Editing Collation (section)

== Root sorting ==
Some [[Arabic]] dictionaries, such as [[Hans Wehr]]'s bilingual ''[[A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic]]'', group and sort Arabic words by [[semitic root]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Abu-Haidar |first=J. A. |date=1983 |title=Review of A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (Arabic-English) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/615409 |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=351–353 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00079040 |jstor=615409 |issn=0041-977X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> For example, the words ''kitāba'' ({{lang|ar|كتابة}} 'writing'), ''kitāb'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب}} 'book'), ''kātib'' ({{lang|ar|كاتب}} 'writer'), ''maktaba'' ({{lang|ar|مكتبة}} 'library'), ''maktab'' ({{Lang|ar|مكتب}} 'office'), ''maktūb'' ({{Lang|ar|مكتوب}} 'fate,' or 'written'), are agglomerated under the [[Triliteral root|triliteral]] root [[Kaph|k]]-[[Taw|t]]-[[Bet (letter)|b]] ({{Lang|ar|ك ت ب}}), which denotes 'writing'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hans Wehr Arabic-English Dictionary |url=https://ejtaal.net/aa/#hw4=964,ll=2684,ls=20,la=3816,sg=892,ha=654,br=820,pr=132,aan=557,mgf=747,vi=320,kz=2260,mr=579,mn=1187,uqw=1387,umr=925,ums=778,umj=701,ulq=1470,uqa=367,uqq=328,bdw=h751,amr=h545,asb=h840,auh=h1358,dhq=h479,mht=h774,msb=h207,tla=h88,amj=h692,ens=h433,mis=h1867 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=ejtaal.net}}</ref>