On 28th October, 2014, we studied ism al-zarf. It is also a kind of al-mushtaqqaat, and so, it is a part of Sarf.
Ism al-Zarf is a word that describes the place or time of a verb. It can easily be derived from verb. There are two meters (wazn) for ism al-zarf.
- مَفْعَلٌ
- مَفْعِلٌ
Darasa (دَرَسَ) is past tense for third person singular masculine. It means he studied. From it, we can derive ism al-zarf as madrasun (مَدْرَسٌ), and changing it to feminine state, it becomes madrasatun (مَدْرَسَةٌ). It means place to study i.e. school.
Sajada (سَجَدَ) is past tense for third person singular masculine. It means he prostrated. From it, we can derive ism al-zarf as masjidun (مَسْجِدٌ). It means place to prostrate i.e. mosque.
Other examples are:
| اسم الظرف | فعل |
| مكتب | كتب |
| معتكف | اعتكف |
