root words form the main part of a word, provide the basic meaning of the word
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Root words
Form the main part of a word, provide the basic meaning of the word
Joined along with some other letters to form different words which have related meanings
Arabic words have three letter roots and rarely four or five letter roots
Always maintain their order / specific arrangement.
Why know the Roots ?
To know the translation of the word
To analyze the word
To use the Arabic dictionary one must know the root of the word
TO Pass the tests
Eat
eating eats eaten eatable
Masdar
Root
branching words
Topic : 2
Huroof Illat (Missing/Chilling Letters)
Huroof Illat
• Alif• Waaw• Yaa
Huroof Illat
You can call them sick letters - weak letters They get tired easily So when they appear in Roots , they may
Be Present Or Absent Or send another weak letter in their place
ل وق speech
لاق� He said
�ق" ل"وي He saysق"ل Say !
Changed
dropped
Present
Huroof Illat :
can be the first radical
For Example : ن ي ق " �ون"وق*ني
can be the second radical
For Example: م وق " �ون"ق*يمي
can be the third Radical For Example: د يه
د�ٱ �اه� ن
Can there be more than one defective letters in one Root?
Yes there can be
Example : Surah Al Baqarah : 2
ن� دي � ن م� ه� ل�
يق و
Meat of the matter is
• Normal Root words You just need to recognize them
• Root words with defective letters You have to learn them
More Examples
• Let’s give some examples!
The Double Lettered Root Word….
The Double Lettered Root word….
• In Some Root words the Second and Third Radical are identical
• In Such cases the second radical will have shaddah
• Example : The word �ب ر� is from root رب ب
In other words…
• Shaddah means “The Letter is twice”
Other Examples….
• ين�ضال• م) د,ه* ي�م*• م0 ص*• به ر�
Keep in mind ….
• Not every shaddah means identical root letters.• For Example :
ر ر ب�ش ش ب