Isms: Lesson 2 (Number)
As we have seen in the previous lesson, isms (nouns) have 4 properties. They are: 1. Status:- rafa’ (doer), nasb (detail), jarr 2. Number 3. Gender 4. Type The previous day we learned in detail about status. Today we will be covering the next property, ‘number’. When it comes to number of an ism, it’s somewhat like singular and plural in English. But in Arabic, they have a third category called the pair. The chart below will make it clear In Sha Allah. Starting from the first column on the right, ‘muslimun’ would mean 1 muslim in rafa’ form. ‘Muslima n ’ would mean 1 muslim in the nasb form. ‘Muslimin’ would mean 1 muslim in the jarr form. From the next column ‘muslimaani’ would mean 2 muslims in the rafa’ form, ‘muslimaini’ would mean 2 muslims in the nasb form and the next ‘muslimaini’ would mean 2 muslims in the jarr form. (Nasb and jarr have similar pattern in the pair and plural column) It’s helpful to have this chart memorized so that w
