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ر-و-د

wanting, seeking

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6 words in 6 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.

أَفْعَلَ
Form IV verb
أَفْعَلَ = make it happen
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- أَرَادَ
  to want
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  يُرِيدُ
  أُرِيدُ I want; hollow form IV, so the و shows as a long vowel
  Met in The apartment and the neighbourhood
إِفْعَال
Masdar of form IV
إِفْعَال = the -ing of a form IV verb
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- إِرَادَةٌ
  will, volition
  Still to comeA2
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مُفْعَل
Done-to of form IV
مُفْعَل = the one form IV was done to
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- مُرَادٌ
  what is wanted; the intended meaning
  Still to comeB1
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مُفْعِل
Doer of form IV
مُفْعِل = the one who makes it happen (form IV)
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- مُرِيدٌ
  one who wants; a disciple
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فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- رَائِدٌ
  pioneer; scout
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  Plural
  رُوَّادٌ
فِعَالَة
Masdar فِعَالَة
فِعَالَة = the activity as a whole
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- رِيَادَةٌ
  leadership, pioneering
  Still to comeB1
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  رِيَادَةُ الْأَعْمَالِ entrepreneurship

How the patterns shape this root

The most useful word here is the verb أَرَادَ, 'he wanted', whose present is يُرِيدُ — so أُرِيدُ قَهْوَةً, 'I want a coffee'. It is a form IV verb on a hollow root, which is why the أ of أَفْعَلَ is there and the و has turned into a long vowel. Its noun إِرَادَة is the will, مُرَاد is what is wanted, and مُرِيد (مُفْعِل) is the one who wants. The old sense of the root is to go about looking for something; a رَائِد is the scout who goes ahead, hence a pioneer.

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