ABSTRACT
Some nouns and adjectives are marked at their end with only one Dhamma
in the orthography in the nominative case. In the accusative and genitive, they
end with only one fat-Ha. A tanwiin, in other words, is not applied in the pro-
nunciation of such words, nor is it applied in their writing. Such nouns are
lowing, among others: (1) plural nouns of a certain pattern as presented below,
(2) proper compound nouns, (3) comparative adjectives and color adjectives,
both masculine and feminine, and (4) proper nouns of foreign origin as well
as indigenous ones. The following examples illustrate the three cases of ُسِرادَم “schools” in the indefinite:
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Indeclinable nouns or adjectives exhibit a regular form when they are definite,
however. Recall that nouns can be made definite either by:
1. prefixing the definite article ـلا; 2. attaching a possessive suffix; or
3. using them in an IDhaafa-construct.
