The doer or subject of a verbal sentence

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الفَاعِلُ

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1st person singular (I wrote)

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المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ وَالمُؤَنَّثُ المُتَكَلِّمُ

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3rd person feminine dual (they two women wrote)

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المُثَنَّى المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ

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The quadrilateral: a word with four root letters e.g. دَحْرَجَ (he rolled something) and تَدَحْرَجَ (he/it rolled)

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الرُّبَاعِيُّ

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3rd person masculine singular (he wrote)

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المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ

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الفِعْلُ النَّهْى

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The prohibitive: the verb in which a prohibition is given or understood, e.g. لا تَضْرِبْ

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المَنْفِىْ

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A negative verb: when something hasn’t happened or hasn’t been done, e.g. مَا كَتَبَ. - He did not write Or لا يَكْتُبُ - he is not writing or will not write

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عَينُ الكَلِمَةِ

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The middle radical or root letter.

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الحَرْفُ الزَّائِدُ

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The additional letter. This is the letter that doesn’t correspond to the ف ، ع or لًof a wazn.

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The passive verb: the verb whose doer is not mentioned, e.g. نُصِرُ (he was helped) or يُنْصَرُ (he is being helped or will be helped)

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الفِعْلُ المَجْهُوْلُ

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المَسْتَقْبَل

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The future tense, Lit. The forthcoming

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Root of a word

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الوَزَنُ

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الوَزَنُ

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Root of a word

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الغَائِبُ

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The third person. Lit. The. Absent.

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الجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ

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2nd person masculine plural (you many men wrote)

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الصِّيْغَةُ

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The shape or form of a word. Mainly used to refer to any particular conjugated verb or noun

88
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Term used to refer to the science of morphology - a branch of Arabic grammar

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الصَّرْفُ

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A negative verb: when something hasn’t happened or hasn’t been done, e.g. مَا كَتَبَ. - He did not write Or لا يَكْتُبُ - he is not writing or will not write

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المَنْفِىْ

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الرُّبَاعِيُّ

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The quadrilateral: a word with four root letters e.g. دَحْرَجَ (he rolled something) and تَدَحْرَجَ (he/it rolled)

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المُخَاطَبُ or الحَاضِرُ

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The second person. Lit. The present

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Time or tense

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الزَّمَانُ

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The additional letter. This is the letter that doesn’t correspond to the ف ، ع or لًof a wazn.

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الحَرْفُ الزَّائِدُ

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الجَمْعُ

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The plural

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The verbal noun or infinitive: this is the noun that reflects the root meaning of the verb. All the verb forms and inflections are derived from it.

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المَصْدَر

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The present tense, Lit. The present state

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الحَال

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المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ

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3rd person masculine singular (he wrote)

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الجَمْعُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ

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2nd person feminine plural (you many women wrote)

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الفَاعِلُ

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The doer or subject of a verbal sentence

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المُذَكَّرُ

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The masculine

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The third person. Lit. The. Absent.

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الغَائِبُ

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The third radical or root letter.

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لام الكَلِمَةِ

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2nd person feminine singular (you single female wrote)

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المُفْرَدُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ

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The feminine

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المُؤَنَّثُ

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الفِعْلُ المَاضِ

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The perfect: the past tense verb e.g. ضَرَبَ (he hit)

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المُثْبَتُ

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A positive verb e.g. كَتَبَ - he wrote, يَكْتُبُ - he is writing or will write

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المُفْرَدُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ

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2nd person feminine singular (you single female wrote)

108
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المُثَنَّى المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ

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2nd person feminine dual (you two women wrote)

109
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Conjugation or inflection. Refers to the way that the form a verb changes by way of prefixes and suffixes to reflect shades of meaning for gender, number and person.

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التَّصْرِيفُ

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The prohibitive: the verb in which a prohibition is given or understood, e.g. لا تَضْرِبْ

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الفِعْلُ النَّهْى

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التَّصْرِيفُ

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Conjugation or inflection. Refers to the way that the form a verb changes by way of prefixes and suffixes to reflect shades of meaning for gender, number and person.