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Ummu Sufyaan
11-12-2007, 11:32 AM
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im wondering if there is any hard and fast rules to get to the root of a word.
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muslim1
11-14-2007, 11:32 PM
Yes the root of a word in Arabic is considered by the past for. There are words whose past for is 3 letters, others 4 letters, others 5 letters and others 6 letters. :smile:
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muslim1
11-14-2007, 11:33 PM
Any further questions, It will be my pleasure to answer. :peace:
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Ummu Sufyaan
11-15-2007, 03:30 AM
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can you please give an example?
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muslim1
11-15-2007, 03:47 AM
Yes sure. :thumbs_up
For three letter verbs, you have: لعب، نصر، ركب، كتب، إلخ
For four letter verbs, you have: أنفق، بعثر، زيّن، بهرج، إلخ
For five letter verbs, you have: انصرف، انقطع، استمع، استلم، إلخ
For six letter verbs, you have: استخرج، استفسر، استنفد، استيقظ، إلخ
Hope it makes sense now :)
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Ummu Sufyaan
11-15-2007, 03:57 AM
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so in other words, if i want to know the root word of something, i look at its past tense form?
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muslim1
11-17-2007, 10:59 PM
maryam11
You are absolutely right :thumbs_up:sunny:
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amirah_87
11-18-2007, 12:17 PM
format_quote Originally Posted by
muslim1
Yes sure. :thumbs_up
For three letter verbs, you have: لعب، نصر، ركب، كتب، إلخ
For four letter verbs, you have: أنفق، بعثر، زيّن، بهرج، إلخ
For five letter verbs, you have: انصرف، انقطع، استمع، استلم، إلخ
For six letter verbs, you have: استخرج، استفسر، استنفد، استيقظ، إلخ
Hope it makes sense now :)
You could even go further and find the root words for the Rubaa'iy (
four letter verbs), the Khumaasiy (
five letter verbs), the Sudaasiy (
six letter verbs).. etc
eg:
The root of
أنفق is :
نفق
The root of
انصرف is :
صرف
The root of
استخرج is :
خرج
Wallaahu a'lam, Hope that helps.
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Ummu Sufyaan
11-19-2007, 06:56 AM
^ jazakallahu khair.
i kind of have a rough idea on how to get to the rot verb .basically what i do is play around with the word, until it sounds right lol:hiding: but then when i go and look for that word, it dosnt fit in with the rest of the sentecnce, and i think what i have done wrong is find a whole different word. so, yeah, i was wondering if there were hard and fast rules.
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seeker_of_ilm
11-19-2007, 09:02 AM
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Learn basic Sarf, that'll help you alot in finding root words.
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Ummu Sufyaan
11-19-2007, 09:37 AM
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jazakallahu khair. can anyne recommend me any books on this? (beginners level).
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asadxyz
11-19-2007, 10:04 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by
maryam11
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jazakallahu khair. can anyne recommend me any books on this? (beginners level).
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http://al-inaam.com/Books/Treasures_...Morphology.pdf
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seeker_of_ilm
11-19-2007, 06:00 PM
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I personally use some sheets I got a hold of. But I hear a lot of good things about
this. So insha'Allaah you could try.
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Rare Rose
11-19-2007, 07:01 PM
Yes the root of Arabic language is the past tense
For example:
In English ( He wrote)
In Arabic (كتب)
We don't use pronoun like he=هو
We can't say هو كتب
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muslim1
12-01-2007, 10:52 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by
Rare Rose
Yes the root of Arabic language is the past tense
For example:
In English ( He wrote)
In Arabic (كتب)
We don't use pronoun like he=هو
We can't say هو كتب
Thank you Rare Rose :sunny:
I can say هو كتب
If I want to:
Assure that HE and no body else wrote, and
When I want to assure that he already wrote, and
When I want to remove any doubt that he dint write. :thumbs_up
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