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Appendix B — Glossary of terms
| Term used in this book | Term used in native Arabic grammar | Term used by Western grammars |
|---|---|---|
| absolute doee | المَفْعُول المُطْلَق | absolute accusative |
| clipped-state | المَجْزُومُ / حَالَةُ الجَزْمِ | jussive mood |
| condition | الشَّرْط | protasis |
| consequence | جَوَابُ الشَّرْط | apodosis |
| adjectival noun | الصِّفَةُ | epithet |
| adverb of time | ظَرْفُ الزَّمَانِ / المَفْعُولُ فِيهِ | ?? |
| adverb of place | ظَرْفُ المَكَانِ / المَفْعُولُ فِيهِ | ?? |
| annexation | الإِضَافَة | ?? |
| annexe noun | المُضَافُ | construct noun |
| base noun | المُضَافُ إِلَيْهِ | ?? |
| [verb of] command | الأَمْرُ | imperative |
| comment | الخَبَر | predicate / comment |
| connected noun | الاسْمُ المَوْصُولُ | relative pronoun |
| connecting sentence | الصِّلَة | ?? |
| deputy – | نَائِبُ – / نَائِبٌ عَنْ – | ?? |
| direct doee | المَفْعُول بِهِ | object |
| doer | الفَاعِلُ | subject |
| lowered-state | المَجْرُورُ / حَالَةُ الجَرِّ | genitive case |
| particle | الحَرْفُ | particle |
| pointing noun | اسْمُ الإِشَارَةِ | demonstrative pronoun |
| preposition | حَرْفُ الجَرِّ | preposition |
| prohibition | النَّهْيُ | ?? |
| pronoun | الضَّمِيرُ | pronoun |
| proper noun | العَلَمُ | ?? |
| propped-state | المَنْصُوبُ / حَالَةُ النَّصْبِ | accusative case (nouns) / subjunctive mood (verbs) |
| questioning | الاسْتِفْهَامُ | interrogative |
| raised-state | المَرْفُوعُ / حَالَةُ الرَّفْعِ | nominative case (nouns) / indicative mood (verbs) |
| refer-back pronoun | العَائِدُ / الرَّابِطُ | ?? |
| rigid | المَيْنِيُّ | ?? |
| semi-flexible | المَمْنُوعُ مِنَ الصَّرْفِ | diptote |
| state | الإعْرَابُ | inflection / case (nouns) / mood (verbs) |
| subject (of إِنَّ, كَانَ, etc.) | اسْمُ – | ?? |
| subject (of sentence) | المُبْتَدَأُ بِهِ, المُبْتَدَأُ | subject / topic |
| tanwīn | التَّنْوِين | nunation |