Arabic Root and Pattern System: A Friendly Discussion on “The Root” and “Patterns”

In this example of “ilm”, please note:

1- common letter of root ie علم in every word

2- pattern letters which are different in different words, some of them are structural patterns and others are functional

patterns but all of them have some meaning of the fixed pattern which we will gradually know.

3- Interestingly, every pattern, when made with different roots will make different words, and because of the pattern (وزن) we will be able to get clues about meanings too.

4- For example, on the pattern of فاعِل & مفعول, we have عالِم & معلوم (The root of ilm “ع ل م”)