Morphology
Quranic Arabic roots and derived-word locations you can open in the reader. Not canonical mushaf text by itself.
What a root is, and why the Quran is read through them
Classical Arabic builds most of its vocabulary from roots: a small ordered set of consonants, usually three, that carries a field of meaning. Words are formed by fitting that root into patterns, so a single root surfaces across the mushaf as nouns, verbs, participles and verbal nouns that a reader can recognise as related even where an English translation renders them with unrelated words. Reading by root is therefore not a grammatical exercise on the side of the text; it is the way the vocabulary is actually organised, and it is what lets a reader see that two verses share a term when the translation hides it.
20 roots with their own pages
This library opens 20 roots directly, each with the places it occurs in the mushaf: كتب (ktb), علم (elm), أمن (amn), قول (qwl), رب (rbb), رحم (rhm), جعل (jal), خلق (khlq), نزل (nzl), حكم (hkm), عبد (ebd), هدي (hdy), صلح (slh), شرك (shrk), ذكر (dhkr), صبر (sbr), توب (twb), نفس (nfs), حيي (hyy), موت (mwt). Every root page lists the derived words that grow from it and the ayat they appear in, so a root can be followed from its first occurrence through every form it takes. Roots are addressed in Arabic script, and a Latin transliteration reaches the same page.
Naming what each word is: 11 part-of-speech tags
Every word in the reader carries a grammatical tag, so a form can be identified before it is translated. 11 tags are used. Noun (N, اسم) — A word that refers to a person, place, thing, or concept. Proper Noun (PN, اسم علم) — A name of a specific entity (Allah, Musa, Ibrahim, etc.). Verb (V, فعل) — A word expressing an action or state. Adjective (ADJ, صفة) — A word that describes or modifies a noun. Pronoun (PRON, ضمير) — A word that replaces a noun (he, she, they, etc.). Demonstrative (DEM, اسم إشارة) — Words like this, that, these, those. Relative (REL, اسم موصول) — Words like who, which, that (الذي, التي). Preposition (PREP, حرف جر) — Indicates relationships (in, on, from, to). Conjunction (CONJ, حرف عطف) — Connects words or clauses (and, or, but). Particle (P, حرف) — Functional words (negation, emphasis, exception). Interrogative (INTG, استفهام) — Question words (what, who, how, when).
Nouns, verbs and the words that join them
The tags divide into three kinds of work. Nominals name things and describe them: Noun (N, اسم) — A word that refers to a person, place, thing, or concept. Proper Noun (PN, اسم علم) — A name of a specific entity (Allah, Musa, Ibrahim, etc.). Adjective (ADJ, صفة) — A word that describes or modifies a noun. Pronoun (PRON, ضمير) — A word that replaces a noun (he, she, they, etc.). Verbals carry action and time: Verb (V, فعل) — A word expressing an action or state. The rest join, qualify and point — the words that carry most of the grammar while carrying little of the vocabulary: Demonstrative (DEM, اسم إشارة) — Words like this, that, these, those. Relative (REL, اسم موصول) — Words like who, which, that (الذي, التي). Preposition (PREP, حرف جر) — Indicates relationships (in, on, from, to). Conjunction (CONJ, حرف عطف) — Connects words or clauses (and, or, but). Particle (P, حرف) — Functional words (negation, emphasis, exception). Interrogative (INTG, استفهام) — Question words (what, who, how, when).
How to use this with the reader
A word in any ayah opens its own entry: the root it belongs to, the pattern it sits in, its grammatical tag, and the other places in the Quran the same root appears. From there the root page gathers the whole family. This is a study tool over the canonical text rather than a substitute for it — the mushaf text and its recitation remain the authority, and morphology is a way of reading more closely, not a separate source.
FAQ
How many Quranic roots can I open here?
20 roots have their own pages, each listing the derived words that grow from it and the ayat where they occur. Any word in the reader also links to its own root, so the reachable set is larger than the list on this page.
What do the grammatical tags mean?
11 part-of-speech tags are used across the reader: N for noun, PN for proper noun, V for verb, ADJ for adjective, PRON for pronoun, DEM for demonstrative, REL for relative, PREP for preposition, CONJ for conjunction, P for particle, INTG for interrogative. Each is shown with its Arabic name so the tag can be matched to the grammar as it is normally taught.
Is a root the same as a word?
No. A root is an ordered set of consonants carrying a field of meaning; a word is that root placed into a pattern. One root produces many words, which is why two verses can share a root while their English translations share no word at all.
Does this replace the mushaf text?
No. Morphology here is a study layer over the canonical text. The mushaf and its recitation remain the authority; the root and word data is a way of reading it more closely.
20 Quranic roots to explore
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