A maṣdar expresses an action or state in abstraction. An ism mushtaq retains the lexical relationship but creates a new nominal form indicating a person, entity, tool, place, or property associated with it.
عِلْمٌ — عَالِمٌ — مَعْلُومٌ
Translation: knowledge/knowing; one who knows; something known.
The three share a lexical base, but the latter two add a specific semantic relation that the original action noun alone does not signal.
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The Distinction Between Maṣdar and Mushtaq
A maṣdar expresses an action or state in abstraction. An ism mushtaq retains the lexical relationship but creates a new nominal form indicating a person, entity, tool, place, or property associated with it.
عِلْمٌ — عَالِمٌ — مَعْلُومٌ
Translation: knowledge/knowing; one who knows; something known.
The three share a lexical base, but the latter two add a specific semantic relation that the original action noun alone does not signal.