Arabic: An Essential Grammar

conjunctions

co-ordinating 51–3, 90–1, 94

subordinating 194–5, 209–10,

284 – 5, 295, 309, 313

consonants 5– 8

assimilation 39– 40

double 17

emphatic 6–7, 13– 14

co-ordinating conjunctions 51–3,

90 – 1, 94

d

̇

a ̄ 2, 7, 14, 39, 122

d

̇

a ̄d 2, 6, 14, 39, 122

dagger 22

da ̄l 2, 6, 39

d

̄

a ̄l 2, 6, 39

da ̄ma 196, 293

d

̇

ammah 13, 18, 21, 27, 135

dates 264–5, 276, 300

d

̄

atun 101 – 2

days of the week 274

defective verbs see weak verbs

definite article 31–2, 34, 39–41, 57,

63, 64, 65, 186, 263–4, 269,

272 – 3, 300

demonstratives 66, 98– 101

derived verb forms I–X 116–23,

129 – 30, 162, 320– 7

diminutive form 188

diptotes 47, 48, 151–6, 181

dots and strokes 10

double consonants 17

doubled verbs 218–19, 322–3, 334

doubly weak verbs 249–51, 349

dual number 70–2, 187

each 175, 176

emphasizing pronouns 101

emphatic consonants 6–7, 13–14, 122

exception 282– 5

exclamations 289– 90

fa... 51 – 2, 309, 310– 11

fa ̄

3, 7, 40

fath

̇

ah 10, 13, 14, 18, 21, 27, 28,

135

feminine nouns 46–8, 71, 73–4,

152 – 4

with numbers 256– 62

festivals 276– 7

fı ̄ 53, 265

final letters 1, 2–3, 27

fractions 273

fula ̄nun 177

future time 109, 241

g ̇ayn 3, 7, 40

g ̇ayru 172 – 3, 282, 284

gender of nouns 46– 8

genitive case 18, 31, 32, 53, 57, 63,

64, 66, 70, 72, 88, 284

after numbers 257, 261, 263, 264

after prepositions 53, 54




id

̇

a ̄fah constructions 61– 4

in negation 172, 173

g ̆ı ̄m 2, 5, 40

ha ̄

3, 8, 40, 46

h

̇

a ̄

2, 5–6, 40

h

̆

a ̄

2, 6, 40

h

̆

ayrun 186

hal 169, 310, 311

h

̇

a ̄l clauses 303– 4

hamzah (hamzatu l-qat

̇



i) 26–7, 42,

135 – 40

in verbs 117, 224–6, 250–1, 337–9,

347

hamzatu l-was

̇

li (was

̇

lah) 40–1, 81,

117

handwriting 3–4, 9– 12

exercises 10–12, 14–16, 19–20,

23 – 5, 28– 30

h

̇

atta ̄ 52 – 3, 54, 209, 211– 12

hollow verbs see weak verbs

huna ̄ka 177

hundreds 261– 2

id 295




id

̄

a ̄ 309, 310




id

̇

a ̄fah constructions 61–6, 90–1,

100 – 1, 186–7, 258, 264, 270– 1




id

̄

an 209, 210– 11

‘if’ clauses 309– 12




ila ̄ 53, 91




illa ̄ 282 – 5

imperative mood 214, 218–19, 225,

309, 310

imperfect tense 78, 106–10, 128–30,

160 – 1, 218– 19




in 309 – 10



inda 55, 56, 91

indefinite forms 18, 33–4, 152, 202

indicative mood 106– 10

indirect speech 194

initial letters 1, 2– 3




inna and its sisters 193– 5

inner object 302

interrogative adverbs 299– 300

interrogative particles 169

interrogative pronouns 169–71,

(^352204) – 5, 312
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