MEANING,

USE AND
RELATIONSHIP

M
E
A
S
U
R
E

THE TEN MEASURES OF THE TRILITERAL ARABIC VERB

VERBS

ACTIVE
PERFECT
)(Past

IMPERFECT
)(Present

IMPERATIVE
)(Command

NOUNS
PASSIVE
PERFECT
)(Past

IMPERFECT
)(Present

VERBAL
NOUN
)(MASDAR

AGENT
RECIPIENT
(ACTIVE
(PASSIVE
)PARTICIPLE) PARTICIPLE
)(Doer

NOUN OF
& PLACE
TIME

REGULAR

CAUSATIVE
INTENSIVE OR
DENOMINATIVE

II

III

IV

...

REFLEXIVE
OF II

REFLEXIVE
OF III

VI

PASSIVE OF
I

VII

REFLEXIVE
OF I

VIII

COLORS
DEFECTS

IX

CAUSATIVE
REFLEXIVE

RECIPROCAL
CAUSATIVE

Exaggeration:
:
Noun of Instrument:



:

Future:

Bahgat W. Malek DLIFLC, January 2007

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