عرفهماmake both definite أَوor نكرنmake them indefinite أَوor عرفنmake definite
عرفهما أَو نكرن أَو عرفن
للوصفthe adjective أَوor معمولهits dependent وَلتعرِبَنand surely give case endings
للوصف أَو معموله وَلتعرِبَن
Make both definite, or indefinite, or make definite
the adjective or its dependent; and give case endings
معمولَهits dependent بضمةwith a ḍamma أَوor كسرهa kasra
معمولَه بضمة أَو كسره
فَتحةa fatḥa تَبلغyou reach ثَمانيeight عَشرهten, completing eighteen
فَتحة تَبلغ ثَماني عَشره
to its dependent with a ḍamma, a kasra, or
a fatḥa: you reach eighteen.
يَقبحis awkward ماwhat حذفتyou removed مِنهُfrom it المضمراthe implicit pronoun
يَقبح ما حذفت مِنهُ المضمرا
أَوor كانَwas فيهِwithin it مضمرa pronoun تكرراrepeated
أَو كانَ فيهِ مضمر تكررا
It is awkward when you remove the implicit pronoun from a form,
or when a pronoun within it is repeated.
وَنحوَand a form like داجيdark شعرهhis hair قَدindeed وَرداhas occurred
وَنحوَ داجي شعره قَد وَردا
نَثراًin prose وَنَظماًand in verse فاتركso set aside المبرداal-Mubarrad
نَثراً وَنَظماً فاترك المبردا
A form like “dark is his hair” has occurred
in prose and verse, so set aside al-Mubarrad.
وَنصبand the accusative شعرهhis hair دليلevidence الجرfor the genitive
وَنصب شعره دليل الجر
وَالنَصبand the accusative فيin النَثرprose أَتىhas occurred وَالشعرand verse
وَالنَصب في النَثر أَتى وَالشعر
The accusative of “his hair” is evidence for the genitive;
the accusative also occurs in prose and verse.
وَيمنعand are disallowed اِثنانِtwo كَهِمlike them بِالحَسَنِwith the handsome one
وَيمنع اِثنانِ كَهِم بِالحَسَنِ
عَذارُهhis cheek hair لاnot بِالقَبيحwith the ugly one ذَقنِa chin
عَذارُه لا بِالقَبيح ذَقنِ
Two forms are disallowed, as in “like them, with handsome
cheek hair,” not “with an ugly chin.”