Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Syntax 1 Hiding the Vowel Signs of a Declinable Noun How many declinable nouns hide their vowel signs? There are three types of declinable nouns that hide their vowel signs: • A compliment to a prefixed yā' personal pronoun. • Nouns whose last letter is an alif maqsūrah ( ی ). • Nouns whose last letter is a ya' preceded by a kasrah. Which declinable nouns hide all of their vowel signs?
All of the vowels are hidden: • if the noun is a compliment to a prefixed y ā' personal pronoun because it would be difficult to pronounce the vowel. For example: إنّ مَذهني إکرامي لضَیفي (Verily, my creed makes me respect my guest. ) • if the noun's last letter is an alif maqsūrah because an alif cannot take a vowel. For example: إنّ الهُدی هُدی اللهِ (Verily guidance is Allah's guidance.) Which declinable nouns hide the dummah and kasrah?
The dummah and kasrah are hidden in nouns whose last letter is a ya' preceded by a kasrah because of it being difficult to pronounce. For example: حَکَمَ القاضِي عَلَی الجَانِي (The judge sentenced the criminal.) Previous Next