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The document provides an overview of Nahw (Arabic grammar), including its definition, purpose, and founder. It discusses the categorization of words into meaningful/meaningless, individual/compound, complete/incomplete. Nouns, verbs, and particles are defined along with their categories. Signs of nouns are listed and explained, including the definite article, tanween, genitive case, and others. Rules of the possessive compound and genitive case are also covered.

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NAHW Revision Questions

The document provides an overview of Nahw (Arabic grammar), including its definition, purpose, and founder. It discusses the categorization of words into meaningful/meaningless, individual/compound, complete/incomplete. Nouns, verbs, and particles are defined along with their categories. Signs of nouns are listed and explained, including the definite article, tanween, genitive case, and others. Rules of the possessive compound and genitive case are also covered.

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NAHW REVISION

Section One: Introduction

1. What is the definition of Nahw?

Literal: Path
Technical: Combining the 3 parts of speech to form a correct sentence and knowing
the I’raab of the final letter in each word

2. What is the purpose of studying Nahw?

To avoid making mistakes in the Arabic language whilst speaking and writing and
combining the 3 parts of speech to form a correct sentence. The subject matter is
words and sentences.

3. Who was Nahw founded by?

Abul Aswad Ad Duali

Section Two: The Word

1. Utterance in Arabic divides into two categories. What are they? Define
each one of them.

Meaningful - It makes sense ‫َم ْوض ُْوع‬


ْ ‫ُم ْه َم‬
Meaningless - It does not make sense ‫ل‬

2. A meaningful word in Arabic divides into two. What are they?

Word ‫ُم ْف َر ْد‬


Compound ْ‫م َُر َّكب‬

3. Individual words divide into… what are the categorisations?

Noun, verb and particle ‫حرف اسم فعل‬

4. Compounds divided into ….

Complete ‫َتا ْم‬


Incomplete ْ‫َناقِص‬
5. What is a complete compound?

Complete - A sentence which tells the listener some story, or information or indicates
to him that someone wants them to do something. Eg. The shop is on Upton Lane

6. What is an incomplete compound?

Incomplete - A statement made up of two or more words which do not give a


specified message. Eg. Small boy

7. What is the definition of a noun? Give an example

A word that conveys meaning on its own without a tense. Eg. ٌ‫ َف َرس‬A horse

8. What is the definition of a verb? Give an example

A word that conveys a meaning (action) on its own and includes a tense (past,
ْ ‫ دَ َر َس‬She studied
present or future). Eg. ‫ت‬

9. What is the definition of a particle? Give an example

A word that has no tense and cannot be understood without a noun or verb.
Eg. ‫ َع َل ْي ُك ْم‬Upon you

10. What are the categorisations of a noun?

1. ‫ َجا ِم ٌد‬A noun which is not derived and nothing is anything derived from it eg
‫ ِح َما ٌر‬A donkey

2. ‫صدَ ْر‬
ْ ‫ َم‬Many words are derived from it. It can be known as a verbal
ُ To Oppress
noun/infinitive (-ing or To… words). eg ‫ظ ْل ٌم‬

3. ْ ‫ ُم‬A noun derived from Masdar eg ‫ َظالِ ٌم‬An Oppressor


ْ‫ش َتق‬

11. What are the 4 categorisations of a verb? Define each with an example.

ْ ‫ دَ َر َس‬She studied
1. ‫ َماضِ ْي‬Past tense eg. ‫ت‬

2. ‫ار ْع‬
ِ ‫ض‬َ ‫ ُم‬Present tense eg. ُ‫ َت ْدرُس‬She is studying/will study

3. ‫ َأ ْمر‬Imperative command eg. ‫ ِا ْف َع ْل‬You s/m do!

4. ‫ َن ِه ْي‬Negative command eg. ‫ اَل َت ْف َع ْل‬You s/m don’t do!


Section Three: The Noun

1. List the signs of a noun

1. The definite article ‘‫’ال‬


2. Tanween
3. Genitive case ‫َمجْ ر ُْور‬
4. Dual ‫ُم َث َّنى \ َت ْث ِن َية‬
5. Plural ‫َجمع‬
6. Taa of femininity ‫ة‬
7. Possession
8. Adjective

How to remember this? THE FAT GRUMPY DOG ATE DRIED PEELED POTATOES

Tanween
Feminine round Taa
Genitive case
Dual
Adjective
Definite article
Possession
Plural

2. What is the definite article in Arabic?

The definite article of Arabic is ‫ال‬

3. What is the function of the definite article?

Makes something specific

4. What meaning does the definite article give?

‘The’ eg. ُ‫ اَ ْل َف َرس‬The horse

5. What will the definite article never combine with?

Tanween

6. Provide six examples of the definite article and how it is used

ِّ ‫ ال‬/ ‫ الرَّ ُج ُل‬/ ُ‫ اَ ْل َف َرس‬/ ‫ الصَّاد ُِق‬/ ‫ ْال َعالِ ُم‬/ ‫لط ْف ُل‬
‫ص َفة‬ ِّ َ‫ا‬
7. What is the Tanween?

A particle that renders a noun indefinite called ‫ حرف تنكير‬or tanween

8. What will it never combine with?

The definite article of Arabic - ‫ال‬

9. What are the sun and moon letters?

Sun letters + ‫ = ال‬the lam is assimilated into the Harf Shamsi


‫تثدذرزسشصضطظلن‬
Moon letters + ‫ = ال‬the lam is read normally and the Harf Qamari is read normally
‫ابجحخعغفقكموهي‬

10. Give examples of the Taa of femininity ‫ ة‬and how it can be used as a sign
of a noun.

It can be used as a sign of a noun because a verb and particle will not have a
َ ‫َفاطِ َم ُة = اسم‬
feminine round taa but a noun will. Eg. ‫الع َلم‬

11. What is the adjective? Give examples of how it can be used as a sign of a
noun.

‫ص َفة‬
ِّ ‫ اسم ال‬Adjectives - a noun that describes a noun eg. Beautiful ‫َج ِم ْي ٌل‬

12. What is the possessive compound made up of? Give an example.

Possessive َ ‫م َُر َّكبْ ِإ‬


ْ‫ضافِي‬ ‫ُضاف ِا َل ْي ِه‬
َ ‫م‬ ‫ُضاف‬
َ ‫م‬
compound

َ ‫م َُر َّكبْ ِإ‬


ْ‫ضافِي‬ Hamid’s pen ‫َق َل ُم َحا ِم ٍد‬

13. What are the rules of the possessive compound? Give an example.

َ ‫ م‬- no ‫ ال‬or tanween, i’raab is flexible, default i’raab is dhammah\tayn


‫ُضاف‬

‫ُضاف ِا َل ْي ِه‬
َ ‫ م‬- allowed ‫ ال‬or tanween, i’raab is fixed to genitive case ‫َمجْ ر ُْور‬

14. What is the genitive case? Give examples

It is the case ‫َمجْ ر ُْور‬


If a noun is after a harf jar or is mudaaf ilayhi it will be in the genitive case
Eg. ‫ َق َل ُم ُه‬Eg. ‫َع َل ْي ِه‬

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