A summary of

status
indicators in
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 4 kinds of status that can
be indicated in Arabic

Signs of ‫فر عفع‬

‫نف ع‬
Signs of ‫صب‬

Status Indicators

Signs of ّ‫جر‬
‫ف‬

Signs of ‫ج عزم‬
‫ف‬

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 4 Indicators of ‫فر عفع‬

Singular noun

Broken plural

Sound feminine
Dhammah
plural
Present tense
verb w/ nothing attached
to the end

Signs of ‫فر عفع‬

Sound masculine plural

‫( و‬Waw)
The 5 Nouns

‫( ا‬Alif) Dual Noun

‫( ن‬Nun) The 5 Verbs

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 ‫نف ع‬
5 Indicators of ‫صب‬
Singular noun

Fathah Broken plural

Present tense
verb w/ nothing attached
to the end

‫( ا‬Alif) The 5 Nouns

Sound feminine
‫نف ع‬
Signs of ‫صب‬ Kasrah
plural

Sound masculine plural

‫( ي‬Yaa)
Dual Noun

Dropping the
The 5 Verbs
final ‫ن‬

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 3 Indicators of ‫ج ّر‬
‫ف‬

Singular noun

Kasrah Broken plural

Sound feminine
plural

Signs of ّ‫جر‬
‫ف‬

The 5 Nouns

‫( ي‬Yaa) Dual Noun

Sound masculine plural

Fathah Sound masculine plural

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 2 Indicators of ‫ج عزم‬
‫ف‬

Present tense verb

w/ nothing attached
Sukoon to the end
(and ends with a
non-defective letter)

Signs of ‫ج عزم‬
‫ف‬

Present tense verb

w/ nothing attached
to the end
(and ends with a
Dropping defective letter)
the final letter
The 5 Verbs

Note: The “defective letters” are ‫ ي‬- ‫ا – و‬

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 Kinds of words
that show status

Singular noun

Broken plural
Using vowels
Sound feminine plural
Present tense verb
w/ nothing attached
to the end

Words that show

status

Dual noun

Sound masculine plural

Using letters The 5 Nouns

The 5 Verbs

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 Words that show
status using vowels

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 Singular Noun

Status Indicator Example

‫فر عفع‬ Dhammah ٌ ‫طالب‬
‫ب‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ Fathah ‫طالبباا‬
ّ‫جر‬
‫ف‬ Kasrah ‫ب‬
ٍ ‫طالب‬

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 Broken plural

This is formed by breaking up the original

structure of the word.

Status Indicator Example

‫فر عفع‬ Dhammah ٌ ‫بك بت‬
‫ب‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ Fathah ‫بك بتباا‬
ّ‫جر‬
‫ف‬ Kasrah ٍ ‫بك بت‬
‫ب‬

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 Partly flexible noun

For various reasons, it cannot take a tanwin.

Status Indicator Example

‫فر عفع‬ Dhammah ‫بع ف‬
‫م بر‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ Fathah ‫بع ف‬
‫م فر‬
ّ‫جر‬
‫ف‬ Fathah ‫م فر‬‫بع ف‬

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 Sound feminine
plural

This is a plural formed by adding ‫ ات‬to a

singular feminine noun.

Status Indicator Example

‫فر عفع‬ Dhammah ٌ ‫طالب‬
‫بات‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ Kasrah ٍ‫طالببات‬
ّ‫جر‬
‫ف‬ Kasrah ٍ‫طالببات‬

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 Present tense verb
with nothing
attached to the end

Status Indicator Example

‫فر عفع‬ Dhammah ‫ب‬‫ي عفك بت ب‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ Fathah ‫ي عفك بتبف‬
‫ج عزم‬
‫ف‬ Sukoon ‫ب‬‫ي عفك بت ع‬

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 Words that show
status using letters

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 Dual Noun

This is formed by adding ‫ ان‬to the singular noun.

Status Indicator Example

‫فر عفع‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ن‬
‫طالببا ب‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ ‫ي‬ ‫طالببف عي ب‬
‫ن‬
ّ‫جر‬
‫ف‬ ‫ي‬ ‫ن‬‫طالببف عي ب‬

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 Sound masculine
plurals
This is formed by adding ‫ عون‬to a singular masculine
noun.

Status Indicator Example

‫فر عفع‬ ‫و‬ ‫طالب بب عو ف‬
‫ن‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ ‫ي‬ ‫طالب بب عينف‬
ّ‫جر‬
‫ف‬ ‫ي‬ ‫طالب بب عينف‬

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 ‫‪The 5 Nouns‬‬

‫مال ‪These are‬‬

‫ٍ‬ ‫ك ‪ -‬بف عو ف‬
‫ك ‪ -‬بذ عو‬ ‫ح ب‬
‫م عو ف‬ ‫ك‪ -‬ب‬
‫أخ عو ف‬
‫ك‪ -‬ف‬ ‫أ بب عو ف‬

‫‪Status‬‬ ‫‪Indicator‬‬ ‫‪Example‬‬

‫فر عفع‬ ‫و‬ ‫أ بب عو ف‬

‫ك‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ ‫ا‬ ‫أبفا ف‬
‫ك‬
‫جرّ‬
‫ف‬ ‫ي‬ ‫أبب عي ف‬
‫ك‬

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 The 5 Verbs

These are present tense verbs that have one of the

following attached:
1. the ‫ ا‬of the dual masculine or dual feminine
2. the ‫ و‬of the masculine plural
3. the ‫ ي‬of the feminine 2nd person

Status Indicator Example

‫فر عفع‬ Final ‫ن‬ ‫ي عفك بت بب عو ف‬
‫ن‬

‫نف ع‬
‫صب‬ Dropping ‫ي عفك بت بب عوا‬
the ‫ن‬
‫ج عرم‬
‫ف‬ Dropping ‫ي عفك بت بب عوا‬
the ‫ن‬

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