Challenge: Arabic word structure - Root words!
How many 3 or 4 letters root words you can create? Meaning in english + Arabic please

Example:
Three letter roo t: ك -ت- ب

a book kitaab كِتاب
a writer kitaab كاتِب
an office maktab مَكْتَب
a library maktaba مَكْتَبة
a letter maktuub مَكْتوب
he writes yaktab يَكْتَب
he wrote kataba كَتَبَ

Question

Challenge: Arabic word structure - Root words!
How many 3 or 4 letters root words you can create? Meaning in english + Arabic please

Example:
Three letter roo t: ك -ت- ب

a book	kitaab	كِتاب
a writer	kitaab	كاتِب
an office	maktab	مَكْتَب
a library	maktaba	مَكْتَبة
a letter	maktuub	مَكْتوب
he writes	yaktab	يَكْتَب
he wrote	kataba	كَتَبَ

Answer

جمل
جميل
جمال
مجامل
مجاملة
جمالة

حصل
حصيل 
حصاله
محصل
تحصيل
حاصل
يحصل

جرد
يجرد
جريدة
مجرد
تجرد
يجرد
تجريد
جراد

I can go on and on and on and on in Arabic it's easy i can't in English.

Answer

Good question indeed :)
It depend on the word it self , sometimes you can't create any word from the root ,  and sometimes you can create more than 10  words from another root .
There are many books written in this case , from hundreds years until now :)

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