1st Edition

The Structure of Arabic A Workbook in the Ten Measures

By David DiMeo, Inas Hassan Copyright 2025
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

The Structure of Arabic: A Workbook in the Ten Measures is a comprehensive guide and workbook in the ten measures of Arabic words, the backbone of the Arabic lexical system, and provides a systematic explanation of the root and pattern system that forms the basis of most Arabic words. Successful Arabic learners have long recognized mastery of these measures and patterns as key to... Read more

Introduction

Chapter One. Introduction to Roots

Chapter Two. Overview of the Measures System

Chapter Three. Measure I – فَعَلَ

Chapter Four. Measure II – فَعَّلَ

Chapter Five. Measure III – فَاعَلَ

Chapter Six. Measures V and VI – تَفَعَّلَ and تَفَاعَلَ

Chapter Seven. Measure VII – اِنْفَعَلَ

Chapter Eight. Measure VIII – اِفْتَعَلَ

Chapter Nine. Measure X – اِسْتَفْعَلَ

Chapter Ten. Measure IV – أَفْعَلَ

Appendix A. Jussive and Subjunctive Moods

Appendix B. Command (Imperative) Forms

Appendix C. The Passive Voice

Appendix D. Measure IX – اِفَعَلَّ

Appendix E. Measures Overview Chart

Biography

David DiMeo is a retired Associate Professor and Director of the Arabic program at Western Kentucky University, USA. He has taught Arabic for over 20 years. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University and M.A. from Princeton University. He is the author of Committed to Disillusion: Activist Writers in Egypt from the 1950s to the 1980s, Taha Hussein’s The Days: A Guided Study for Arabic Learners, co-author (with Inas Hassan) of The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Guided Arabic Reader and From Ibn Sina to Sindbad: A Guided Reader to Classics of Arabic Literature, and hosts the podcast The Golden Age of Islam.

Inas Hassan holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in linguistics and Arabic grammar from Alexandria University in Egypt. She is a Teaching Professor and Coordinator of Arabic program at Loyola University, Maryland, USA. She is the co-author of the books entitled The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Guided Arabic Reader, From Ibn Sina to Sindbad: A Guided Reader to Classics of Arabic Literature, and the author of the chapter “The Arabyola Portal: Integrating Trusted Arabic e-Resources into Curriculum,” in The Arabic Classroom: Context, Text and Learners (Mbaye Lo, ed.).