The Ism in Arabic is unlike the noun in English. It’s scope includes names of persons, places, things, ideas, adjectives, adverbs & more. Nouns do not include adjectives and adverbs and certainly don’t incorporate anything more than persons, places, things or ideas.
All of you that took the original grammar course ARA 201 remember STATUS, NUMBER, GENDER & TYPE as the four main properties of the Ism. Refer to the cheat sheet uploaded along with this post to refresh your memory. The follow up studies at bayyinah.webex.com start with refresher sessions of the 4 properties. I recommend you view the videos, work on the drills and post your questions concerning ISMS here.
Okay, Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,
I don’t know if I’m doing this right, but Insha’Allah I’ll try to post a couple of questions about ism’s…
1) In Refresher video 2, you said that people with bodily defects are considered partly flexible, like for example أَعْمى (A’maa). But I have a question, if you make these words plural – for example عُمىٌ(‘Umyun – that is the correct plural, right?), it’s not partly flexible anymore, is it?
2) What is the plural of the Arabic word سَمَكَه (samakah)? (I’m assuming there’s a broken plural involved)
Assalamu Alaikum,
I have one more question about broken plurals. In video 03, you mention that the plural of كافر (kaafir) is كفار (kuffaar), but I thought كافرون (kaafiroon) was the plural. Does the word have two plurals, or am I mistaken? If there really are two plurals, are there other words like that?
Jazakallahu Khairun
Is there a part 2 for Refresher Course #5? Because it only lasts 40 minutes and ends abruptly.