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The 4-letter verB

Verbs are generally of two (2) kinds:

1. One that has ORGINAL letters only which is called ‫ﺩ‬‫ﺠﺮ‬

 ‫ﻣ‬ . It literally means “stripped off”
or “free”. A letter that is of this kind is free from having extra letters.

a. 3-letter verb e.g ‫ﺐ‬

 ‫ﻫ‬ ‫ ﹶﺫ‬, ‫ﺝ‬
 ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﺧ‬
b. 4-letter verb e.g. ‫ﺝ‬
 ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫ﺩ‬ (to roll e.g. roll a stone), ‫ﺱ‬
 ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﺳ‬ ‫ﻭ‬ (whisper)
2. One that has EXTRA letters which is called ‫ﻴﻪ‬‫ﺪ ﻓ‬ ‫ﻣﺰﹺﻳ‬ . These verbs may either be 4, 5 or 6
letters and means any of the following:

• a 3-letter verb having ONE extra letter added to it making it a 4-letter verb e.g. ‫ﻡ‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﹶﺃ ﹾﻛ‬
(was generous)
• a 3-letter verb having TWO extra letters added to it making it a 5-letter verb e.g.

‫ﺐ‬
 ‫ﻧ ﹶﻘﹶﻠ‬‫ﺍ‬ ( turned over)
• a 3-letter verb having THREE extra letters added to it making it a 6-letter verb e.g.

‫ﺝ‬
 ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﺨ‬
 ‫ﺘ‬‫ﺳ‬ ‫ﺍ‬ (extracted)
• a 4-letter verb having ONE extra letter added to it making it a 5-letter verb e.g.

‫ﺝ‬
 ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﺗ‬ [meaning not given yet]

The 3-letter verb with ONE letter added to it is of THREE (3) Chapters: ( ، ‫ﻣﺎﺿﻲ‬
‫ﻀﺎﺭﻉ‬‫ﺼﺪﺭ & ﻣ‬‫) ﻣ‬

1. Chapter One: ‫ ﺇﻓﹾﻌﺎ ﹰﻻ‬،‫ﻌﻞﹸ‬ ‫ﻳ ﹾﻔ‬ ،‫ﻌﻞﹶ‬ ‫ﹶﺃ ﹾﻓ‬

2. Chapter Two: ‫ﻼ‬
‫ﻴ ﹰ‬‫ﺗ ﹾﻔﻌ‬ ،‫ﻌﻞﹸ‬ ‫ﻳ ﹶﻔ‬ ،‫ﻌﻞﹶ‬ ‫ﹶﻓ‬
3. Chapter Three: ‫ﻋﹶﻠ ﹰﺔ‬ ‫ﻣ ﹶﻔﺎ‬ ،‫ﻋﻞﹸ‬ ‫ﻳ ﹶﻔﺎ‬ ،‫ﻋﻞﹶ‬ ‫ﹶﻓﺎ‬
My Notes in Sarf 2 – Bintu Jose as-Salafiyyah # 1