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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 |
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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 |