Arabic Grammar

by Wright, W.; Smith, W. Robertson; de Goeje, M. J.

• ISBN13: 9780486441290
• ISBN10: 0486441296
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-12
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

No other English-language grammar of the Arabic language is as comprehensive as this classic reference. The sine qua non resource for English-speaking students wishing to master the intricacies of Arabic, it cites many examples of sentences, phrases, and figures of speech from the best classical Arabic prose and poetry.

Table of Contents

Orthography and Orthoepy
The Letters as Consonants	p. 1
The Vowels and Diphthongs	p. 7
Other Orthographic Signs	p. 13
Gezma or Sukun	p. 13
Tesdid or Sedda	p. 13
Hemza or Nebra	p. 16
Wasla	p. 19
Medda or Matta	p. 24
The Syllable	p. 26
The Accent	p. 27
The Numbers	p. 28
Etymology or the Parts of Speech
The Verb
General View
The Forms of the Triliteral Verb	p. 29
The First Form	p. 30
The Second Form	p. 31
The Third Form	p. 32
The Fourth Form	p. 34
The Fifth Form	p. 36
The Sixth Form	p. 38
The Seventh Form	p. 40
The Eighth Form	p. 41
The Ninth and Eleventh Forms	p. 43
The Tenth Form	p. 44
The Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Forms	p. 46
The Quadriliteral Verb and its Forms	p. 47
The Voices	p. 49
The States (Tenses) of the Verb	p. 51
The Moods	p. 51
The Numbers, Persons, and Genders	p. 52
The Strong Verb
The Active Voice of the First Form	p. 53
The Inflexion by Persons	p. 53
Separate Pronouns	p. 54
Suffixed Pronouns, expressing the Nominative	p. 55
Prefixed Pronouns, expressing the Nominative	p. 55
Forms of the Tenses and Moods	p. 57
The Imperfect Indicative	p. 57
The Subjunctive and Jussive	p. 60
The Energetic	p. 61
The Imperative	p. 61
The Passive Voice of the First Form	p. 63
The Derived Forms of the Strong Verb	p. 63
The Quadriliteral Verb	p. 67
Verbs of which the Second and Third Radicals are Identical	p. 68
The Weak Verb
Verba Hemzata	p. 72
Verbs which are more especially called Weak Verbs
Verba Primae Radicalis [characters not reproducible] et [characters not reproducible]	p. 78
Verba Mediae Radicalis [characters not reproducible] et [characters not reproducible]	p. 81
Verba Tertiae Radicalis [characters not reproducible] et [characters not reproducible]	p. 88
Verbs that are Doubly and Trebly Weak
Doubly Weak Verbs	p. 92
Trebly Weak Verbs	p. 95
The Verb [characters not reproducible]	p. 96
The Verbs of Praise and Blame	p. 97
The Forms expressive of Surprise or Wonder	p. 98
The Verbal Suffixes, which express the Accusative	p. 100
The Noun
The Nouns Substantive and Adjective
The Derivation of Nouns Substantive and Adjective, and their different Forms	p. 106
The Deverbal Nouns
([alpha]) The Nomina Verbi	p. 110
([beta]) The Nomina Vicis	p. 122
([gamma]) The Nomina Speciei	p. 123
([delta]) The Nomina Loci et Temporis	p. 124
([epsilon]) The Nomina Instrumenti	p. 130
([xi]) The Nomina Agentis et Patientis and other Verbal Adjectives	p. 131
The Denominative Nouns
([alpha]) The Nomina Unitatis	p. 147
([beta]) The Nomina Abundantiae vel Multitudinis	p. 148
([gamma]) The Nomina Vasis	p. 149
([delta]) The Nomina Relativa or Relative Adjectives	p. 149
Changes of the Auxiliary Consonants	p. 151
Changes of the Final Radicals [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 156
Changes in the Vocalisation	p. 159
([epsilon]) The Abstract Nouns of Quality	p. 165
([xi]) The Diminutive	p. 166
([eta]) Some other Nominal Forms	p. 175
The Gender of Nouns	p. 177
Formation of the Feminine of Adjectives	p. 183
Forms which are of both Genders	p. 185
The Numbers of Nouns	p. 187
The Dual	p. 187
The Pluralis Sanus	p. 192
The Pluralis Fractus	p. 199
The Declension of Nouns	p. 234
The Declension of Undefined Nouns	p. 234
Diptotes	p. 239
The Declension of Defined Nouns	p. 247
The Pronominal Suffixes, which denote the Genitive	p. 252
The Numerals
The Cardinal Numbers	p. 253
The Ordinal Numbers	p. 260
The remaining Classes of Numerals	p. 262
The Nomina Demonstrativa and Conjunctiva
The Demonstrative Pronouns and the Article	p. 264
The Conjunctive (Relative) and Interrogative Pronouns	p. 270
The Conjunctive Pronouns	p. 270
The Interrogative Pronouns	p. 274
The Indefinite Pronouns	p. 277
The Particles
The Prepositions
The Inseparable Prepositions	p. 279
The Separable Prepositions	p. 280
The Adverbs
The Inseparable Adverbial Particles	p. 282
The Separable Adverbial Particles	p. 283
Adverbial Accusatives	p. 288
The Conjunctions
The Inseparable Conjunctions	p. 290
The Separable Conjunctions	p. 291
The Interjections	p. 294
Paradigms of the Verbs	p. 298
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