Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "Make the triliteral fu'ayla when *** you diminutive it, like qudhay in qudh."
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The Shaykh : It has multiple patterns. First: the triliteral. The author says:
"Make the triliteral fu'ayla when *** you diminutive it, like qudhay in qudh":
When you make a triliteral word diminutive, its pattern is always fu'ayl, "qadha", what do you say about it?
The student: Qudhay.
The Shaykh : Qudh. What about "ghada"?
The student: Ghuday.
The Shaykh : Ghuday. And what about "hadya"? Huday.
The student: Fuday.
The Shaykh : "Fata"? Futay. And so on. Every triliteral is collected in fu'ayl. Good: "sabab." Ha, subayb. And this is always said: What is so-and-so's livelihood?
He said, by Allah: "Subayb taraf." "Subayb taraf" means: a small "sabab." Yes, "bab"!
The student: Buwayb.
The Shaykh : Buwayb. "Sab"?
The student: Suwayb.
The Shaykh : Suwayb. The point is: every triliteral, whether its last or middle letter is defective, or it is sound, or it is a doubled letter, meaning the first example, like "wa'd." Do you say?
The student: Wu'ayd.
The Shaykh : Wu'ayd.
The student: They say Zubayr, and they say Zubayr.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: They say Zubayr for diminution.
The Shaykh : Yes. The point is that Zubayr is either for diminution, whether I intended diminution or I intended magnification. Yes. "Like qudhay in qudh". What comes after that?
The student: Fu'ay'il.
"Make the triliteral fu'ayla when *** you diminutive it, like qudhay in qudh":
When you make a triliteral word diminutive, its pattern is always fu'ayl, "qadha", what do you say about it?
The student: Qudhay.
The Shaykh : Qudh. What about "ghada"?
The student: Ghuday.
The Shaykh : Ghuday. And what about "hadya"? Huday.
The student: Fuday.
The Shaykh : "Fata"? Futay. And so on. Every triliteral is collected in fu'ayl. Good: "sabab." Ha, subayb. And this is always said: What is so-and-so's livelihood?
He said, by Allah: "Subayb taraf." "Subayb taraf" means: a small "sabab." Yes, "bab"!
The student: Buwayb.
The Shaykh : Buwayb. "Sab"?
The student: Suwayb.
The Shaykh : Suwayb. The point is: every triliteral, whether its last or middle letter is defective, or it is sound, or it is a doubled letter, meaning the first example, like "wa'd." Do you say?
The student: Wu'ayd.
The Shaykh : Wu'ayd.
The student: They say Zubayr, and they say Zubayr.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: They say Zubayr for diminution.
The Shaykh : Yes. The point is that Zubayr is either for diminution, whether I intended diminution or I intended magnification. Yes. "Like qudhay in qudh". What comes after that?
The student: Fu'ay'il.