Idaafas are treated in detail in Part I. However, in Part I, the focus is on idaafas composed of two or more nouns in a row and there is considerable stress on the fact that only nouns are used in an idaafa construction. There is another type of idaafa which does not occur any whereContinue reading “E: False Idaafas”
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D: Doubly Transitive Verbs
The material below is based largely on material dealing with the same subject in Chapters 34 and 44 of EMSA, Vol. II. Look there for more examples. Some verbs in Arabic will have two accusative objects. The verb “to give” أعطى is perhaps the most commonly used example. In English we understand that one ofContinue reading “D: Doubly Transitive Verbs”
C: Indeclinable Nouns and Adjectives
Indeclinable nouns and adjectives end in alif maqsuura with two fathas representing nunation. For example, مُسْتَشْفَى Often the nunation is not pronounced, but it will be written in a fully-vocalized text. Indeclinables do not show case, so the two fathas do not represent a case ending. If the word is made definite, the two fathasContinue reading “C: Indeclinable Nouns and Adjectives”
B: Diptotes
The term “diptote” is composed of “di” meaning “two” (and sometimes a “princess”) and “tote” which I believe is a kind of umbrella. Diptotes have long posed a problem for the student whose teacher insists on correct vocalization of every word in a text. The problem arises both because diptotes only show two cases whenContinue reading “B: Diptotes”
A: Defective Nouns and Adjectives
In Part II of this book defective verbs are discussed throughout. In Chapter Two of Part II under the discussion of active participles there is some discussion of defective nouns and adjectives. In this section we will review the whole issue. However, I am only going to give what you absolutely need to know aboutContinue reading “A: Defective Nouns and Adjectives”
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