Introduction

 

Welcome to our new Arabic free course. In this lesson, we are going to study the indeclinable nouns – الْمَمْنُوْعُ مِنْ الصَّرْفِ in the Arabic language.

 

Dialogue

حَامدٌ طَبِيبٌ. زوجته مدرِّسَةٌ. اِسْمُهَا آمينةُ. حامدٌ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَبْنَاءٍ. هُمْ حَمْزَةُ و عُثْمَانُ و أَحْمَدُ و إِبْرَاهِيمُ. أحمدُ و حمزَةُ طالِبانِ. أحمدُ طالبٌ مُجْتَهِدٌ و حَمْزَةُ طالبٌ كَسْلانُ.

Hamid is a medical doctor. His wife is a teacher.  Her name is Aminah. Hamid has four sons. There are Hamza, Uthman, Ahmad and Ibrahim. Ahmed and Hamza are both students. Ahmed is an assiduous student, and Hamza is a lazy student.

قَال يوسُفُ: عِنْدِي خَمْسَةُ أَقْلام : هَذا قلَمٌ أحمرُ, و هذا قَلَمٌ أَخْضَرُ, و هذا قَلَمٌ أَسْوَدُ, و هذا قَلَمٌ أَصْفَرُ.

Yusuf said: I have five pens. This is a red pen, this is a green pen, this is a black pen, and this is a yellow pen.

قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ : عِنْدِي مَنَادِلُ كَثِيرةٌ. هذا أَبْيَضُ و هذا أَصفَرُ, و هذا أَحْمَرُ و هذا أزْرَقُ.

Zainab said: I have a lot of handkerchiefs. This is white, this is yellow, this is red, and this is blue.

قَالَتْ لَها فاطِمَةُ : أَ عِنْدَكِ مِندِيل أخضر ؟

Fatima told her: Do you have green handkerchiefs?

قَالت : لا. ما عِنْدِ منديلٌ أخضَرُ.

She said: No. I don’t have a green handkerchief.

قَالَ طَلْحَةُ : عِنْدِي مَفَاتِيحُ كَثِيرةٌ. هذا مِفْتَاحُ الغرفة, و هذا مفتاحُ الحقِيبَةِ و هذا مفتاحُ السيَّارَةِ.

Talha said: I have a lot of keys. This is the key to the room. This is the key to the garden, which is the key to the car.

قَال سُفْيَانُ: فِي بلدنا

و مَدَارِسُ كثِيرَةٌ و فَنادَقُ قَليلة.

Yusuf said: in our country, there are many mosques, schools and a few hotels.

أَهَؤُلاءِ أَطِبَّاءُ؟

Are these medical doctors?

لا. هم مُدَرِسُون. و هُم عُلَمَاءُ كِبَارٌ

No. They are teachers. And they are big scholars.

 

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Indeclinable nouns – الْمَمْنُوْعُ مِنْ الصَّرْفِ

 

The indeclinables nouns carry a fatha at the genitive case. And they never have a nunation (tanween).

 

• The non-Arabic proper names:

 

Examples:

 إِبْرَاهِيْمُ  – Ibrahim 

حَمْزَةُ – Hamza

عُثْمَانُ –  Uthman

أَحْمَدُ – Ahmed

يوسُفُ – Yusuf

طَلْحَةُ – Talha

 

 

• The feminine proper names:

 

Examples:

عَائِشَةُ – Aisha

زَيْنَبُ – Zaynab

فاطِمَةُ – Fatima

آمينةُ – Aminah

 

 

 

• the noun on the form أَفْعَل:

 

Examples:

 أَحْمَدُ – Ahmed

أَبْيَضُ – white

أَصفَرُ – Yellow

أَحْمَرُ – red

أزْرَقُ – blue

 

 

• the noun ending with ان:

 

Examples:

 

كَسْلانُ – lazy

سُفْيَانُ – Sofian

 

• the plural noun on the form مَفَاعِلُ and مَفَاعِيلُ:

مَفَاتِيحُ – keys

مَساجِدُ – mosque

مَنادِيلُ – handkerchiefs

Conclusion

 

This Arabic free lesson is now completed. You have learned how to use:

• The indeclinable nouns in Arabic.

InshaAllah, we will study the indeclinable nouns at the genetive case in Arabic in the next lesson.