GLOSSARY OF

ARABIC GRAMMAR TERMS

‫ األجْ َوف‬Hollow Verb (Middle is a weak letter)

‫ أ َ َدة ُ الت َّ ْع ِريف‬The Definite Article
‫ أ َدوات ( ُح ُروف) ال َجر‬The Prepositions
‫ أ َ َدوات الجزم‬The particles (conditional Pronouns which introduce the verb in
the Jussive Case.
‫ ال َجزم‬The Jussive Case (w/ verbs)
ْ َّ‫ أ َدوات الن‬The particles which introduce the verb in Accusative Case.
‫صب‬
‫ أ َ ْس َما ٌء‬/ ‫ ِإ ْس ٌم‬Noun/ Nouns.
‫ األ ْس َما ُء الخمسة‬The Five Nouns (‫ ذُو‬,‫ فو‬,‫ حمو‬, ‫ أخ‬,‫)أبو‬
‫ أ َ ْس َما ُء اإل ْستِفهام‬The Interrogative Pronouns.
‫ أ َ ْس َما ُء اإلشارة‬The Demonstrative Pronouns.
‫ ِإ ْس ُم الفا ِعل‬Active Participle
‫ إس ُم المفعول‬Passive Participle.
‫صولة‬
ُ ‫اإلسما ُء المو‬
ِ The Relative Pronouns.
َّ ‫ ال‬Conditional
‫ش ْرط‬
‫شرطيَّة‬
ِ ‫جملة‬: Conditional Phrase.
‫ أ َ َداة شَرط‬: Conditional Particle.
‫ضافَة‬
َ ‫ اإل‬A Genitive Construction
‫ ال ُم ْع َرب‬The vowel of the last consonant in a verb or noun is dynamic.
َ ‫ األ َ ْفعَا ُل الخم‬The Imperfect verb with (you feminine singular, you
‫سة‬
masculine dual, they masc. Dual, you masc. Plural, they masc. Plural)
‫ أ َ ْفعَ َل‬Comparative & Superlative
‫ أ ِلف التَّأْنِيت الممدودة‬Feminine Noun ending with Alif &
Hamzah ( ‫صحْ َراء‬ َ )
‫ أ ِلف التَّأْنِيت المقصورة‬Feminine Noun ending with (‫) ى‬
‫س ْلمى‬
َ , ‫ ُح ْبلَى‬.......
‫ البدل‬Substitute
‫ المبني‬The end of a word, noun, verb or particle is static. Some employs
the term “indeclension”.
ْ َّ ‫ ألت‬The Diminutive Pattern.
‫ص ِغيْر‬
‫ التَّعَ ُّجب‬The Verbal Exclamatory Style.
‫ الت َّ ْمييز‬An Accusative of specification & comparison & measurement.
‫" الت َّ ْن ِويْن‬Nunation" (duplicate vowel of the last consonant).
‫ الت َّ ْو ِكيْد‬Added word for emphasis.
ِ ‫ الت َّ ْف‬Comperative & Superlative
‫ضيْل‬
‫ مجرور‬/‫ حالة ال َجر‬Genitive (with nouns).
‫ َمجْ ُزو ٌم‬/‫ حالَة الجزم‬Jussive (with verbs)
‫ َج ْم ٌع‬Plural
‫ َجمع ت َ ْك ِسيْر‬Broken Plural
َ ‫ َج ْمع ُم َذ َّكر‬Masculine Sound Plural
‫سا ِلم‬
‫ جمع ُم َؤنَّث سالم‬Feminine Sound Plural
‫ جملة ِإس ِْميَّة‬Sequential Sentence (Nominal)
‫ ُجملة فعليَّة‬Verbal Sentence
‫ ال َحال‬Haal Accusative
‫رف ال َجر‬
ُ ‫ َح‬The preposition
‫الزيا َدة‬
ِ ‫ حروف‬The Ten Letters (one or more added to the Root of the Verb
to derive different meanings.
(‫ ا‬, ‫ ه‬, ‫ ي‬, ‫ ن‬,‫ و‬, ‫ م‬,‫ ت‬, ‫ ل‬, ‫ أ‬, ‫) س‬
ِ ( ‫سأ َ ْلت ُ ُمونِ ْي َها‬
‫للحفظ‬ َ )
‫ ُحروف العطف‬The conjunctions.
‫ حروف ال ِه َجاء‬The Alphabet.
‫ الخبر‬The Predicate
َّ ‫ َحالَة‬Nominative ( Verbs & Nouns).
‫ مرفوع‬/ ‫الرفع‬
‫س ُكون‬
ُ / ‫سا ِك ٌن‬
َ Absence of Vowels
‫ ِش ْبهُ ال ُج ْملَة‬Prepositional Phrase
‫الصلَة‬
ِ ‫أ ْس َماء‬/ Relative Pronoun
 ‫صولَة‬
ُ ‫األسماء ال َم ْو‬
ُ‫الص ِِلَة‬
ِ Attributive Relative Clause
‫ الض َِّميْر‬The Personal Pronoun.
‫ العَلَم‬A proper Noun
‫ الفا ِعل‬Actor , (The doer of the verb (comes only after the verb.
‫ فِ ْعل أَمر‬Imperative
ِ ‫ ال ِف ْع ُل ال َم‬The Perfect Tense.
‫اضي‬
‫ الفعل الثُالثِي‬The Triliteral Verb (‫)فَ َع َل‬
‫الالزم‬
ِ ‫ ال ِف ْع ُل‬An Intransitive Verb
‫ أل ِف ْع ُل ال ُمت َ َعدِي‬A transitive Verb.
‫فعل ثالثِي ُم َج َّرد ال ِف ْع ُل ال ُم َج َّرد‬
‫ فِ ْع ٌل ُم َج َّرد ال ِف ْع ُل ال َم ِزيْد‬+ one or more of the Increase Letters.
‫ارع‬
ِ ‫ض‬َ ‫ ال ِف ْع ُل ال ُم‬The Imperfect Tense ( indicates present or future Tense).
‫ ال ِف ْع ُل ال ُم ْعت َل‬The Weak Verb
‫ ال ِفع ُل المبنِي للمجهول‬Passive verb
‫ ال ِف ْع ُل المبني للمعلوم‬Active Verb
ِ ‫ ال ِف ْع ُل ال َم‬Perfect Tense
‫اضي‬
‫ ال النَّا ِف َية‬La of Negation.
‫ َما النَّافِية‬Ma of Negation.
ُ ‫ ال ُم ْبت َ َدأ‬The subject of a Sequential (Nominal) Sentence.
‫ ال َم ْبنِي‬With a static case-ending.
‫ المبنِي للمعلوم‬Active Voice
‫ ال َم ْبنِي ِل ْل َمجْ ُهول‬Passive Voice
‫ المثال‬A Verb starting with (‫ ي‬, ‫)و‬
‫ ال ُمثَنَّى‬Dual
‫ أل ُم ْست َثْنَى‬Exceptive
‫دوات اإل ْستِثْنَاء‬
َ َ ‫ أ‬Exceptive Particles
‫ص َدر‬
ْ ‫ ال َم‬Infinitive/ Verbal Noun
‫ضافَة‬
َ ‫اإل‬
ِ Genitive Construction
1 ‫ضاف‬
َ ‫ال ُم‬st Particle of the construction
2 ‫ضاف إِلَ ْي ِه‬
َ ‫ ال ُم‬2nd Particle of the construction
‫ ال ُمعَ َّرف‬A Definite Noun
‫ المفعُول بِ ِه‬An Accusative Object.
‫ ال َم ْفعُول فِ ْي ِه‬Adverbal Qualification of Time or Place.
ْ ‫ ال َم ْفعُو ُل ال ُم‬Cognate Accusative (The Absolute Object.)
‫طلَق‬
‫)ال َم ْفعُول َمعَهُ ( َمع واو ال َم ِعيَّة‬
ُ‫ ال َم ْفعُول لَه‬Adverbal Qualification of Purpose
( ‫طاهُ َه ِديَّةً ث َ ِم ْينَةً ت َ ْعبِي َْرا ً عن ت َ ْق ِدي ِْر ِه‬
َ ‫) أ ْع‬
ُ ‫ أل َم ْق‬A noun ending with long Vowel (‫)ا‬
‫صور‬
‫ ْأل َم ْمدُود‬A noun ending with a long vowel(‫)ا‬
Followed by (‫)ء‬.
‫صرف‬
َّ ‫ الممنوع ِمن ال‬An unnonated noun.
‫ المنقُوص‬A noun ending with (‫)ي‬
(‫)إ ْس ُم فَا ِع ٍل ُم ْشت ٌَّق من الفعل النَّاقِص‬
‫ب الفا ِعل‬
ُ ِ‫ نَائ‬Subject of the Predicate (Substitute of the Doer of the Verb)
(It comes only with Passive Verbs).
‫الن ْس َبة‬
ِ Nisbah (Attributive Form)
ُ ‫ َم ْن‬/ ‫صب‬
‫صوب‬ ْ َّ‫ ألن‬Accusative (w/ nouns )
Subjunctive (w/verb).
ِ َ ‫ أ‬The Adjective.
‫ ألنَّ ْعت‬/‫لصفَة‬
‫ النَّ ِك َرة‬A common noun
‫ نُون التَّو ِكيْد ن‬of emphasis
ُ ُ‫ ن‬The feminine plural pronoun
‫ون النِس َْوة ن‬
‫عة وا‬
َ ‫ َواو الج َما‬The masculine Plural Pronoun
‫ أ َ ِلف اإلثْنَيْن ا‬The dual pronoun.
َ ‫ يَاء ال ُمخَا‬The you feminine Pronoun.
‫طبَة ي‬
ٌ ‫ ه َْمزَ ة‬A glottal stop
‫ وزن ال ِفعل‬The Pattern of the verb.