Arabic

العربية

Arabic is a Semitic language spoken by over 400 million people across the Middle East, North Africa, and other parts of the world. It is the official language of more than 20 countries and has a rich literary and cultural tradition. Arabic exists in two main forms: Modern Standard Arabic, used in formal settings, and various regional dialects used in everyday speech. Known for its flowing script and right-to-left writing direction, Arabic—like other Semitic languages—uses a root-based vocabulary system, where words are formed from sets of core consonants that carry related meanings.

الْحُرُوف ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة

(the alphabet and phonology)

ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي, ء

Like Syriac and Hebrew, Arabic is written and read from right to left.

The Arabic alphabet has 28 letters.

The letters of the Arabic alphabet, being derived from Syriac, are all consonants. Three letters ⟨ا⟩, ⟨و⟩ and ⟨ى⟩ are also used to represent long vowels.

⟨ى⟩ XXX –

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الحركات

(vowels)

Arabic vowels are represented by diacritics called “harakat” placed above or below the consonants. There are three short vowels and three long vowels:

Short vowels:

  • Fatha (ـَ): Represents the sound “a” as in “cat”.
  • Kasra (ـِ): Represents the sound “i” as in “sit”.
  • Damma (ـُ): Represents the sound “u” as in “put”.

Long vowels:

  • Alif (ا): Represents the sound “aa” as in “father”.
  • Waw (و): Represents the sound “uu” as in “boot”.
  • Ya (ي): Represents the sound “ii” as in “feet”.

In Modern Standard Arabic, short vowels are often omitted in writing, making it challenging for beginners to read and pronounce words correctly. However, in many dialects, short vowels are pronounced and sometimes even written.

أداة تَعرِيف

(the definite article)

ضَمِير

(pronouns)

اسماء الاشارة وحروف الاستفهام

اسم (الاسماء)

(adjectives, nouns & participles)

Nouns are the part of speech which are used in naming people, places, animals or things.

Person: رَجُلٌ

animals: كَلَبٌ

places: بَيْتٌ

things: كِتَابٌ

They can be classified in the following ways.

a) names of species اِسْمُ ٱلْجِنْسِ

  1. concrete nouns اِسْمُ ذَاتٍ, for example:
  2. abstract nouns اِسْمُ مَعْنًى, for example: language; love;

b) proper nouns

اِسْمُ عَلَمٍ

(proper noun)

A proper noun is a specific name for a person, place, or thing. Proper nouns in Arabic are always definite and so can be the subject of a nominal sentence

سَعِيد طَالِبٌ Sa’eed is a student

بَيْرُوتُ مَدِينَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ Beirut is a lovely city.

Proper nouns in Arabic

 (اسْم عَلَمٍ مُذَكَّر)

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اِسْمُ صِفَةٍ

(adjective)

An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. It tells us more about the noun or pronoun by adding information like color, size, shape, or quality.

Here are some examples:

  • The red ball is big and round.
  • The happy girl is tall and thin.
  • The delicious cake is sweet and moist.

In these examples, the adjectives are in bold. They tell us more about the nouns “ball,” “girl,” and “cake.”

اسن عَدَد

(numbers)

(cardinal numbers)

___

(preposition)

zero 0 – صِفْرٌ ٠

zero 1 – وَاحِدٌ ١

two 2 – اِثْنَانِ ٢

three 3 – ثَلَاثٌ ٣

four 4 – أَرْبَعٌ ٤

five 5 – خَمْسٌ ٥

six 6 – سِتٌّ ٦

seven 7 – سَبْعٌ ٧

eight 8 – ثَمَانٍ ٨

nine 9 – تِسْعٌ ٩

٠, ١, ٢, ٣, ٤, ٥, ٦, ٧, ٨, ٩

١٠, ١١, ١٢, ١٣, ١٤, ١٥, ١٦, ١٧, ١٨, ١٩, ٢٠

حَرْفُ جَرٍّ

(preposition)

مِنْ = from

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فِعل

(verb)

ظَرف

(adverb)

حَرف عَطف

(conjunction)

Abairt*********

(phrases)

(proper nouns)

المصدر al-masdar, verbal noun

اسم الفاعل ismu l-faail, active participle

اسم المفعول ismu l-mafuul , passive participle

أَقْسَامُ الْكَلَامِ) قِسْمُ الْكَلَامِ) – part(s) of speech = الاسماء, الافعال, الحرعف

حَرْفُ ٱلنِّدَاءِ – vocative particle يَا

Abbreviations – الختصارات

اِسْمُ صِفَةٍصadj.adjective
ظَرفظadv.adverb
حالحadv.adverb
أداة تَعرِيفart.article
فِعل مُساعدv.aux.auxiliary verb
أداة شَرطأ شرconditional
حَرف عَطفconj.conjunction
صيغة مُختَصَرةcontr.contracted form
أداة إشارةأ إشdemonstrative
تَعَجُّبexcl.exclamation
مُؤَنَّثمfeminine
تَعَجُّبinterj.interjection
مُذَكَّرمذmasculine
فعل مُساعِدv.m.modal verb
أداة نَفيأ نneg.negative
اسمسn.noun
عَدَدعدnum.numeral
أداة تَشبيةأ تشparticle of comparison
عِبارة فِعلv.phr.phrasal verb
جَمْعٌجpl.plural
أدات مِلكِيَّةأ مpossessive
حَرْفُ جَرٍّحجprep.preposition
ضَمِيرٌضpron.pronoun
أداة استِفهامأ إسquestion forms
مُفرَدمفsg.singular
نَقْحَرَةٌنقtransliteration
فِعلفv.verb

The Alphabet

ه
اا
ـبـبـبـب
ـتـتـتـت
ـثـثـثـث
ـجـجـجـج
ـحـحـحـج
ـحـخـخـخ
ـدـددد
ـذـذذذ
ـرـررر
ـزـززز
ـسـسـسـس
ـشـشـشـش
ـصـصـصـص
ـضـضـضـض
ـطـطـطـط
ـظـظـظـظ
ـعـعـعـع
ـغـغـغـغ
ـفـفـفـف
ـقـقـقـق
ـكـكـكـك
ـلـلـلـل
ـمــمـمـم
ـنـنـنـن
ـهـهـهـه
ـوـووو
ـيـيـيـي

هَمْزَةُ ٱلْقَطْعِ (hamzatu lqati) Hamzat al-qat : The strong Hamza

هَمْزَةُ ٱلْوَصْلِ (hamzatu lwasli) Hamzat al-wasl : Weak Hanmza

The Vowels الْحَرَكَاتُ

فَتْحَة (fatha)

كَسْرَة (kasra)

ضَمَّة (damma)

The absence of a vowel is marked by sukoon (سُكُون)

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government : عَمَلٌ

مَصْدَر : masdar – verbal noun

noun; اسْم

تَصْغِير – diminuitive at-taSghiir

the five nouns: الْأَسْمَاءُ ٱلْخَمْسَةُ

the dual: al-muthannaa الْمُثَنَّى

الْجَمْعُ – plural

the sound feminine plural – جَمْع مُؤَنَّث سَالِم

the sound masculine plural – جَمْع مُذَكَّر سَالِم

there are three (3) cases; the nominative, the genitive and the accusative

there are three (3) numbers: singular (⟨مُفْرَدٌ⟩ /mufradun/), dual (⟨مُثَنًّى⟩ /muthannan/) and plural (⟨جَمْعٌ⟩ /jamun/)

الأسماء الخمسة al-asmaa al-xamsa, the five nouns. ab, ax, fuu, Ham, dhuu

الْجَمْعُ ٱلسَّالِمُ

(The Sound Plural)

الْمصدر

(The Verbal noun)

Form 1

Form 2

Form 3

Form 4

Form 5

Form 6

Form 7

Form 8

Form 9

Form 10

ضَمَائِرُ مُنْفَصِلَة

(Independent Pronouns)

ضَمَائِرُ مُنْفَصِلَة

(Independent Pronouns)

أَنَا
أَنْتَ
أَنْتِ
هُوَ
هِيَ

ضَمَائِرُ مُتَّصِلَة

(Suffixed Pronouns)

ـنَاـِي
ـكُمْـكُمَاـكَ
ـكُنَّـكُمَاـكِ
ـهُمْ, ـهِمْـهُمَا, ـهِمَاـهُ, ـهِ
ـهُنَّ, ـهِنَّـهُمَا, ـهِمَاـهَا

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(Interrogative Pronouns)

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.

what is this? – مَا هٰذَا؟

what is that? – مَا ذٰلِكَ؟

who is he? – مَنْ هُوَ؟

تنوين tanween, nunation

رف raf, nominative

جر jarr, genitive

نصب nasb, accusative

النداء al-nidda, the vocative

الفاعيل al-faail, the subject

جملة فعلية jumla fi’iyya, verbal sentence

المبتدأ, الخبر al-mubtada, alxabar, the subject and the predicate of an equational sentence جملة اسمية(jumla ismiyya)

Verb

A verb is a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being. For example, in the sentence “The cat runs across the yard,” the word “runs” is a verb that expresses the action of running.

Verb forms

I – The base form of the verb. Verbs may be intransitive or transitive.

II – Corresponds to Aramaic ‘Pael’, Palestinian and Phoenician ‘pa”ol’. Akkadian ‘:

Transitive version of intransitive base verbs. Causative of transitively base verbs. Said to have an intensive or repeated action meaning. Can be derived verbs from nouns

III -Often has an associative meaning. Kaatilu

IV – Corresponds to Aramaic ‘shaphel’ or ‘aphel’, Palestinian and Phoenician ‘haphel’. Akkadian ‘:

Causative of form 1 if transitive. If base form is intransitive then the verb will be transitive. If the base form is transitive then the verb will be doubly transitive.

Make X to y

Cause X tondo y

V – reflexive of form II

VI – reciprocal of form III

VII – reflexive, resultative, passive, mediopassive

VIII

IX

X

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بَنُو أُمَيَّة

Umayyads

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بَنُو العباس

Abbasids

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مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ – أَنَا who are you? — I am …

مَا اِسْمُكَ؟ – اِسْمِي what is your name? – my name is

هَلْ أَنْتَ ….؟ – نَعَمْ, أَنَا are you …? – yes, I am…

مَنْ هُوَ؟ – هُوَ who is he? — he is …

البيان المثبت Positive Statement.

أَكَلَ الرَّجُلُ الرُّمَّانَ – the man ate the pomegranate

يَأْكُلُ الرَّجُلُ الرُّمَّانَ – the man eats the pomegranate

البيان المنفى Negative Statement.

مَا أَكَلَ الرَّجُلُ الرُّمَّانَ – the man did not eat the pomegranate

لَمْ يَأْكُلِ* الرَّجُلُ الرُّمَّانَ – the man did not eat the pomegranate

لَا يَأْكُلُ الرَّجُلُ الرُّمَّانَ – the man does not eat the pomegranate

لَا يَأْكُلُ الرَّجُلُ الرُّمَّانَ – the man will not eat the pomegranate

لَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ الرُّمَّانَ – the man will not eat the pomegranate

الْجِنْسُ Gender

الصِّيغَةُ الْعَدِيدَةُ Number

الْجُمْلَةُ الْاِسْمِيَّةُ Nominal Sentence.

(خَبَر) (مُبْتَدَا) (subject) (predicate)

الرَّجُلُ آكِلٌ the man is eating

الرَّجُلُ فِي الْبَيْتِ the man is in the house

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Months

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رُكْنُ ٱللُّغَةُ ٱلطَّائِيَّةُ

(Tayyaye Corner)

Vocative Particle

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