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Sarf Glossary

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مزيد فيه

September 19, 2016 1 min read

مزيد فيه- “increased form” Definition: A word that, in addition to its root letters, contains non-root letters.

مزيد فيه

December 23, 2016 1 min read

مزيد فيه- “increased form” Definition: A verb that contains one or more additional letters in the first ṣīghah of its māḍī-form.  

مشتق

September 17, 2016 1 min read

مشتق- “a variant word” A مشتق is a word that is derived from either a root word or another variant. Example: عَلِمَ (he knew), and مُعَلِّم (a teacher);…

مصدر

December 23, 2016 1 min read

المصدر- maṣdar or “verbal noun” Definition: a word that refers solely to an action or state without reference to tense, like:  ضرب (hitting/to hit), and حسن (goodness, being…

مصدر صناعي

December 23, 2016 1 min read

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

December 23, 2016 1 min read

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…

مصغّر

December 23, 2016 1 min read

مصغّر- “diminutive form” Definition: an ism that indicates smallness or a generally lowly or lesser quality of something.

مضارع

December 23, 2016 1 min read

مضارع- “imperfect/present verb” Definition: an action or state occurring in the present and/or the future, like in: يضرب and يحسن.

مضاعف

September 19, 2016 1 min read

مضاعف- “doubled verb” Definition: A verb that contains a doubled letter. Example: عضّ (“he bit”)

مضاف

December 23, 2016 1 min read

المضاف- “muḍāf” Definition: an ism that is defined through its muḍāf ilayh. In other words, whenever an indefinite ism is in an iḍāfah-construct with a definite ism, the construct makes…