Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! The Nisba ============= The Nisba is an adjective that is created from a noun. The most common are those that refer to origin, nationality or country. The main device for making such adjectives from nouns is to suffix ( يٌّ ) for masculine and ( يَّة ٌ ) for feminine to the noun. The noun must be first stripped off (a) the definite article, (b) feminine suffix, or (c) final position long vowel. a.
عراقيَّة ، ** ** عراقيٌّ ، ( العراق ) b. سعوديَّة ، ** ** سعوديٌّ ، ( السعودية ) c. سوريَّة ، ** ** سوريٌّ ، ( سوريا ) Previous Next