• Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today, we go back to Arabic Grammar.
• We are going to study the three cases of Arabic Nouns.
• Any Arabic noun falls into one of three categories or cases:

Arabic Noun Cases via Transparent Arabic

1. The Nominative Case حــالــة الــرفــع: It means that the noun is marked by a Dammah ضــمــّــة (or an equivalent) on the ending letter(s). It is often the case of the subject. Adjectives that modify those nouns are in the same case and bear the same Harakah (Tashkeel).

(Revise the Nominal Sentence and its Wrapping-Up to get an idea of this case)

1. The Accusative Case حــالــة الــنــصــب : It means that the noun is marked by a Fat’ha فــتــحــة (or an equivalent) on the ending letter(s). It is often the case of the object. Adjectives that follow those nouns are in the same case and have the same Harakah (Tashkeel).

(Revise the Verbal Sentence to get an idea of this case)

1. The Genitive Case حــالــة الــجــر : It means that the noun is marked by a Kas’rah كــســرة (or an equivalent) on the ending letter(s). It is often the case of the nouns that follow Prepositions and Idaafa Adjectives that follow those nouns are in the same case and have the same Harakah (Tashkeel).

• Now, the question that matters most to us in this post is: What exactly are the nouns that belong to each of the above cases? This will be discussed in more details in the upcoming posts!

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