The genitive case(حالة الجر)is the case of nouns that occur after prepositions or as second word in idafa constructions, and their modifying adjectives. Nouns and adjectives that are genitive are called (المجرور) in Arabic. There are various endings used to mark the genitive case; depending on the number, gender and definiteness of the noun or adjective in question.
Definite singular (and broken plural) nouns and adjectives are marked by (كسرة) which is written as (ـِ), and sounds like a short /i/
تكلمتُ معالطالبِالجديدِ.
“I talked tothenewstudent.”
كتابالطالبِجديد.
“The book of thestudentis new.”
Indefinite singular (and broken plural) nouns and adjectives are marked by (تنوين الكسر) which is written as (ـٍ) and has the sound /in/
تكلمتُ معطالبٍجديدٍ.
“I talked toanewstudent.”
Dual nouns and adjectives are marked by the suffix (ين)
تكلمتُ معطالبينجديدين.
“I talked tonewstudents(masculine dual).”
Sound masculine pluralnouns and adjectives are marked by the suffix (ين)
تكلمتُ معالمدرسيناللبنانيين.
“I talked totheLebaneseteachers.”
Comments:
BENCHIKH:
The arabic genitive case is really different from he english one.
Thank you for the examples.
BENCHIKH:
The arabic genitive case is really different from the english one.
Thank you for the examples.
Aariz:
Could pls give me the plural and dual case of : تلمیذ (student ), کلمه ( word), استاذ ( teacher ) , علامه ( scientific ).
Aziza:
Ahlan Aariz,
The last word does not mean scientifi, it means mark! Please find the plurals below:
تلمیذ – تلاميذ
کلمه – كلمات
استاذ – أساتذة
علامه – علامات