Arabic Roots 1

Front 1

a-b

Back 1

father, ancestor, forefather (ab, abû)

Front 2

'a-b-d

Back 2

to serve, worship, be devote to, show veneration ('abd, 'ibâda, ma'bûd)

Front 3

'a-d-l

Back 3

to act justly, equitably or to make straight, set in order ('adl, a'dâla, ta'dîl)

Front 4

'a-d-m

Back 4

to be non-existent, disappeared, destroyed, devoid of ('adam, 'adîm)

Front 5

'a-f-w

Back 5

to be obliterated, effaced, eliminated (al-'afûw, 'afwîya, 'afâ', isit'fâ', 'âfin, mu'fan)

Front 6

a-hh-d

Back 6

to unify, be one (al-ahad, ahadîya, uhâdî)

Front 7

a-kh-r

Back 7

to postpone, defer, be last, final, ultimate (al-âkhir, âkhar, ukhrâ, ta'khîr, mu'akhkhara)

Front 8

a-l-h

Back 8

to adore, deify, turn to another with intense feeling (ilâh, ilâhî)

Front 9

'a-l-m

Back 9

to know, have knowledge, be informed, teach, notify (al-'alîm, 'ilm, 'ilmiya, 'allam, u'lûma)

Front 10

a-m-l

Back 10

to hope, to look attentively, meditate, consider (amal, âmâl, âmil, muta'ammil)

Front 11

a-n-s

Back 11

to be familiar, friendly, sociable (uns, insî, ins, anîs)

Front 12

'a-q-d

Back 12

to tie, knit, make a knot, put together, join ('aqd, 'aqîda)

Front 13

'a-q-l

Back 13

to have the faculty of reasoning, comprehension ('aql, 'aqlî)

Front 14

'a-r-f

Back 14

to know, to perceive, discover, to announce ('arîf, 'irfân, ma'rîfa, ta'rîf, ma'rûf)

Front 15

'a-ss-m

Back 15

to hold back, restrain, preserve, to take refuge, guard ( 'asama, 'isâmî)

Front 16

'a-zz-m

Back 16

to be great, powerful, mighty (a'zam, al-'azîm, 'izâmî, 'azîma)

Front 17

'a-y-d

Back 17

to celebrate, to feast ('îd ul adhâ, mu'âyada)

Front 18

'a-z-z

Back 18

to be strong, powerful, respected, to fortify, strengthen (al-'azîz, 'izz, ta'zîz, ma'azza)

Front 19

b-d-'

Back 19

to introduce, originate, start, do for the first time (al mubdi', bdi', badî'a, abda', ibtidâ')