Reading from Ibn Aqil’s commentary (may Allah have mercy on him), with the Shaykh’s annotations: " .
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The student : " And if it is a four-letter word or more, do that to it and break the letter after the yā', so you say for dirham: daryahim, and for sparrow: 'usayfir. So the patterns of diminutive are three: fa'il, fa'ayil, and fa'ayyil " .
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning then it has no patterns except this, so memorize them, the patterns of diminutive are only three: fa'il, fa'ayil, and fa'ayyil, you will never find a fourth pattern, even if the words increase, they are reduced to this, suppose: istikbar, it cannot go out of fa'il or fa'ayil or fa'ayyil, masjid, hmm? musayjid.
The student : Is it permissible to make a diminutive of masjid?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The student : O Shaykh, qarib is not on the pattern of fa'il, it is fa'il with shaddah (doubled letter).
The Shaykh : Qarib, yes.
The student : Fa'il with shaddah!!
The Shaykh : The yā' was assimilated with the yā', it is on the pattern of fa'ayil, qar: fa'ay, ib: il, on the pattern of fa'ayil, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning then it has no patterns except this, so memorize them, the patterns of diminutive are only three: fa'il, fa'ayil, and fa'ayyil, you will never find a fourth pattern, even if the words increase, they are reduced to this, suppose: istikbar, it cannot go out of fa'il or fa'ayil or fa'ayyil, masjid, hmm? musayjid.
The student : Is it permissible to make a diminutive of masjid?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The student : O Shaykh, qarib is not on the pattern of fa'il, it is fa'il with shaddah (doubled letter).
The Shaykh : Qarib, yes.
The student : Fa'il with shaddah!!
The Shaykh : The yā' was assimilated with the yā', it is on the pattern of fa'ayil, qar: fa'ay, ib: il, on the pattern of fa'ayil, yes.