The absolute object / المَفْعُول المُطْلَق
The absolute object (المَفْعُول المُطْلَق) is a repetition of the verb’s meaning without any temporal context. To express this, we use either a verbal noun/maṣdar…
Tag: syntax
The disambiguation (al-tamyīz) / التَمْيِيز
The term التَمْيِز al-tamyīz in Arabic, means ‘specification, discrimination, disambiguation’. Its presence might not always be needed for sentences, but it certainly helps clarify any…
The exclamation / التَعَجّب
There are two ways to convey exclamation in Arabic that express astonishment toward a person or an object: The standard exclamation / التَعَجّب القِياسي The…
The particle “qad” / قَد
Particle قد qad in Arabic is a particle that is only used with verbs in the perfect and imperfect tense. The verb cannot be put…
Kāda and its sisters / كادَ وَأَخَواتُها
Unlike regular verbs, ‘Kāda and its sisters’ (كاد وَأَخَواتُها) are termed as semi-verbs (أَفْعال ناقِصة) since they do not possess an agent/doer (فاعِل) in their…
Rules of numbers and counted objects / أَحْكام العَدَد والمَعْدُود
(Before studying this part check => Elementary section: Cardinal numbers & Intermediate section: Ordinal numbers) Cardinal numbers Understanding Arabic number rules is essential for navigating…
The vocative / النِداء
The Arabic vocative particles serve as an invitation or a signal to warn the spoken-to to pay close attention and heed what the speaker is…
“Lā” of absolute negation / لا النافِية للجِنْس
Definition In Arabic, there are different types of “lā” (لا) as a negating particle, two of which are used with a verb in the imperfect…
Diptotes / الأَسْماء المَمْنُوعة مِنْ الصَرْف
Diptotes in Arabic are nouns that do not take a tanwīn (تَنْوِين) in the indefinite form (نَكِرة) and have a fatḥa instead of a kasra…
The exception and the exclusivity / الاِسْتِثْناء والحَصْر
To express the exclusivity and the exception in Arabic we resort to a few words all meaning ‘except (for), excepting, with the exception of, apart…