Introduction to ʿIlm al-Ṣarf and Basic Terminology

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• What does ʿIlm al-Ṣarf principally study?
• What is chiefly different in kataba, katabtu and katabū?
• Which Arabic number category denotes exactly two?
• How is bāʾ described in بِ?
• Which mark indicates that a letter has no short vowel?
• What does tashdīd on bāʾ in رَبَّ indicate?
• In يَضْرِبُ, what is the state of rāʾ?
• Which are the three weak letters?
• Which of these is a noun rather than a verb?
• Which time references can the imperfect have?
• How should كَتَبْتُ be identified?
• What is a valid basic meaning of يَضْرِبُ?
• What function does اُكْتُبْ express?
• What is the key distinction between لَا تَضْرِبْ and لَا يَضْرِبُ?
• What kind of expression is مَا ضَرَبَ?
• Which form means 'I wrote'?
• What chiefly identifies grammatical third person?
• Who is the actor in ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا?
• Why is ضُرِبَ عَمْرٌ a passive construction?
• What is the key change between فَتَحَ and فُتِحَ?
• Why is جَلَسَ زَيْدٌ intransitive?
• What characterizes a transitive verb?
• In نَصَرَ on the pattern فَعَلَ, which letter corresponds to ʿayn?
• What are the root letters of اِجْتَنَبَ?
• What is the correct pattern of اِجْتَنَبَ?
• Which statement about an additional letter is correct?
• Can a verb be both past and negative?
• How do ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا and جَلَسَ زَيْدٌ differ?