Lesson 21 - اَلدَّرْسُ الْحَادِي وَالْعِشْرُون

The Diptotes - اَلْمَمْنُوعُ مِنَ الصَّرْفِ

• We are still in lesson twenty one of our free Arabic language course. This Arabic course with images and audios will help you learn Arabic.
• In this section we will continue learning about the Arabic Diptotes In-Shā’-Allâh.
• Some of the other types of the un-nunated nouns are:
• Adjectives on the Pattern of فَعْلانُ: The adjectives on the pattern of فَعْلانُ do not take the double vowel sign i.e., they are diptotes. e.g.:
• عَطْشَانُ (Thirsty)
• زَعْلانُ (Angry)
• مَلآنُ  (Full)
• The adjectives on the pattern of أَفْعَلُ: All the adjectives on the pattern of أَفْعَلُ are un-nunated and hence they never take Tanwīn. e.g.:
• أَحْمَرُ (Red)
• أَسْوَدُ (Black)
• أَبْيَضُ (White)
• Non Arabic Proper nouns: Most of the non Arabic proper nouns are unnunated and therefore they do not take Tanwīn. e.g.:
• The Biblical Names: Most of the Biblical names do not take Tanwīn e.g., names of most of the Prophets: i.e.:يَعْقُوبُ، إِسْحَاقُ، عِيْسَى، دَاوُدُ etc. because they are not derived from an Arabic origin.
• Other Foreign Arabicised Names: All the foreign names which have been Arabicised do not have Tanwīn on them e.g.: يَنَايِرُ، بَاكِسْتَانُ، مُوسْكُو، لَنْدَنُ، طِهْرَانُ  etc.
• Exception to this Rule: However the non Arabic names comprising of three radicals only are Nunated such as: نُوحٌ، لُوطٌ
• Let’s review some examples for a better understanding of the rule: