ABSTRACT
Arabic has a limited set of words known by the Arabic name ّرَلجا فورُح “prepositions.” These always precede nouns and cause them to end in formal
writing with two kasras if they are indefinite, or with one if definite. (See
Chapter 3 for discussion of the genitive case.) Prepositions may also precede
pronouns, and they are of two types: bound and independent, free.
