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أ-خ-ر

being after, other, late

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أَفْعَل
Comparative / superlative أَفْعَل
أَفْعَل = more / most of a quality
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- آخَرُ
  other, another
  Still to comeA1
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  Plural
  آخَرُونَ
  Feminine
  أُخْرَى
  شَيْءٌ آخَرُ something else
فُعْلَى
Feminine superlative فُعْلَى
فُعْلَى = feminine of أَفْعَل
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- أُخْرَى
  other (feminine)
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  مَرَّةً أُخْرَى once more
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- آخِرٌ
  last; the end
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  آخِرُ مَرَّةٍ the last time; فِي الْآخِرِ at the end
فَعِيل
Adjective فَعِيل
فَعِيل = a lasting quality (or the person who has it)
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- أَخِيرٌ
  last, final
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  Feminine
  أَخِيرَةٌ
  أَخِيرًا at last, finally
تَفَعَّلَ
Form V verb
تَفَعَّلَ = do form II to yourself
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- تَأَخَّرَ
  to be late; to be delayed
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  يَتَأَخَّرُ
  تَأَخَّرْتُ I am late
مُتَفَعِّل
Doer of form V
مُتَفَعِّل = the one who does form V
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- مُتَأَخِّرٌ
  late
  Still to comeA1
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  Feminine
  مُتَأَخِّرَةٌ
فَعَّلَ
Form II verb
فَعَّلَ = make someone do it / do it a lot
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- أَخَّرَ
  to delay, postpone
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  يُؤَخِّرُ
  Command
  أَخِّرْ
تَفْعِيل
Masdar of form II
تَفْعِيل = the -ing of a form II verb
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- تَأْخِيرٌ
  delay
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فَاعِلَة
Noun فَاعِلَة
فَاعِلَة = she who does it, or a thing that does it
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- الْآخِرَةُ
  the hereafter, the next world
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مُفَعَّل
Done-to of form II
مُفَعَّل = the one form II was done to
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- مُؤَخَّرًا
  recently, lately
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  accusative of مُؤَخَّر

How the patterns shape this root

The root means being behind or after. آخَر (أَفْعَل) is 'other', feminine أُخْرَى — مَرَّةً أُخْرَى, once more. With a kasra, آخِر (فَاعِل) is the last one or the end, and أَخِير (فَعِيل) is final: أَخِيرًا, at last. Form V تَأَخَّرَ is to come after the time — to be late — so مُتَأَخِّر (مُتَفَعِّل) is late, and form II أَخَّرَ is to delay something, تَأْخِير. الْآخِرَة is the world that comes after this one, and مُؤَخَّرًا is 'recently'.

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