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The Diminutive Posted by aziza on Jun 10, 2016
The diminutive (اسم التصغير) is a form used to refer to a smaller or diminishing form of certain nouns and adjectives. It follows the pattern (فُعَيْل) For example, The diminutive of (كتاب) is (كُتَيب) The diminutive of (عبد) is (عُبَيد) The diminutive of (مهر) is (مُهَیر) The diminutive of (جبل) is (جُبَيل) The diminutive of…