مثنى
مثنى- “dual form” Definition: an ism that refers to two members of a single category of beings, like two students or two maṣdars and has the suffix ألف…
مثنى- “dual form” Definition: an ism that refers to two members of a single category of beings, like two students or two maṣdars and has the suffix ألف…
الجمع- “plural form” Definition: an ism that refers to three or more members of a single category of beings, like three or more Muslims or three or more…
منسوب- “associative form” Definition: an ism that associates the referent with a person, place, or thing. It is constructed by suffixing a yāʾ mushaddadah, termed yāʾ al-nisbah, to…
مصغّر- “diminutive form” Definition: an ism that indicates smallness or a generally lowly or lesser quality of something.
مؤنث حقيقي- “real feminine noun” Definition: a noun that refers to a female person or animal.
مصدر صناعي- “constructed maṣdar” Definition: a type of مصدر constructed through the adding of a yāʾ mushaddadah and a tāʾ to any ism, so as to create an…
مصدر ميمي- mīm–maṣdar Definition: a type of مصدر, other than the original مصدر, that is constructed by replacing the حرف مضارعة in the 1st صيغة of the مضارع-form…
مبالغة- “intensification” There are various morphological ways of indicating an intensified meaning, for example, through the تفعيل-form in verbs, and through the صيغة المبالغة in isms.
ابواب ثلاثي مجرد- “three-lettered verb forms” Definition: The base verb (in other words, non-increased form) of the three-lettered verb has 6 different possible forms. These 6 possibilities are…
سماعي- “variable”; “irregular”; “non-rule based” Definition: A morphological change that does not occur based on an identifiable-rule. These changes are usually identified based on usage, hence the name.…