Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Syntax 1 Ma’ Accusative and the Exceptive After Ila What is a ma' accusative? A ma' accusative is a noun preceded by a wāw that has the meaning of with mentioned to describe what the action was performed with. For example: اِذهَب و الشّارعَ الجَدیدَ (Go on the new road.) What is an exceptive after ila? An exceptive after ila is a noun mentioned after the preposition ila which has a different ruling than what was mentioned before ila.
It is obligatory to put the exceptive after ila into the accusative state if the phrase before it is complete and positive, for example: یعیشُ الناسُ براحة إلا الکسلانَ (People live in comfort, except lazy people.) Here it is obligatory to put lazy people into the accusative case because the phrase before the ila is complete and positive. Previous Next