Arabic Grammar Terms Flashcards
المُفْرَدُ
Single utterance
المُرَكَّبُ
Combined utterance
لَفْظ
Utterance
الإِسْمُ
Noun
الفِعْلُ
Verb
الحَرْفُ
The particle
الإِسْمُ الجَامِدُ
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
المَصْدَرُ
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
الإِسْمُ المُشْتَقُ
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
المُثَنَّى وَالجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُتَكَلِّمُ
1st person dual and plural (we wrote)
The root letter or the radical, which corresponds to the position of ف، ع and ل of any wazn.
الحَرْفُ الأَصْلِيُّ
الفِعْلُ المُتَعَدِّى
The transitive verb: the verb that gives a complete meaning with the both the doer/subject and the object e.g.mضَرَبَ زَيدٌ خَالِدًٍا
The plural
الجَمْعُ
2nd person masculine plural (you many men wrote)
الجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ
2nd person masculine dual (you two men wrote)
المُثَنَّى المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ
3rd person feminine singular (she wrote)
المُفْرَدُ المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ
3rd person masculine dual (they two men wrote)
المُثَنَّى المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ
The object of a verb
المَفْعُوْلُ
The past tense. Lit. The past
المَاضِ
The second person. Lit. The present
المُخَاطَبُ or الحَاضِرُ
الفِعْلُ الأَمْرِ
The imperative: the verb in which an order is given, e.g. اُكْتُبْ. - write!
الفِعْلُ اللاَّزِمُ
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
الحَرْفُ الأَصْلِيُّ
The root letter or the radical, which corresponds to the position of ف، ع and ل of any wazn.
2nd person feminine dual (you two women wrote)
المُثَنَّى المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ
The transitive verb: the verb that gives a complete meaning with the both the doer/subject and the object e.g.mضَرَبَ زَيدٌ خَالِدًٍا
الفِعْلُ المُتَعَدِّى
المَصْدَر
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.
The imperative: the verb in which an order is given, e.g. اُكْتُبْ. - write!
الفِعْلُ الأَمْرِ
الجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ
3rd person masculine plural (they many men wrote)
المُثَنَّى المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ
3rd person masculine dual (they two men wrote)
The shape or form of a word. Mainly used to refer to any particular conjugated verb or noun
الصِّيْغَةُ
المُتَكَلِّمُ
The first person. Lit the speaker
The future tense, Lit. The forthcoming
المَسْتَقْبَل
2nd person feminine plural (you many women wrote)
الجَمْعُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ
المُفْرَدُ المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ
3rd person feminine singular (she wrote)
المَاضِ
The past tense. Lit. The past
3rd person feminine plural (they many women wrote)
الجَمْعُ المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ
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
الفِعْلُ اللاَّزِمُ
الثُّلاثِيُّ
The trilateral: a word with here root letters
الجَمْعُ المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ
3rd person feminine plural (they many women wrote)
الفِعْلُ المَعْلُوْمُ
The active verb: where the doer is mentioned - نَصَرَ. - he helped or يَنْصُرُ - he is helping
3rd person masculine plural (they many men wrote)
الجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ
The singular
الوَاحِدُ and المُفْرَدُ
الحَرْفُ الْعِلَّةِ
The weak letter: ألف and و and يا are known as weak letters
الحَال
The present tense, Lit. The present state
المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ
2nd person masculine singular (you single man wrote)
The perfect: the past tense verb e.g. ضَرَبَ (he hit)
الفِعْلُ المَاضِ
التَثْنِيَةُ and. المُثَنَّى
Duality and the dual
المُثَنَّى المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ
3rd person feminine dual (they two women wrote)
المُثَنَّى المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ
2nd person masculine dual (you two men wrote)
A positive verb e.g. كَتَبَ - he wrote, يَكْتُبُ - he is writing or will write
المُثْبَتُ
المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ وَالمُؤَنَّثُ المُتَكَلِّمُ
1st person singular (I wrote)
لام الكَلِمَةِ
The third radical or root letter.
المُؤَنَّثُ
The feminine
المَفْعُوْلُ
The object of a verb
الزَّمَانُ
Time or tense
The weak letter: ألف and و and يا are known as weak letters
الحَرْفُ الْعِلَّةِ
The imperfect: the present and future tense verb, e.g. يَضْرِبُ. (He is hitting or will)
الفِعْلُ المُضَارِع
Duality and the dual
التَثْنِيَةُ and. المُثَنَّى
الفِعْلُ المَجْهُوْلُ
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)
The first person. Lit the speaker
المُتَكَلِّمُ
The active verb: where the doer is mentioned - نَصَرَ. - he helped or يَنْصُرُ - he is helping
الفِعْلُ المَعْلُوْمُ
The first radical or root letter
فَاءُ الكَلِمَةِ
1st person dual and plural (we wrote)
المُثَنَّى وَالجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُتَكَلِّمُ
الصَّرْفُ
Term used to refer to the science of morphology - a branch of Arabic grammar
The masculine
المُذَكَّرُ
فَاءُ الكَلِمَةِ
The first radical or root letter
The trilateral: a word with here root letters
الثُّلاثِيُّ
The middle radical or root letter.
عَينُ الكَلِمَةِ
2nd person masculine singular (you single man wrote)
المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ
الفِعْلُ المُضَارِع
The imperfect: the present and future tense verb, e.g. يَضْرِبُ. (He is hitting or will)
الوَاحِدُ and المُفْرَدُ
The singular
The doer or subject of a verbal sentence
الفَاعِلُ
1st person singular (I wrote)
المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ وَالمُؤَنَّثُ المُتَكَلِّمُ
3rd person feminine dual (they two women wrote)
المُثَنَّى المُؤَنَّثُ الغَائِبُ
The quadrilateral: a word with four root letters e.g. دَحْرَجَ (he rolled something) and تَدَحْرَجَ (he/it rolled)
الرُّبَاعِيُّ
3rd person masculine singular (he wrote)
المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ
الفِعْلُ النَّهْى
The prohibitive: the verb in which a prohibition is given or understood, e.g. لا تَضْرِبْ
المَنْفِىْ
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
عَينُ الكَلِمَةِ
The middle radical or root letter.
الحَرْفُ الزَّائِدُ
The additional letter. This is the letter that doesn’t correspond to the ف ، ع or لًof a wazn.
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)
الفِعْلُ المَجْهُوْلُ
المَسْتَقْبَل
The future tense, Lit. The forthcoming
Root of a word
الوَزَنُ
الوَزَنُ
Root of a word
الغَائِبُ
The third person. Lit. The. Absent.
الجَمْعُ المُذَكَّرُ المُخَاطَبُ
2nd person masculine plural (you many men wrote)
الصِّيْغَةُ
The shape or form of a word. Mainly used to refer to any particular conjugated verb or noun
Term used to refer to the science of morphology - a branch of Arabic grammar
الصَّرْفُ
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
المَنْفِىْ
الرُّبَاعِيُّ
The quadrilateral: a word with four root letters e.g. دَحْرَجَ (he rolled something) and تَدَحْرَجَ (he/it rolled)
المُخَاطَبُ or الحَاضِرُ
The second person. Lit. The present
Time or tense
الزَّمَانُ
The additional letter. This is the letter that doesn’t correspond to the ف ، ع or لًof a wazn.
الحَرْفُ الزَّائِدُ
الجَمْعُ
The plural
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.
المَصْدَر
The present tense, Lit. The present state
الحَال
المُفْرَدُ المُذَكَّرُ الغَائِبُ
3rd person masculine singular (he wrote)
الجَمْعُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ
2nd person feminine plural (you many women wrote)
الفَاعِلُ
The doer or subject of a verbal sentence
المُذَكَّرُ
The masculine
The third person. Lit. The. Absent.
الغَائِبُ
The third radical or root letter.
لام الكَلِمَةِ
2nd person feminine singular (you single female wrote)
المُفْرَدُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ
The feminine
المُؤَنَّثُ
الفِعْلُ المَاضِ
The perfect: the past tense verb e.g. ضَرَبَ (he hit)
المُثْبَتُ
A positive verb e.g. كَتَبَ - he wrote, يَكْتُبُ - he is writing or will write
المُفْرَدُ المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ
2nd person feminine singular (you single female wrote)
المُثَنَّى المُؤَنَّثُ المُخَاطَبُ
2nd person feminine dual (you two women wrote)
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.
التَّصْرِيفُ
The prohibitive: the verb in which a prohibition is given or understood, e.g. لا تَضْرِبْ
الفِعْلُ النَّهْى
التَّصْرِيفُ
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.
