The Verbal Noun (Masdar) – Beginners Grammar 13.9

Arabic Grammar for Beginners · Lesson 13.9

قَوَاعِدُ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ لِلْمُبْتَدِئِينَ

Section 13.9 – Derivative 9 The Source اَلْمَصْدَرُ al-mas-da-ru Examples

 

As mentioned before. the source is similar to an infinitive in English language. The infinitive is a grammar term that refers to a basic Verb form that acts as a Noun and is often preceded by the word "to". Exceptions do occur though and It is not always preceded by to.

 

The source is that which defines the work that is being done like “to listen سَمِعٌ sa-mi-‘un”. We know that its root is س م عwith form I سas you will find out later.

 

 

There are no particular rules for making a Source اَلْمَصْدَرُ al-mas-da-ruand there is a large number of scales that are used and we are dependent upon the native speakers to determine the source for a given root. Below are some examples for words used extensively in Qur’an:

 

Masdar examples

 

Verb English	Verb Past tense فِعلُ الْمَاضىْ Fei’l-ul-maa-di	Source المَصدَرُ Al-mas-da-ru Meaning	Source المَصدَرُ Al-mas-da-ru Scales
He knew	عَلِمَ   ‘ali-ma	knowledge	عِلْمًا   ‘i-man
He made, created	جَعَلَ   Ja’-a-la	To make	جَعْلاً   Ja’-lan
He disbelieved/hide	كَفَرَ   Ka-fa-ra	To disbelieve/hide	كُفْرًا   Kuf-ran
He came	جَآءَ   Jaa-‘a	To bring	جِئًا   Ji-‘an
He worked	عَمِلَ   ‘ami-la	To work	عَمَلاً   ‘ama-lan
He saw	رَءَا   Ra-‘aa	To see	رُؤيةً   Roo-ya-tan
He came	أَتَى   ataa	To come	إِتْيَانًا   It-yaa-nan
He willed	شَآءَ   Sha-‘a	To will	شَيْئًا   Shai-an
He created	خَلَقَ   Kha-la-qa	To create	خَلْقًا   Kha-la-qan
He called upon, invoked	دَعَا   Da-‘aa	To call/ask	دُعَاءً   Du-aa-an
He guided/advised	هَدَى   Ha-daa	To guide	هُدَىً   Hu-dan
He caught, grabbed	أَخَذَ   a-kha-za	To take	أَخْذًا   Akha-zan
He adored, worshiped	عَبَدَ   ‘a-ba-da	To worship	عِبادَةً   ‘Ibaa-da-tan
He was unfair, unjust	ظَلَمَ   Za-la-ma	To be unfair, unjust	ظُلْمًا   Zul-ma
He asked, inquired	سَأَلَ   Sa-a-la	To question	سُؤالًا   Suwaa-lan
He discovered, found out	وَجَدَ   Wa-ja-da	To find/discover	وَجْدًا   Waj-dan
He ate	أَكَلَ   aa-ka-la	To eat	أَكْلاً   Ak-lan
He worked	فَعَلَ   Fa-‘a-la	To do	فَعْلاً   Fa’-lan
He looked	نَظَرَ   Na-za-ra	To see	نَظَرًا   Naz-ran
He reflected, remembered	ذَكَرَ   Dha-ka-ra	To remember	ذِكْرًا   Dhik-ran

 

 

 

 

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