Arabic grammar reference - Mount Holyoke College

Most Arabic words can be attributed to some 3-letter root, where radicals are referred to by means of a prototypical root, فَعَلَ. ف stands for the first radical, ع for the second, and ل for the third. This 3-letter root form is the entry you need to use when you want to check out any word in any Arabic dictionary. ................
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