{"id":67,"date":"2009-06-22T05:50:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T09:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=67"},"modified":"2014-06-18T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T15:36:23","slug":"word-formation-in-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/word-formation-in-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"Word formation in Arabic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morphology or word formation is a very powerful concept in Arabic, and if a learner knows the word-formation rules in Arabic, he\/she will find it very helpful in their future learning. Arabic is a highly derivational language, i.e. you can make words from the same root by using different forms. In English, for example, we have words like, nation, national, nationalize, nationalization, etc. that are related to each other in form and meaning. Arabic is the same, and there are rules that govern how words are derived from each other. In this post, I give an example of a root and derivatives to demonstrate the power of this concept in Arabic grammar. In the future, I will explain the rules for making different types of forms form certain rules. If we consider the root (<\/span>\u0639\u0644\u0645<\/span>) \u2018to know\u2019, there are so many words that we can derive from it, e.g. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

Knew<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Science\/knowledge<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0639\u0650\u0644\u0652\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Sciences<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0639\u0644\u0648\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Scientist<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0650\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Known<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0645\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0644\u0648\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Information<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0645\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0644\u0648\u0645\u0629<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Informatics<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0645\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0644\u0648\u0645\u0627\u062a\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Taught<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Education<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u062a\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0644\u064a\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Teacher<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0645\u064f\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0651\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Learned<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Learning <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064f\u0651\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Educated (person)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0645\u064f\u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0651\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Teachings (e.g. religious)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u062a\u064e\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Media<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0625\u0650\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Information (e.g. info. Desk)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u0627\u0650\u0633\u0652\u062a\u0650\u0639\u0652\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0627\u062a<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this table, it is clear that all these words are related to each other in meaning, as they are all related to the concept of knowledge. If the learner of Arabic knows the rules for deriving different forms, it will be possible for them to guess the meanings of words they do not know by relating them to a certain root that gives the basic meaning and a certain patterns that gives it its specific meaning. It would also be possible for learners to make words that they did not know before by applying the rules for making the particular form to the root. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Morphology or word formation is a very powerful concept in Arabic, and if a learner knows the word-formation rules in Arabic, he\/she will find it very helpful in their future learning. Arabic is a highly derivational language, i.e. you can make words from the same root by using different forms. In English, for example, we…<\/p>\n

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