LessonsMulḥaq bi-Rubāʿī: Definition, Two Groups and Nine PatternsQuiz

جَوْرَبَة — putting on a sock, pattern فَوْعَلَة.
تَجَوْرُب — putting on a sock, pattern تَفَوْعُل.
The first verbal noun ends in tāʾ marbūṭah; the second adds initial tāʾ and has a different internal and final vowel scheme. Wāw remains visible in the lexical base.
The morphological pattern can therefore change even where one Urdu or English gloss adequately translates both forms.

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The sock-wearing pair

Mulḥaq bi-Rubāʿī: Definition, Two Groups and Nine Patterns

جَوْرَبَة — putting on a sock, pattern فَوْعَلَة.
تَجَوْرُب — putting on a sock, pattern تَفَوْعُل.
The first verbal noun ends in tāʾ marbūṭah; the second adds initial tāʾ and has a different internal and final vowel scheme. Wāw remains visible in the lexical base.
The morphological pattern can therefore change even where one Urdu or English gloss adequately translates both forms.