Online Sarf course: learn Arabic morphology progressively
Study Sarf, the science of Arabic morphology, to understand how words are formed and transformed from their roots and patterns.
Level 1 — Foundations of Arabic morphology As-Sarf Al-Wazifi
This first stage helps you understand the essential mechanisms of Arabic word formation and immediately connect morphological rules with reading and language use.
- Understand the principle of the Arabic root
- Identify the root letters
- Discover the morphological wazn
- Connect root, pattern and meaning
- Recognise fundamental verb forms
- Understand the main transformations
- Conjugate the verbs studied
- Study common morphological forms
- Build lexical families
- Identify forms while reading
Level 2 — Applied morphological analysis As-Sarf At-Tatbiqi
The second stage deepens the mechanisms studied and develops the ability to break words down, recognise their derivations and explain the nuances produced by different forms.
- Understand mujarrad
- Understand mazid
- Identify added letters
- Connect structures with their meanings
- Study the main masdars
- Identify derivatives
- Form the ism al-fa‘il
- Form the ism al-maf‘ul
- Study intensive forms
- Analyse root, pattern and added elements
- Apply the rules to texts
Traditional Sarf — Classical Arabic morphology Advanced mastery
Sufficiently advanced students can continue with a traditional work and deepen morphological topics using the terminology of classical authors.
- Understand traditional Sarf terminology
- Read classical definitions
- Read a traditional work with the teacher
- Study advanced morphological topics
- Deepen your study of different patterns
- Study complex transformations
- Compare different forms
- Analyse derivations in classical texts
- Develop independence in word analysis
One Sarf program adapted to your actual level
You no longer choose separately between As-Sarf Al-Wazifi, As-Sarf At-Tatbiqi or traditional Sarf.
Registration now covers one single Sarf program. Your teacher checks your knowledge of Arabic and morphology to directly determine the starting point that matches your existing skills.
Once the objectives of a stage are mastered, you continue directly with the next stage, without a new order and without losing your remaining credit.
- One single product for the entire Sarf program.
- Your level is determined with your teacher.
- Continuous progression from functional Sarf to traditional Sarf.
- No new registration is required when changing level.
- Remaining credit is retained.
- One-to-one lessons with a dedicated teacher.
What is Sarf?
Sarf is the science of Arabic morphology. It studies the internal structure of words and the transformations they undergo.
Students learn in particular to recognise the root, le morphological pattern and the different derived forms of the same word.
This knowledge makes it easier to understand vocabulary, conjugation and semantic relationships between words in the same family.
What is the difference between Nahw and Sarf?
Nahw mainly studies the function of words within the sentence, while Sarf studies the structure and transformations of the word itself.
What you will learn
- Identify the root of a word.
- Recognise its morphological pattern.
- Understand wazn.
- Conjugate the verb forms studied.
- Understand mujarrad and mazid.
- Study masdars.
- Recognise derivatives.
- Understand ism al-fa‘il and ism al-maf‘ul.
- Study intensive forms.
- Analyse the structure of words encountered in texts.
- Expand your vocabulary more easily.
Who is this program for?
- Students who want to understand how Arabic words are formed.
- People who want to improve their conjugation.
- Students who want to expand their vocabulary.
- Students of Modern Standard Arabic who want to deepen their knowledge of the language.
- Students of Islamic sciences.
- People who want to analyse words encountered in Arabic texts.
- Students who want to progress to traditional Sarf works.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to choose my level when registering?
Can I start directly with As-Sarf At-Tatbiqi?
Can I study a traditional work directly?
Does Sarf help expand vocabulary?
What happens when I complete a stage?
Are the lessons one-to-one?
One-to-one lessons with a dedicated teacher
Sarf requires a progressive understanding of word-formation mechanisms. The teacher therefore adapts the pace and exercises to your actual level.
The rules are not studied in isolation: they are applied to words, sentences and texts to develop practical understanding.
- One-to-one lessons.
- Dedicated teacher.
- Progression adapted to existing skills.
- Regular word analysis.
- Applying rules to texts.
- Move to the next stage after the objectives are achieved.
Your plan
Your registration includes a credit of 48 hours of lessons at a pace of 2 hours per week .
Payment is spread over 6 monthly payments .
Continuous progression
The former pages corresponded to different numbers of hours. Under the new system, you purchase one program and your level is used only to determine the educational program.
Once the objectives of As-Sarf Al-Wazifi are achieved, you can continue with As-Sarf At-Tatbiqi and then possibly with traditional Sarf.
Remaining credit and continuation of the program
- Remaining credit is retained when you change level.
- No new order is required.
- The teacher adapts the rest of the program to your actual skills.
- If the credit is used before you reach your objectives, additional hours can be added according to the available plans.
The three stages of the Sarf program
These stages no longer correspond to separate products. They are used only to structure your progression in Arabic morphology.
Level 1 — As-Sarf Al-Wazifi Foundations
Understand the fundamental mechanisms of Arabic word formation.
- Roots
- Patterns
- Morphological wazn
- Fundamental conjugation
- Word formation
- Application to the language
Level 2 — As-Sarf At-Tatbiqi Deepening
Deepen the structures and develop genuine morphological analysis.
- Mujarrad
- Mazid
- Masdars
- Ism al-fa‘il
- Ism al-maf‘ul
- Intensive forms
- Applied morphological analysis
Traditional Sarf Advanced mastery
Move on to traditional works and deepen classical terminology and morphological topics.
- Traditional terminology
- Reading a classical work
- Advanced morphological topics
- Complex transformations
- Analysis of derivations
- Application to classical texts
Assessment and validation
Your teacher regularly assesses your ability to recognise roots and patterns, understand transformations and analyse word structure.
- Continuous assessment.
- Word analysis.
- Identification of roots.
- Identification of patterns.
- Recognition of derivatives.
- Application to texts.
- Educational validation before changing stage.
- Al-Dirassa certificate after successful completion.
Start Sarf at the level suited to your knowledge
You do not need to choose between As-Sarf Al-Wazifi, As-Sarf At-Tatbiqi and traditional Sarf. Your teacher will directly determine your starting point.
Register for the course