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ب-و-ب
doors
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Words from this root
5 words in 5 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعْل بَابٌ
door; gate; chapter
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- Plural
- أَبْوَابٌ
فَعَّال Profession / intensive فَعَّال
فَعَّال = the professional who does it all day
See this pattern across the mapبَوَّابٌ
doorman, porter
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- Plural
- بَوَّابُونَ
فَعَّالَة بَوَّابَةٌ
gate; portal (website)
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- Plural
- بَوَّابَاتٌ
فَعَّلَ بَوَّبَ
to arrange in chapters or categories
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- Present
- يُبَوِّبُ
تَفْعِيل تَبْوِيبٌ
classification into chapters
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How the patterns shape this root
بَاب is a door (the first word of the alphabet lessons), plural أَبْوَاب; its و is hidden inside the long ā. The man who keeps the door is the بَوَّاب (فَعَّال, the profession pattern), and a big door — a gate, or a web portal — is a بَوَّابَة. A بَاب is also a chapter, a door into a subject, so form II بَوَّبَ is to arrange a book into chapters.
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