Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Morphology 1 The Division of Nouns Into Declinable And Indeclinable What is understood by a declinable noun? How many cases does a noun have? What is the sign of the nominative case? What is the sign of the accusative case? What is the sign of the genitive case? A declinable noun is a noun whose last syllable changes when placed into different parts of a sentence. A noun has three cases: nominative, accusative and genitive.
The main sign for the nominative case is a dummah. But, sometimes it is represented by: • Alif in the dual forms. • Wāw in the masculine sound plurals and the five nouns which are: اب اخ حم فم ذو (possessor, mouth, father-in-law, brother, father) The main sign for the accusative case if the fathah. But, sometimes it is represented by: • Alif in the five nouns. • Kasrah in the feminine sound plurals. • Yā' in the dual forms and the masculine sound plurals.
The main sign of the genitive case is the kasrah. But, sometimes it is represented by: • Yā' in the dual forms, masculine sound plurals and the five nouns. • Fathah in the unnonated nouns. Previous Next