intransitive verbs 117, 118, 120,
121Islamic calendar 274– 5
festivals 276
iyya ̄ 94
jussive mood 106, 212–13, 309
ka... 53
ka
anna 193ka ̄da 292
ka ̄f 3, 7, 40
kam 171
ka ̄na 237
as auxiliary verb 240–1, 312
and its sisters 195–6, 290– 3kasrah 10, 13, 17, 18, 21, 27, 135
kay 209, 210
kila ̄ 175 – 7
kullun 174 – 5
la... 91, 92, 194, 311
la ̄ 110, 174, 196, 209, 212, 291, 310,
311, 312la
alla 193lada ̄ 55, 56, 91
la ̄kinna 193
lam 212, 213, 291
la ̄m 3, 8, 14, 39, 57
la ̄m-
alif 21, 34lamma ̄ 212, 213
lan 209, 210, 310, 311
law 309, 311, 313
laysa 196, 290–1, 294, 310, 311
layta 193
letters see alphabetic table, writing
li... 53, 54, 56, 57, 91, 92, 170, 209,
210, 212, 213long vowels 21– 2
lunar calendar 274–5, 276
ma ̄ 82, 110, 170, 196, 204–5, 213,
282, 291, 293, 294, 310, 311ma
a 53, 56, 91, 194–5, 313ma ̄d
̄
a ̄ 170maddah sign 28
man 170, 204–5, 312
masculine nouns 46–8, 66, 71, 73,
153 – 4
with numbers 256– 62mas
̇
dar 162 – 4, 211, 219– 20mata ̄ 299 – 300
medial letters 1, 2–3, 27
millions 262– 3
mı ̄m 3, 8, 40
min 53, 91, 131, 185, 186, 264
miniature
alif 22
months of the year 274– 5
moods see imperative, jussive,
subjunctive
moon letters 40
mund
̄u 53
Muslim festivals 276nafsun 101
nationalities 182– 4
negation 82, 110, 172–4, 290
nisbah 102, 182– 4
nominal sentences 32, 33
nominative case 18, 31
nouns
cases 17–18, 31–2; see also
accusative, genitive, nominative
collective 146– 7
dual and plural 70–4, 144– 6
five nouns (
id
̇a ̄fah constructions)
66
gender 46– 8
indefinite forms 18, 31
negative 172– 4
of place, time and instrument
164 – 5, 219
with possessives 89
triptotes and diptotes 151–4, 156
verbal 162–4, 211, 219–20, 302
numbers
cardinal 256– 65
ordinal 269– 73
nu ̄n 3, 8, 40
nunation 18, 31, 151objects of verbs 92, 94
only 173, 283– 4
ordinal numbers 269– 73
other(s) than 172, 173participles 160–2, 202– 3
particles 52–3, 82, 94, 110, 194
assertive 193– 5
concessive 313– 14
conditional 309– 12
exceptive 282
interrogative 169
negative 82, 110, 174
subjunctive 209– 12
vocative 171– 2
passive participle 161–2, 203
passive verbs 128– 31
past progressive tense 241
past time see perfect tense^353Index