Glossary of terms

Diptote ِاَلْمَمْنُوعُ مِنَ اَلْصَّرْف – a noun which inflects with only 2 markers – dhamma and fatha.

Mabni – a noun which does not change case endings under any circumstance.

Noun اِسْمٌ – a word which indicates the name of a physical object (such as “house”, “tree”, “car”, ٌبَيْت,a شَجَرَةٌ,a ٌسَيَّارَة), an abstract idea (such as “intellect”, “happiness”, “freedom”, ٌعَقْل,a ٌسَعَادَة,a ٌحُرِّيَّة,a) or a personal name (such as “John”, “David”, “Mary”, يَحِيَّى,a دَاوُود,a ُمَرْيَم).

Adjective صِفَةٌ – a word which describes a noun, such as “big”, “small”, “heavy”, “blue”, ٌكَبِير,a ٌصَغِير,a ٌثَقِيل,a ُأَزْرَق.

Verb ٌفِعَل – a class of words that convey actions (“to do”), processes (“to become”) or states (“to be”).