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Quranic Arabic Grammar
Made Easy
Copyright 2014 by Azizul Hoque
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Lesson 1
(Arabic Alphabet)
Khaa
Haa
Jeem
Thaa
Taa
Baa
Alif
Saad
Sheen
Seen
Zaa
Raa
Dhaal
Daal
qaaf
Faa
Ghain
Ain
Zaa
Taa
Daad
Yaa
haa
Waw
Noon
Meem
Laam
Kaaf
"Vowels ():
There are three vowels that comes on a letter:
1. Fatha (
) kasra, (
) damma, (
) or sukoon (
)
becomes a .
=
=
Words are made with
(letters) and
(vowels).
Examples:
pen
book
mankind
in
read
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Words and the Types of Words
A word having a meaning is called
Kalimah (parts of
speech).
- noun. 2.
- verb. 3.
- particle.
A
- noun (pl
- name,
- horse,
-
man,
- Makkah,
- pen,
- to hit,
- good,
he ,
-I.
85% of will have Tanween.
A
- verb (pl
-he hit,
- he went,
- he is going
or he will go,
- go,
- dont go.
A
- particle (pl
(noun) or a
(verb), e.g.
- from,
on ,
in ,
- to.
We will be first learning
with
and some
with
.
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Lesson 2
Noun
There are four properties of a
in order to use a
in a sentence.
So every
ism
fil
harf
iraab
adad
qism
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1.
(Iraab) - declension.
All (nouns) has three grammatical cases (
).
1.
) of the verb is in
case.
3.
after
of ) meaning the possessor (book of Zaid) Zaid is called
Mudaf Ilaihi so its in case.
(We will learn Mudaf Ilaihi in more details later on)
If a has Dammatain (
) it is in case.
If a has Fathatain (
) it is in case.
If a has Kasratain (
) it is in case.
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In other words:
If a is in case Dammatain (
Zaid is the (subject) doer in this sentence. He did the action of
hitting, so in this sentence Zaid is in case. Dammatain (
) will
be read on it.
And Hamid is object in this sentence, so Hamid is in case.
Fathatain (
Example 2:
Book of Zaid (Zaids book) =
Here Zaid is after of so Zaid is in case. Kasratain (
) will be
read on it.
Note: The meaning of in all three cases is the same.
Note: The in its default form is case the Dammatain (
)
will be read.
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The Signs of
(Munsarif)
About 85% nouns () will be in one of the three cases and
they will end in (Tanween).
Examples:
Possessive
Case
Objective
Case
Nominative
Case
Meaning Noun
man
king
Zaid
Muhammad
mosque
house
house
book
pen
brother
sister
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Lesson 3
You have noticed that in case with fatha-tain (
) an Alif () is
added at the end of a .
The rule is whenever there is fatha-tain (
) in case an Alif ()
is added at the end of a .
Lets take a look at it again.
Meaning
man
king
Zaid
Muhammad
mosque
house
house
wall
book
pen
Note: There are many rules in Arabic grammar has some
exceptions.
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Exception 1 for the above rule is when there is () at the end of a
, an Alif () will not be added in case.
Examples:
Meaning
garden
nation
sign
woman
Exception 2 for the above rule is when there is () at the end of a
, an Alif () will not be added in case.
Examples:
Meaning
sky
water
reward
An Alif () will be added in case in the following nouns.
Meaning
bad
thing
Because they are ending with ( ) and ().
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Lesson 4
In lesson 2 we have learnt that about 85%
are
(Munsarif). They will be in one of the three cases and their
of the last letter will change in all three cases. They will end in
(Tanween).
About 13%
(Ghair Munsarif).
Rule:
) or Kasrah (
).
In case, the Dammah (
(Ghair Munsarif) does not accept Kasrah (
).
The question is, how will we know which
s are
(Ghair Munsarif).
The answer is, there are some categories where if any falls in
one of these categories they will be
(Ghair Munsarif).
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Categories
Category 1: Names of most of the prophets are
Names of these prophets will be
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Category 2: Names of most Females are
Category 3: Names of male that ends in () are
(Ghair Munsarif )
Category 4: Names of male that ends in () are
(Ghair Munsarif )
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Category 5: Non-Arab names are
Category 6: Names of Angels are
Category 7: Names of most of countries and cities are
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About 2% of
(Mabni).
Examples:
this
this
this
these
these
these
that
that
that
those
those
those
he who
he who
he who
she who
she who
she who
those who
those who
those who
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Lesson 5
2. the Gender
Arabic s are of two types in regards to gender:
1.
(Mudhak-kar) masculine.
2.
(Muan-nath) feminine.
All Arabic s are
feminine.
There are two types of
feminine.
1.
real feminine
sister
daughter
mother
2.
is two types.
1.
stone
sign
gerden
cow
room
watch/time
Adjective nouns can be made in to feminine by adding
taa marbuta () at the end.
Note: The letter before taa marbuta () will have a Fatha.
Examples:
Adjective noun
female muslim
muslim
female pious
pious
female student
student
big (fm)
big
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small (fm)
small
long (fm)
long
short (fm)
short
heavy (fm)
heavy
light (fm)
light
2. Alif maqsurah (
) at the end
of a .
Examples:
beautiful lady
Small (f)
Big (f)
3. Alif mamdudah () at the end of a .
Examples:
black
yellow
desert
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2.
wind
cold wind
wind
Category 2: Names of wines.
Examples:
wine
wine
Category 3: Names of fire.
Examples:
hell fire
hell fire
fire
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Category 4: parts of the body in pairs.
Examples:
ear
eye
hand
elbow
foot
leg
Category 5: names of countries.
Examples:
Roman
Syria
Egypt
The exception to this rule are six Arab countries. These are:
Iraq
Jordan
Morocco
Kuwait
Lebanon
Sudan
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Besides the above-mentioned nouns, there are other nouns
which are used as feminine by the Arabs.
Some of them are:
sun
earth
sky
glass
house
battle
market
dream
soul
All broken plurals (none-intelligent) are singular feminine.
(We will learn broken plurals in the next lesson).
Examples:
doors
pens
books
houses
faces
hearts
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Lesson 6
3. the Number
In Arabic, s are of three categories with regards to number:
1. Singular
) at the
end of the .
Examples:
dual
singular
dual
singular
two women
one woman
two pens
one pen
two Khutbas
one Khutba
two books
one book
two eyes
one eye
two boys
one boy
two gardens
one garden
two men
one man
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The (dual) is formed in and case by following the step
below:
(Same rule is applied to both masculine and feminine ).
Put a Fatha (
) at the
end of the .
Examples:
dual
singular
dual
singular
/ /
two women
one woman
two pens
one pen
two Khutbas
one Khutba
two books
one book
two eyes
one eye
two boys
one boy
two gardens
one garden
two men
one man
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Plural
Plurals are of two types:
1. (Jam Salim) sound plural.
2.
) at
the end of the .
The - masculine sound plural is mainly formed from
adjective nouns.
Examples:
sound plural
singular
sound plural
singular
disbelievers
disbeliever
muslims
muslim
hypocrites
hypocrite
believers
believer
disobedient
disobedient
pious
pious
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The - masculine sound plural is formed in and
case by following the step below:
Put a Kasra (
) at the
end of the .
Examples:
sound plural
singular
sound plural
singular
/ /
disbelievers
disbeliever
muslims
muslim
hypocrites
hypocrite
believers
believer
disobedient
disobedient
pious
pious
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There are some s they are not adjectives but they are used as
- The masculine sound plural.
Examples:
sound plural
sound plural
singular
/
worlds
worlds
world
earth
earth
earth
families
families
family
twenty
twenty
thirty
thirty
ninety
ninety
till
ninety
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2. - The feminine sound plural
The - feminine sound plural is formed in case by
following the step below:
Remove () from the feminine and add (
) to the end
of the .
The - feminine sound plural is mainly formed from
adjective nouns.
Examples:
sound plural
singular
sound plural
singular
disbelievers (f)
disbeliever (f)
Muslims (f)
Muslim (f)
hypocrites (f)
hypocrite (f)
believers (f)
believer (f)
disobedient (f)
disobedient (f)
pious
Pious (f)
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The - feminine sound plural is formed in and
case by following the step below:
Remove () from the feminine and add (
) to the end of
the feminine .
Examples:
There are some s they are not adjectives but they are used as
- The feminine sound plural.
Examples:
sound plural
singular
sound plural
singular
/ /
disbelievers (f)
disbeliever (f)
Muslims (f)
Muslim (f)
hypocrites (f)
hypocrite (f)
believers (f)
believer (f)
disobedient (f)
disobedient (f)
pious (f)
pious (f)
sound plural
singular
sound plural
singular
/ /
sky
garden
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Full chart of adjective s regards to number.
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Lesson 7
The broken plural - (
)
The broken plural is that ism in which the form of the singular
ism is broken, that is, changed. It has no fixed rules for making
it. Sometimes letters are added or deleted and sometimes there is
merely a change in the Harakat.
In English we have broken plural too, some examples:
goose = geese tooth = teeth mouse = mice leaf = leaves
man = men woman = women wife = wives life = lives
knife = knives loaf = loaves I = we he = they
Here we list some of the groups of the broken plural which are
used most often:
Munsarif () groups
groups
baby
pen
time
door
work , deed
rain
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camel
man
sea
servant
mountain
dog
reward
heart
fountain
soul
king , owner
face
messenger
book ,
document
town, city
page , news
paper
path, creed,
faith, belief
ship , boat
leg
soul
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sea river
eye
month
groups
poor
scholar
leader
stranger
agent ,
trustee
minister
guardian ,
master
prophet
friend
rich
beloved ,
darling
near ,
relative
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desk, office
mosque
warning
and advice
transport
letter
key
component
star
earthquake,
shaken
jewel , gem
groups
murdered
dead
thrown on
the ground
ill
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Full chart of broken plural (
Full chart of broken plural (
) .
Full chart of broken plural (
) .
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Lesson 8
4.
the type
The types of Nouns
Nouns are of two types in regards to definiteness:
1.
(Nakirah) indefinite.
2.
(Marifah) definite.
1.
) does
not refer to any particular good thing. Every good thing
can be called (
indefinite nouns.
2.
) is the name of
a particular person. Makkah (
) he
- refers to a specific person. (
is seven types:
1.
), (
).
2.
(pronoun), e.g. (
) he, (
) you, (
) - I.
3.
),this, (
) that.
4.
( noun having (
)), e.g. (
) the horse, (
)
the man.
6.
) Zaids book,
(
.
7.
(vocative), e.g. (
) O man, (
) O boy.
Besides the above-mentioned 7 types definite nouns all other
nouns are indefinite.
The definite article of Arabic is (
). The noun, (
) the
horse, is definite.
When (
with
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We have learnt that (ghair munsarif) nouns do not
accept kasrah in case.
Examples:
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But when is added to (ghair munsarif) nouns they will
accept kasrah in case.
Examples:
with nouns
with nouns
When any word precedes a word having (
) is known as (Hamzatul-
wasl). It is not pronounced. e.g.
If there is a Saskin letter before the (
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However the word (
In (
There are two groups of the Arabic letters.
1.
2.
If the letter after ( ) is from