Patterns for Augmented Verbal Nouns

Six Derived Noun Types: Active/Passive Participles, Comparison, Instrument, Place/Time, and Ṣifah Mushabbahah

The book’s third rule gives regular templates for verbal nouns of augmented stems. To identify a pattern correctly, look at the verb’s form, not just at a single conspicuous letter.

StemMaṣdar patternExample
Form IVإِفْعَالٌإِكْرَامٌ
Form Xاِسْتِفْعَالٌاِسْتِغْفَارٌ
Form IIتَفْعِيلٌتَسْلِيمٌ
Form Vتَفَعُّلٌتَعَلُّمٌ
Augmented quadriliteralتَفَعْلُلٌتَزَلْزُلٌ

The rows illustrate the source rule with correctly matched verbs and verbal-noun patterns.