Elementary Arabic Morphology 1

The Division of Nouns Into Apalistic Derived

  1. What is an apalistic noun?

  2. What is a derived noun?

  3. How many kinds of derived nouns are there?

  4. An apalistic noun is a noun that is not derived from another word. For example: رَجُلٌ دِرهمٌ (dirham, man)

  5. A derived noun is a noun that is derived from another word. For example: عَالِم مَعلُوم (something known, a scholar). Both of these words are derived from the word عِلم (knowledge).

  6. Derived nouns are: active participles, passive participles, comparatives, superlatives and epithets.