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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