A triliteral or triconsonantal root (Hebrew: שרש תלת-עצורי, šoreš təlat-ʻiṣuri; Arabic: جذر ثلاثي, jiḏr ṯulāṯī; Syriac: ܫܪܫܐ, šeršā) is a root containing a sequence of three consonants.[2]
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| Semitological abbreviation |
Hebrew name |
Arabic name |
Morphological category |
Hebrew Form |
Arabic form |
Approximate translation |
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| G verb stem |
פָּעַל
(קָל)
pa‘al (or qal) |
fa‘ala
فَعَلَ
(Stem I) |
3rd. masc. sing perfect |
kataḇ כתב |
kataba كتب |
"he wrote" |
| 1st. plur. perfect |
kataḇnu כתבנו |
katabnā كتبنا |
"we wrote" |
| 3rd. masc. sing. imperfect |
yiḵtoḇ יכתוב |
yaktubu يكتب |
"he writes, will write" |
| 1st. plur. imperfect |
niḵtoḇ נכתוב |
naktubu نكتب |
"we write, will write" |
| masc. sing. active participle |
koteḇ כותב |
kātib كاتب |
"writer" |
| Š verb stem |
הִפְעִיל
hip̄‘il |
af‘ala
أَفْعَلَ
(Stem IV) |
3rd. masc. sing perfect |
hiḵtiḇ הכתיב |
aktaba أكتب |
"he dictated" |
| 3rd. masc. sing. imperfect |
yaḵtiḇ יכתיב |
yuktibu يكتب |
"he dictates, will dictate" |
| Št(D) verb stem |
הִתְפָּעֵל
hitpa‘el |
istaf‘ala
استَفْعَلَ
(Stem X) |
3rd. masc. sing perfect |
hitkatteḇ התכתב |
istaktaba استكتب |
"he corresponded" (Hebrew), "he asked (someone) to write (something), had a copy made" (Arabic) |
| 3rd. masc. sing. imperfect |
yitkatteḇ יתכתב |
yastaktibu يستكتب |
(imperfect of above) |
| Noun with m- prefix and original short vowels |
mip̄‘al
מִפְעָל |
maf‘al
مَفْعَل |
singular |
miḵtaḇ מכתב |
maktab مكتب |
"letter" (Hebrew), "office" (Arabic) |
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