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Sarf Glossary

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قياسي

December 23, 2016 1 min read

قياسي- “rule-based” Definition: A morphological change that occurs based on an identifiable rule.

كلمة

September 17, 2016 1 min read

كلمة- “Word”. a كلمة refers to a single unit of meaningful utterance (لفظ مفرد موضوع للمعنى).

لفظ مستعمل

September 17, 2016 1 min read

لفظ مستعمل- “an employed utterance”

لفظ مهمل

September 17, 2016 1 min read

لفظ مهمل- “a nonsensical utterance”

لين

September 19, 2016 1 min read

لين- “soft letter” Definition: A letter is “soft”  if it is a vowelless (ساكن) weak letter that is preceded by a فتحة. Example: قَوْل and دار.

مؤنث حقيقي

December 23, 2016 1 min read

مؤنث حقيقي- “real feminine noun” Definition: a noun that refers to a female person or animal.

مبالغة

December 23, 2016 1 min read

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.

مثنى

December 23, 2016 1 min read

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…

مجرد

September 19, 2016 1 min read

مجرد- “base form” Definition: An ism or verb that contains only root letters.

مجهول

December 23, 2016 1 min read

مجهول- “passive voice” Definition: a word where the verb’s active agent is not stated.