Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! Nunation. ============ When a noun or an adjective is indefinite it carries Nunation, which is any of the short vowels plus /n/ sound. (a)** ** -ٌٌ indicates Nominative case as in استاذةٌ (b) -ً ** ** indicates Accusative case as in استاذةً (c)**-ٍ ** ** ** indicates Genitive case as in ** ** استاذةٍ Please notice that the accusative Nunation -ً is always written on ( ا ) as in بيتاً.
An exception to that is when the final consonant is either the feminine marker, Taa' MarbuTa طالبة ً, or Hamza, سماءً Previous Next