Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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Index

a 169

absolute object 302

accusative case 18, 31, 47, 66, 70, 72,

88

of specification 304– 5

with numbers 260, 261, 263

active participle 160–1, 162, 202– 3

active verbs 128

ada ̄ 282, 284

a ̄da 291 – 2

adamu 173 – 4

adjectives 33–4, 46, 57, 72, 74, 145,

151, 154– 6

comparative/superlative 185, 186




id

̇

a ̄fah constructions 64–6, 186– 7

interrogative 170– 1

patterns of formation 181–2, 185

relative 182– 4

adverbial clauses 303– 4

adverbial phrases 264–5, 302

adverbs 299– 302

agent (passive verbs) 129– 30


ah
̆

ad

̄

a 293


akt-aru 186


al see definite article


al-



a ̄

id 203 – 4, 205

ala ̄ 53, 91


alif 2, 5, 21, 27, 40, 42, 135
maddah sign 28
miniature 22


alif hamzah see hamzah


alif maqs
̇

u ̄rah 22, 72, 94

all 174– 5


alla ̄ 209


allad
̄

ı ̄ 201 – 4

alphabet table 2– 3

a ̄ma 264 – 5


an 209, 210, 211, 295

an 53, 91

anaphoric suffix pronoun 203–4, 205

anna 193, 194–5, 209, 284–5, 295,

313

annexation see

id

̇

a ̄fah constructions

antecedent (relative clauses) 202,

203

apocopatus see jussive mood




aqallu 186

Arabic script, introduction 1– 4




asˇaddu 186

assertive particles 193– 5

assimilated verbs see weak verbs

assimilation 39–40, 225

auxiliary verbs 240–1, 290–3, 312



ayn 2, 7, 26, 40




ayyuha ̄ 171 – 2




ayyun 170 – 1

ba ̄

2, 5, 40

ba



d

̇

un 102

bayna 55, 93

bi... 53, 54, 293– 5

bid

̇



u 259

both 175– 7

bound prepositions 53

broken plurals 72, 144–6, 156,

181 – 2

calendars 274– 5

cardinal numbers 256– 62

cases 17–18; see also accusative,

genitive, nominative

Christian festivals 277

collective nouns 146– 7

comparative sentences 185– 6

compound numbers 259, 261, 263,

264 – 5

concessive particles 313– 14

conditional sentences 309– 14

conjugation paradigms (verbs)

328 – 49