معتل- “weak verb” Definition: A verb that has one or more “weak” letters among its roo..
Category : Sarf Glossary
المعرف بالألف و اللام- “A word defined by the definite article” Definition: a definite ism that refers to a specific referent by means of the definite article (ال), like in: ضَرَبَنَي الرَجُلُ, (The ma..
المعرفة- “definite ism” an ism whose referent is known and identified, either by the definite article like محمد or..
معلوم- “active voice” Definition: a word in which the verb’s active agent ..
المنادى- “munāda” Definition: a type of ism that is defined by being the object of a direct address and follows a vocative particle (ياء). There are a number of vocative particles, like يا and أيا, like in يا شرطي and أيا سائ..
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, t..
مهموز- “mahmūz” Definition: a verb that contains a همزة among its roo..
نائب الفاعل- “passive agent” Definition: the “subject” of the passive verb, where the active verb’s object becomes th..
نكرة- “indefinite ism” Definition: an ism whose referent is not known or identified, like رجل or قَرْيَ..
وزن الكلمة- “Word pattern” Definition: The basic structure of a word, distinguishing between the root letters and the added letters. To indicate the root letters, the first root letter is called the فاء الفعل and is replaced with a فاء, the second is the عين الفعل and is replaced with an عين, and the third, the ..
