- Today, we are going to wrap up what we have learnt so far about nouns.
- Definition: A noun is a part of speech that refers to something that can be realized by the mind or by the senses and Time is not part of.
- In the previous posts, we have looked at nouns from four dimensions:
(A) Noun Gender : We have classified Arabic nouns into:
(1) Masculine مذكر
(2) Feminine مؤنث : (Feminine Markers and Feminine Types)
(B) Noun Number : We have learnt that Arabic nouns can be :
(1) Singular مفرد
(2) Dual مثنى : (Adding ان or ين to the singular)
(3) Plural جمع : There are Three Types of Plural:
a- The Masculine Regular Plural جمع المذكر السالم
b- The Feminine Regular Plural جمع المؤنث السالم
c- The Irregular(Broken) Plural جمع التكسير
(C) Noun Definiteness : We learnt the Seven Types of Definite Nouns:
(1) The Proper Noun اسم العلم ; (kunyah / Laqab / Name)
(2) Nouns with AL ( الاسم المعرف بـ (الـ
(3) Pronouns الضمائر : (Visible and Invisible)
(4) demonstrative Nouns أسماء الإشارة
(5) Relative Nouns الأسماء الموصولة
(6) Modaaf Nouns in Idaafa الاسم المضاف
(7) Vocative Nouns after Yaa المنادى
(D) Noun categories : We have learnt that a noun can be;
(1) Maqsoor اسم مقصور ;(e.g. هدى / سها )
(2) Manqoos اسم منقوص ; (e.g. قاضى / محامى )
(2) Saheeh (Sound) اسم صحيح ; (e.g. عمر / بيت / صحراء )
************
(Note 1 : Kindly Refer to older posts on this blog for more details on the above topics)
(Note 2 : Noun Cases, Markers and Conjugation measures will come later on in more detail)
(Note 3 : Kindly refer to our Youtube Channel for pronunciation videos and more on the Arabic Language and Culture at http://www.youtube.com/user/ArabicTransparent )
**********
Next time, we will discuss the basic terminology of VERBS
Check us back soon
Peace سلام / Salam/
Comments:
esra matur:
thank you for such a helpful site! could you pls write also the phonetics with their original arabic version…like `Om kolthoom` above.
Vision News Reporter:
Very constructive, it would help people quite a lot.
Mrs Atiya Rajbee:
This is an excellent site for help with learning Arabic. I have just started to learn the language and luckily found this blog.
Thank you!