Ana bayyana ma'anoni ta hanyar kalmomi (alfaazh) a cikin harshe. Kalma guda daya (lafzh) na iya nuna ma'ana guda daya, misali: 'Baghdaad' tana nuna ma'anar birnin da aka sani da wannan suna. Haka kuma lafzh na iya nuna ma'anoni da yawa, misali: 'Ain' (ido), wanda yake nuna ma'anar 'Ain' na ruwa (maɓuɓɓugar ruwa), 'Ain' mai gani (ido), da kuma ɗan leƙen asiri, da sauran ma'anoni. Lafzh kuma na iya nuna ma'anoni biyu ko fiye, misali lafzin 'Ar-Rijaal' (maza), domin yana nuna kowa wanda a cikinsa siffar 'Ar-Rajul' (mutum/namiji) ta tabbata. Hakanan yana iya nuna ma'anar da aka nufa (madlool) wadda ta yaɗu a cikin nau'insa (jins), misali: 'Rajul' (namiji ɗaya).

Alfaazh (wordings) have been provided within the language to indicate meanings. The single Lafzh can indicate one single meaning like: ‘Baghdaad’ is indicative of the meaning of the city that is known by its name. A Lafzh can also indicate many meanings like: ‘Ain’ (eye) which is indicative of the meaning of the ‘Ain of water (spring), the ‘Ain that sees (eye) and the spy amongst other meanings. The Lafzh can also be indicative of two meanings or more like the Lafzh ‘Ar-Rijaal’ (men) as it is indicative of everyone within whom the description of ‘Ar-Rajul’ (man) is realised and it could also indicate to an indicated meaning (Madlool) that is widespread within its type (Jins) like: ‘Rajul’ (A man).

Bisa ga wannan hanyar da aka tsara kalmomi (al-alfaazh) da kuma yadda aka shirya su, an raba al-alfaazh gwargwadon yawan ma'anar da suke ƙunshe da ita ko rashinsa zuwa rukunai da dama, waɗanda su ne: Al-'Aamm, Al-Khaass, Al-Mushtarak, Al-Mutlaq da Al-Muqayyad.

Based upon this way that the Alfaazh (worded expressions) have been provided and set, the Alfaazh have been divided in respect to their comprehensiveness or lack of comprehensiveness into a number of categories which are: Al-‘Aamm, Al-Khaass, Al-Mushtarak, Al-Mutlaq and Al-Muqayyad.