Overview of the Ten Functions

Ten Semantic Functions of Form X (Istifʿāl): Seeking, Suitability, Finding, Judging, Transformation, Adoption, Abbreviation, Response, Equivalence and Independent Use

The textbook presents these ten functions in this order:

No.FunctionSource example
1Seekingاِسْتَطْعَمَ
2Suitabilityاِسْتَرْقَعَ
3Finding a qualityاِسْتَكْرَمَ
4Judging a qualityاِسْتَحْسَنَ
5Transformationاِسْتَحْجَرَ
6Adoptingاِسْتَوْطَنَ
7Condensed expressionاِسْتَرْجَعَ
8Result or responseاِسْتَقَامَ
9Pattern equivalenceاِسْتَجَابَ
10Independent usageاِسْتَعَانَ

The following slides test the change in meaning, not just the names of the categories.