Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Morphology 3 Conjugational and Non-Conjugational Declinable Nouns What is a conjugational declinable noun? What is a non-conjugational declinable noun? How many types of nouns are there that do not conjugate? When is a proper noun non-conjugational? What condition makes an adjective non-conjugational? When is a plural non-conjugational? What condition makes a noun ending in a feminine alif non-conjugational?
When does a non-conjugational noun receive a kasrah? A conjugational declinable noun is a noun which accepts nunation and all vowel signs, for example: جاءنا رجلٌ عالِمٌ. A non-conjugational declinable noun is a noun that does not accept a kasrah or nunation; it is limited in accepting a dummah and a fathah only, for example: قَدِمَ إبرهیمُ و سافَرتُ مَعَ یُوسفَ.
Fourth, if it is feminine, be it grammatically (مُعاویة), real (مریم), or grammatically and real (وردة). Fifth, if it is a non-Arabic word consisting of more than three letters, for example: إبراهیم. Sixth, if it is transformed, for example: عُمَر which is transformed from عامر. Plurals become non-conjugational when they have the following forms: مَفاعِل for example: مَساجِد or مَفاعِیل for example: مَصابِیح.
Maqsūr and mamdūd nouns ending in the feminine alif are non-conjugational whether they are singular or plural or proper or adjective on the condition that the alif is additional, not an original letter of the word and that it has four letters or more, for example: سَلمیَ. A non-conjugational noun is but in the genitive form by giving it a kasrah when it is the compliment of a prefixed noun or given the alif-lam prefix, for example: مَرَرتُ بأفضَلِ العُلماءِ. Previous Next