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ق-و-ل

saying

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فَعَلَ
Form I verb (a)
فَعَلَ = the plain action, 'he did it'
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- قَالَ
  to say
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  يَقُولُ
  Command
  قُلْ
فَعْل
Short noun فَعْل
فَعْل = the act, or a basic thing
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- قَوْلٌ
  a saying, statement
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  Plural
  أَقْوَالٌ
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- قَائِلٌ
  the one who says
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مَفْعَل
Place noun مَفْعَل
مَفْعَل = the place where the action happens
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- مَقَالٌ
  an article (in a newspaper)
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  Plural
  مَقَالَاتٌ
مَفْعَلَة
Place noun مَفْعَلَة
مَفْعَلَة = another place for the action, with ة
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- مَقَالَةٌ
  an essay, an article
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مُفَاعِل
Doer of form III
مُفَاعِل = the one who does form III
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- مُقَاوِلٌ
  contractor (one who 'talks terms')
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How the patterns shape this root

قَالَ is to say — a hollow root whose و shows in the present يَقُولُ and vanishes in the command قُلْ, say! قَوْل is a saying, plural أَقْوَال; قَائِل is the one who says it. A مَقَال or مَقَالَة (مَفْعَل، مَفْعَلَة) is 'what is said' in writing: a newspaper article or an essay. The contractor, مُقَاوِل, is the one who talks terms with you.

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