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Part I
Verbal Nouns Active Participles Passive Participles Nouns of Place and Time
Part II
Nouns of Instance Nouns of Intensity and Profession Nouns of Instruments, Vehicles, and Vessels Relative Adjectives (Nisba) Nouns of Concept (Feminine Nisba)
-tion: Hibernate/Hibernation; Qualify/Qualification Gerund suffix -ing: Bake/Baking; Cook/Cooking -ant: Defend/Defendant; Claim/Claimant More Suffixes
The Arabic serves the same function as the English noun-forming suffix. Arabic has a small set of predictable, fixed noun-forming patterns, with one verbal noun pattern for each measure, with the exception of measure I.
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Active Participles
Measure I
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Active Participles
Active Participles for Measures II-X
Formed by adding the prefix and voweling the second radical of the root with the kesra II III IV V VI VII VIII IX - X -
Passive Participles
Measure I
Sound verbs
Hollow verbs
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Doubled Verbs
Passive Participles
Passive Participles for Measures II-X
Formed by adding the prefix and voweling the second radical of the root with a fatha II
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Show the location or time of the action of the verb Patterns for Measure I
Patterns for Measures II-X follow the pattern of the passive participle
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Nouns of Instance are used to indicate one occurrence of the meaning of the verb.
To strike = a strike or hit To punch = a hit or punch
To sit = session
Nouns of Intensity and Profession denote intensive meaning of the active participle.
Verb = Active Participle = Noun of Intensity/Profession To do = Doer = Effective (Done very well) To cook = one who is cooking = chef (professional cook)
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The feminine form of the Nouns of Intensity and Profession often denote Instruments and Vehicles.
Verb = Noun of Intensity/Profession = Noun of Instrument/Vehicle
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By adding the suffix or to nouns, the noun becomes an adjective related to the nouns original meaning.
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The Feminine Nisba is formed by adding the suffix to a noun, and it is often used to denote an abstract idea or concept.
Expression = Expressionism
Capital = Capitalism
Nation = Nationalism
Bibliography
All the Arabic You Never Learned the First Time Around by Jim Price A Student Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic by Eckehard Schulz