Arabic Diptotes
Introduction –مُقَدِّمَةٌ
- In this lesson we will learn the following In-Shā’-Allâh (God-willing):
- We will learn about the words which do not have tanwīn i.e.: double Vowel sign in any case. These types of words are called Diptotes in English and اَلْمَمْنُوعُ مِنَ الصَّرْفِ in Arabic. There are many reasons that will cause a word to fall under the classification of a diptote. Examples are listed below along with their reason for falling under this classification:
|
English |
Reason for not having Tanwīn |
Arabic |
|
Fatima (name) |
Feminine Proper nouns do not have Tanwīn |
فَاطِمَةُ |
|
Hasnaa (name) |
Feminine Proper nouns do not have Tanwīn |
حَسْنَاءُ |
|
Hamda (name) |
Feminine Proper nouns do not have Tanwīn |
حَمْدَى |
|
Hamza (name) |
Masculine Proper nouns ending in “Tā’ Marbūŧah” do not have Tanwīn |
حَمْزَةُ |
|
Anwar (name) |
Masculine Proper nouns on pattern of أَفْعَلُ do not have Tanwīn |
أَنْوَرُ |
|
Black |
Adjectives on the pattern of أَفْعَلُ do not have Tanwīn |
أَسْوَدُ |
|
Thirsty |
Adjectives on the pattern of فَعْلاَنُ do not have Tanwīn |
عَطْشَانُ |
|
Pakistan |
Non-Arabic Proper nouns do not have Tanwīn |
بَاكِسْتَانُ |
- Some of the patterns of Broken Plurals do not have Tanwīn e.g.:
|
English |
Pattern of Broken Plural: |
Arabic |
|
Doctors |
أَفْعِلاءُ |
أَطِبَّاءُ |
|
Agents |
فُعَلاءُ |
وُكَلاءُ |
|
Mosques |
مَفَاعِلُ |
مَسَاجِدُ |
|
Keys |
مَفَاعِيلُ |
مَفَاتِيحُ |