Saturday, November 02, 2013

Arabic Roots, Patterns & Augmentative Letters 2 - ا

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ا as Augmentative Letter.
The ا can be judged to be augmentative in following cases:

When the ا is accompanied by 3 or more root letters.
Other augmentative letters may also accompany the ا , e.g., ن
The ا at the end of last 3 examples is written ى but spoken like ا and is called ألف مقصورة

فَعَّال - تَوَّاب - ت و ب
فُعَّال - كُبَّار - ك ب ر
فِعَّال - كِذَّاب - ك ذ ب
فَعْلَان - حَيْرَان - ح ي ر
فُعْلَان - سُلْطَان - س ل ط
فِعْلَان - رِضْوَان - ر ض و
فَعَلَان - رَمَضَان - ر م ض
فَعِلَان - قَطِرَان - ق ط ر
فَعْلَآء - نَعْمَآء - ن ع م
فُعْلَآء - عُشْرَآء - ع ش ر

فُعَلَآء - كُبَرَآء - ك ب ر
فِعْلِيَآء - كِبْرِيَآء - ك ب ر
فُعْلَا - دُنْيَا - د ن و
تِفْعَال - تِبْيَان - ب ي ن
فَعَال - سَلَام - س ل م
فُعَال - تُرَاب - ت ر ب
فِعَال - كِتَاب - ك ت ب
فَعْفَاع (فَعْلَال) - صَلْصَال - ص ل ص ل
فِعْفَاع (فِعْلَال) - زِلْزَال - ز ل ز ل
فَاعُول - كَافُور - ك ف ر
مِفْعَال - مِثْقَال - ث ق ل
فَاعَل - خَاتَم - خ ت م
فَاعِل - كَاتِب - ك ت ب
فُعَالِل - سُرَادِق - س ر د ق
فَاعَلَ - جَاهَدَ - ج ه د
تَفَاعَلَ - تَكَاثَرَ - ك ث ر
فَعْلَى - دَعْوَى - د ع و
فُعْلَى - يُسْرَى - ي س ر
فِعْلَى - ذِكْرَى - ذ ك ر


Note:
In قَالَ it is not augmentative since it is accompanied by only 2 root letters.
The ا و ي can be converted between each other in words, like قَالَ , in which 2nd root letter is converted from و to ا . A separate series on conversion will inshaALLAH cover more on this conversion issue.
فَعَلَ (فَالَ) - قَوَلَ (قَالَ) - ق و ل