Matter, way, heart, family, hand, knowledge, saying and night
Eight common nouns of the Qur’ān, with the dual and the broken plural on them, and a noun made from a verb.
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- Words of the Qur’ān known whole
- 53%
- Parts of the Qur’ān’s words taught so far
- 71.5%
Counted from the Quranic Arabic Corpus: a word is known whole when every part of it has been taught. The counts say which words you have met, not how much you understand.
This lesson teaches eight nouns the Qur’ān uses often. They show again the two things lesson 9 taught, gender and number, now with the dual from lesson 13, and one more kind of noun: the noun made from a verb.
The new words
- أَمْرAs the Qur’ān writes it: أَمْرِ · أَمْرُ · أَمْرَ
matter, affair; command
Root: ا م رTimes in the Qur’ān: 166
- سَبِيلAs the Qur’ān writes it: سَبِيلِ · سَبِيلًا · سَّبِيلِ
way, road
Root: س ب لTimes in the Qur’ān: 176
- قَلْبAs the Qur’ān writes it: قُلُوبِ · قُلُوبُ · قَلْبِ
heart
Root: ق ل بTimes in the Qur’ān: 132
- أَهْلAs the Qur’ān writes it: أَهْلِ · أَهْلَ · أَهْلُ
family; the people (of a place)
Root: ا ه لTimes in the Qur’ān: 127
- يَدAs the Qur’ān writes it: أَيْدِي · يَدَيْ · أَيْدِيَ
hand
Root: ي د يTimes in the Qur’ān: 120
- عِلْمAs the Qur’ān writes it: عِلْمٍ · عِلْمِ · عِلْمُ
knowledge
Root: ع ل مTimes in the Qur’ān: 105
- قَوْلAs the Qur’ān writes it: قَوْلِ · قَوْلُ · قَوْلًا
saying, speech
Root: ق و لTimes in the Qur’ān: 92
- لَيْلAs the Qur’ān writes it: يْلِ · يْلَ · لَيْلًا
night
Root: ل ي لTimes in the Qur’ān: 84
Two hands
- يَدَاhand
- هُhim, his; it, its
Yadāhu is yadā, "two hands", and hu, "his". The corpus marks yadā feminine dual. A dual in the nominative ends in -āni, and before a pronoun it loses its -ni: yadāni becomes yadā-.
Many hands
- بِwith, by, in
- أَيْدِىhand
Bi-aydī is bi and aydī, a broken plural of yad: the corpus marks it feminine plural, in the genitive.
Hearts
- قُلُوبِheart
- هِمthey (as the doer of a verb); them, their
Qulūbihim is qulūb, the broken plural of qalb, "heart", and him, "their". The corpus marks qulūb feminine plural.
A noun made from a verb
Qawl, "saying", is the noun of the verb qāla, "said", from lesson 6. Grammar calls such a noun the verbal noun, maṣdar, and the corpus marks it as one.
- لَfor, to, belonging to; so that (before a verb); surely (in some sentences)
- قَوْلُsaying, speech
La-qawlu is la-, the lām of emphasis, and qawlu, "saying", in the nominative.
The night
- ٱلَّthe
- يْلَnight
Al-layla is al- and layl, "night". The l of al- is joined to the l of layl and written once, doubled.
In a sentence
There is a book in his hand.
This sentence was written for practice. Fī yadihi kitābun: "in his hand", fī yadihi, then "a book". The place comes first, and the thing found there after it.
Reading
The words you know whole after this lesson are marked.
How about the one who denies and turns away[1]?
English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20then there came to them what they were warned of,
English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20When We intend something, We only say to it, “Be!”, and it is.
English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20Recall
- What happens to the dual's -ni before a pronoun?
- What is the broken plural of qalb?
- What does grammar call qawl?
Answers: it is dropped, yadā-hu; qulūb; the verbal noun, the noun of qāla.
Next
The next lesson teaches the words that carry the religion, which the course leaves to the verses to give their meaning, and how they are built.
Word analysis: Quranic Arabic Corpus 0.4 (Kais Dukes)