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المُفْرَدُ

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المُرَكَّبُ

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لَفْظ

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الإِسْمُ

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

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