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اشْتِغال

Masdars of longer verbs

What happens to the masdar when the verb is longer than three letters

Longer verbs make longer masdars, and they no longer sit on one single shape. The good news is that each verb pattern has its own masdar pattern, so once you spot the family you can usually predict it.

"اشْتَغَل" gives "اشْتِغال". "انْزَعَج" gives "انْزِعاج". "انْتَهى" gives "انْتِهاء". "سافَر" breaks the run and gives "مُسافَرة", which is a reminder to check rather than guess.

Keywords

  • noun
  • noun
  • noun
  • noun

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