Everyday actionsRoot 3 of 8 in this field
أ-خ-ذ
taking
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Words from this root
7 words in 7 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعَلَ أَخَذَ
to take
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- Present
- يَأْخُذُ
- Command
- خُذْ
the command خُذْ drops the hamza, like كُلْ from أَكَلَ
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اِفْتَعَلَ اِتَّخَذَ
to adopt, take (a decision, a seat)
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- Present
- يَتَّخِذُ
- Command
- اِتَّخِذْ
the root hamza assimilates: اِئْتَخَذَ → اِتَّخَذَ
فَعْل أَخْذٌ
taking
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مَفْعُول Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
See this pattern across the mapمَأْخُوذٌ
taken; (also) astonished
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مَفْعَل مَأْخَذٌ
source something is taken from; a point of criticism
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- Plural
- مَآخِذُ
فَاعِل آخِذٌ
taking, taker
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فَعَّال Profession / intensive فَعَّال
فَعَّال = the professional who does it all day
See this pattern across the mapأَخَّاذٌ
captivating (it 'takes' you)
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How the patterns shape this root
أَخَذَ is to take — خُذْ! take! loses the hamza entirely in the command, like كُلْ from أَكَلَ. Hamza-initial roots keep their patterns but hide the hamza in a seat: يَأْخُذُ, مَأْخُوذ taken, مَأْخَذ the place something is taken from. Form VIII اِتَّخَذَ, to adopt or take for oneself (a decision, a seat), swallows the hamza into a doubled ت.