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غ-ر-ف
a room; scooping up
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Words from this root
4 words in 4 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فُعْلَة غُرْفَةٌ
room
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- Plural
- غُرَفٌ
غُرْفَةُ النَّوْمِ bedroom
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فَعَلَ غَرَفَ
to scoop up, ladle (water, food)
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- يَغْرِفُ
فَعْل غَرْفٌ
scooping, ladling
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اِفْتَعَلَ اِغْتَرَفَ
to scoop up for oneself
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- يَغْتَرِفُ
How the patterns shape this root
غُرْفَة, a room (plural غُرَف), is the everyday word of this root: غُرْفَةُ النَّوْمِ, the bedroom, is 'the room of sleeping'. The verb غَرَفَ means to scoop up water or food with the hand or a ladle, and form VIII اِغْتَرَفَ is to scoop for oneself; the link is old — an upper room was 'scooped out' of the building. For a beginner, the room is what matters.