Appendix:South Levantine Arabic roots/ف ص ل

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ف ص ل • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to separation

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form I: فصل (faṣal, “to separate; to dismiss”)
  • Noun Form: فصل (faṣl, “separation; dismissal; season, section”)
  • Active Participle: فاصل (fāṣel)
• Form II: فصّل (faṣṣal, “to detail”)
  • Noun Form: تفصيل (tafṣīl, “detail”)
  • Passive Participle: مفصّل (mfaṣṣal, “detailed”)
• Form III: فاصل (fāṣal, “to bargain”)
• Form VII: انفصل (infaṣal, “to be separated”)
  • Passive Participle: منفصل (minfaṣal, “separate”)

Nouns

• فاصلة (fāṣle, “comma”)
• فصّالة (faṣṣāle, “hinge”)
• مفصل (mafṣal, “joint”)