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Indefinite Nouns and Definite Nouns in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Oct 12, 2017
The Noun الاسم alism in Arabic, any noun that is derived from the verb, can be either Indefinite نَكِرَة nakirah or Definite مَعْرِفَة ma‘rifah. The Indefinite النَّكِرَة an-nakirah is almost always changeable to Definite following to two morphological rules. Not every Definite, however, is changeable to Indefinite. That is, there are certain nouns that exist…