Mapping Arabic Language

Mapping Arabic Language - Word Morphology

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An utterance is called لفظ. 

The utterances are of two types; 

1. Meaningless مهمل - the utterances that do not make any sense are meaningless utterances.

   
   

2. Meaningful موضوع - the utterance that makes sense. There are two types of utterances.

   
   

Words مفرد

If an utterance is made up of one word, it is called مفرد. It is a single word. There are only three types of mufrid words in the Arabic language.

• Ism - Noun اسم

  Name of a person, place, thing, idea or concept. 

  
  

• Fa’il - Verb فعل

  A word that shows action.

  It has time or tense attached to it. 

  
  

• Harf - Particle حرف

  A word that is neither an Ism nor a verb is called a harf in Arabic.

  
  

  It does not make sense alone. 

  To make sense it is used with a noun or a verb.

Compounds مركب Mapping Arabic Language

The other type of utterance is a compound. It is a combination of two or more words.

There are two types of compounds

Complete sentence  جملة مفيد / مركب تام

Combination of words from which an information, order, desire, command, or wish is understood. Eg. He is a good man.

Essentially there are two types of sentences in Arabic.

• Nominal Sentence جملة اسميّة

  A sentence starting with a noun. 

• Verbal Sentence جملة فعليّة

  A sentence starting with a verb.

Incomplete sentence جملة غير مفيد / مركب ناقص

A compound, also called a fragment is a combination of words from which no information, order, or desire is understood. Or you can say, it is not a complete sentence, but a part of a sentence. Eg. Good man.

• Possessive Phrasse  مركب اضافى 

  Phrase or fragment that shows possession.

• Descriptive Phrase مركب توصيفى 

  Phrase or fragment that describes a noun.

• Indicative Phrase مركب اشارى

  A fragment that shows an indication or pointing towards something.

• Prepositional Phrase مركب جاري

  A phrase that uses prepositions like on, in, at, to

• Conjunctional Phrase مركب عطفي

  Phrases that use conjunctions like and, because, but.

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