Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Syntax 1 Vocative What is a vocative? A vocative is the intended result of saying 'I call…' How many forms of vocatives are there? There are two forms of vocatives: • One that is in the possessive form and accusative case: for example یا عبد الله (Ay, ‛Abd Allah or Allah's servant) or a common noun that is not specified: for example یا غافلاً تَنَبّهُ (Ay heedless one!
Pay attention.) • One that is indeclinable on whatever would put it in the nominative case and is either a proper noun or a common noun that is specified. For example: یا خالدُ (Ay, Khalid) or یا رجُلُ (Ay, man). Previous Next