What is Idhafah?
Let’s talk about something called idhafah, which means to “add something to something else”. One of the unique features of Arabic grammar is that you can make a possessive relationship between two nouns simply by adding them together.
What is the genitive case in Arabic?
The genitive case(حالة الجر) is the case of nouns that occur after prepositions or as second word in idafa constructions, and their modifying adjectives. Nouns and adjectives that are genitive are called (المجرور) in Arabic.
What are the pronouns in Arabic?
Subject pronouns in standard and Egyptian Arabic
| English | Standard Arabic | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | he | هو (howwa) |
| she | هي (heyya) | |
| Dual | we | نحن (naHnu) |
| you | أنتما (antuma) |
What is Isnad in Arabic grammar?
5- Attribution (Isnad) الإســنــاد: The Arabic word Isnad means to allocate or to attribute something or someone to another. It is a grammatical term. So, the predicate is an attribute of the subject in the nominative sentence and the subject is an attribute of the verb in the verbal sentence.
How do you know if an expression is possessive in Arabic?
In the possessive expression, one noun is the “possessor” called /Muđâf Ilaihi/ while the other is the “possessed” called /Muđâf/ in Arabic….The Possessive Expression – الإضَافَةُ
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What are the three cases in Arabic?
A noun in Arabic grammar has three ‘cases’ which are called nominative, accusative and genitive cases (we will cover the Arabic terms for these a bit later).
What are the 12 Arabic pronouns?
These are: هُو, هِيَ, أَنَا, نَحْنُ, and أَنْتَ. Of these, هُوَ and هِيَ do not appear after both the perfective and the imperfective forms of the verb, while أَنَا, نَحْنُ, and أَنْتَ do not appear after the imperfective forms of the verb.
What is Matan in Islam?
Each Hadith consists of two important parts namely sanad and matan. Matan is the content of the hadith containing the words of the Prophet saw, while the sanad is a string of names narrated by hadith from the level of companions.
What is Masnad in Islam?
Noun. musnad (plural musnads) (science of hadith) A collection of hadith arranged according to the Companion who transmitted them from Muhammad. Alternative form of musnud (ceremonial seat or throne)
What are the Arabic possessive pronouns?
Possessive pronouns in standard and Egyptian Arabic. Possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her, our, their) are used to indicate ownership of something. In Arabic, as with object pronouns, these take the form of suffixes; they are attached to the noun that’s owned.
How is the word idafa used in Arabic?
Idāfa basically entails putting one noun after another: the second noun specifies more precisely the nature of the first noun. In forms of Arabic which mark grammatical case, this second noun must be in the genitive case. The construction is typically equivalent to the English construction ” (noun) of (noun)”.
Which is the first sentence in the idaafa?
The first sentence has an idaafa as its subject مديرُ هذا المكتب. The word هذا does not interfere with the idaafa relationship of the noun before it and after it since هذا forms one unit with the noun which follows it. The noun after هذا is in the genitive case as it is the second term of the idaafa.
Can a possessive suffix be used in idafah?
The possessive suffix can also take the place of the second noun of an iḍāfah construction, in which case it is considered definite. Indefinite possessed nouns are also expressed via a preposition. ^ Karin C. Ryding, A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 205-24 [§8.1].
Is the idafah construction indefinite or definite as a whole?
The iḍāfah construction as a whole is a noun phrase. It can be considered indefinite or definite only as a whole. An idafah construction is definite if the second noun is definite, by having the article or being the proper name of a place or person. The construction is indefinite if it the second noun is indefinite.
