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Root words
Form the main part of a
word, provide the basic
meaning of the word
Joined along with some other letters to
form different words which have related
meanings
Arabic words have three letter roots and
rarely four or five letter roots
Always maintain their order / specific
arrangement.
To know the translation of the word
To analyze the word
To use the Arabic dictionary one must
know the root of the word
TO Pass the tests
Why know the Roots ?
Eat
eating
eats
eaten
eatable
branching
words
Masdar
Root
Topic : 2
Huroof Illat
(Missing/Chilling
Letters)
Huroof Illat
•
•
•
Alif
Waaw
Yaa
You can call them sick letters - weak letters
They get tired easily
So when they appear in Roots , they may
Be Present
Or Absent
Or send another weak letter in their place
Huroof Illat
قَالHe said
Changed
قول
dropped
speech
قلSay !
Present
َيقَولHe says
can be the first radical
For Example :
ي ق ن ون
ُ ُيُو ِقن
can be the second radical
For Example:
ق و م
can be the third Radical For Example:
ُيُقِيمُون
ه د ي ٱ ۡه ُِدنا
Huroof Illat :
Can there be more
than one defective
letters in one Root?
Yes there can be
ۡ
َّ
َلِّلمتقِين
و ق ي
Example : Surah Al Baqarah : 2
• Normal Root words You just
need to recognize them
• Root words with defective letters
You have to learn them
Meat of the
matter is
• Let’s give some examples!
More Examples
The Double Lettered Root
word….
• In Some Root words the Second and Third Radical are
identical
• In Such cases the second radical will have shaddah
• Example : The word ِّ
ّ َربis from root رب ب
• Shaddah means “The Letter
is twice”
In other words…
ين •
ضالّ َّ
يَ ُم ُّد ُهمّ •
صمّ•
ُ
َربهّ •
Other Examples….
• Not every shaddah means identical root letters.
• For Example :
ّبَشر بّشّر
Keep in mind ….