Exercises
(The transliterations will be omitted from the exercises from this point on,
as the student should now be familiar enough with the Arabic script not to
need to rely on transliteration.)
Analyse each of the following nouns according to: a) the verb form number,
b) the first (basic) verb form, c) the grammatical form, i.e. whether it is an
active participle, passive participle, or verbal noun (mas
̇
dar).Noun of instrument Verb form I(a) Pattern ِم ْف َعا ٌل , e.g.
ِم ْن َشا ٌر^ minsˇa ̄run, saw َن َش َر nasˇara, to saw
ِم ْف َتا ٌح^ mifta ̄h
̇un, key َف َت َح fatah
̇a, to open(b) Pattern ِم ْف َع ٌل, e.g.
ِم ْب َر ٌد^ mibradun, file َب َر َد barada, to file
صٌّ ِم َق^ miqas
̇s
̇un, scissors صَّ َق qas
̇s
̇a, to cut(c) Pattern ِم ْف َعَل ٌة, e.g.
ِم ْك َن َس ٌة^ miknasatun, broom َك َن َس kanasa, to sweep
ِم ْن َش َف ٌة^ minsˇafatun, towel َن ِش َف nasˇifa, to dry
ل ٌمَُّم َع ل ٌمُّم َعَ َم ْق ُتو ٌل ِإ ْس ِت ْع َلا ٌم َم ْف ُهو ٌم
educated teacher information killed understood
َم ْس ُمو ٌع ُم ْس َت ْع ِم ٌر ِإ ْس ِت ْع َما ٌر َم ْخ ُطو ٌف َم ْغُلو ٌب
kidnapped colonizing colonial heard defeated
ُم َسا ِع ٌد ُم َرا ِس ٌل ُم َسا َم ٌح ُم َشا ِه ٌد ُم َباِل ٌغ
assistant spectator excused news correspondent exaggerator
ّم ٌسَُم َها ِج ٌر ُم ْس َت ْع َم ٌل ُم ْح َت َر ٌم ُم َت َح ُم ْس َت ْق َب ٌل
enthusiastic respected used emigrant, immigrant future
ِإ ْح ِت َرا ٌم ِإ ْض َرا ٌب ِإ ْم ِت َحا ٌن َم ْش ُهو ٌر ِإ ْن ِف َجا ٌر
famous exam strike respect explosion
165Participles,
verbal
nouns,
nouns of
place, time,
instrument