Lesson 53 – الدَّرْسُ الثَّالِثُ وَالْخَمْسُونَ
The Maqŝūr Noun الاسـْمُ المَقْصُورُ
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- Note: there are some Maqŝūr nouns written with a long alif ى (called alif maqŝūrah), which is similar to the long yā' ي but some others are written with a long alif ا (both are the same in pronunciation). Study the following examples:
Pictures | Translation | Sentence | Maqŝūr nouns |
| Mohamed is a strong boy | /fatā/ | |
| Allah created everything from a male and a female | خَلَقَ اللَّهُ كُلَّ شَيْءِ مِنْ زَوْجَيْنِ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى | /unthā/ |
| Pregnant woman needs constant rest | الْمَرْأَةُ الحُبْلَى تَحْتَاجُ إلَى الرَّاحَةِ الْمُسْتَمِرَّةِ | /ћublā/ |
| This is the building of the British embassy in Pakistan | هَذَا هُوَ مَبْنَى السِّفارَةِ البِرِيطانِيَّةِ في بَاكِسْتان | /mabnā/ |
| The patient went to the hospital | /mustashfā/ | |
| The cow eats at the pasture | /marξā/ | |
| Home is the family's shelter | /ma'wā/ | |
| The judge examined the lawsuit | /daξwā/ | |
| I live in a house at the outskirts of the city | /aqŝā/ | |
| My salary is lower than yours | /adnā/ | |
| President of the republic is the highest post in the country | /aξlā/ | |
| Higher temperature is thirty | /kubrā/ | |
| Lower temperature is twenty | /ŝughrā/ |