Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! The Accusative of Distinction (Revisited) ألتمييز. ========================================================= In point # 48 we mentioned that** کـَم**, which means "how many," should always be followed by an idefinite noun in the accusative case.
Arab Grammarians called this noun التمييز العَدَدي "The Distinction of Number." Consider the following example: **قـَرأتُ عِشرينَ** کِتاباً **خِلالَ العُطلـَةِ.** I read twenty books during the break. The underlined word could be articles, reports, magazines, charts, etc. There is another form of this accusative noun which deals with kind/type. It is called.
التمييز النوعي Usually it is an indefinite singular noun/verbal noun which has the meaning of "with respect to, in terms of, as to," and thus involves some level of comparison. **هي أکثرُ الطلابِ** استِعداداً **للأمتحانِ.** As to preparedness for the exam, she is the most among all students. However, it is not necessary that the accusative of distinction is limited to expressing comparison.
Consider the following sentence: **مَلأتِ الأمُّ البَيتَ سَعادَةً.** The mother filled the house (with) happiness. Previous Next