- In this part of lesson we will learn the first type of the definite noun i.e., Proper Noun اَلْعَلَمُ and its cases In-Shā’-Allâh.
- A proper noun is the name of a specific person, thing or place e.g., Hamid حَامِدٌ, Qur’an قُرْآنٌ, Madinah مَدِينَةٌ. Proper nouns can include the names of countries, people, states, tribes, rivers or oceans and the mountains. The proper nouns اَلْعَلَمُ take the cases similar to the ordinary nouns i.e., Double đammah when in nominative case, Double Fatħah when in accusative case and Double Kasrah when in genitive case.
- However the proper nouns which are Diptotes follow the rule of diptotes that we have read in previous lessons.
- Let’s take some examples for this rule:
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Ahmad is brave |
Aħmadu Shuĵaξun |
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Fatima is at the shore of the Red Ocean |
Fāŧimatu ξala Shāŧi'i al Baħr-il-Aħmari |
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I rubbed the Black Stone |
Masaħtu Al ħaĵara al Aswada |
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I drank the Zamzam Water |
Sharibtu Mā'a Zamzama |
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This is Tariq Mountain |
Hādhā Ĵabalu ŧâriqin |