A GRAMMAR
ARABIC LANGUAGE
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GRAMMAR
OF THE
ARABIC LANGUAGE,
TRANSLATED
FROM THE GERMAN OF CASPAR!
AND EDITED
WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
BY
W. WRIGHT, LL.D.,
LATE PROFESSOR OF ARABIC IN THE CNTVEBSrTY OF CAMBRIDGE.
THIRD EDITION
REVISED BY
W. ROBERTSON SMITH,
LATE PROFESSOR OF ARABIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBBIDGE
AND
M. J. de GOEJE,
PROFESSOR OF ARABIC IN THE UNTVEBSITY OF LEYDEX.
VOLUME II.
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ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.
VOL. I.
PAGE
6 c after ilLi^JI lUsJl add : The ^ is then called a^b^l jUJt.
11, 1. 1, read: haufun.
14 D read : In combination with _.
15b add: J^jJl* from Jjjk-o, i»J>£.
19, last line, read .Jl.
20, Rem. c, read : as [perhaps] in the article ; comp. § 345. See
my reply to Dr Howell, in the Asiat. Qtiart. Rev. 1897, Vol. iii.
n. 5, p. 126 seq.
21, 1. 3 from below, read ih&Ti.
30 c add : Hence the use of y*j, excellent is he in his shooting,
'fin " * ' ' J "
yai excellent, or how excellent is he in his judging, *}£, %*Jo,
it* *-
yA. Comp. § 183, rem. c.
32 b add : w^j-ej ^£Al>H ^9 jjuo he tvent up unci clown the valley.
33 after (c) add : The third form construed with the preposition
y^+j has not unfrequently the signification of a causative of
the sixth form, as ij*i ^^.\ he united by brotherhood, ^^o w>j^
he made to be near together, etc. (Nbldeke, Zur Grammatik,
p. 26).
34, Rem. a. Comp. j+±, and j-^t.
Rem. b. Comp. ojJJJI.
'•*
36 A. .j£w1 is properly to listen, to give attention to a complaint,
as ^ict, ^ii>t, etc. (Nbldeke, Z. Gr. p. 28).
W. II. b
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PAGE
37 c add : jJJu.
41c after narrow; add : J^Jtil.
47 D add : AqIUt {jJ**)-
48, § 70, add : Oj**5 (sZ*jj*c).
59, Rem. a. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 368 considers the root as a con-
crete noun.
67, § 117*. Vollers, Zeitschr. f. Assyriologie, xii. 134 footnote quotes
Kor'an ch. xiii. 12 OLA** for oL&«* (Beid. i. 477, 1. 17) as
a proof that this form is not restricted to those verbs that
have a dental as second radical.
, , , 0
87, Rem. a, read : cIJaIwI.
91a add : The tribe of Taiyi' said Uu for .Jb , Loj for ■*-ej , OUj for
0 - J
C-w-O, so Hamdsa yy and comp. De Saey, Chrest. ii. 445.
96, Rem. a. Gahiz, Bayan i. i», 6 and 3 from below has <Lr~j*$\ opp.
- }r ' ) * * 1
98, Rem. c. On such forms as £*j, jjz, ya$, see above, note to
p. 30.
98, Rem. a, delete the remark in square brackets.
108 A read: jlis CvJ (Seybold).
110, § 195. They are called also »i>jka*JI 2l©-J opp. to j>**M iU-J
(Hamdsa \-).
181 A add : j&'3 (Tabarl i. 3158, 1. 5).
182 read: £j\<Ly
O ' 0 s
183 add : ^^£=>j-« a ship (Seybold).
195 ((/). The ending Oyi~ *s often shortened to 0>- > as usually
• j • o
in ^j^*w'
, J , 0 - 0,
in ^jj/Jtw^l for &#;*£*$) Other instances are ^j-^JI,
ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. Vll
PAGE
« > tc
210, footnote. The plur. pauc. of fem. words is ordinarily J*il, of
«' at
masc. words SJbtil.
230 c read : ko/mt^ (Seybold).
233 c: HBW belongs to *iot, comp. Aram. tffiflX (Seybold).
t * t : -
252, Rem. a, read : The suffix of the 1st p. sing. ^ -, when attached
etc.
253, Rem. b, read : [Comp. Vol. ii. § 38, a, rem. b.]
o *Z* 3 *.~ ,
271, Rem. a. Likewise ,>j JJ1 instead of ,>jJJUI Kor'an xli. v. 29.
■ .- - .-..--.-.. i
296, Rem. c. A poet allows himself to say Jjj c^j'i" J>*$ (Ilamasa
i«v).
VOL. II.
19, Rem. b. Hence it may be followed by a jussive in the apodosis,
for instance Gahiz, Ifahdsin, p. 18, 1. 14 .Jt i*5j t^-o (J~©>J
bring thou a letter from me to the Prince of Believers, written
by thyself, so I tcill be thy debtor for two benefits.
21, § 9. An example of the use of the simple imperfect instead of
J^s with imperf. is Tabari i. 2225, 1. U jJL) #\ ^>-*il> ^
j3j+i ^tf.^^)\ iJlc *9j SijJI ,** 'Abu Bakr did not employ
an apostate either in the tear against the apostates, or in that
against the barbarians.
3 * * }* J 3 1 ,
30 d. The jussive in the verse (Sibaweih i. 402, 1. 8) *->yo <*J w-Ui
jy^j SllaiJI \Jj±-\ O-* ^-^ ^-H-**"-5 *$3 *s explained by the
2 * * 3 - '2' 3 1 3 13,
elision of *n), for ^>JU>J ^j — dU-Jju *^j, as in Lk^juoJ *$
3)3**
3 ' ,
38, second footnote. Another example is Tabari i. 1713, 1. 6 ^>«i
*} 3* - ' ') 1
62
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PAGE
44 D. The imperative is also often used by poets in the apodosis of
a conditional clause, as jjiCs ^£yvJtj >yJJI O* SUje. CXife lil
Ijl«JL^ jamcJI t^-jb ^>-« j/&~»» ?y </iOM ar£ indifferent to play
and love, then thou art a hard stone of the dry cliff, and Tab.
ii. 1574, last 1. ^cjl*. ^j\ L>LiJL& \y^s^ ye shall be like
whores if ye suffer yourselves to be beguiled.
121 A. We sometimes find a nominative where we should expect an
5 - ' 0 ' J - 0 - - "
accusative, as Tab. i. 2009, 1. 15 J^&zj J***^ *uJU iy-^3 and
he forgot to put down his own name being hurried and heed-
less, where we must supply ^Aj.
219, 1. 7, for ^&\ read : Jd>\.
237, § 99. Also the ordinal numbers, e.g. *^».j j**£- ^ila«J 15JI / am
the eleventh man (Tab. i. 3307, 1. 1).
272 c read : ^Jby
298c add: j^*c *s)| C.JL& L^i they were only passing clouds (Tab.
ii. 1197,1.3).
350 seq. footnote. Prof. Hartmann has just published " Das Arabische
Strophengedicht, 1. Das Muwassah."
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CONTENTS.
PART THIRD.
SYNTAX.
THE SEVERAL COMPONENT PARTS OF A
SENTENCE.
A. THE VERB.
1. The States or Tenses
The Perfect ....
„ as an Optative
„ preceded by jj> .
„ as the Pluperf. Indie
„ as the Pluperf. Subjunct., in two correlative
hypothetical clauses, after ^i, etc
,, after lil
„ after ^jt
„ in two correlative conditional clauses, after
0
^t, etc. .
„ after io^jjjl U
The Imperfect Indicative
j * a , * «■
The Latin and Greek Imperfect, J*aj ^^=>
The Future-Perfect, Jjii (jj) O^i-
1
2
3
4
6
9
14
15
17
18
21
22
CONTENTS.
The Imperfect Subjunctive
Ox J/
The Jussive, after jjt and L>)
,, in two correlative conditional clauses, after
0
,jt, etc. ....
The Energetic ......
2. The Moods
The Subjunctive ......
0 i- 3 p it Ox
The Subjunctive after &), N) jjl or *n)I, and ,^J
O x
„ after J, ^^s, etc.
after
after o
after j .
after ^
Oe
after jt
after lit or (j}1 .
The Jussive
„ after J
,, after ^ ......
„ in two correlative conditional clauses, after
0
jjl, etc. ......
Ox fix
„ after ^i and l*J .
The Energetic of the Imperfect .
,, after ^j .
„ in prohibitions (with *$), wishes, and
questions .....
,, in the apodosis of two correlative con
ditional clauses ....
,, in the protasis of a sentence, after Let
X JO X
after LJL*. etc. ....
,, as a negative imperative, with *$ .
The Energetic of the Imperative .
CONTENTS.
XI
3. The Government of the Verb . .
(a) The Accusative .......
(a) The Objective Complement in the Accusative
Two Objective Complements in the Accusative .
s -• e ^
The Accusative of the jJlcuo, etc., as the absolute
object, JiXJa-oJI Jyta^Jt ....
Construction of the Objective Complement and of
the Subject with the Nomen Actionis
Use of J with the Genitive to express the Objec
tive Complement of the Nomen Actionis
Government of the Nomina Agentis or Participles
Use of jj with the Genitive to express the Objec
tive Complement of the Participles
Construction of Verbal Adjectives
Construction of Comparatives and Superlatives of
the form ^*i\ .....
The Accusative after a Verb which is understood
l\jS^\} ^jjo^t
' - -
The Accusative after ,jt, ,jt, ^>£), ,jl£>, O"^
„ after C*J, Jx, JjO .
„ after j (ilx^t jt_j)
The Vocative ......
i -
,, after I, b, etc., expressed by the
Nominative ....
„ after 1, L», etc., expressed by the
Accusative ....
,, after lyjl or lyjt b .
,, after 1j .
The Accusative after ^), used ^~*a».) I JlJ
page
44
45
45
47
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
(/3) The Adverbial Complement ...
98
The Predicate of J&>
99
* * j * * i
„ of the (J^9 Ol_$£»l
101
The Predicate of I* and
*9, when =y-J
104
3 * Si io
^
„ . of A*iU)l
^jt and of O^)
105
The Construction of the
<4jU^I JUi»
106
The Adverbial Accusative of Time
109
>> u
of Place
111
11 ii
of State or Condition
J ' 0'
JUJt .
112
ii ii
of Cause or Reason
121
ii ii
of Limitation or De
termination
122
0 -
Construction of ^o^
t^lis, and ijkib
125
)> j>
of Comparison .
128
(b) The Prepositions
129
The Simple Prepositions
129
0
129
* - 0
^jZc = yj*6 .
131
0
^o after Comparative Adjectives
132
6 -
139
Jl ■ ■ ■
144
1^5**"
146
J . . .
147
} * * 0 * -
Ajlil^l .
152
L5* • • '
153
«-)...
156
**
164
CONTENTS.
Xlll
J
A*
, a *
- i J
^» ^
The Compound Preposit
4 - 0
tXrf C>"*> etC-
O* v>*> e*°-
Prepositions in connection with a following Clause
* 0 9,
to redundant after (j-o, ^fc, and w>
Omission of the Preposition before ^1 and ,jt
193
XIV
CONTENTS.
B. THE NOUN.
1. The Nomina Verbi or Actionis, Agentis, and Patientis
2. The Government of the Noun.
The Status Constructus and the Genitive
-to, etc.
3'y V
r, il ,
0 0'
UOJU
0 0'
***
00
00
9 0s 0-0
jjj, j\jJLc
* ' J
Si 1
VJ ■
' Si j i - -j 0 -
3 (Vj 3^) > °> O*
j -oi
{Jj&\ Superlative .
3 £ oSA
oi- -
A Clause, introduced by ^j\ or Lo, as a Gen it i
The Genitive of Restriction or Limitation, after
ticiples and Adjectives
Interposition of a Word between the Status Constr
and the Genitive
Par-
uctus
PAGE
193
CONTENTS.
A Genitive in Apposition to a Relative Adjective
s
in [J-
Definite and Indefinite Annexation
Construction of Jjiil as a Superlative
The Genitive of the Material
Apposition of the Material.
The Genitive Construction in place of Apposition
3.
The Numerals.
The Cardinal Numbers from 3 to 10
* « - i
jj*\$ and j^.\
„ ,, „ from 11 to 99
a5U (100) and oUI (1000) .
Compound Numbers
Agreement of the Cardinal Numbers in Gender with the
Nouns denoting the objects numbered
When the Cardinal Numbers are determined or definite
Construction of the Ordinal Numbers with the Genitive
Dates .........
The Days of the Month .....
XV
PAGE
225
225
226
229
229
231
234
236
236
237
237
238
239
240
243
245
248
24S
II. THE SENTENCE AND ITS PARTS.
A. THE SENTENCE IN GENERAL.
The Parts of a Sentence 250
The Subject and Predicate 250
The Jajlj or Connecting Pronominal Suttix . . 256
The ^J-aAJI j--o-o or Pronoun of Separation . . 259
When the Inchoative or Subject of a Nominal Sen-
tence may be an Indefinite Noun .... 260
XVI
CONTENTS.
The »**&U)t jo+to or Emphatic Pronoun
Use of 0^*> O^Aj> in a Nominal Sentence
The Subject not specified
Personal form .
Impersonal form
The Complements of the Subject and Predicate
Reflexive pronominal Suffixes
u"»*jj 0^> e^c-» as reflexive objects
Appositives, %j\£>\
The Adjective ....
Substantives ....
Demonstrative Pronouns
iJ O
i * O i *■, a ,
J'ȣ j ^ oe j^Oe
SO' O 0 -
a,
ju£»UM, the Corroboration
w**JI or AA-flJI, the Qualificative or Adjective
^JjuJI, the Permutative ....
OW tJUkc, the Explicative Apposition
Apposition of Verbs ....
2. Concord in Gender and Number between the Parts of a
Sentence
In Verbal Sentences
In Nominal Sentences
CONTENTS.
XV11
B. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SENTENCES
Negative and Prohibitive Sentences
V ■ ■
e -
o> ■ •
Or fix
- e^
•Jj after U, ^j, £3, J>J, or ^
•^ with the Perfect, as a Future
„ „ as an Optative
*9 redundant after verbs meaning to forbid, fear, etc.
followed by £l with the Subjunctive (•$ <j\, *§\)
Omission of *$ in Denial by oath, and its Insertion in
Asseveration
the Jussive and Energetic
*$ in Prohibitions, with
2. Interrogative Sentences
of ot
a -
J*. . .
Nl, U1 .
SA Z * * a, * o*
N», **, ^V, Uy
Or ,
Relative Sentences
Definite and Indefinite
The Connecting Pronoun, juUJJ or %oS^\
l^jS
PAGE
299
299
300
300
300
300
302
303
304
30^
304
305
306
306
306
306
308
309
310
311
315
317
317
319
320
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CONTENTS.
j j *\* *
4. Copulative Sentences
i ^
N)j after a preceding negative
The Conflict in Government, ^^aJI ^J cjLUt
^JlaJI jlj, the Waw of the State or Circumstance
5. Adversative, Restrictive, and Exceptive Sentences .
<) ■
» i a i
J*.
*p ■
G. Conditional and Hypothetical Sentences
O introducing the Apodosis of a Conditional Sentence
^J introducing the Apodosis of a Hypothetical Sentence
CONTENTS.
XIX
A.
B.
PART FOURTH.
PROSODY.
I. THE FORM OF ARABIC POETRY.
The Rhyme
The Metres
Ragez
Sari'
Kamil
Wafir .
Hazeg
Mutekarib
Tawll
Mudari' .
Mutedarik
Besit
Munsarih
Muktadab
Ramel
Medid .
Haflf .
Mugtett .
III. POETIC LICENSES .
c
Affections of the letter I . . . . .
Irregularities in the use of the Tesdid ....
Uncontracted Forms for Contracted ones
Suppression of final ^j in some Nominal and Verbal forms
Other Letters, and even Syllables, dropped
Lengthening of a Short Vowel in the middle of a word
Shortening of a Long Vowel ......
PAGE
350
358
362
362
362
363
363
363
364
364
365
365
366
366
366
367
367
368
II. THE FORMS OF WORDS IN PAUSE AND
RHYME 368
373
374
377
378
379
380
382
383
XX CONTENTS.
PAGE
Suppression of a Short Vowel ...... 384
Addition of a Final Short Vowel to some Verbal Forms and
Particles .......... 385
Irregular Use of the Tenwln and other Case-endings . . 387
Suppression of the Tenwln ....... 388
,jj_ for (J->— in the Genitive Plural of Nouns . . . 388
Irregularities in Verbs and Nouns derived from Radicals
tertise j vel ^£ ........ 389
Pausal Forms out of Pause . . . . . . .390
PART THIRD.
SYNTAX.
I. THE SEVERAL COMPONENT PARTS OF A SENTENCE.
A. THE VERB.
1. The States or Tenses.
1. The Perfect, ^-iO'l (Vol i., §§ 77, 79), indicates :— A
(a) An act completed at some past time (the historic tense, the
Greek aorist, German imperfect, and English past) ; as juj sU. ^j
then came Zeid ; w>W ^^ '3— ^ they s<*t down at the door.
(b) An act which, at the moment of speaking, has been already-
completed and remains in a state of completion (the Greek, German
and English perfect); as^ȣ*Xc c-**JI ^t ^i^aJ 'i/^o' be mindful
of my favour, ichich I have bestowed upon you.
(c) A past act, of which it can be said that it often took place B
or still takes place — a use of the perfect which is common in proverbial
expressions, and which the Greek aorist also has ; as Slj^l Ojj
relaters say (hare handed it down by oral tradition from one to
, J J s iO-o , ,Zi 7/7 J J
another); ^^...AqJI Jii3l commentators are agreed (have agreed ana
still agree).
(d) An act which is just completed at the moment, and by the
very act, of speaking; as aJJt ^Jj«iJt / conjure thee by God ;
tjuk / sell thee this.
w. 11. 1
2 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 1
A (e) An act, the occurrence of which is so certain, that it may-
be described as having already taken place. This use prevails in
promises, treaties, bargains, &c, and after the particle *$ not, especially
in oaths or asseverations ; as cJ«i ^X3l Ul o-*^*- ^^ O^*^' Ulatli
<^'w m-s, therefore, an assurance of safety on one of two conditions,
either that thou wilt accept (lit. hast accepted) what we propose to thee
(lit. that wherewith we are come to thee), or that thou wilt keep (it)
B secret and refrain (lit. hast kept it secret and refrained) from doing us
any harm, till we get out of thy country ; *£*J C**.St *$ aJJIj by God,
I shall certainly not remain in Mekka ; U j^-aJl ,j^»©Ui. *}) C~Jt
0 J » x ^
^ < ... a.-; 4ip5-»-3>) CwLU / swear (that) wine shall not make me
intoxicated, as long as my soul remains in my body.
Rem. a. When a clause commencing with *9 is connected with
0 a previous clause beginning with U followed by the perfect, or^J
followed by the jussive, in that case *9 does not give to the fol-
lowing verb in the perfect the sense of the future, because it merely
supplies the place of these particles ; as *$j l^yw .iJLjl C-JL:5 U .jAJl
Ijhs-c- ,Ju-J <x!«Ia C-A».q», ^3 tjc^c / Aat>e wo< killed thy son either
inadvertently or designedly, nor have I made his skull a sheath for
my svjord ; OLS^IP ' dl3j *^3 OjjlP' °ji ^ ^ wola^aJI ^J-* OjJb
/ /*aw experienced such wonderful things as neither seers have seen,
D nor narrators have narrated.
[Rem. b. Instances of the perfect retaining its original meaning
after a single *n) are extremely rare. In later prose, however, we
often find ^Jlj *$ he did not cease, he continued (to do) employed
just as Jlj U or ^)}j ^ (Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 446 seq.)]
(f) Something which we hope may be done or may happen.
Hence the perfect is constantly used in wishes, prayers, and curses ;
as ^Uj aJJI a*».j may God (who is exalted above all) have mercy on
§ 2] The Verb.—\. The States or Tenses. 3
jJOJ / / * * J Q J
him ! a£JU v»b may his reign be long ! ^)\jj cJU»> may I be made A
^y ransom ! ^ydi\ C~o1 mayest thou avoid execration (a formula used
in addressing the ancient Arab kings) • aXJI *£lixJ GW cwrsg thee !
The proper signification of the perfect in this case is, "if it be as I
wish, God has already had mercy on him ; " &c. The perfect has this
sense also after ^ ; as tj-o ^**j U ^I*aJ *) may you never meet with
harm, as long as you live ! 3)$9 ^a9 *$ may thy teeth (lit. mouth) not
be broken !■ [neg. of the phrase «i)li 4JJI ^afi]. — When a conditional
clause precedes the optative, the particle vJ must be prefixed to the B
latter, in order that the influence of the conditional particle in the
former may not extend to it; as^stj^b c^a. A jA+M ^jj\ c~i^ <j1
if thou art 'Ibn Hammdm (lit. the son of Hammam), mayest thou be
saluted with honour !
Rem. After the name of God, such perfects as ,JUj, ^JjUj
.JIjuj J^-j j&, *^3 J***) aQd the like, are n°t optative but
declarative or assertory ; as ■J'Ju^ «^jW-* <*•£" »J^* God (who is C
blessed and exalted above all) hath said . [Comp. Vol. i. § 50,
rem. a.]
2. The perfect is often preceded by the particle jJ> (Vol. i.,
§ 362, z). When this is the case, if the perfect has either of the meanings
mentioned in § 1, b and d, it now implies that the act is really finished
and completed just at the moment of speaking. Its completeness may
consist either (a) in the removal of all doubt regarding it, in its perfect
certainty as opposed to uncertainty ; or (6) in its having taken place D
in agreement or disagreement with what preceded it, in accordance
or non-accordance with what was, or might be, expected, or just a
little before the time of speaking. For example jt^j^. Sjtjj U^j j3
^>*5UI Sjljj LaIa j^JJj jyol+)\ ^aljl ^i *&-*j-> C>i «^^ we have
already spoken of the vizirate of their grandfather Halid 'ibn Barm^k
in the reign of M-Mansihr, and we will /iere speak of the vizirates of
the rest (in this example the just completed act is contrasted with the
4 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 3
A future one) ; Sy-aJI C-^15 jcs ^<? (time of) prayer is come; &*>\ oi
sioU **3 thy daughter is, as was expected, dead, or thy daughter is
just dead ; j*a* &jj\ c*Jj j*a3 aj^^I Ut as regards the post of
governor, I appoint thy son governor of Egypt (§ 1, d) ; Oj^j <*J J15
>3*>oJI o**s$ J^5 JUi IJjb he said to him, Thou didst promise this, and
he replied, I now really fulfil what I promised.
(/
Rem. a. jJ immediately precedes the verb, as in the above
B examples, and can be separated from it only by an oath or assever-
ation ; as C*U».a»l aAJIj jJ> by God, thou hast done well; ^£j^xi jJi
* * &
\j.&\~> Co by my life, I have passed the whole night awake.
Rem. b. j3 is called by the grammarians %S*^i\ \J>j&. the
particle of expectation, and is said to be used JjJiafcJLU to indicate
perfect certainty, or .JtaJI £y* ,<.oUJt %^j jJu} to approximate the
past to the present.
C 3. The Pluperfect is expressed : —
(a) By the simple perfect, in relative and conjunctive clauses*,
that depend upon clauses in which the verbs are in the perfect ; as
ijyol*}\ aj j*o\ U^ov-Xfc u&j* he laid before them what el-Ma mun had
ordered; 6$j\ u-^- £***■ Kj~^*r he sat where his father had sat;
U)U ^Jjb £-«>oJl ^1 jjZM J-03 U-^ and after the bull had come to
0, j Oi , j &* - "0
the place, he turned his back in flight ; a~o JaI J^S UJ J*}-^ he fled
D after his kinsmen had been killed.
[Rem. Whether the perfect in these clauses has the meaning of
the pluperfect, must in every single case be decided by the context,
or by the nature of things. It may indicate a time identical with,
and even posterior to, that indicated by the perfect in the clause
* By a relative or conjunctive clause we mean a clause that is
joined to a preceding one by means of a relative pronoun or a con-
nective particle.
§ 3] The Verb.— I. The States or Tenses. 5
,..».. o * * a a * j * * 2s
upon which it depends. E.g. J^jI^wI ^y-J j*ol* ^c tf>y« j\~> UJ A
<ul)t .-5 ax* dJL«*.j uu^ ^L*3 4*31 jJI when Moses went forth
from Egypt with the Benu 'Isrd'U to the desert, he disinterred Joseph
and carried his remains with him through the desert ; ^a^>\ l^J
? 0 a j* -- ' z ' a e- j j£ + j * * a*o )$'*' i s - - *
L~*5j ^yJ Jjia^j o' *V— » Sli^Jt dJy^ifv. dUa-etj m;A«/i Ae became
unbound, i.e. was dying, they asked him to give them a chief]
(b) By the perfect with the particle jJ>, preceded by ^ or without
it, provided the preceding clause is one which has its verb in the B
«• at J »*+ J * + 0 t
perfect ; as ir»* J^j *«>/•»» 1 /^ &d him out blinded (lit. aW he had
fo^n blinded) ; juwjJt jlj ^1 jXj jJ> tJUk.^3 J-aiJI ^Jl jij /fo iwn$
ear/y m ^ morning to el-Fadl, and found that he had gone still
earlier to the palace of 'ar-Rasid (lit. and found him, he had already
gone early). The clauses with j3 and j*ij are clauses expressing a
state or condition (Jl»-).
(c) By the verb O^ t° oe> prefixed to the perfect ; as OU C
w-JJt ^ *5tj Ajjle'-J ^jCtji. ^1 ,-j-i. 0^3 wH>^ ju-_wjjt
'ar-Rasld died at Tits, after he had set out (lit. and he had set out)
for Horasan to combat Raft 'ibn el-Leit. These clauses also express
the state (Jujf).
(d) By O^9 an(i the perfect, with the particle jJ> interposed ;
a 'O'O * , jt * ai £ j *j OS *■* *+ - i il- a - j a j>
as J-aiJI ^1 lyijjbl^j lyl^Uj *4jW- ^rfj J^5 CUb / &w? brought
up and educated a female slave; I then presented her to el-Fadl- D
a *
Sometimes the particle jJ is placed before both verbs, instead of
between them; as jJ>j Ly».j i£5l*) J 15 ^xLo aJUI Jyj o' L&LH
w - id * , a s a* ■ ? ; i % ; * - , a,*
■jJI J-Xo-jt jJj ^j-o U^5 Jiiu ^1 OjJu Oolb ^re is a tradition
that the Apostle of God {God bless him and grant him peace !) said to
'A'isa {God have mercy on her I), after she had vowed (lit. and she
already had vowed) to set free some persons of the children of Ishmael,
&c.
6 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 4
A Rem. a. "When one of two or more pluperfects is anterior to
the rest in point of time, it is indicated by means of the particle
jj>, the others having merely ^J£a ; as O^J \j*3^i Ju^yJI OU
- - * 0 s s \ 0 ' * * * id to 9 ' ■■' ' J ' ' ' J ' ' ' -
jj.ij^^i ^JLc wJLiJj AtlkJt *J^»j 'ar-Rasid died at Tits, after he
had set out for Horasan to combat Raff 'ibn el-Leit, who had rebelled
(lit. and this Raff had already rebelled), and cast off his allegiance,
and taken forcible possession of Samarkand.
B [Rem. b. Between (jl^ and the perfect a conjunctive clause
may be interposed, as ;*-«•»» j»X*JI j+±- CM^ 9~*$~o T^i UJ O^
t\jA^\ when the information about tlie enemy had reached Salah
ed-dln, he had assembled the emlrs.~\
4. (a) If two correlative clauses follow the hypothetical particles
V if, Cft V if that, <)%, [Up] and ^3 «/ not (Vol. i., § 367, o)*, the
verbs in both clauses have usually the signification of our pluperfect
subjunctive or potential, though occasionally too of our imperfect
C subjunctive or potential. For instance : aJJI *$\ a^\ \-o-\-** O^ £
DjuJU ^y £/^r# Aae? fo^rc in them (heaven and earth) gods besides God,
tliey would surely have gone to ruin ; 3»x».bj i«t ^Wt J*»J <^->j *U> ^
if thy Lord had chosen, He would surely have made (all) mankind one
people ; ^ovs^ b>*^ lil*-«=> ajp ^ov**^ l>* Is^iP V O-i^ u-ts^Jj
and let those fear (God), who, if they should leave (or were to leave)
behind them weak offspring, would have fears for them (or would be
D afraid on their account) ; j^As. Ua^iaJ b>*jlj Sy*o\ i^>*JI J^t ,jt 3J3
u^j'i'b £1<-JI ^>« Ol£^j a/ic? «/ the people of those towns had
believed and feared (Us), We would have surely bestowed upon them
blessings from heaven and earth; [^j^\ p-f*--" vo^ OJ^*0 **** *~~^ 3}
* The protasis of a sentence, when introduced by "^J, although
it may not have a verb actually expressed, yet includes a verbal idea,
viz. that of the verb (jli».
§ 4] The Verb.—l. The States or Tenses. 7
if I had been one of {the tribe of) Mazin, they (the enemies) would not A
have carried off my camels ; ^y>' U Sy> ^ ,jt £ aXJIj Ul jaw JISj
fj+Zo j+e. UjU^o^-3 C»*fe>aytj ^iUiaJ^ tjl <*JJIj Ul «;?</ Sa'd said:
verily, by God, if I had some strength left that I were able to rise, thou
wouldst hear from me a roaring in its (* El- Medina 's) quarters and
streets, that would drive thee and thy comrades into your holes, and by
God, I would remove thee to a tribe where thou wouldst be a follower,
,* ** * a,a-o j Bit* a j a* J -• J a* *a*
not followed ; js-\^i ^£. c**JI c ^ jsSj j>y£. ^Sjj**. ^Uji ^ B
^*i*>\j->.\ had not thy people ceased recently to be in a state of infidelity,
6 i * a, *
I would surely raise the house on the foundations of 'Ibrahim ; ^j\ ^Jj
5 A
2JsS ^« and were it not that all mankind would have become a single
people (of unbelievers), We would certainly have given to those who
ii •» jo* *a ,
believe not in the Merciful roofs of silver to their houses;] <UJI J-oi ^)^i
"^.JLS *^t ,jUa*iJI ^juj^) <CL»g*-jj j£-t^ &«^ *£ wo£ fo^w for the goodness C
o/" God towards you and His mercy, ye would surely have followed
j - j - - ,* 5 ' - a^
Satan, (all) save a few ; j^s- .iUyJ ^s- ^ had it not been for 'All,
* % j 5 j* a } ai * a ,
'Omar would surely have perished ; (j-^-o^-o UiJ ^15 1 '^J ^W i*£ ;w£
» , * , »^ , 1 „ , 0^
6ee» ,/ar ?/om, w?# would surely have been believers ; ^ j»\jti\ IjJk ^)"^J
1 AC
^ow? ?Y 7w^ been for thee, I would not have gone on pilgrimage
this year (*-*►*.! in rhyme for -*-a^>.l). [With j3 inserted in both
* «• 1 )&** a " * c ja'O j t
clauses 0*^i C^*jU jlaJ jJ-mU^JI j~o\ OU j3 ^i if the Prince of the J)
faithful were dead, I would swear allegiance to So-and-so; or only
fj'«<-jj^^^j»^ j* * ate* 1 j s * a s £ j , ~, a * a *■
in the protasis »j^j t>^=>j3^ <uc l^-cu'i) ^3-6 ^« O-* J^ i"j »x5 ^
zy a^ ^«^ are with Munis had seen thee, they would surely turn away
from him and leave him alone.] — (b) Occasionally >j\£s is placed
a,
between •} and the perfect in the protasis of the sentence, and
8 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 4
A sometimes O^ *s repeated before the perfect in the apodosis. If
this be the case, the signification of the verbs in both clauses is always
- >Ss < < * I JO <• J 0 J 6 -
and necessarily that of the pluperfect ; as &JjJs& &'* C-^U c-^S> £
if I had known this, I would have beaten thee ; UJ U^i^c \y[& ^
6 -"0-a S * ) ' * J «•
»xa..oJI w>j I3-X0 lyl^ {/" £&??/ ^a^ known it, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory. — (c) If the verb of the protasis be an
imperfect, and that of the apodosis a perfect, both must be translated
B by the imperfect subjunctive or potential ; as ^jyj*> ^L^ol l\£j y
if we pleased, we could smite them for their sins ; ^»W-' oUk*». l\£j ^
if we pleased, we could make it salt water. [If the verb of the protasis
be an imperfect preceded by o^* an(^ tnat 0I" the apodosis a perfect,
both may be rendered by the pluperfect subjunctive or by the
imperfect subjunctive, as U aJI Jj-5' ^°3 i^^S ^^ 03**5i S^>\Ss •}
gUjI ^AjJia^JI if they had believed in God and His prophet and in
what has been revealed to him, they would not have taken them for
C friends; jJ^»JI A>U?t l^o Jl^J jj*- ^>jJI ,>« ^^ 0^=* >
?/ caution could save from death, surely the caution (of thy friends)
j * '
would have saved thee from what has befallen thee (j»x»- in rhyme
0 - -
for jJ^-).]
Rem. a. The apodosis of y (^ w>'^»- </*e answer, complement,
or correlative of lau) is frequently omitted, when the context
readily suggests it; as aj C-ttJni jl JW4**-" *^ •-in**' ^IjJ tjl ^)j
,o,o«» ^* j o£ jafo<» # ,
-ja^Jt aj ^oJ^» _jt c^j^' aw* V ^e mountains could be made to
D move by a Kor'dn, or the earth be cleft in pieces by it, or the dead be
addressed by it, ... . (scil. it would be by this Kor'dn) ; ,jl ^
juji> ,ji=>j .J I ^jT j I 3^3 J^L ^ if I were a match for you in
strength, or could have recourse to a powerful clan or party, or to a
mighty chieftain, .... (scil. / would resist you) ; ^^ w*S$3 U^l
'<Ju> Lukl^J U& ^ ^j~*>3 Wj*- _;'«**-« ^£jJ / have delayed only
until thou couldst see the extent of our forces and of our endtirance ;
§ 5] The Verb.— I. The States or Tenses. 9
and if we had been with him with our hearts (heart and soul), .... A
* ** 6 j * c s : s *
(scil. we should have defeated you long ago) ; ^yo lyJ ^Xj ^i 3J5
j :- «j i 0 *>0x» * i , * _ je<e o^ - j;*a * Z 10 1 0 * 2 * Z *
f*~>\j* .-$ ?—■'!/* ttft^JI ^*iJ3t ««<£ i/" i^ (Seville) possessed no other
glory but the place, called Axarafe, opposite to and overhanging it,
famous for its numerous olive-trees, (and) stretching leagues by
leagues, .... (scil. this would be enough for it, iJ&J or libliiJ).
[Rem. b. The verb expressed or understood in a clause pre-
»**
ceded by ^Jj even if, though, has the same signification as that of B
the clause to which it is annexed, as ^tj» ^jkc sU»- ^j ^pLJI IjJact
give to the beggar, though he should come on horseback ; ^jA /**•.;' "^
-J C-* * * 0 * * «*
j-olj»i i«-»1j jU» ^Jj t<«Ui / «?i/£ no£ retract my promise of pro-
tection, even if my head should fly before me; jJuJkj 3J3 l^ijuaJ
* 3 j : * s 5 <■
\j>ja**» give alms, though it be only a burnt hoof ; 3J5 ajIju ,*<£jt
tjl«». bring me a beast to ride upon, even if (it should be) an ass
* * a 6* * Oil ei * * j* *iio * 0 * »' 1*01
(§ 41, rem. b) ; djJj ,>« ^j ^UUgi (^^Ua^JI j^^- aJt *ip 0
* * * * , * 9 %m
the complaints of the wronged were brought before him, and he
t ** * * :*- 0
obtained justice for them, even from his own son; Ul^«»> w»oJt ^jl
« it* * ot* *t sti »**
(j^jtLe wJli^H 1*0 1 _jJj if thou causest an animal pain, however
little, thou art cursed.~\
5. After lit when, as often as (Vol. i., § 367, b), the perfect is
usually said to take the meaning of the imperfect, the future act
; - a «? , * i i
being represented as having already taken place ; as j-*»-l lit ^a^l D
1 a io-o 1 * o
j— J I I will come to thee when the unripe dates become red; \y+**Z«i\
»1 0 1 * 6 1*** li * it
^SLfAji UJ j^s\s.y til Jy-yJJj *lU respond to God and to the Apostle,
when he calls you to that which can give you life. — Consequently, if
the particle til or U lit be followed by two correlative clauses, the first
of which extends its conversive influence to the verb of the second,
the verbs have in both clauses either a present or a future significa-
w. 11. 2
10 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 5
A tion. For example: liL*J jj*> t&*. 5>»."^t jctj sU. ti^ aw«/ wforc
the •promised term of the future life comes (or is come, or shall have
cowe), w?0 will bring you all together (to judgment) ; £$3 U 131 ^o-m
aj ^o^uf w&m it (the punishment) /a//s (*«po» you), will ye believe it
then7: aj\jus cJi j*o*$\ ^j**^ u^i) 'i} when Yahyd takes the matter
in hand, its difficulties are easily overcome. In such cases the Latin
requires the future-perfect in the first clause, and the future in the
second. The imperfect is sometimes used instead of the perfect in the
j • • j *** d 6-
B protasis or apodosis ; as Li©~> j£ tyis U3U ^t-wU ^JJ3 titj and
when our verses are read to them, they say, We have heard ; lit ^Ul
i a * i i >
9j j9^=> L5^»-j ^oir^l) ^V' ^5i J!P ^5^**"* ^e/* whom, when the
shout of ' Alight for the fray' is raised, you see on foot (looking as
1 0 * 0 0* Ol*Oi* * *
tall) as if (they were) riding (v^ j in rhyme for w*£>j) ; jtr^}^ 'i' J
oii*ot*ioi ,
^^L-ft.1 «JL..a..nJ awe/ w;^w £&«< seestf ^w, £#^r bodies make thee
marvel. Occasionally too the imperfect occurs in both clauses ; as
**0l0>a 1*' * **> 11 1 0* *** t'*f * *f "t6J »'»'
(J jJCioJI tjj*£> O^-^ *>^J L59 »-^*J ^^ wul ^ov*^ i^-*-3 'ijj
and when our verses are read to them as clear proofs, thou discernest
0 * 1 l* 1 J * * *
displeasure in the faces of those wlw disbelieve ; ^>c JjjJ JjlP '^
* oio*> * * n * * *oi*t**i t
0\t*y v^* *J>^ L5***8*"'' ■**■»*»■£* awrf www it (ill fortune) departs,
it departs from a proud hero, whose sudden fits of passion are dreaded
1 * 0 * * * iM* 1 * * * * Ovi* * 0 * * JOW &*
by his rivals ; £i£3 J-iS ^)t ip tilj [V~*) W ***!; l^~*^'j ^<? sow/ /s
desiring much, if you give her what she wishes,] and when she is reduced,
j\ or restricted, to a little, she is content. — If a clause dependent on 15 1 is
introduced by such a perfect as <jUb or j\*o, the verb governed in the
, _ < *0i *Z * * * * *
perfect by tit is likewise a historical perfect; e.g. £bl^£> lit ,jlib
* J * it 0 OtO Oi. 16***,,
when he spoke, he spoke eloquently; [<Jyj O'^*" c^*' u&*4 j-^ij
• 5 *» f * + * * j * a *o + * * + * * & *>
a£« wjI*w jJI 9. j±. 5*iLsJI Oj-a». til ^l£» <UJt some learned men say
that the Apostle of God, when the time of prayer had come, went to the
mountain-roads of Mikka. Here also the imperfect is sometimes
§ 5] The Verb.— I. The States or Tenses. 11
used in the protasis or apodosis, as J-eu *$ <suU C*»L< tit c~i£j A
o^i*. ,JI jj-lj a«c? wA#w / saluted him, my head did not reach to his
waist ; U^tj jU.1 >~£> lit (J^J aw<^ w^^w fo bestowed raiment, he
Z * c. * *t * * j ut *Q*o
did it in a liberal and generous manner ; \jj*-\ j+b- lit £-*}LoJt C^3
yij o-* b'>~' ^jf^ J^y **•****■ ^' w^W- o-° A*-*<*-' ^ aw« ^
skipper, when he had conveyed a person in his vessel from the one to the
other side, got for pay a bracelet of gold.] If the clause introduced by
tit stands in the middle of a narrative of past events, the perfect has B
also the sense of the historical perfect, [as, ^J-^JI w-^-lo J*»»i
• 0 - -a jjg j j 1 s
jgi^fES jjhjm+m. lili 4jUm0| 9-Ujj l^cji\ yr^o jc»*^»..' and the captain
of the cavalry began to drive together parties of them by the spears of
his men; and when they had collected them, they killed them; 0^3
J*j Uj Ji5 o^ yj^si y >*~*f »ij **» JpU-^M v^^.^,0,11 *El-
Mu'tasim was good-tempered, but when he was angry, he cared not
whom he killed, nor ichat he did ; J-JJI fU. tit O-tjj* ^ J^Jj J^^ ^
ufj*$l **-3 ^5^ &J2 *h 4;>> \S W ***>}** C5* W ^° £?*?!" ^t^"
**'
LJSi / remember whilst we were in Kazwln, when night came, we
brought all our things in the cellars of our houses and did not leave
anything on the floor.']
Rem. a. The use of lit as a conjunction arises in reality out of
its original meaning as a temporal demonstrative (see Vol. i.,
§ 367, b). Lake ,>*»., wJ>j, j*y> , etc. (see § 78), lit is an accusative D
in the construct state, and governs a following verbal clause vir-
tually in the genitive*. Under these circumstances, the actions
both of the defining clause, introduced by tit, and of the clause
defined by it, are such as would be appropriately expressed by the
imperfect indicative. These two clauses being in correlation, and
that which is logically primary (the defined clause) becoming
syntactically secondary (the apodosis), either action may — without
* [Comp. however Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 113, note 1.]
12 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 5
A reference to their temporal relation to one another or to other
actions — be regarded either (a) as beginning or in progress, or
(/3) as completed and done. In the one case the imperfect will be ■
used, in the other the perfect. As a rule, however, the language
has preferred either to represent the action of the defining clause
(or protasis) alone by the perfect ; or else, which is more common,
the actions of both the correlative clauses by the perfect, that of
the apodosis being, as it were, conditioned and postulated by that
of the protasis. But to what period of time these correlated actions
belong, — whether the perfects are to be translated by our past,
B present or future, — depends entirely upon the considerations stated
in Vol. i., § 77, rem. a.
Rem. b. The temporal clause introduced by til is often almost
0
identical in meaning with a conditional clause introduced by ^j\
(see § 6)*; but it is very rare [in prose] to find lit construed with
the jussive like ,jt (§§13 and 17, c), as J^a^Ii ioLai. oJL-oj I3I3
and when poverty befalls thee, bear it patiently ({J^L^3 in rhyme for
<J«!*~) ', [and [-UjJwi \^}j3 tit when you visit me, you will honour
C me].
Rem. c. It has been said that when lit or to til is immediately
preceded by («£»■ until, and followed by two correlative clauses,
the verbs of which are in the perfect, these perfects take the sense
of historical past tenses, expressing a state which closes the action
of a previous perfect. This exception to the so-called conversive
influence of til or to til does not, however, hold good. 15^ is
construed with the perfect to indicate a simple temporal limit, or
the effect or result of an act or series of acts ; with the imperfect
indicative, when this effect or result is regarded not as something
D actually past, but as yet in progress, as a historical present (see
§ 15> c> /?)• This view it is which the Arabic language has chosen
to adopt in the case of two correlative clauses, introduced by lit,
* [The difference is that q\ denotes what is possible, tit what is
ascertained, so that one says juj «U. ^l if Zeid come, but J!»tJ eU. lit
jy*A\ when the beginning of the month shall come.]
§ 5] The Verb.— I. The States or Tenses. 13
0 ,i*>, **>*> 0 3 } ~ - 3
after ^Z*- For example: ^i^ ja^J\^ jJ\ ^i ^^b^*^ ^JJI yb A
- i ^ j / / j - I i .< ~Z m* * ' ' * 3 o 3 a st*> 1 1 — * * s -
dJJI \^i j^fi )a*a.\ jr^. 'yis_5 O'"*-* J^ O-* a-.***' ^»**W»J wi-o'^-
^j^l a) ^^oJLa^-o //e i< is wAo letteth you travel by land and by
sea, until, when ye are on board of ships, and they sail away with
them (abrupt change of person, instead of vnth you) with a fair
wind, and they rejoice in it, there overtakes them (the ships) a
tempestuous gale, and the waves come on them from every side, and
they think that they are encompassed, (and) call upOn God, professing
0 3 - !- <• ' 0 OiO' - »jO * 33 3 3 - - - - J * 3 *
sincere religion ; j^ j-J*JIj u^^3 O-4**"" O"* ^A^*1** qU-j^ J jL^.$
0 ' 2 * 0 s * 0 S iO , , s $ *. i s £ * , 3*3
aA*J cJl5 ^^-o-JI ^J*\j i*J^ t^JI li] )fc5*»* O^J^i and unto Solomon
were gathered his hosts, of jinn and of men and of birds, and they
were marched on in order, until, when they arrive at the Valley of
Ants, an ant says — . In this second example the meaning would
be substantially the same, if we rendered it by until, when they
arrived at the Valley of Ants, an ant said, but the translation would
be less close*. In the next two examples, on the contrary, the
* [Trumpp, Der Bedingungssaz im Arabischen, Sitz. Ber. d. phil.
hist. CI. der K. B. Akad. d. "Wissensch. zu Miinchen, 1881, p. 432 seqq.,
rejects the theory expounded in rem. c, which is also that of Fleischer
(Kl. Schr. i. 116 seqq.). ^j^-, being properly a preposition, has no
influence on the signification of the perfect in the following clause.
This depends on that of the clause to which it is subordinated. The
same remark applies to the perfects of two correlative clauses intro-
duced by Ijt ^^- For example : w**ylit Ijl ^». jj>».l / run until j)
- a*»io , , , o * 3 * o$o*o , 2 + o * 3 t * * * ,
I attain the end ; C~JI J^.j jJ> jj-^t til .J^. %^J O^xi Ui
but before I was aware of anything, *El-Aswad had entered the room ;
i - «• 3* 3 «J/ y *~ 3 «•'.» O S i 0* Si m J 0 3 3 0' ,0s,
LT*- O^jy-i J*c* ^VW *->J**L 0-9-^ ^y **» J** O^ J^*^> J**i3
*— 030 2 * £ * * * * *
l^WW^o-^**^' J15 !i»W» '3' and on that day when we bring together
out of every nation a company of those who have gainsaid our revela-
tions, kept marching in ranks, until, when they have arrived (before
God), He will say : Did ye treat my revelations as impostures ? A
comparison of this verse from Kor'an xxvii. with that cited above
14 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 6
A repetition of the act justifies us in the use of the past. UL^I Loj
lit ^ ... . ^jJUl Jdbt O-f WJ ^-^ ^W-J ^1 ^> i>»
*i a * 6 3 — * j ■> o -• o j2p 3- .. j jui x> A-6* Sio
\3j*aJ ^oAgl*. tjJJ^ jJJ^Jl bj-Jaj ^J-^JI ^LlHwl awe? JFe Aai?e not
sent before thee (any) but men, to whom a revelation was made, of
the people of the cities, .... until, when the apostles were despairing,
and were thinking that they were deluded, Our aid came unto them ;
j - * w - e - * j .• «• oc o o- - - d -- j * j - j * a* • '
Sy*~j* lit I***" *L5^» J^9 vl^'^W^ lo»^ AJ hj^> ^* !>**^ ^*
^ j tj tj * * t * a * o j *■ a s t j I *
^jj-JL^^oA lili SIxj^aUJ^I I3J9I LoJ am/ when they had forgotten
B ^Aeir warnings, We set open to them the gates of all things, until,
when they were rejoicing over what they had got, We laid hold on
them suddenly, and lo, they were in despair.
0
6. (a) After the conditional particle (jl if (Vol. i., § 367,/), and
after many words which imply the conditional meaning of Oi ((^5**^
J»j*uJI or ijl ^m*), the perfect is also said to take a future sense,
the condition being represented as already fulfilled. In English it
may usually be rendered by the present. Such words, for instance,
C are : ^1 and ^>o who, whoever, O-o-jl whosoever, U what, UjI what-
0 - 0 - s a * em t JO-
soever, 0"°ir* whoever, 1*^-* whatever, \*X£s as often as, %£**»• where,
Ui*». wlierever, ^U when, UU« whenever, ^1 where, U-^l wherever,
* 0 * s s 0 s at * ii£
oL^ /ww, U-a*^ however, ^yl m whatever way, however, {jb\ and
U O^j'j wAe??, whenever, Uil whenever. Examples : ^)t k_jl».l ^1
^o-Jac^^j w>tjcc ^j c*~qg I fear, if I rebel (lit. &u'# rebelled) against
m# Zorc?, the punishment of a great (i.e. terrible) day ; <£***. ^tb^X+sS}
D ^a^-o^aaj «wc? $/«?/ ^m wherever you find them (lit. Aar^ found them) ;
o 30 j - - »i a 3 * - -j-
^^i^a Lo^jl ^Jt« ykj awe? he is with you wherever you are. The same
remark applies to the perfects before and after jl or, in such phrases
oJI ^jl^JLJ j-£».^ shows clearly the influence of the preceding verb
on the signification of those in the subordinate clauses. For in the
latter we ought to render until, when they arrived at the Valley of
Ants, an ant said. D. G.]
§ 6] The Verb.— I. The States or Tenses. 15
as ^j-hr- jl \yt\k %\}~t it is all the same whether they are absent or A
present; Ojoii j\ c-^i ^J**- %\y* it is all one to me whether thou
standest or sittest; Jj*i» 3J O^* V*** ou-cJt ^9^»l honour a guest,
whether he be rich or poor. — (b) If the words jjt, <^l, ,j-o, &c, be
followed by two clauses, the first of which expresses the condition
[J»j-i)t], and the second the result depending upon it [J»j-£Jt w>l>^ or
hjh\ i\jef.\ then the verb in both clauses is put in the perfect*, both B
the condition and the result being represented as having already taken
place. For example : C-XJUb dUi cJUi ,jl if you do this, you wiU
perish, lit. if you shall hate done this, you hate perished or will perish
(§ 1, e) ; o|>>« fJW <>j-'vo^9 O-* ^ M7^o (=v ow^) keeps (has kept) #?s
owra secret, attains his object ; UJ^.1 Ujl».j U*ol ^>«>«Jl i)L© i^XaJI
wisdom is the strayed camel of the believer ; wherever he finds it (= if he
shall have found it anywhere), he lays hold of it (will lay hold of it). — C
(c) If the perfect after ^>t, ^£\, ^j*t>, &c, is to retain its original
meanmg, then 0^*> or one of the O^* Ot^i.1 the sisters of the verb
kana (such as jUe to become, J& to be by day, Ob to be by night,
g».;.<ot to be in the morning, \j~*\ to be in the evening), must be in-
serted between those words and the perfect in the protasis, and the
apodosis must be indicated by the particle o. For example : O^9 Oi
*z*3j*eJ> JJi v^« jj <uo*«i if his shirt is (has been) torn in front, she D
5 * SO
* [The verb in the protasis may never be a ju>U*. jJas an aplastic
* 0* - *
verb, such as have but one tense and no infinitive, as ,^-J, 15— *•
Comp. § 187, b. In negative clauses the jussive with^J is employed
(§ 12) with very rare exceptions as Kor'an ii. 140 ^>jJJI w*Jt (j^Jj
<£llL5 IjaJ l< 5-jt ^J^j wjU^JI l^5jt erew though thou shouldest bring
every kind of sign to those who have been given the Scriptures, yet thy
kebla tliey will not follow, for 1^-wj _^J.]
16 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 6
has spoken the truth; \^sy <*~Ui aJJu j^J^>\ ^£& «Ji i/" #e have
believed in God, place your trust in Him; ,jl «~«LJ jl jJuJl Jh-o-*
C^Mftt ^t Cv«ja.I c«^> accept my excuse readily or (at least) be
indulgent, if I have committed a crime or a fault. — (d) But if the
perfect after these words is to have the historical sense (English past
tense, § 1, a), the verb £?£*, or one of its "sisters," must be prefixed
to the correlative clauses ; e.g. \y&i J>*)W Oi [$■*» if they exerted
a themselves to attain an object, they attained it \l^> »l3t U«^» 0^3
<tw^st °>yt} lA^-jJ' O-* and whenever one of the wild animals came
to visit him, he made it his prey ; <UjJI <^»o <ud±. atjt ^1* O^J
and as often as he would throw off his allegiance, he entered the desert] ;
though it is also sufficient that the correlative clauses should be
dependent upon others that are historical ; as .^JUH c*&>j>t U-Jl
*M ju»a.Jl sisXI CUo^i {+X& jL»a>JL> / attained knowledge only by
C praising (God), for, whenever I understood (anything), I said, Praise
belongs to God. [(e) If, however, the verb 0^*> or one °f its sisters,
after these words, is followed by an imperfect or a participle, we must
J S/Or - it A5 „ Jj J tJt J 0
render it by the present (§ 131), as k>_5JytJli aJJI ,j^*a*J ^u£» ,jt
if ye love God, then follow me; aJJI JU». U (>*£& ^1 ^J Ja*-> ^
Jj io St ii St i a St * Of
<UJb 0-*>J O^9 Oi Ov*l*y' ^5* wor ^ ^ lawful for them to conceal
0 <•
w&z£ 6»W Aa£A created in their wombs if they believe in God; o^
j) .,.;la»*a.* »x*J L>iU£» c«& ^)]^ (>yJLL3 jti) U>jL* c^» //* £&w speakest
the truth, thou hast killed me; if thou liest, thou hast disgraced me.]
Rem. a. What has-been said of the temporal Ii) in § 5, rem. a,
» o e
is also applicable to the conditional jjt, for q\ is also originally a
demonstrative (compare |FI, ^-»!)- I*1 *ms case> however, the
language always employs the perfect, never the imperfect in-
dicative, after the conditional word ; that is to say, the condition
is invariably represented, in reference to the conditioned, as a
§ 7] The Verb.— I. The States or Tenses. 17
completed action, and not as one in progress. On the alternative A
use of the Jussive, see §§13 and 17, c.
0 0 J * * » -
Rem. b. The apodosis of ^1 (,jl w>l^».), like that of £ (§ 4,
rem.), is frequently omitted, when the context readily suggests it;
honest men oft/ie Muslims bear witness in thy favour, {good and well);
6w£ if not, demand of him the oath; *}Mj jAJ^i ^j* s.%«ftjj »^-*»J oi
»sAa. I ...... ju-jOI w^»ol i/" ZAow repeniest and recantest wliat tltou hast B
said, (good and well, or / will forgive thee) ; but if not, I tcill order
tlie slaves to fay thee alive. [Comp. § 186, rem. c, footnote. By
this omission ^j\j tlwugh (§ 17, c, rem. a) acquires the meaning of
o - - a - e
nevertlieless, as in the saying of the Prophet ^j\ ^ \-^j^ ride her
(the camel) nevertheless (though she be destined for sacrifice), Lisdn
xvi. 179.]
Rem. c. Where ^g\, ,^0 and I* are inter rogatives or simple
relatives, ^ic, ^y\, {Jj>\, ^jbl and *Ju£=> interrogatives, and sL~a. C
a simple relative adverb, without any admixture of the conditional
signification of ,jl, perfects dependent upon them retain their
original sense.
7. After the particle U, as long as, whilst, as often as (Vol. i.,
§ 367, p), the perfect takes the meaning of the imperfect (present or
2 j o > - - e t * *
future) ; as \j*o ^~Jb U ^-i) *$ may you never meet with harm
(§ lj /)> as long as you live ! O^^- *i*zJ^ *&r-^\ ^ l^-ob U ^UJt D
men are careless, as long as they lice in this world (lit. remain in the
life of this world) ; Jjjli f* U JL-JI *) I will not forget thee, as long
as a sun rises ; w>U**' <su$.c.> U ^yJI care answers, as often as (or
whenever) you call it. If this imperfect is to be liistorical, the rule
laid down in § 6, d, must be observed. The negative as long as not
is always expressed by ^ U with the jussive (see § 12).
- *•*.* *■ «fi ■» • »
Rem. The Arab grammarians regard this l<o as Suijh Sujj^olc
w. ii. 3
18 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 8
A or i*3L}j, i.e., as equivalent to a verbal noun or infinitive in the
accusative of time. They say that Lo- C~o Co, as long as thou
remainest alive, is equivalent to L*. JiLelji or Co. ^LeUi 3jt*o.
This cannot, however, be the case, for whence then would come the
conversive force of this L>? It is in fact only a variety, in its
application to time, of the dlJa^uJI Lo or conditional ma (§ 6, a).
J& * ©A3 J
B 8. The Imperfect Indicative (e$_9j~oJ1 cjLiuoJt) does not in
itself express any idea of time; it merely indicates a begun, incomplete,
enduring existence, either in present, past, or future time. Hence it
signifies : —
(a) An act which does not take place at any one particular time,
to the exclusion of any other time, but which takes place at all times,
or rather, in speaking of which no notice is taken of time, but only of
duration (the indefinite present} ; as jj^su <*JJIj jj^j (jl-J^t man
Q forms plans and God directs tJiem {man proposes, God disposes) ;
jaJ\ j*xZ~j j-Jb the free man is enslaved by benefits {conferred
upon him).
(b) An act which, though commenced at the time of speaking,
is not yet completed, — which continues during the present time (the
* ) * a * - j * o - jii -
definite present) ; as ^^A^ju \^> ^bu aJJI God knows what ye are
doing. Hence its use as a historical present in lively descriptions of
J) past events ; e.g. ^a*-j Jw*.bj ^j> ^^J\s ^js-\ r~j£-^ ia*JJs J 15
\S)***° L5* ^h* 7~J^°^3 said TaKia> S° out I run, and put on my
coat of mail, and seize my sword, and cast my shield on my breast.
(c) An act which is to take place hereafter (the simple future) ;
as ^*w v~*-> O*- u~*J l£J,^-j ^ **yi I>aj'j and fear a day (in
which) a soul shall not make satisfaction for a soul at all, or
j y o * 3 lt*> *
shall not give anything as a satisfaction for a soul ; ^^i *^b
a^^iJI je,yi jtr^i but God will judge between them on the day of the
resurrection. — To render the futurity of the act still more distinct,
§ 8] The Verb.—l. The States or Tenses. 19
the adverb o^-; (Vol. i. § 364, e), or its abbreviated form ^ (Vol. i. A
i * 0 t * I o - o * o - -
§ 381, b), in the end, is prefixed to the verb ; as lJlj»xc <iX)j J**i 0-°J
1 - 0 3 sir* i 0 } *
tjU «uLa.> u^mJ UAJ»j «/w? whoever does this maliciously and wrong-
/m%, w^ w/// &wr» fo'm w/£A hell-fire; aa-j^ .J a^w «*# w//Z
explain it in its (proper) place; ju£» J^ Jjj^ ,>* ^*£*-' ^o«
s&z/£ be protected (through God's grace) from every machination of thine
enemy.
Rem. «. o>$-» may have the asseverative j prefixed to it, as B
"A-^ .-3.. x «J + t*s*
if&jZfi <&>j jJ-»la*j i^5^~Jj a?w7 verily thy Lord will give thee
(abundance) and thou wilt be content ; and it may be separated from
its verb by a verb which is void of government, as in the verse
•* * OP 0 } ~ <J Z s'i Oi 3 ' ' 0 * * Oi ' '
not know, but I sludl (I think) know, whetlier the family of Hisn are
0*0' 0 -
a band of men or women. — Rare forms are oL/, $~>, and ,-w.
[Rem. b. The simple future has sometimes the sense of a polite
//»/ «• * * * - j * o* j * o* j j* , * ,
order or request ; as lu*j \^ \^$jj^ ^^Sj^oJ-j (jUJ^ oj JUi tlien C
Suleiman said: Depart now, and we will consider between our-
0 C J J .- .
(Tabari ii. 544, 1. 7); j-^)l aJUt -JU1 Ji-ju »-Lj^ J15j
cme? A« said to Itah: Have the kindness to enter, God bless the Emir ;
- * 0 - 0
j't*c-' • t j OfO , s. * j j cj o ' j* * ' *
<sU*li ^j-U^oJ I j-^ol L xi^yj jJW. dJ JUi rt?^/ Hal id said to him :
Grant him indemnity, 0 Prince of the faithfd, and he did so
(!Ag. xvii. 164, 1. 14). D. G.]
(d) An act which was future in relation to the past time of which
we speak. When this is the case, the imperfect is simply appended to D
the preceding perfect without the intervention of any particle, and forms,
with its complement*, a secondary, subordinate clause, expressing the
state (JUJt) in which the subject of the previous perfect found
himself, when he completed the act expressed by that perfect [ Jl»«
* That is to say, auy word or words governed by, or otherwise
connected with, it.
20 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 8
-«■ j*»i^J ; as «i>*J aJt sla. //« c«?we fa him to visit him ; j>*c ,JI i*-5'
w^-2o ?U /^ c«w20 fa a spring of water to drink; ^jjJI ^jAc ^^LJ^j
j-«^l jjju then He seated Himself on the throne to administer the ride
(of the Universe) ; »iUjo a^Xsu J-jjI />g sew* fa inform him of this;
[i^yJU^-oJ £■■<>■»■ 1 he determined to circumvent the Jews, 'Ag. xix. 96,
1. 6. R. S.].
(e) An act which continues during the past time. In this case
B too the imperfect is appended to the perfect without the interposition
of any connective particle, and forms, with its complement, a second-
ary, subordinate clause, expressing the state (Jla*JI) in which the
subject of the previous perfect found himself, when he did what that
perfect expresses [jj^LS-o JL».] ; as <^*~^u juj eU. Z¥id came
laughing ; «lj**o »*■»»»-..' U&l he returned, congratulating himself cm
(lit. praising) Ms morning-walk; aZcjI) wJUI >Uaj (j*I» he set out,
0 leading (as it were) my heart by its bridle ; aLc^l <LU>t a*3j <usjj ULJi
awe? we remained watching for him as one watches for the new-moons of
the festivals; %\*ja»Z«iS ^s- ^£*o3 UaIj^I <sJAs>^9 and one of tJiem
came to him, walking bashfully ; 0>**rf *'*"* -**W' b'Wj aw^ ^^
6Y<w<? fa tf/^'r father in the evening, weeping. As the above examples
show, the imperfect is in this case generally rendered in English by
the participle.
D Rem. a. After the negative particle *j), the imperfect retains its
general idea of incompleteness and duration; as ^A £yA ^Jbtj *) K-f*-
he went out, not knowing, or without knowing, where he was ;
^J-jiwJI .-aV^JI jbj$i> *$ the liberal (mart) does not respect the stingy.
— After the negative particle L> it takes the meaning of the present;
as Aio jjjkl Sily-^J O^***^ ' i_s%j^ ^* a wia/i is no£ declared right-
eous by the evidence of his own household ; ^o 'j/*^ C>i-*" iyi t*
§ 9] The Verb— I. The States or Tenses. 21
unbelievers among those who possess a (revealed) book, and among A
the polytheists, do not wish that any good should be sent down unto
- 0*0 * j ~ ** - * oi - - j j 0 * * £no £
you from your Lord; w>U£)t ^>* <JJI JjjJl to ^j^-oJXj CH**^' 0\
io-JU t >bjj <*JJ 1 ^y+XSL) they who hide the book which God hath sent
down, and buy with it something of small price, these swallow doivn
into their bellies nothing but fire, and God will not speak to them on
the day of judgment.
Rem. b. According to the Arab grammarians, the imperfect B
- 0 J - b*o j ^ £ ,
indicative is used JlaJU, to indicate present time (j-ala*JI ^>L«pl),
- a » to j - : , 3 j 3-
and ^JLLZ./jU, to indicate future time (J*,JlL..^J\, less correctly
9. To express the imperfect of the Greek and Latin languages,
O^* is frequently prefixed to the imperfect ; as j*£JI w«a»-j ,jl£>
AjxJLiS} he was fond of poetry and poets ; 5j^c j»y> J^s ^y w«£>jj O^
j\ja he used to ride out every day several times ; julS lyj ^j^SJ 0^*i C
J*-j »JU1 ^i awe? ?for£ z^o* to be (stationed) in it (the city)
a general with a thousand men; ^i^JI *~t> <j^jj£» \y>\^ JV-j
jw#w who used to live with the princes. If this signification is to
be attached to several imperfects, it is sufficient to prefix (J^*
to the first alone. — If one or more perfects precede the imperfect,
or if the context clearly shows that the verb in the imperfect
has the sense of the Latin imperfect, O^3 need not be prefixed to it ; D
as jjl»o-J-» ^U-« ^kc (j-J»L<£Jt ^JJ3 U I^ujI^ and they followed what
the evil spirits read (or recited, or followed) in the reign of Solomon ;
J»J> yj^ ddl\ gUJt sj^kju ^X* Ji Say, Why then did ye kill the
3 0- / JJt/ 40/ > / /
prophets of God before ? Here ^Sj and Oj^**^ stand for ^Jj oJl£>
-330-0303 0 -
and ^yjJu ^o^^3- [So in poetry after j3 ; see Vol. i. § 362, r,
footnote. R. S.]
22 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 10
" * J Is
A 10. To express the future-perfect, the imperfect of O^3 \OSri)
is frequently prefixed to the perfect, the particle *»5 being sometimes
interposed. For example, O^h t^J-** L5^i A*5^»a^«> l*!>*i j^wwj
O^'j aUjj AXaiJ .jJjXi JJuL> f^A ^tjj ^AJ ^,jX> 'N)j>0A/».I Ut
awd / sAa// /«Ve so?«0 people to carry it to my house, and I shall be the
last of them {to depart), and there shall not have been left (shall not
B be left) behind me anything to occupy my mind with the doing or
removing of it, and by the trifling pay I give them, I shall have
provided help for myself (so as) to spare my own body all the labour.
o £
[Rem. In dependent clauses introduced by £)\ the future-perfect
* * s * j o £ j f
becomes the perfect of the subjunctive, e. g. «^Jk} C)3^i O' *t-^J
* j »* * ' i bio * s * 6
it cannot be but that he has gone (abierit); ^i ^j^XS^L^\ «J&a.I
..©I (aJJ I ,j jJLj jjl =) <*JU I (J3^ the theologians disagree abont
C God's having ordered (jusserit).]
11. The Subjunctive of the imperfect (*r>yeu*ti\ cjUa^l) has
always a future sense after the adverb ,jJ not (Vol. i. § 362, hh), and
0 £ fit fie * - o '
the conjunctions o' that, ^ o' or *^ that not, ^» and ^^J that,
s 0 s ' 0 ' 3' ^ J 0^ 0 ^
*jL£> and *}L£J that not, ^jZ*. till, until, and J £/««£; as J*>»>-> O*
^<jLaJ j I bj> O^3 O-* *^i *->»•"" none shall enter Paradise except
D those who are Jews or Christians; ii&JI \jL*.*>3 ^\ ^,Z~~». j>\ do ye
think that ye shall enter Paradise ? See § 15.
12. The Jussive of the imperfect (^ojj^^oJI cjLa^JI), when
dependent upon the adverbs _^i not, and UJ w#£ •?/<?£ (Vol. i. § 362,
jjy, ##), has invariably the meaning of the perfect. For example :
u^j*^3 Ol^o-JI dl* aJ aXJI ,jl J^XjO Jjl hast t/iou not learned (or
dost thou not hu>w) that God's is the sovereignty over the heavens and
o , , , fi/o j * * e j £- u^-^ ^ fi - fie i)6- 0 £ ijg , t£
the earth 1 t^JU- CH jj| J^° ^^ UJj *^-JI i>^-^ *j' ^"^ >'
§ 13] The Verb.— 1. The States or Tenses. 23
^iXi ^>© efo ye £^//*£ that ye shall enter Paradise, be/ore there shall A
Aafltf come (lit. an<2 ^r# &is not yet come) upon you the like of what
a- a 0' £ -' ^ l S
c«w^ m/w/i those who passed away before you ? ,>*-JJ ^a+j UJ} I^a'
j^yjj <*JLc 0^« l>l wiJ3 iclw m f^/s (^e mse), before our parting is
an hour old (lit. and an hour has not yet gone by since parting) ? How
then, when months shall hate passed over it ? UjI^j yj\ j~e- ^-^ oj'
Ul*^j Jjj L»J om/* departure is close at hand, save that our camels B
have not yet moved off with our saddles (i.e. we have all but started) ;
oJCJU »UJi Jjtij ^J ^>l if you do not do this, you will perish (§ 6, b) ;
w*+ 3 ja* *»***& JO J* !•*
iSjxJJSj jjtiJI w*a>-j y^j^i he was not fond of poetry and poets (§ 9).
Rem. The grammarians put the distinction between ^J and
2+ o^e- t, * * * a * a ■> 2,
LoJ in this way, that Jjiaj ^J is the negation of J**, but ^)juu UJ
.. - , e ^
the negation of ,Jj»i jJ, [meaning /*e /«as not yet done it, but he will
certainly do it aftenvards ; see Beid. on Kor'an iii. 136. R. S.] C
o
13. After &\ and the various words that have the sense of
»
,jt the jussive has the same meaning as the perfect (§ 6) ; as
.• J. -- i : - : - i j : • : i a 3 jj * j a > a
<»JJI A^Jjtj djjLJ jl ^Ssj^j^o ^i U \yui^i ,jl whether ye hide what
a * a i - a «• -
is in your breasts, or disclose it, God knoweth it ; j~±. ,j-« IjJjuu U
.'-:-- U/)/ y - a a , a - a
aJJI <sl«Jju whatever good ye do, God knoweth it; >iLo%. A ^ji J-o-*J O]
4-^c w~^-5 UteJ'-d *jL»c (/j now that thou hast become a Muslim, thou
* "O * *3 a j a
doest a good work, thou wilt be rewarded for it; J I L» \jyuauJ ,jt D
a j a, a - a - * * a *
^LJt •-jjZsu vj'jJ-* If Ve do us justice, 0 family of Merwdn, we will
j a r so jZ a j lis * * ai
draw near to you ; O^-JI ^X^jju tyyu Lo^j! wherever ye are, death
* , a>o
will overtake you; ^jyyu *UUji3I a-il ^Z* when I lay aside the
- a * * - a * * a * a , , * * a * a * a * *
turban, ye recognize me; ^) k>-e.j bjJLc jju quj^j *9 4>a>^->.» O-o^
v»5^ ^^?* Ow UaJLcu //t? k?Ao seeks our protection has nothing to fear
after our covenant ; but he who does not come to terms with us will pass
24 Part Third. — Syntax. [§14
A his nights without sleep. See § 17, c. — When the first of two corre-
lative clauses contains a verb in the imperative, and the second in
the jussive, then the jussive has the same meaning as if the first
0
clause had contained a verb in the jussive preceded by ^j\* '> e-§-
isOs s s s oi -s i j j is .
tjj^j ^jtaj jl by>> ^3^ IV« they said, Become Jews or Chns-
tians, {and) ye will be guided aright. Here '>>>£> is equivalent to
t^jyu jjf, If ye become Jews or Christians, ye will be guided aright.
See§ 17, c.
B [Rem. a. ±Ju£* and, according to the school of Basra, also
s s 0 s
\~oJu£=> form an exception to the rule that the jussive may be
employed in the two correlative clauses. Many grammarians allow
no other correlative clauses after these particles, but those that con-
J/{( J s 0 s s 0 s
tain the imperfect indicative of the same verb, as %X>a\ %~a3 ^-i*^"*
as thou doest, so will I do. See, however, an example of the jussive
in both clauses, § 17, c]
[Rem. b. After *j)l both the jussive and the indicative may
» j is OOs si
C be used in the two correlative clauses, as ^MbU Jj"*-* *^' an(^
t } i s J 0 s si s 0 * s I is si
A£>\j J>i3 *i)t wilt thou not alight and eat? ^Xjj^».I ^^Ij *i)t
wilt thou not come to me, (then) I will tell thee ?]
14. The Energetic forms of the imperfect have always a future
sense; as ,jjj£>UJI ^>o yjj^i oJ& o-f l£a»->1 O^ if thou de-
Uverest us from this (danger), verily we will be of (tlie number of) the
grateful; Jliic 0->j-&$ *-^h h God! I will cut thy head of (lit.
D strike thy neck). See § 19.
2. The Moods.
15. The Subjunctive mood occurs only in subordinate clauses.
It indicates an act which is dependent upon that mentioned in the
previous clause, and future to it in point of time (see § 11); and
* [Trumpp, Der Bedingungssaz, p. 369 seq., rejects this view of
the matter, making a distinction between the jussive in the apodosis
of an imperative and that of a conditional protasis.]
§ 15] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 25
hence it mostly corresponds to the Latin subjunctive after ut. It A
is governed by the following particles.
e i
(a) a. By O' that, after verbs which express inclination or dis-
inclination, order or prohibition, duty, effect, effort, fear, necessity,
permission, etc.; ^ O' or ^' that not; and ,jJ (for yj\ *), i.e.
O' 0& *$ it will not be or happen that) certainly not, not at all.
For example : ^*3I J^j-k j*J O^1 O' C*»e**b Oijl i" wished and
Be- « * , c *
desired to make plain to them the path of learning ; ,j\ ^Jl£> w>W ^ B
, j 0 „ * B* Be 'B*
w."iX-> &?; no ong wfo can tw/te, re/itse fo wr/fe ; ^>ij u' l^**5*
aJUI Lij^JbOl wJJsu ^l***" '£ behoves the learner to strive by his
seeking after knowledge to please God ; w~cuM (J^i O' j^t^i it may
be the accusative ; i^J j^-^ O' ^ O& *•* V*-8 -k^^i J^5 #<?
(God) said, Get thee down then from it (Paradise), for it is not for
thee to behave with pride in it ; [\J& Jjwj ^jb £3^6 I commanded
thee to do such a thing;] ^j^>j^i ^' ^JU.1 ^1 I am afraid he will 0
not leave me, or, in accordance with a particular idiom of the language
[§ 162], I am afraid he will leave me; j^ ...1 •}). «£bu« U what hath
2 *■ j 0 * & Si£ £ j .' ~? * £ * * 6 *
hindered thee from worshipping (him)? ojjot* Ubt y\ jUJI U...^0-'> O*
the fire (of hell) shall certainly not touch us save for (shall certainly
touch us only for) a certain number of days ; *}M iiaJ I J^-^xj \J$
**,Bei*''B'
j^jLcu j I byb O^ O-* none shall enter Paradise save those who
i - ^J- Z * - 3ii*o + *Be 3 * *
are Jews or Christians; ^1 ^ O^ C5**" u*jN' P"J^*' Cj*^ -^ "^
therefore not quit the land (of Egypt) M/?fr7 my father gives me leave. D
[Rem. If we wish to indicate that the thing ordered or resolved
upon has actually been done, the verb may be followed by ^>l with
the perfect, as Ljtf I^IjsLj o' j**5 *^>' l*L»-, ,jl jj3 Q ^bJ Ail
ot/"fer God had decreed to call them to life for the first time (as He
did), He decreed to call them to life a second time (see Fleischer,
Kl. Schr. i. 525 seq., ii. 356). — In later times ,jl with the indicative
of the imperfect is often employed as the equivalent of ,jl with the
w. ii. 1
26 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 11
j o j - * s #e »■ .- w 't. o i j o j
A subjunctive, as in the verse C~ojj ^.slx^J lj*£. >ejw5l ,jl w*oj UJM»
w^l <<Jl as o/i!ew as / intend to send onward some good deed for my
future life and to repent toward God (see Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 526
seq.).]
(/?) But if the verb to which (j' is subordinate, does not indicate
any wish, effect, expectation, or the like, — and the verb which is
Of.
governed by &\ has the meaning of the perfect or present, — the
indicative of the perfect or imperfect is used after &\ I as O' i5**^"^
B v2^o.3 it pleased me that thou stoodest up ; JU> ,jl ^s-\ I know that he
j ss a t j* &£ St i t
said; j>\^i O'^o^' ^ Awow £Aa£ Ag es asleep. As ,jl awoo7, on, with a
pronoun (<ul, etc.), is more usual m such clauses, the native gram-
marians designate tjt, when it has the same meaning as o' ano-
governs the indicative, by the name of £L*3I sj* AAAs^oJt ^j\ the
'an that is lightened from the heavy form, or, more shortly, <UUui^»)l o'
the lightened 'an ; but when it is equivalent to the Latin ut, they call
C it *uoU3l jjl £/jg '«» that governs the subjunctive (^»ycJ>^\ cjUa^JI).
After verbs of thinking, supposing, and doubting, when they refer to
the future, ^>l may govern the indicative of the imperfect, as JUAa^t,
->
or the subjunctive, as i*oLM ; e.g. j»yu o' *2*iJ9 / think he will
get up.
Rem. a. ^1 is in these cases 4jjjuo*o, that is to say, ^jl with
the following verb is equivalent in meaning to the masdar or
D infinitive of that verb; e.g. ^i j+±, \^^c3 ^lj and that ye fast
is better for you (\yoy*a3 ^jl ==^X«Lm©) ; >l)j3j\ ^jl Ji-»jl / wish to
visit thee (i|j>jt O' = ^jki) > *£-»* O' 1^5^**^' = ****V ^;-:*-gl-
Rem. J. The omission of ,j! before the subjunctive is very
rare; as Lfcyia^ 0j-« or<i(sr /m?i ^o iwy i<; d)Jk»»U ^3 j,>aJUt JA
«ue the thief before he can seize thee ; and in the verses li [yj\ *$\
§ 15] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 27
^jJliJ v£jl J* OljJjT j^wl \^tj ^^1 j-a».l iJ>^lpl 0 thou A
</ia< hinderest me from being present in battle, and from taking part
in amusements, canst thou make me live for ever?* — The grain-
0 i
marians tell us that some of the Arabs construed jjt always with
J ic * g J '
the imperfect indicative, as jb^Ju ^j\ J»Jj' / wish tliee to stand
up ; and, according to the reading of Ibn Muheisin, Kor'an ii. 233
it La J I ^Jj ^jl _>ljl ^j^i for him who desires to complete the time of
suckling; whilst others let it govern the jussive, as in the half- B
verse y>h> '■ ju-oJI UjLj ^j\ .Jl I^JUJ come, until the game comes
(or is brought) to us, let us gather firewood.
» £
[Rem. c. Sometimes ^jt seems to have the meaning of lest, for fear
that, as in the verse j>j\j u°5^* O^* **«> **• *"-*>?** O!>o* C& J-**
tj*ct ^1 / have given iAmr ibn 'Imran a hundred camels for a young
beast unable to rise, for fear lest I should be blamed (Hamasa, p. 256,
L 3) ; A*i^li j jm V5*!-i O' r-*^— ^' Co»*fcl -f ^"^ prepared arms for Q
year that an enemy should come, in which case I may repel him ;
LoJblj^l j£sj£» U-fcljL»-< J-iJ O' /or /ear ^ f^e one °f them
shoidd make a mistake, hi which case the other may remind her
(Kor'an ii. 282). In these and similar phrases (Kor. iv. 175,
vi 157, xlix. 2, Lane p. 106, b) the interpreters supply iiiU*-* or
2jb\j&. In others it may be explained by the preceding words
implying a prohibition, as Kor. xxxv. 39, Tab. i. 657, 1. 8, 3026,
1. 2. In the verse (Hariri, Dorrat, 88) L>j\3^\ lij^L] vjl iL-ojt D
w-jl^. >*j ^>*C..^JI s.a.^j^. — JJL-ojl may have the meaning of
r J) x ' 2
^ljjk».l / MYirH. <Aee fes£ thy near r
poor return disappointed. D. G.]
^ j ■* * &
2)jjka>.\ I warn thee lest thy near relations shoidd praise t/iee, but ilie
* [Beidawl on Kor'an ii. 77 reads j<\n»\, adding that, if ^j\ is
omitted, the verb is put in the indicative. R. S. — Comp. Hamasa,
p. 438, 1. 6 seq. and see also Lane p. 104 c, on Kor'an xxxix. 64
j Jit - Jjt/ L *? ' s * -i
28 Part Third.— Syntax. [§15
A (b) By J that, in order that ([called ^^ v»*i)] originally a
. . t> * a * 0 i
preposition, Vol. i. § 366, c) ; Si^=>, L5#, and <j^, that, in order that ;
s 0 s st> s is
*$•*£*, %*&, and *}UJ, that not, in order that not; particles which
indicate the intention of the agent and the object of the act. For
j it >o s s , as a j
example : <tUl >zX) jS>aJ yj repent, that God may forgive thee ;
s s s^tO s J s J s s s sbfO ,* s vi s9 J 0 J 0>O SS 0 y 0 £ sOs
b*}LJI ^js- ou$*aJ 2us\jti\ %j aAJI ^-^1 iJL~ j ^j\ ^J^i it behoves
the Muslim to ask God (who is exalted above all) for health, that
-B He may preserve him from misfortunes ; ^£» aaXas Lw c-Jxto. lit
%Z*> s s 6 s s 3 s
jloUJI ,-U aJ! ijju when you learn anything, write it down, so that
j J i I sis
you may constantly refer to it ; j^Js-S U-^=> that I may prepare
J * s j 0 - jCi s s sjiiijuls
them ; I^oJjCJ ^i lj-o-k«J learn that ye may teach ; O^3' £)*$ "*->*l3
s 0 jd"? sCii-
\j^tX^\ Jjt and I am ordered (this) in order that I may be the
first of the Muslims (of those who surrender themselves to Him) ;
# .. - sa s s o ,
Uilo ^^oXxJ U-j£) that thou mayest know me to be speaking the
* .- - 0 s s 0 s s J
C truth ; IjJI»-j ^jj^^aj t-o-»£» CH^J-* ^w desirest to take me as thy
J s 0*» sis s 6 s s I A » + » s ts
fowr together with Halid ; w>U£JI J>J*u *i^j£» »^i J^^i ,J*i*Lj ^
w Aaw wo£ occupied ourselves with giving an account of this, in order
*>s tit>ss s as ts i s is s a s
that the book might not become too long ; sX+^y (J-o aJji C>3^i ^e^9
0 i 0
j£±a that it (the spoil) may not be a thing taken by turns among the
0 Is s s s s 0 sis s 0 s
rich of you ; j&JKs U ^ke- \$~j\3 %Si that ye may not grieve over what
0 Oss ut s s 0 1 uJs s 1 s s svi
D escapes you ;^JjJb obi»jL»»> *^U3 ^Xi'^ J 13 l*Jl he said this only in order
that learning might not be disparaged.
0 t
Rem. a. After ^J the grammarians assume the ellipse of jjl,
which always appears before the negative, *}ID. The insertion of
is 0e 0 f
^j\ is allowable, as 1^5*^ <£Jj£»., or I^St ^^, / a??i come to thee to
s 0 }0-o sit s J t 0 t J 0 Is
read (whence some translate ^^Ju«^JI Jjl 0>^' O*^ *->*l3 ty
anc/ / am ordered to be the first of the Muslims) ; except when it is
§ 15] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 29
.■.■.■-.-.'
the )±a*^hJ\ j»*$ or lam of denial, i.e. when it is the predicate of A
^j\£> U or ^Xj ^J, as j^ OJlj ^yjjJtJ <*JJl 0^» ^ #<*? ««»
it< 3 J - 3,
not one to chastise them whilst thou wast among them ; joj ^jiLj ^J
, 0-^ H t_^v J Zeid teas not a man to drink nine.
J Z - 3 ,3*> -
Rem. b. The addition of Sljj jk*a+}\ I* appears sometimes to
S , 3 ' 3 ' 3 - ' 3t ,
interrupt the government of ^i), as in the verse sjUj^J wJI lit
«JUj * j Aj LiKj^"* i<i«JI L3^H U->^ j-a* */*Ae?i f^oii cans* no£ benefit,
then harm; for nothing is expected of a man but that he should harm B
a i
or benefit. Sometimes ^1 is added to strengthen the regimen ; as
Igjkaajfj ^*j ^jl U-^ <A«< fAou may est deceive and beguile ; U-j&
* 3 s <■ * 3 i
^.Zjjii j-^so ^j\ that thou may est fly to my village.
(c) a. By ^»~ (also originally a preposition, Vol. i. § 366, k),
until, until that, that, in order that, when it expresses the intention
of the agent and the object of the act, or the result of the act, as
taking place not without the will of the agent or, at least, according to
his expectation. For example : £^j i^j^ l>**^^ *s*^ ?~J** <•>* ^
L*~>fe UJI ice icill not cease to stand by it (worshipping it), till Moses
return to us; bt^o 0&. ^^-v0*^' cM J-«^' u-° <*4 *$ ire must
meditate before ire speak, in order that our words may be appropriate ;
^UxM ^c a KiUj i<^- u-^J' Uvl-cl-i M ^jl ^»r^ he must not weaken
the spirit so that he is hindered from acting ; u..\s*A,i sli ,jt <U ty^i
* 3 J 3% J * I £ ' J ' * 3 J3 *
^yjjjub jt <*-»*5l ^5*»- d«*i jiht.lj te// yfo'w, //' ^ eho<j$es, to sit down D
«/*</ ^H-^ w^ Ais ^«w^, that I may force him to rise or he force me to sit
down. — /?. But if ^^^ expresses only a simple temporal limit, or the
mere effect or result of an act, without any implied design or ex-
pectation on the part of the agent, it is followed by the perfect or the
indicative of the imperfect. For example : ^..^.tJI c~«Jlb ^f»- hj^*
*■ * 3i i/ )))^
they journeyed till the sun rose; juul ^»- *->^ and so he fled till he
}, 13, , z , , ,
got a great way off; 4jj*^j ^) i*i»- v°j* he is so ill that they have no
30 Part Third.— Syntax. [§15
A . 110,1, ,0,1 ,,, 5J/ 5 a> js-
Aojoe o/ A*s living ; ju*> aJ io-ui ^i ii*w ^ Jjwj ^J-dl j->i.
Oj-oJt a^jU j^j^- <*AJI #A# &es£ o/" wz^w is a roa?i ore a hill-top, amid a
small flock of his own, who serves God until death comes to him.
Rem. a. After ^I»- the grammarians assume the ellipse of
o £ o i , a ,
^j\, and say that it is equivalent in meaning to ^jl .J I or ^Ja,
^ J^ i^ Sjio 0 _ 0 i , '
as w>3^j i«*»- c*3*"^' »— >^l ^e<^ ^ie f/tie/" until (^j\ .Jl) Ae repents
0 , 0 ,
B or that (\Smy^ or ,j£)) Ae may repent.
Rem. 6. In some cases the regimen may be doubtful; as
aJJI j-oj ^yL* djto Ij-Ut i^JJIj Jj-. >ji\ jjJu iya- \^Pj_$ and they
J ■"
were agitated until the apostle said (J^ib), or so that the apostle
, j ,
said (,J^su), and those who believed ivith him, When (will) the help
of God (come) /—In fact, after ^J*. four constructions are possible,
,, i o£ Zi , , j»o .. jo
which may be exemplified thus : lyUiol i*^- iijiJl .Jl 0^-< /
journeyed to el-Kufa that I might enter it (= LjAi.il [»£») ; O^w
^ j j o£ Ct ,
(] lyAi.il ^_5*»- I journeyed to it till I entered it (hist, imperfect,
, , , .>• -* ^ j j o£ 5 ^ jo
<L*sUi ^JLsfc. <ul£».) ; lyA^,sl (*I»> Oj-j / have journeyed to it till
, i*bto , j j o£ ,t 5 ^ w^jo
/ a/re (now) entering it (= ^^)l lyXi.il bl i<*^) ; and i<X». O^w
lyjjl^i I journeyed till I (actually) entered it.
(d) By v-i, when this particle introduces a clause that expresses
the result or effect of a preceding clause (w~~JI &, A.W..JI 2'i, or
, , 0* i* ,
w><3 a>. M iLi). The preceding clause must contain an imperative
(affirmative or negative), or words equivalent in meaning to an im-
perative ; or else it must express a wish or hope, or ask a question ;
or, finally, be a negative clause*. The signification of ^» in all these
* [In some cases the indicative is employed where at first sight
we should expect the subjunctive, as in Kor'an lxxvii. 36 ^J jji>i ^
,1,0,,
^•jjux** it shall not be permitted to them to allege excuses (they
- vol,, 0,,%l , ,
cannot excuse themselves) ; Hamasa p. 407, CUi.1 *$$ a*x»Xj j»\ *%»
0 1,0,,
6jjuJl£ no mother will weep over him, no sister will miss him. D. G.]
§ 15] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 31
cases is equivalent to that of ^i»-. For example : w>j b ^ ^*tt A
«UaJI J^oli pardon me, 0 my Lord, so that I may enter Paradise ;
JJk».l ^ ^->«flJl w»j 0 ?ray Zorc?, fo(p tw^, so *^«£ / be not forsaken ;
aJt^&jJu order him to sew it; ^)l U» *....* lii* viLf**"' <3^ ^
,jU»J»«» 0 camel, go at a far-stretching gallop to Suleiman,
that ice may find rest (U*--«i and U^j^L-J in rhyme for la> t •> and
f-tjZ-J) ; «iU*l$ (^jjjk*.!^) *j) do not punish me, so that (or lest) I B
perish ; £--f^ ujSl ^i S)j j^-*^ ^-^ ^1 Lbo <j J^Jbl 0 6W,
Aand ms wo* over to ourselves, lest ice be too feeble {for the charge), nor
to (other) men, lest we perish; ^^^Ae.^SLis. J*~J a*3 lytfcu *n)j and
do not exceed therein, lest my wrath alight upon you (or become due to
you) ; 4i* Jjjuojli *i)U ^j) C~J ?«w/d ^otf I had money, that I might
give part oj it away in alms! Wj,k& Ij^i jyii^^ys-o c*i£» ^ b
0 would I had been with them, that I might have won gnat gain; C
^- j£^ * j £ *t"
&j3y& ?-»■' ^j***) perhaps I may go on pilgrimage so as to visit thee ;
a*M ^f&-*\* jl»>J' ^ <*ij J-* is Zeid at home, that I can go to him
(= tell me whether Z. is at home, so that ete.) ? \jxsJ~3 sl*i£ ^* U) J^j
UJ Aare we then any intercessors to intercede for us? *$\ j»\j&\ ^j\ U
«£>>>•*»• •** U j*A~Zi yj3 0 son of the noble, wilt thou not draw near,
that thou mayest see what they have told thee I iaia.J5 ^^ *%* why
dost thou not study, that thou mayest learn by heart ! i*3j&~\ *^J w>j D
Jj»*-«ti <~*4j* J"*-' ^] wy Zorrf, why hast Thou not granted me a
respite for a bnej term, that I might give alms? t^j^-i ^JU ^-aij *)
0
sentence is not passed upon them, that they die; tojo*^ UJU Lo
*Aom /i^r^r comest to us to tell us something.
. S 0 '
Rem. The imperative must be pure or real (^^xa^o), not an
interjection like do. nor a verbal noun in the accusative. You
say >y-JI y^y~^.\i 4*0 fold your peace and I will treat you kindly ;
32 Part Third. — Syntax. [§15
1 WX> 1
A ^UJI >oU*3 U>j£w AwsA, areo? the people will go to sleep. The negative
clause must also be pure, not restricted by ^1, nor followed by
another implied negative; e.g. Lo,>o^9 UoUJ *^l C-Jl I* ^Aom efos£
nothing but come to us and tell us something ; \£jjm*2& U*3D Jlp Uo
^Aom. never ceasest coming to us and (never ceasest) telling us some-
6
thing. Consequently we may say LojuwJ^ t-^ti to, if we understand
the words to mean thou dost not come to us and (dost not) tell us
B something (= LSjia*.!* l*»). [The poets allow themselves to use
.. O * 1 i at r
O with the subjunctive after a single future, e.g. .Jj--* j)j->\~t
* * bis .* 0*0 j * at * * +
U*-jjJi»ilJ jla»^JL» ^aJt^ ^o-j^J i«^J I will leave my abode to the
BeniL Teniim, and betake myself to the Higaz, that I may have rest.
(Comp. Jahn, Erklarungen zu Sibaweih, p. 53.) D. G.]
(e) By j, under the same circumstances as \-fi, when the governed
verb expresses an act subordinate to, but simultaneous with, the act
C expressed by the previous clause; as UJj «U»JI IjAa.jJ (j'^**?*** *■>*'
• £ O ^ - 0 s s 0 J > 1 x s * Z*0 jit *0 * b *
ijjjjLsJI ^0J.*jj^0.£u 1jjj»l». ,j>jjJt xUI ^oA*j efo ye think that ye shall
enter Paradise without God's knowing those of you who have fought (for
1* a , %*, ji $ , ,b, ,
Him), and knowing the patient ? ^Xtc ^jUj JU^. O* a-o ^) cfo not
restrain (others) from any habit, whilst you yourself practise one like it ;
-■ - - si » £ o * , ai Zi , i si, »«j i a i
OW^'i i^-*^ O' ^->^>i j^jut ^jl >citj ^^^1 C~Ui awe? / sairf (to
her), Call, and I will call (at the same time), for it makes the sound go
D farther, if two persons call out together ; ^^j 03^3 **=*£■*■ «^'^'
m> * b*0 * j£ s s0*O J J/0/
^U^bj <o^©JI ^XUjj was I not your neighbour, there being (all along)
, , i *> 11%, 0 ,
between me and you love and brotherly affection 1 <^Lo_^Jt J^U Jjk
^JJI w^-uJj do you eat fish and drink milk at the same time? v~**3
oyuiJI yj~. J ^>« ^t ^.y-fc-l ^.Ut ^aj^ SsLfr and the wearing of a
coarse cloak, whilst my eye is cool (not heated with tears), is more
pleasant to me than the wearing of fine garments. The Arab gram-
§ 15] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 33
o * **» j
marians call ^, thus used, <u*«JI jtj, or *»aJl ^, or ^..^.La^Jl jl^, A
£ta w«m> o/" simultaneousness, and explain it by o' £•*
[Rem. The school of Kufa allow the use of the subjunctive
Sj * * a -m * ■ ' J ^
also after ^ in the manner of o and ^, e.g. j»^s ,-Xt Ij^ju ^
lyj tJL+JU ^oJ *^Lo*1 do not upbraid people for actions, whilst you
practise them yourselves (Tab. ii. 887, 1. 1 seq.). D. G.]
si at 2
(f) By y, when it is equivalent either to o' *^i unless that, or to
O' L5*! or (fc51*' Mw^ that; as^JL-j _jl jitfJl ,>L3^ / ivill certainly B
AiY/ ^ unbeliever, unless he becomes a Muslim; SU5 O^i lit C~^j
**a* at,, >)}***»*
L»gfcLJ j) lyj^*£D 0^~^>ft^3 «??</ ?r^» / squeezed the spear of a tribe,
I broke its knots, unless it stood straight ; ^j*^- ^'Jft*"? ^ «ili«jJ'^ /
wi/Z s£w& fo 3/o?^ £?7/ ##m gr?w me my due; J)j)\ jl wJusJI (j^Xj—I-^
Vfc5u-0Jt / mu7/ deem everything difficult easy, until I attain my Irishes;
/ /t j/ .- i * at i a i t ** *i * ta * a* * i* i a i ,
Ijjuus O^oJ ^1 UCJU JjU*J l©Jl JJU-^ siJLJ ^ <d cJLii and I said to
him, Let not thy eye weep, toe seek nothing short of a kingdom, unless C
we die and so are excused (for not attaining it) ; ijjUJI «->J>J 3^ >i^' *^
/ will not go to thee till the gatherer of acacia berries (or leaves)
returns (i.e. / will never go to thee). In the former case, the preceding
act is to be conceived as taking place but once and as momentary ; in
the latter, as repeated and continued.
(9) By (jil or lit in that case, well then, when this particle
commences a clause expressing the result or effect of a previous
statement, provided that the verb in tln3_sjibj3rdinate clause refers
tf> a really future time, and that it is in immediate juxtaposition to j)
iji\, or, at least, separated from it only by the negative *$, or by an
oath, or, according to some, by a vocative. For example, one may
say \j£ .iLJI Ul I ivill come to thee tomorrow ; and the reply may be
* *■ a c- a * s s t * a s
<&*j^\ jjil well then, I ivill treat thee with respect, or «lU*Al ^ ,j3l
* * a i ~ *e, a s
well then, I will not insult thee, or *zLoj£=>\ aJJIj jj}l well then, by God,
w. 11. 5
34 Part Third.— Syntax. [§16
A I will etc., or «2l^£»l <UJI juc b ,jil (though many prefer in this case
* J t> l s 0 s
.iLaj^l). If the particle _j or J be prefixed to ^il, the verb may
be put in the indicative as well as the subjunctive, e.g. *^ lilj
f - a ■■ - * * j s» , * 3s' *
%JJ> *9I ^UJa. (var. t^JLLj) (j^LL; and in that case they would not
have remained after thee but a little while ; but if any of the other
conditions specified above be violated, the indicative alone can be
, 3 I f - s j - <• &j f e +
used : e.g. ■iL^.l / am fond of thee, ISjiLo (or *£X)l».l) ^LU3t jjit, well,
B / think thou speakest the truth (where the verb refers to present, and
its J ji # * J 0) 06s 0 -
not to future time) ; Ijuj jjjl I vnll visit ZUd, <&-*)£> j^j (jil w#//
then, Zeid will treat thee with respect (where juj separates (jit from
- J li J s 0 ss il s3s « -
the verb); «i)jjjt I will visit thee,j>jJ3 aJJtj ^31 tffow, &# God, thou
' » - ' j » l
sAa/£ assuredly repent it (where J is interposed), or (j>t ^Lo^st I will
s j a l 6 s si
treat thee with respect in that case, or *iL^£st ^il Ul / in that case
m m 1 s »£ s e s '■' >os
0 will treat thee with respect ; JajI ^ jjl aJJtj 63/ GW, ^«, I will not
s «. 0 s is a
do it ; ^3\ {Ji\ ^^b Oi ?/ thou contest to me, in that case I will come
6 s
to thee (in which four examples (jit does not commence the clause, or
is dependent upon a preceding condition).
Rem. Owing to the Hebrew having lost the final vowels of the
imperfect, the form which it employs after such particles as *5
"lE^tf \Vu? *l£J^ \W |3 etc., can no longer be distinguished
from that which expresses the indicative. The same remark applies
D to the Syriac ; but the j92thiopic has introduced another distinction,
using, for example, the form gY^C, : yendger (root Y\d, : nagdra,
' to speak ') for the indicative, and ^""J0! C. : yenger for the sub-
junctive.
16. Since, in Arabic, the subjunctive is governed only by the
conjunction &S, that, and other conjunctions that have the meaning
* *
of 0'> ^ie indicative must be used in all other subordinate clauses,
whether they be dependent upon a conjunctive or relative word, or
§ 17] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 35
simply annexed to an undefined substantive ; as J«^' U ^Uafcl fo A
grave wra w^atf / teas to m£; w-*«xj O-i' l5jj^ "^ ^ ^^ n°t ^now
* * j j o * * ' o j j o j *
where he is to go; 1^*3 yjjjla*.* oU».v«vJ*.juw he will bring them
into gardens, to dwell in them for ever. In such sentences the Arabic
language does not distinguish the intention from the effect. Hence
the first example may also be translated he gave me what I ate (at
that time), or what I am (noic) eating, or what I shall (hereafter) eat ;
the second, where he is going or will go; the third, in which they shrill
dwell for ever. B
17. The Jussive, — connected with the imperative both in form
and signification, — implies an order. It is used : —
(a) With the particle J ( j**$\ j**$ the lam of command) prefixed,
instead of the imperative ; as <C*~> jj-« Sxw ^j iS*~l let the owner of
abundance spend of his abundance ; &ij UJLt cA*^ let thy Lord make
an end of us. If the particle j or *J be prefixed to J, as is often the C
case, then J usually loses its vowel ; as <j^«j*JI J^yiJi aJJI ^jJLcj
*» GW, £fon, fe£ ^ believers trust ; ^0...i.:)j *~lli »i\>l». ,-j *1>j^». ^jl
tjib J-j*-- ^ifc (/" anything happens to me, let it be sold and (the
proceeds) divided in such and such a way ; IjJb L*At ^Ju ^jl jljl ,j-o
«9 J 0 JJr).
icLJI d&jlAs itL» whoever wishes to give up (the study of) this
science of ours for a time, let him do so now. It is the third person of
the jussive that is chiefly used in this way, while the second is very D
rare ; examples of the first person are j& J-o*$i '>*y> rise and let
i j - - e o 'S*
me pray for you ; ^^bbUa*. J^a>.;Jj and let us bear your sins; [of the
second aj>»&) make it (the tray of palmleaves) large, said to a woman,
Ag. xvii. 90, last line. D. G.].
Rem. a. The particle ^J is rarely omitted in classical Arabic,
* } t *■ *i * A^c^ ...» » 6 ,* i - J 0 J
except in poetry; e.g. U^». i«J^ O^ *■*)'■> *i^ v'^ cJJ
36 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 17
A lftjUk.3 / said to a porter in whose charge was her house, Admit (me),
for I am her father-in-law and her neighbour (an instance of the
2nd pers.); ^-Jii ,J& >£k«Ju jJu jc»a>.^ Muhammad, let every soul
be a ransom for thine ; w»«a.' &~t> j^.U £y& t>&3 but let there be
.- > s jst »/«/
(granted to me) from Thee a share in good (deeds) ; SuiXi ^Jjkl ^Xsu
„, i -» , ''_
tUstoJI jj-iijl^ let the feeble people of the fortress of Maridin know — .
Some passages of the Kor'an, however, admit of being viewed in this
way; as^jfeLSjj Iq~o IjJiioj S^XcJt \yo^Jj \yU\ ^>jJJI ^.>LjO ^Ji
B say to my servants who have believed, let them observe prayer and
spend (in alms) of that which we have bestowed upon them ; but the
jussive may here be explained in accordance with what follows
under c, (3.
Rem. b. The vowel of J is also sometimes dropped after ^j ;
as ^ov**-* Ij^gJLJ j£ then let them do away with their dirtiness, or
(b) After the particle *>) not (^^^ *$ tlie la of prohibition), in
C connection with which it expresses a prohibition or a wish that
something may not be done ; as Uato aJJI ,jt Cli*^ *$ be not grieved,
for God is with us ; U*~J ^J\ UJui.1^3 *n) Ljj 0 our Lord, punish us
not if we forget; fUjt O-i/*^' Oj-*-*.*-^' **»»*j *$ let not believers take
0 J s * * * 0 * 0 * b * s * *
unbelievers as friends; juu *$j JmLo &* ^*»^»- ^ '3' w^ew we <7y
forth from Damascus, let us not return.
D (c) a. In the protasis and apodosis of correlative conditional
clauses, which depend upon ^1 or any particle having the sense of
O' (§§ 6, b, and 13). It stands in the protasis, when the verb is
neither a perfect, nor an imperfect preceded by 0^> Du^ a simple
imperfect ; and in the apodosis, when the verb is likewise a simple
imperfect, and not separated from the protasis by the conjunction \J
(for if this latter be the case, the indicative must be used). For
0 s 0 , 0,0, »
example j»j^j J**.*.!* &\ if Mwu art hasty, thou wilt repent it;
§ 17] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 37
aj j^i \%y~> J-»*» £>* he who doth evil, shall be recompensed for it ; A
j3yo j^. Ubjuc jU j^»» jia»J ojU _w ^J] ^'ju dJ'J ^-s wAin Mom
comest to him, making for the light of his fire, thou findest the best of
m jit * ,* 0**3 0 * 0 ' /J»/
fires, beside which is the best of kindlers ; <*JJI -iU jjuu ^,JLL..J U-Ld.
O^j^ yi^ ^ l».U»J wherever (or whenever) thou shalt pursue a
*,oi
right course, God will decree thee success in the time to come; to-ijt
- > * - - . ,' J _ a * * 0 *
yj^j lyJ-^oJ »-jjJI whithersoever the wind bends it, it bends; t»**^»
Ij-oi. ^jlcJ ttt^lj however thou settest out, thou wilt meet with B
J * ) * * J o J - '0 «• it * is ' * t-s w* * * *
good fortune; Jjla*-» *^ UC.^; U ^-i U.1 LJU ^LJU .^31 ,JUU.
m^ two friends, however ye come to me, ye come to a brother who will
* * - ,0 , 0 ,c+ / « I> * Si
wwr oo anything but what pleases you; 1}!^ Ij/*£ ^>«Ij ^U«y ,jbl
« <» .•-.-, 2 * oi o-o o 3 o*
\jS^- JjJ j^ U* jj-o^t J) ju j^ when we grant thee security, thou art
secure from (all) others but us; and when thou dost not obtain security
from us, thou ceasest not to be afraid; Jj^i p-ij)\ aj Jjuu U ,jW^
and whenever the wind turns it asida, it descends; but ju^j O^ O-* 0
<yj»- ^ aJ ,jp S^.'Njt *t^». whosoever chooses the tillage of the life to
• * <■ • a •• •
co?ra, fo n«7w %>«'' we grj're an ample increase in his tillage; j£* Jjj— .j ^1
.f ».. * 3 * %i ** *
s^3 ^yt> a) -.1 ^w (/" fo steals, (why,) a brother of his has stolen before;
2** ** * 0 * 3 * * ** *t* 0 fr 3 0 *••
Uaj ^j l«^j olai-j *ib 4j^» ^><^j 4,>»i ana7 whosoever believes in his
Lord, shall not fear a diminution (of his reward) nor wrong. — /?. The
jussive also stands in the apodosis, when the protasis contains a verb
in the imperative [or one of the expressions that have the meaning of J)
an imperative (Vol. i. § 368, rem. d)] ; as l£U ,>& t*^ c£* live
contented (and) thou wilt be a king ; ^=>j^su v»ijl ^j^ju I^JjIj be
faithful to (your) covenant with me, (and) I will be faithful to (my)
covenant with you. [J^>^> ^>3jj* therefore let her eat; Ji3t ^j^f*
t^yo let me kill Miisa; <uiaj j»-*^' l^*** ^ me s^ his belly;
38 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 17
A ^a*jjI«J jl ^juoJfc-3 ^UU ^^aJ OU«. WA^ i^^^j «??e? mi/ saying
to my soul, as often as it was stirred, Keep thy place {and) thou wilt be
praised or find rest.] In this way may be explained the passage from
the Kor'an quoted under a, rem. a, viz. by supplying after l^ul the
words \5Aiu\3 SjJ-cJ! I^**5I, and regarding \^SJJJ^ S^loJI \^Ju as
the apodosis to Ji". — y. The jussive is used in a protasis that is
dependent upon \j\, etc., because, when anything is supposed or
assumed, an order is, as it were, made that it be given or take place.
B That this is the correct account of the matter, is evident from the fact
of the jussive being employed in the apodosis as well of an imperative
as of a conditional protasis. The use of the jussive in the apodosis,
again, has for its reason, that, when a thing takes place or is assumed,
whatever depends upon it takes place or is assumed at the same time ;
and, consequently, when the one thing is ordered, the other too seems
to be ordered at the same time.
Rem. a. It appears, then, that in two correlative conditional
clauses several modes of expression are possible ; viz. (a) perfect x
Q perfect, as C— ©.3 C**i ^j\ if thou standest, I stand ; (/?) jussive x
jussive, as j a» ■!» ^S^i ^jt if thou art slothful, thou wilt suffer loss\ ;
* [It is sometimes difficult to say whether the second clause
contains an apodosis, or a qualificative sentence (<Lk*o), or a circum-
stantial definition (Jl^). In the last two cases, of course, the indicative
J * vJ * / 4j/ 0 toss
must be used. E.g. in the words ^^» LJ3 «ibjJ ,j-« ^ w*y9 (Kor'an
D xix. 5) <jive me, then, a successor of Thine own choice, who shall be my
heir, i*3j-> is a asuo, but some readers pronounce ^<^j-j as an apodosis;
in the passage *1©JI IJuk vj-^J J-kJ' IJ^>> ^j u~**j ^ iJttle Ut>
O^oJI U-Jb if*** JjW leave us (may God grant thee health!) abiding
under this shade and drinking this cool water, until death comes to us,
JL;j6 and op are a JU.].
t [Very rarely poets have the imperfect indicative; see Slbaweih
i. 388, Kamil p. 78. D. G.]
§ 17] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 39
o * oo.
(y) jussive x perfect, as C^iii j~a3 ^j\ if thou art patient, thou wilt A
0*3**0**0
prevail ; (8) perfect x jussive, as jjJaJ Oj--e ^jl, in which case the
imperfect indicative is also admissible, with or without o, as
3 * '* * 9 " * - 3 3* ** 0 , ,0, 9 * 3 *i 3 *
friend comes to him on a day {when h# has need) of asking, he says
J i ' 0 3'
(jjjyu instead of ,JJL>), My camels are neither absent (or my property
5**3***3** 3*
is neither hidden) nor withheld (from thee): iXSUh. w>jaM C-Jl^ ^jli
j)j~£ J^a-"* *}) ^Jj-»t ,<* aj^Jsucu* a?i^ t/"<A« Arabs go about in agitation -t>
on thy track, they will not find any other but thee. The third form
of expression is rarer than the others. [The following remarks
may here be added : (1) If an oath precedes, the verb in the
protasis is invariably a perfect, whilst as a rule the indicative or
3 * it *>**
the energetic (§ 19, e) is used in the apodosis, e.g. ^JL' <*JJI^i
' 0*- 3 0 * • * 0 * 3 + +
lyJt %af-y *$ l»»i« Csft^tt. for, by God ! if thou go forth from the
3:3*03***3 i Ml*
town, thou wilt never return to it ; O-o-iU J*ij J&* O' *^'3 by God !
m m 3£'0c* 90* ***o *i *c*
%f Zeid rises, I rise also ; &*~cj£s*$ j^j eL*. ,jt aJUIj by God ! if C
Zeid come, I will honour him. There are, however, exceptions not
* * * 3 3 3 * 3 * J|<0 3 Oi *
only in poetry, but also in prose, as ,<oUi ^^ O^ *^' ^3
3 M *0 ** s 3 3* * it tO 0 3* 3 0 it *0
aJJI glw ^1 S^ly^JI j«^aj *^ j-odl by the oaths of God! if I meet
them and victory escapes me, martyrdom will not escape me, so God
will (Tab. ii. 644, 1. 15). (2) The jussive in the protasis is
necessary if the verb be preceded by the negative *^, thus after
d * : 9*0*** Oi 0*0 0*3 33*3 3*3* '-
*$\ (= ^) oi) if not' as j^^ jl—ij u^j^ L<* *-->• 0& oj-UaJ ^1
unless ye do the same, there tvill be discord in the land and great J)
3 * tO 3* * * 0**3 3 30* H
corruption; aJJI oj*cu jSi oj^-cUj *^)1 if ye tvill not aid him, certainly
God did aid him. (3) The imperfect indicative is used in the
apodosis, if the verb is meant to express expectation or order, e.g.
* Oi 0*0 3 * 3 * * 0 3 Oi * 3 3%*** 333* 030* 3 0 * Oi 3
(Jt^W^I ^S dJj«X»J U^LjJuL ,JjJk».U5 ^J^Cf.yim3 J^S- O-rfh^l £)\
* Oi * * ~ 3
^Li^tj O^H o-o if I let you go, ye must go and take what of
implements and timber you find in the bazaars (comp. § 8, c, rem. b).
(4) If the protasis be a nominal sentence, only the perfect may be
40 Part Third.— Syntax. [§17
A used, as 6ya»M> .iJjlaJiwt yj^sjJi^i] ,j*o j*a~\ ^j\j if any one of the
polytheists ask protection of thee, grant it him. (5) After ^j\$
o- a - 9 o *
though only the perfect, or the jussive with ^J, is used, as (jt j j>jj
,J~OteO aJU j2& Zeid, though he be rich, is stingy; 2>jii\ w~J&M ^j\^
v^*a>J <ul^ O'i lV' L5,*a*^' ^-^W- O-"0 a?w^ verily a solitary hill
from the side of tl-Hima is dear to me, though I have not been to it.
(6) In nominal sentences the conditional phrase is often placed
B between the subject and the predicate, as (J^j^-oJ <*JJI slw <jl Ut
truly, if God please, we shall be guided rightly ; comp. the quotations
under (5).]
Rem. b. On the cases in which the apodosis of a clause con-
0 ;
taming ^jt, or any of its "sisters," must be introduced by o, see
§ 187.
Rem. c. (1) "When we have in an apodosis a verb in the jussive,
and there follows another verb in the imperfect, connected with the
former by a conjunction, then (a) if the conjunction be ^ or j, the
C second verb may be put in the jussive or in the indicative, more
j j o j oi e j jii - jtj a <•
rarely in the subjunctive, as o^sl^J jl ^SLJu\ ^3 U IjjlJ ^lj
llLj y^o w>Juuj 2lw ,j^i jAkJ <»JJI aj^Xj-jU*-; and if ye disclose
what is in your soids or conceal it, God will reckon with you for it,
and will forgive whom He pleases, and punish whom He pleases ;
or jijuj and w> Jjuj, and He will forgive and will punish (^j^
\j\£ZJ*§\ as beginning a new proposition) ; or finally jJuui and
* -/ - j - «!
J) ^Jjtjj, governed by ^1 understood ; but (/3) if the conjunction be
J^5, the subjunctive is not allowed [comp. § 15, e, rem.]. (2) When
we have in a protasis a verb in the jussive, and there follows
another verb in the imperfect, connected with the former by
»»i or «, the second verb should be put in the jussive, although the
subjunctive is allowable ; as *~au *) 4-Ul jjli j-~ajj Jilj ^-o <su|
',■•■ f o11 j4*S verily whosoever feareth God and hath patience, God
W 0 ^ 0 s Q s s
indeed will not let the reward of the righteous perish ; U-o w>/i»J 0-*5
§ 19] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 41
■ j , . : * ,
«3^3 XmosLj^ and whosoever approaches v<s and humbles himself, toe A
grant him protection.
Rem. d. The Hebrew cannot, owing to the loss of the final
vowels, distinguish in every case the jussive from the indicative and
subjunctive ; but the shortened form of the imperfect, wherever it
exists, is the proper one to be used in most of the above cases. It
has, however, no particle corresponding to jj, and uses 7J$ in
certain cases instead of X 7 (*9)- The .^Ethiopic employs the shorter
form of the imperfect, f^VlC^ : y$ng&ri *° express the jussive as B
well as the subjunctive (see § 15, rem.), and often prefixes to it the
particle A : Id — ^J, of which ,J is a dialectic form.
18. The jussive is also used after the particles ^i not, and \+i not
O* * j» £ -o * * * to* *i 0**
yet (compounded of ^i and the a*^,»jJI U, § 7) ; e.g. O^* ^yi j' ^*
i * * * t> i
W^b y£s\ but I hate not seen a day in which there were more
weepers; w>!J^ 'V-3-^ ^ they have not yet tasted my punishment C
(for ^IJlc). See § 12. The verb after ^ and i+i has, however, only
the form, not the signification, of the jussive, and their effect upon
the following imperfect seems to be similar to that which the Hebrew
wdw conseciitivum (•)) exercises upon the imperfect annexed to it.
Rem. If the particle^ be followed by two or more imperfects,
of which the second depends upon the first, the third upon the
second, and so on, then, of course, the first alone is put in the
J y 0 - 10' 0 J ' Oy
jussive ; e.g. ^--—j wi/au ^jSJ ^i he did not knmv (how) to swim. D
See § 12, and § 8, d, e.
19. The Energetic of the imperfect (see § 14) is used : —
(a) With the particle J truly, verily, surely, prefixed to it, both
in simple asseverations and in those that are strengthened by an oath ;
as UL-w ^yijjkyj UJ l« jJkU*. v>J*^b an^ those who have striven in
* * Ota 2 j y
our (holy) cause, we will surely guide in our paths ; ^-a*^*Jt ^}jZi
w. 11. 6
42 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 19
A ye shall surely see hell-fire; O^0^^ p-8*-*^ cM>* U* verily within a
short time they will repent it; w^l la* ^^ ^-^Jj^) <*JJ'j % GW/
I will teach you manners different from these; ^o^o^-i^) jXjjjus
^j-gptfc 1 £/^w, by Thy glory, I will surely lead them all astray.
(b) In commands or prohibitions, wishes, and questions ; as
(j3^L»..o ^o^'j *9t CP^-o-5 ^ 50 ^° n°t die unless ye have become (or
B without having become) Muslims ; ^jjl».j3 »UlJ would that thou wouldst
s * o* at c - i i * -• -
CMW0 &«C# / v>|j-^ ^' w% <fo^ ^w wo^ C07W0 &WH ? [jjA«h.jJ Jjkj
C-wJ a*-aaJ! O^i &m£ caw "would that" bring bach the thing that has
passed awayV\j>\+a*$ \s^z« ^k.^\ j*$j jXs^jb^S ^M »x».t o-*%H ^
fe£ wo o??e incline to hang back on the day of battle, fearing death ;
5jU». £j£. *}15U ^ji*cja*,j *}U do not then refuse me a gift, after I have
come from such a distance; [La I a &*>j\ *$ let me not see you here;
C ^XxJu L>) ^LX& C-^-JM / beseech you to do it].
[Rem. The rare construction of L>Jj with the energetic, as in
i^oyu LoJj perhaps you will rise, is explained by native grammarians
as due to its meaning perhaps or sometimes which approximates to
a prohibition. In contrast to it, they say also .^JUi O^"*-* '•* J*^>
you say that often. D. G.]
(c) In the apodosis of correlative conditional clauses, in which
case J is prefixed to the protasis as well as to the apodosis ; as
*) AAJt ^jJ^JLJ j^*)\j t_^»^uJl ^giii.ij t/*)*^'j Ol^^.«»Jl iP>a» ^j-o^^e^JJL/ \^yi^
and if thou ashest them, Who created the heavens and the earth, and
obliged sun and moon to serve Iliml verily they will say, God;
iwoUb UA....J <&*i^o) »>y verily, if he does not desist, we shall seize
and drag (him) by the forelock.
[Rem. If jj does not immediately precede the verb of the
ii m> _ , bj» j ai oZj a ,,
apodosis, the indicative is used, as aJUl ^i*) ^XnS jl ^Lc jj^j
§ 20] The Verb.— 2. The Moods. 43
- * * »
(Jj^it.a»J and certainly, if ye die or are slain, to God shall ye be A
gat/iered.]
(e?) In the protasis of a sentence after Ul (= U yj\ if)*; as
>zkj*o\ t juj o-ir^ *-*! (/" ^0M beatest Zeid, I will beat thee ; t^k-Jbl
^ ; - - * a * *+ » * i * * i - - # j - z i z.- is i - # - - .-
^y-Xc J^i. *}U ^IjkA £*3 O-"^ L^*** L5?9 -o^"**5^ ^ >*■-»*■ V^
^ ye down from it (Paradise), all together; and if there shall
(hereafter) come unto you guidance from me, then whosoever shall
a }*' - s- a *
follow my guidance, on them no fear shall come; ^i ^yijJuj Uli B
o j - i - a ' a o - -■ ' s ' a<o
^ov"^*- O-* J*fl >j*-* Ti^**-" and lf thou capture them in battle, then
put to flight, by {making an example of) them, those who are behind
la* t a 2 j - * - j * f ri * sa>o * 5 *» * S>
them; Lo^-o ^j^a-jXi -OjJJ ^1 ^J^** t«*»-l j-*~JI O-* CHj-' ^*^
and if thou shouldst see any one of mankind, say, Verily I have vowed
a fast unto the God of mercy ; ^jy^iu.^ sty** ^ ^ O-?*^ ^-*^ and
if we take thee away (by death), we will surely avenge ourselves
on them. G
- 1 a *
[(e) The energetic may be used (a) after UA>*- and similar
compounds, as »5XjI 0->j£> U~j»- wherever you may be, I will come to
you; (/?) after i^l^f U (Vol. i. § 353*) as oiili £ -4*^ with
&?m« painstaking you will certainly accomplish it; &*>j\ U D-***1
*tvYA sowtf e^ / ivill assuredly see thee.]
2o. article can be placed before the imperative. D
Consequently, Awieu a prohibition is uttered, the jussive must be
Ct i-a>o * s a & to a * a * * , a* a * a i as
used ; as 4*5^1 ^1 ^k^^l ^ J^»»5 *$3 CHjiA ^' remain two
months, and be not in a haste to run from one 'imam to another ;
* [This Uo is called hjJJ\ ,<*« ju£>U Lc to strengthen the
conditional meaning, Beidawi on Koran vii. 33. R. S. Sometimes
S * a a £ e-s 2
Lol is followed by a jussive, as ^JLe^dt .j^jIj Ut if thou come to me, I
u?'dl treat tliee with honour. See an example § 152, d, rem.]
44 Part Third.— Syntax. [§21
A >6*« l>*^3 (^5^ ^J**-* *^ <&> w<# ^A^w place me on a level with
{compare me with) one who is inexperienced. — The energetic forms of
the imperative serve to increase its force ; as O-i^' ^W strike, by
God I wjo«j c£**JI J>b O' 0-o^*5 learn that length of life is a
punishment or torment (^^Juu in rhyme for w*jJuu) ; iijj) 2bj*£M
Ji3l^ ly^aJ^ A~oyAa*~o <xi asuo glory belongs to God (alone), as an
attribute peculiar to Him; therefore keep thyself afar from it, and
B fear (Him).
[Rem. a. In verbs that signify to go, to move (,-ct*, »_^Aj,
si s s - s s s s
,J»t, %ef.y 9-\j, jb\.i, etc.) the dual and the plural of the first person
of our imperative are often replaced in Arabic by an imperative
s Z Cl ■& ~ s 0 s »
with ajjuCJI ll) (§ 56, rem. d), as Uj uau«\ to a man, Uj ,<-fit«l to a
s s o * 3 a , , t>
woman, Uj U-iuol to two persons, Lo \^m\ or Uj ^j^aA to more, let
us go. A modern manner of expressing the same thing is to employ
0 the imperative of a verb signifying to let, as p-jjj (UjJli.) UJL». or
3 s s 3 s s s s 0 s
•.jjj (Uj*,>, U*£.>) Ufr.> (comp. Fleischer, if7. aS'cAt*. ii. 636 se^.).
Rem. 6. The imperative of the verb ^j\^s with the name of a
person in the accusative is used to express one's guessing that the
person whom one sees coming, or whom one meets with, is that
individual, as ji bt |J>£» / presume that the person approaching is
Abu Darr; j^jj L»l ^>^ / guess that you are Abu Zeid. (See the
D Gloss, on Tabarl.) D. G.]
3. The Government of the Verb.
21. The verb may govern either (a) the accusative of a noun, or
(b) a preposition with the genitive of a noun, which takes the place of
the accusative and gives greater precision and accuracy to the ex-
pression.— This government is not restricted to the finite tenses of
the verb, but extends to the nomen verbi or actionis, the nomina
agentis and patientis, and other verbal substantives and adjectives,
§ 23] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a,) The Accus. 45
whenever and in so far as these different kinds of nouns contain A
somewhat of the conception or nature of the verb. — The verb, too,
need not necessarily be expressed ; it may be understood, or it may
lie concealed, as it were, in a particle that has a verbal force.
(a) The Accusative.
22. The verb governs the accusative of the noun — which we may
call the determinative case of the verb or the adverbial case (see Vol. i.
§ 364)— either B
(a) as an objective complement (determinans), i.e. as that which,
by assigning its object, limits and restricts the act ; or
(b) as an adverbial complement in a stricter sense, indicating
various limitations of the verb, which are expressed in non-Semitic
languages by adverbs, prepositions with their respective cases, con-
junctive clauses, or (as in the Slavonic languages) by the instrumental
case.
23. Most transitive verbs take the objective complement in the C
accusative, though a considerable number of them are connected with
the object by means of a preposition. Not a few are construed in
both ways with a variety of significations, and different prepositions
may sometimes be joined to the same verb with a difference of
meaning; e.g. *\*) he called him, \jSL> <xi Uj he prayed that he might
receive something as a blessing, <suXc b,> he cursed him*; [^ w*tj
S<_<£JI he coveted the thing, &+£■ w*cj he shunned it]. In other cases a
transitive verb may be construed indifferently with the accusative or D
with a preposition and the genitive, the former being the older and
more vigorous, the latter the younger and feebler construction ; e.g.
j>JLc to adhere to, to attach oneself to, and <>aJ to adhere to, to overtake,
are construed indifferently with the accusative of the person or with
* [In d) lc,> he blessed him and aJLs lt,> he cursed him, the object
aJUI has been omitted. The proper signification is he prayed to God
Jar him and against him. D. G.]
46 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 23
A ^ and the genitive. More rarely the converse is the ease, the
accusative being the later and less correct construction ; e.g. ij* to
have finished, to hive done with, is construed with ^c, and *-U»-t to
ham need of, to be in want of, with ^1, whereas in modern Arabic
both take the accusative.
Rem. a. Transitive verbs are called by the Arab grammarians
J f »J f f i'iiO J f OeOf
ZjjjCL<i)\ vJUi^l, and they designate by this name not only those
B verbs which govern their object in the accusative, but also those
which connect themselves with it by means of a preposition. The
- Hi if *i"J0'O i sCsi'.
former are distinguished as ly~JuL> tbjmZpJI jJUi*})l the verbs that
pass on (to an object) through themselves (and not by help of a
* Of if vissJOs i fOiOf
preposition) and the latter as lA/**J ajjuu^M JUi^l the verbs that
pass on {to an object) through something else than themselves (viz.
vi f 0 f ## ** f ^
j^. y_«jt. * through a preposition). For example, %Xj to reach, to
Of *ffi 9 0
arrive (of a message, etc.), is a a,...a^,> juu* (J*9, because we say
iff OtO f f f f f f
C >»a»J! L-S**^ ^m news reached me ; but j jj> to have power, to be able,
OfvlffiQO ' f
is a dj-j*J j^jCLo ^si, because it is construed with ,«Ap, and we say
'is** L5^ J"** ^e was a^e io ^° soniething.
Rem. b. Only careful study and the use of the dictionary can
teach the learner whether a verb is construed with the accusative,
or with a preposition, or with both ; and, if more than one con-
struction be admissible, what are the different meanings that the
verb assumes. Here we merely remark that verbs signifying to
D come, which are construed in Latin and English with prepositions,
Off f f
admit in Arabic also the accusative ; as j^[c UsW. 'Amir came to
Ot 0f3 f Oi 0 f itf rfffiOfOffOtf fffiOiO W
us; u^j^l jUail ^ ^yjy>k s!/^1 >^bl* zWj-*11 u' strangers and
tJie sons of t/ie great come to me from (all) quarters of the earth
(compare in Hebrew X3 with the accusative, e.g. Ps. c. 4, Prov.
T
ii. 19, Lament, i. 10). Hence these verbs have in Arabic a personal
0 f f I
passive, so that we may say %^J^i ,«Jt he was come to with a thing,
§ 24] The Verb.—S. Government of the Verb.— (a) Tlie Accus. 47
i e. it was brought to him, the active construction being t^yLt otfl A
he came to him icith a thing, i.e. he brought it to him.
[Rem. c. The place of the objective complement may lie
« y <t/ it j a *
supplied by an entire sentence, as w-jl»- 'j»Jj O' ^-o-^ J know
that Zeid is going forth. Comp. §g 35, b, /3, 78, 88, 114. It may
not be superfluous to note here that the verb Jli to say, or a
derivative thereof, is followed by ,jl if the saying to which that
verb relates is repeated (£>b£».), as «.*—^JI UXl5 Ut^oyJ^Sj and their d
saying, Verily we have slain the Messiah ; ^Xi L*JJ? Ul^lXS ,jjli
^ a ^ ^ a j ^
U^JJs ^^Xi a?w/ {/" ye say £/*«£ ice did wrong, (pur anstcer is) ice did
no tvrong (ffa?nasa 55) ; ^513 t juj ^t oJJ / sata7, Verily Zeid is
standing. But when • the following words explain what is said,
5 £ j( $/ / $ / « // J tj t/
^1 must be used, as in the saying ^jt U..,a. U'^s -iJU wJIS jJ
»_ ^ - 5£^ s .. ^ ^£
jjj'c ^JUlj ubp ,*)bl / Aare saw? to £/ie<? a cooc? saying : that thy
j • 3 £ *c j Ji. * j*£
father is noble and that thou art intelligent ; j^a-\ .J I J^St t-« ^jj' ^
^i o - £
aJJI the first word I speak is that I praise God. The conjunction ^j\
is used also when J15 has the meaning of ^jj» to think (§ 24, rem. e)
as JULla^o <*JI jJ^aj iji* ?M«» t/ostf thou think that he is going]
whereas wJkli <ikt ^J>*J i***° would mean when dost thou say that
tliou art going ?]
24. Many verbs take two objective complements in the accusative,
either both of the person, or both of the thing, or the one of the D
person and the other of the thing. — These verbs form tiro classes,
according to the relation of their objects to one another; the first
class consisting of those whose objects are different from, and in no
way connected with, one another, the second of those whose objects
stand to one another in the relation of subject and predicate. — («) To
the first class belong all causatives of the second and fourth verbal
forms (Vol. i. §§ 41 and 45), whose ground-form is transitive and
governs au accusative ; as also verbs that signify to fill or satisfy, give,
deprive, forbid, ask, entreat, and the like, the most of which have
48 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 24
A likewise a causative meaning. For example : *£jyM ^c a^Ac he taught
him the science of astronomy; ^^.1 3jj\ tjuj C-^jj I gave Zeid my
brother's daughter in marriage; j-«^)t ^io^cl he informed me of
the thing (lit., he made me know it) ; |U ^jJt *jJ-« he filled the bucket
muYA water ; lj-*»» <uuwl Ae &tf /aim #«£ as much bread as he could
(!>*». *w he ate as much bread as he could) ; »JL-JI a+mJ»\ he let him
£ * ) b s 4 $ * 2 0* 0 • *
B taste the sword (ran him through with it) ; 2uy*m* !/*». Ijuj \yut
they gave Zeid poisoned wine to drink; w>U£)l aUacl he gave him the
book ; j**l\ aAJI asjj God gave him his life; sJ^i\ »Uj he gave him
ft * * de tit *> * * * s
milk in abundance; lj*w ^juLil he recited a poem to me; <UJI U^xcj
ajju*n)I 3^*a*JI 6W «as promised us everlasting life; a=>^j aJJI <l^».
^JL*)l God has deprived him of the blessing of learning ; jUJt w>t*xc 1^5
C preserve us from the punishment of Mil-fire (J> imperative of ^5j,
Vol. i. § 178) ; yUJl <*JUt J—»l asjfc pardon of God ; [LJi aJJI j»*2~>\
-yn~, » C~J / beg forgiveness of God for sins that I am not able to
count (comp. § 70, rem. e) ; <su O>»ol U J*ili j*»»" >iXj^l / have
enjoined thee {to do) the best ; do what thou hast been ordered to do]. —
(b) To the second class belong (a) verbs which mean to make, appoint,
call, name, and the like ; and (/3) those verbs which are called by the
D Arab grammarians w^-UJI JUit verbs oftJis heart, i.e. which signify an
act that takes place in the mind, or ,jU~».jJI 3 1 »iUJtj ,>*iJI JU3I
verbs of certainty and doubt or preponderance (of probability), such as
^(j to see, think, know, [ Jjjt (pass. IV. of \j\j) to think, believe], J^s.
to know, j^.j to find, perceive, ^jj* to know ; JU. to think, imagine,
^fio to think, believe, s^-.*- to think, reckon, suppose, ^c-j to think,
deem, S* to count, reckon, IjL»- to think, opine, J*». to believe, think,
^*yi to imagine, fancy, J13 in the sense of to think, and the im-
§ 24] The Verb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) The Accus. 49
o Z, , o ,
peratives ^oJ*j learn, know, and w*a suppose, think. For example : A
* • • tit tot* J J* * * * &*
(a) Lwlji uaj^\ j£$ J*»- l^jJ' who hath made the earth a bed for you ;
Uuj^l O-jlaJt O^c I have made the clay (into) a jug ; ^t^j-i\ «*JJt jai»Jlj
"iLJU. «W 6W took Abraham (for) a friend ; £)\jJ <*IJI ^^-a? w«?/
God make me a ransom for thee ! Liuj jj-JI yjAj^xZ )ji and it (Fate
f2,iH0,,
or Fortune) turned their black hair white; \j>+a*~e <su>£a / called him
vi * Si to , - , *t , , 10* , 0 , J JO 2 * *
Muhammad ; ^jC^S ^ijio ^Xa^oJI^Jjo a^j*-^ and I named it (my B
book) ' The Instruction of the Learner in the Pa& of Learning';
2 * j s o * s o Jvt a * - - t>fO Zt * £ j y. *
(/?) Ijljij Ajjjl j*c>\ they indeed think it far off; Jt»- JiaJI JJ».t Ootj
*t, 10*>
^»JjtoJI / f/»w£ ^e e?«ty we owe fo a teacher the greatest of duties ;
**+ , 1 0 , _ j ^/t ( /Ji <i i oi,
aJjUwo %^> J^ >*^»' <*JJ1 wolj / /how £^a£ God is the greatest of all
t- , # 0 , 1 , oi
in power of will ; [LJW. J^w jjjp ^>j| where thinkest thou that Bisr is
sitting ?] ; »J>j^x«Jt JiM ^iZ+Xe- I know that thou art liberd in the
, , , o i, , a i , o , , o ,
exercise of bounty ; ,^>JL>liJ ^j^s\ Uju».j ^\j and verily we C
f , 4 0, l 1 0 , ,
found most of them evil-doers; l+J^. b».w ajj^j / found him
- ' £ tO, 1 '
a mild, or gentle, old man; i)l».l ljuj J^-l / tf#m£ i^'d is thy
brother; 3-^15 <Ut«JI ^^fcl Uj #?*<£ / do //o^ think the hour {of
judgment) is at hand; W-bj 2)l«wJ /**• 5>»J'j j,^**^ o^...*. / deemed
piety and generosity the best merchandise in respect of profit ; ^j
Ul^-al aJJI J-j*-> ^i I^Xii i>i*^' Q-:-'»a>.'> and do not deem those dead D
who have been slain on God's path (i.e. fighting for their religion) ;
, 0
0*> * , , ,0,0* jOs ,,
jiiJI ^3 ^y^jjii ^J>«JI iJ«5 *jU do not then reckon the mauld (or
J 0 L 10 1
client) a sharer with thee in (his time of) affluence ; $^r*.\ w~£» j3
_, , i o , ,1 i , , ,
iij U.I jj-6* bt I supposed 'Abu fAmr to be a trusty friend ; l>bt».j
I 0 w •« 1 ,
UU! sj*a-j}\ ^Lc j^o ^>->JJI a£U-oJI ««c? #^ believe the angels, who
no,,, to, iio,,
are the servants of the Merciful, (to be) females ; aZ+ZJJt )j^c <uXaa»
AV. II.
50 Part TumD.Syntacc. [§ 24
, mtj'JJsflijt
A I thought he was a slave, and so I abused him ; ^$^i ^^> J>^ ^V^'
* * j be- s c j o .
UJ-fclswX* j»\ <£iol j^sti by thy father 's life, dost thou think the sons
of Lu' ay are ignorant, or {only) pretending to be so? (in rhyme for
£jAit\aJZ*t>) ; \ajj& j^.5 u~&ii\ i\*Jj ^ju know that the healing of the
0* , Z * - *i 0 i ) a i *
soul is the conquering of its enemy; ^~-v* *$\s «iUU Ul ^jj-*-' oJ-ii
l£)U \*j*\ and I said, Protect me, 0 'Abu Malik, and if not, deem me
a lost man (in rhyme for IflU) ; \su jlo ^tXi ^.Ufc suppose me a friend
B of thine.
Rem. a. Of the two objective complements, that which is the
subject is called Jj*^)l J^Jti^JI the first object, and the other, or
vi to j JO *9*
predicate, (<JU)t JjjuLpJt the second object.
% , s , s my OiO j , ti
Rem. b. When verbs like ^j\j and jl».j are mere j^-a^Jt JUil
or ver&s of sense, — i.e. express nothing but acts of the external
organs of sense, — they may still be connected with two accusatives,
but the second accusative is no longer a ^U J^*a* or second object,
0 -
Q but a jjl*. or circumstantial accusative, i.e. an accusative expressing
a state or condition of the object in actual connection with those
acts; e.g. L©jU ^^j'j I saw thee sleeping, Uojj-* huj^j I found him
sick (in a state of sleep, of sickness*). In these and similar phrases
i* * * *
^\j and jkA-j may often be translated by the very same words,
o *o«* j s si vi * b/o j , di
whether they are w~U)l JU3I or ^^aJt JUil ; but, in the latter
case, the object is merely the individual, apart from any predicate,
whereas, in the former, it is the logical proposition you were asleep,
X) he was sick, that is to say, the individual as the possessor of this
quality.
Rem. c. The above construction of ^JIS is usually restricted to
the 2nd pers. sing, imperf. indie, in an interrogation, provided that
* [Instead of the predicative accusative the imperfect indicative
may be used, as ^Jmu *Zj\j I saw him do. Comp. § 8, e, § 74, and also
the perfect, as IJt£» C~lx? jXjj**.j / found that you had done such
and such a thing.]
§ 24] The Verb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) The Accus. 51
the interrogative particle is not separated from the verb by anything A
but a preposition with its complement or an object of the verb, as
i i - * etc-
in the example cited. We must not say UXku-o tj-^c J>*^ wJIt, but
JU-L-U j^c in the nominative. [Comp. § 23, rem. c]
b *i*a j * Qt
Rem. d. The fourth form of the wJUUI Jl**t governs three
t - - o }* , o£ o j j
accusatives; e.g. 3.t>.A >9£i[+e.\ jJLjjj he will make you think your
*«* j £ 03 ** o£* f - * ii -;---■- ^- «•£
actions bad ; Uujlo oh[ ^y^JLctj \jjLo »->*!' tr»W *^' 4«ij' ^°^ ^
made men think Job patient and know him to be most veracious. B
similarly Oj^., ^-^ or ^kl, and Lj or Ljl, to tell or inform.
o *o*o j , it
Rem. e. The ^JUUI ^jbiit may also be construed so as to
exercise no grammatical influence upon the clause which is im-
mediately dependent upon them. This happens (1) when the verb
is inserted parenthetically, in which case, however, the accusative
t * j a* - *e- * * 3 0** «»-
is preferable, as *}ljbU. O-Ub ljuj, or JJbU- v2~ub juj. Zeid is,
I think, a fool ; (2) when it is put at the end of the sentence, in
which case the nominative is preferable, as Q~ul? Jf.>l-« juj. or C
C^^Jg \3}La I juj, ^ei</ is truth/id, I think ; (3) when it is placed at
the beginning of the sentence, but the dependent clause is either
negative, or interrogative, or else an affirmative clause introduced
by the particle ^j truly, as JoLo juj U C~Ub / think Zeid is not
90' ot - '0 S»^e 36^ -
truthful, $}+£■ j»\ .JjUfc juj I w-»Xc L* I do not know whether Zeid
3t O MC
is in thy house or lAmr, ^)yt\ ^y->l C— oXz I knoiv ichich of them is
9 -" 9 0" 10"
thy father, ^\s jujJ OvUjg / £At7&& -Zeio? is standing up. In the D
9 •" 9 0" 05«tf , *
last example ^515 jujJ is virtually [jjjJuJI ,«Xc, comp. Vol. i.
§ 310] in the accusative, for if another object be added, without the
particle J being prefixed to it, it is put in the accusative, a-
*-0J f 0 * s 9 ~* 90 *, J0*s
UJ.Jfl,:<> l^tj^jli jujJ w»-UJg / think Zeid is standing up and (Amr
\ * I -
going away. — In the first two cases the infinitive ^o may be used
in the accusative instead of the finite verb, as wJhli <iUi? juj Zeid
52 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 25
is, as thou ihiukest, going away, ^^JLo i*^ J^jj, ^ ,£)$*. I juj. —
In modern Arabic the particle ^jl is interposed between the
w-AiJI ^Jjti and a dependent interrogative clause ; as ^>l C-^Jlt to
CV
i£ wm#£ be first explained what the noun is.
25. If the verbs of the two classes mentioned in § 24 are put
B in the passive voice, one of the two accusatives becomes the nomina-
tive.— In the case of the first class, it is the accusative of the person ;
e.g. aL^S j^st j^st he was taught the science of astronomy ; o^-JI^^jum
he was made to taste the sword (was stabbed with it) ; j-»J$M ^*~t
t J 0 s ~ «•
Ufr»~..o frU ^Ae vmr was given poisoned water to drink, or poisoned
water was given to the vizir to drink; j-o.*M Jjj life was granted him ;
o* f » j o t el
dj^Jti Ijjti OjJLM a poem by another (autlwr) was recited to me;
a a*s * * * , - i
C ^AjtJI ^£sjj j>j&. he was deprived of the blessing of learning. Should
it happen that both accusatives are accusatives of the person, that
which is next to the verb becomes the nominative ; as <Uj1 j*-»j p-jj
i
i**-' Zeid was given my brothers daughter in marriage or my brother s
daughter was given in marriage to Zeid. If both are accusatives of
the thing, that one becomes the nominative which designates the
thing that is affected by, or receives or passes into the other, or the
D reverse; as ;U ^jJI cJU»« the bucket was filled with water. — In the
case of the second class, that accusative which is the subject of the
other becomes the nominative ; e.g. Iwjji u°j^ j*& CuXk^i the earth
has been made a bed for you ; Uj^I O-s^' j~o the clay has been made
into a jug ; Uls^w ^^.Ja.* juj Zeid is thought brave; \3\yo\ l^w. ».
they are deemed dead ; jj& b J^' ^j£\ *Z~ij* thou art known as tlie
faithful keeper of thy promise, 0 'Orwa (for l$j£- b).
§ 26] The Verb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) The Accus. 53
Rem. a. As the verb ,-3t, to come, is construed with the A
accusative of the person (§ 23, rem. b), its fourth form (i«3i)
becomes doubly transitive, and takes an accusative both of the
person and of the thing ; e.g. w>Ufll J-Jl^wl {JJ ^^yo ,^31 Moses
brought the (Itoly) book to the children of Israel (lit. made it come to
them). Now, as this accusative of the thing is the nearer object of
.yjt, we should expect it to become the nominative when the verb
passes into the passive (.-Jjl) ; but the reverse is the case, because
the person is of greater importance than the thing. "We say B
therefore w>U£JI J>*>\j~>1 y^> ^Jf^ the (holy) book icas brought to
the children of Israel, and not sJJ>\j~>\ .-o w>UXM ..jjI.
Rem. b. If the verb should happen to govern three accusatives
in the active voice (§ 24, rem. d), that which is next to the verb
becomes the nominative to the passive; e.g. LolS jj-o-c J-ij ^«-^'
Zeid teas informed that lAmr was approaching; ljuj ^j' C-J^j
t»Xw ^J-jS l<.^> and I used to think Zeid, as was (commonly) said,
a lord; icu^o Jj'jJdb ^jJ-J C-JLJ / t/;os foW (</««<) ZeiYtf tsas sic£ C
in el-1 Irak ; Uo ^yjj+±.\ ljt when thou art told (that) I am sick.
26. All verbs, whether transitive or intransitive, active or passive,
may take their own abstract nouns (nomina verbi or infinitives, Vol. i.
§ 195), as also the deverbal nouns of the classes nomina viv. >nd
nomina speciei (Vol. i. §§ 219, 220), as objective complements in .
accusative. This may be the case either when they have no other
objective complement or complements, or when they have one or
more ; and the verbal noun may either stand alone, or it may be D
connected with, an adjective or demonstrative pronoun, a noun or
pronoun in the genitive, or a descriptive or relative clause. For
example : bj-o «->-* lit- he struck a striking, Ujj j>\j he slept a sleep,
\j~-i jL» he journeyed a journey ; bj-e >->j~e lit. he was struck (with)
a striking; Ob^i jl ^j^Jj-a ^j^j-^3 *4j~e <>^>j*o I struck him one
stroke, and he struck me two or more strokes; bj^o <slwIj !juj w>j-^
54 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 26
A lit. lie struck Zeid (as to) his Jiead {with) a striking ; ljujcw b^-j> <&>j«a
or, omitting the nomen verbi, ljujtw aL>j~o I gave him a violent
beating*; WJac Uyi 9-ji he rejoiced (with) a great joy ; ^t i****-«
\jjij£ U-<» Uj^xo she clasped me tightly to lier breast; ^u~.e». <Lwe i****
he walked (with) a graceful gait ; vj-^' '•*■* \^^J-^ ne beai n™ in this
manner, lit. (^£A) £A«s beating; louuJl IJub ^©Ajl^wl <j^l»Aa*-; ^y
B fe;p £/^«V secrets (with) this keeping (i.e. so carefully) ; w*^ <«J>o
5 rf w £* J D*tf * O s
^JllaJI /&? &ea£ Am» as a c/w/ oppressor does, or wOj*JI w>o <w a
teacher does; ^jLaJI ^$±. JU. lie j eared as a coward fears; Opsu
w»^-a*JI Spsu aJI / looked at him {with) the look of an angry {man) ;
VlPj u^j^ *^pj '^i when the earth shall quake (with) her quaking;
j^x^jl U^o !^}j~s lie beat me so as to hurt me much, lit. he beat me
(with) a beating which pained me ; *&<Xz ^Aij *j) t^JJI Vj-^' l^J-"*
C ^ <jraw m# a gwc? beating, as you know well, lit. A« 6ea£ me (with) the
beating which is not concealed from you. — This objective complement,
which is called by the Arab grammarians jyJx©JI J.j*a*JI, the absolute
U object t, orjju^veJI (see Vol. i. § 195, rem.), is used in the two following
" ways.
6/tJ
(a) When it stands alone and undefined Coy**), it is employed
jw^UXJ /or strengthening, or ^-JialX) ybr magnifying, i.e. to add
I) greater force to the verb ; e.g. I»xe >»*•*£ ^ /w*£/* numbered them
(ivith) a numbering (i.e. wi£/* a» &rac£ numbering) ; t^j^' ^-»»-j 'i|
* The undetermined object in such phrases as ljujui a^j^o may,
however, where the sense allows or requires it, assume a more definite
meaning, and be viewed as an accusative of time; e.g. *%i^e bjjL»
may be translated they travelled a long lime, scil. *^*i^o Litoj.
t Because it does not, like the object in a narrower sense, depend
only upon a verb that governs one, two, or three accusatives in the
active voice, or one or two accusatives in the passive.
§ 26] The Yerb.—Z. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 55
CLj JLaJt C— jj (L.j ichen the earth shall be shaken (with) a shaking A
(i.e. shaken violently), and the mountains be crumbled (with) a crumbling
* - 2 2 -5 J * t r a*' m t
(i.e. crumbled to dust) ; ljL£wl l^^iiwlj a??<7 ffoy disdain (irith) a
disdaining (i.e. are haughtily disdainful) ; '-©j a^U*p ^j he crushed
his bones (with) a crushing (i.e. crushed them to pieces). This sig-
nification lies in the indefiniteness of the verbal noun, which leaves
the verbal idea quite unlimited in its force and effect.
Rem. a. For still greater emphasis the masdar may be repeated, B
J / Zt + J 0 £ 0>& yd J *
as l£»,> l£»j u°j*$\ w-£»a lit W«?n iAe earth shall be crushed (with)
crushing, crushing.
[Rem. b. For the same purpose sometimes the masdar accom-
panied by a suffix referring to the logical subject is put in the
ji a -
nominative, as oj**. «x». he exerted himself strenuously (properly
jj / / a -
his energy exerted itself, became real exertion) ; 4J*}Lo ^a he was
j j a j * j ,
profoundly in error (prop, his error became error indeed) ; »jj«j jju q
y j j j a J
A<? m*i.s iwy far off ; L^i^*. ^j^**. sAe became thoroughly mad ;
j
ut ^ / /
d^^ft. clifc, /<« AaJ a vehement hunger. We have a similar figure of
speech in the phrases w»jLw w~w intense whiteness of the hair ;
j£-\£i jjti excellent poetry; Jj^ J*J a very cfarA* night ; C—»U Oj-o
* .■ SB ^
a violent death ; ^Jj\j J*»^ a great woe. D. G.]
Rem. c. A masdar of this kind cannot, of course, form a dual
or plural, for the mere fact of its doing so brings it at once under a
different head. {j^>j^o iy^>j-o can only mean he beat me on two J)
different occasiotis ; and in general the dual or plural is only
e a
admissible in the case of a masdar used gy^i (see the end of the
a * e * a * i a
section), when there is a difference of kinds, as joj \kt£j-t-' <0^w
* *a*o* * * * a*o
«-*JUIj |^>...a»Ji / went the two paces (or courses) of Zeid, the good
and the bad; lislJJ Jjkl JU^ CL'^ jbyi »!**■ O-i-t*- ^t^ I love
Thee (with) two kinds of love, (with) the love of affection, and (with)
another love, because Thou art entitled thereto (or worthy thereof).
56 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 26
A (b) When it is connected with an adjective or demonstrative
pronoun, a genitive, or a descriptive or relative clause (see the
examples given above), it defines and limits the verbal idea by an
addition which is commonly expressed in our family of languages by
means of an adverb or a relative clause.
> , t> ja*> y j a sBs - a*
If the jyJa«>JI JyiA«Jt be a nomen vicis, it is used jIjjuJJ
for enumeration ; and if it be a nomen speciei, or have an adjective,
a £
etc., connected with it, it is used fy& to indicate the kind, for
B specification, or ^**lJJ or j-wj^iw for distinction.
Rem. a. Instead of the nomen verbi of a particular finite verb,
that of another form of the same verb, or of another verb of the
same meaning, or else a concrete substantive, is sometimes em-
ployed ; as LojJLo ^yojJu *nJ ye do not advance boldly (IV. and II.);
Ijujui *})U3 I^JlIXlt (] icy fought with one another (VIII.) a hard fight
i Os e^ ail***
(III.), *}Ll«J <*JI J^-Jj and devote thyself (V.) to Him (with) an
z a * s * * a j/ c u// «jj * * *
Q (exclusive) devotion (II.), *%~£ A^-^\, H^3 Usjj ; bj*3 v-h*.,
.1; Ijujlw bljcc^o-^jj^l / will chastise them (with) a sore
chastisement, Aau^w Z+jJ* \ycj^j\ they fed a shameful flight, %of.j
- *» *a* a 2 s * £ I
^j-iySJI he retired backivardn, ^>-*». «iL^.I (see above, a, rem. c),
tail*- * * * , j a * a « at j j *
LoJu *£w ; J.J3 3Lp «hwU.* ^>« *J**v> ls**"^' ^"* ^ow 'ias<
recourse to Nahsal for protection Jrom Mogdsi1 as a weak man ;
dJL*JLiaJ A * \* " Ae was cm intruder at the feast, uninvited. —
j «• * *
D Sometimes a specificative term may be interposed, as !^JL*J %i
a * a*o & i
y\s-*l\ A ^ do not incline wholly away (from one of them),
iij-*-«JI ua*. * AJLij-z I kneio it in part, OljtW. «£/^5 4JjJL».
j j a-» - - ai j a * *
I gave him three whippings, ^^J* a.. )l ^— <^m-\ C» ... A. »» / s«£
raosJ comfortably ; or the masdar may be omitted, and its place
supplied by another word, as lib <xj jdc*. (for C>ljJl». wJj), a!jj-»
LL^-j / Je«£ /am (tvith) a whip (for J»^w w»/-o).
§ 27] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accvs. 57
Rem. b. The accusative of the nomen verbi remains, as we A
have seen, unchanged, when the active voice, on which it depends,
passes into the passive. It may, however, be changed into the nomi-
native, when there is no other subject, provided that it is qualified
or specialised by some other word (an adjective or a substantive in
the genitive), as jujlw w^-£ «->^ J^>^ J*** Jtr1- •*0*^ J**** J***
0 » ' - J 59 * *
and not merely ^c *->•«• j-e~> ftr1-
27. It has been mentioned above (§21), that the nomina verbi B
derived from verbs which govern an objective complement in the
accusative, may be construed in the same way as the finite verbs
themselves. We shall here enter into some further details on this
point.
(a) If only the objective complement of the act (and not likewise
its subject) be expressed, it is put after the nomen actionis in the
genitive*; unless it be separated from the nomen actionis by one or
more words, in which case it is put in the accusative, beer use the
genitive can never be divided from the word that governs it. For C
example : JUJI Jy> k>« ^ov*^° he hindered them from saying what
0 dfS J£ 0
was right ; j-»Jl Mi v>* O^— '^' ->6^— i *$ a human being is never
weary of praying for weal; U-JL> 2uiu.~c \& J*yt i«» -*!«»' j' or to
feed in a day of famine an orphan; j»^ u*3b «^s-^W *->^ °V
cutting off with swords the heads of some people. In like manner, the i
object is put in the accusative, when the nomen actionis is defined by f
the article, because a noun, when so defined, cannot take a genitive X)
after it; as *i\js-\ ajXJI Uux~s feeble in harming his enemies;
z*o o i --? * o jot o * -*
lxo->"< *r>^' O* J*-51 jj* and I did not desist from striking
Misma'.
Rem. If there be two or more objective complements, they are
usually all put in the genitive ; but sometimes only the first is put
* This is called the objective genitive, to distinguish it from the
subjective genitive or that which designates the subject of the act.
w. ii. 8
58 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 27
0 £ J 0
A in the genitive and the others in the accusative, as J^l C*Aji»
jj-*. Ulj J-*^JI / a»i stc& o/ eating bread and meat, for ^^a^JJtj ;
ULJJIj ^'ili^H SilaJ^o UL»». lyj C~ob CvA jk3 / Aae? ta&ew /*er m
Kew o/" my o?e&£ /rom Hassan, for fear of (his) becoming poor and
delaying payment, where IJLXJtj is in rhyme for ^LJU^j, instead of
(b) If both the subject and the objective complement of the act
be expressed, three constructions are permitted, (a) The subject may
B be put in the genitive, and the objective complement in the accusative;
as i^JI ajdfc ,i j/Ate. iAJoJt JlS <jl^ in this year the chalif put
Ga'far to death (lit. the chalif 's killing G. was in this year) ; S^j£s'^i
jff^sA^S j^j£*j£r> <UJI then remember God as ye remember your
fathers ; dUI w>,s$«oJI w»/-cJ W^W crying because of the tutors having
^ ^ a // lino / o j a , , * *
beaten him ; ^JjUc S-oJiJI £ji£=> ,j-« ^^b U what is apparent of thy
C ingratitude for favours bestowed upon thee ; J~eJuj£sjo J^jjaJI JIa*
«bl Jia».*i)l el-Farazdak said, mentioning how el-Ahtal preferred him ;
^^-^ ft v ,oj ^o-y-jJL^s <»_5!^_».|^ because of Koteiba 'ibn Muslim el-
Bdhilis killing their writers, and massacring their priests, and
burning their books and writings, (/?) The objective complement
may be put in the genitive and the subject in the nominative ;
D as j^-jjJI jl_» JLo^JI ^j-i— ' X-LiJI ~~jj ^-y-JLa-w the wind
of annihilation swept them away, as tlie hand of the west wind
sweeps away the sands; ^ju S^Ia s)& ^i ^o^JI Ulju ^jkXi
t^jjU-fiJI >U^J ^^AljjJI her fore-feet scatter the gravel every midday, as
' 0 J-
the money-cliangers scatter the dirhams whilst selecting them; U>©j}jJ
>wf5pi w>ta*-ol Ul^X}\ jsjji ^Jj\y w^'-j c-oJ* fixed at the dooi' of my
house, as long as I know, as the Companions of ar-Ratiim (the Seven
§27] The Verb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) The Accus. 59
Sleepers) kept to the cave ; Uju— j j*-\ AlJpla*-* ^>« 5il£» ^LJI %x* A
he gave orders to the entire people against any ones addressing him by
the title of " our Lord." (y) The subject may be put in the nominative
and the objective complement in the accusative ; as *->j*o ^>« c~j».&
Sj+s- joj, or juj lj-»c *->^ 0-«> I wonder at Zeid's beating lAmr;
«l».l jfypa^o <jj£)l <<i*Aj / have heard that Mahmud has murdered
his brother ; Ijua juj >o^JI Ji*AJaj (^5**^ ^ ^*^ foard that Zeid has
today divorced Hind ; Sj+z j^a^ £**»JI ^^j jUawl ^.^.cl I am B
surprised at Muhammad" s expecting 'Amr on Friday. The first of
these three constructions is the most usual. The second is not
uncommon, especially when the objective complement is a pronoun.
The third, in which the nomen actionis may be accompanied by the
article, or by a specification of the time or place of the act in the
genitive, is of comparatively rare occurrence.
Rem. a. If an adjective be annexed to the subject in the C
genitive, it is also usually put in the genitive, but the nominative
is admissible ; as objJsJI juj >oL5 ^* C*?a».s, or objJsJI ; lyj^lkj
vo^JLta^JI aa». y^JutaJI w~U» and pressed her, as the seeker after his
due, who is defrauded, presses (his debtor), instead of ^Jbt-eJl wJU»
Rem. 6. If both the subject and the objective complement
be pronouns, they may both be suffixed to the nomen actionis ; e.g. D
Jl (_A«9Jlc <u> my love of him lias taught me to be religious.
Here the suffix of the first person is the subject, and that of the
third person the accusative*.
1 1 - e * J O 9 e » *
* w*». is, strictly speaking, an j^^a^^l, and not an actual jjueuo
(see § 26) ; but it is used, instead of w>L».1, as the masdar of ^*».t
(IV. of >^*r*-) to lorn, [as j«v f°r \joxju\^ masdar of t/ai^t to A#te].
See rem. c.
(30 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 27
A Rem. c. Not only the nomina actionis, but also those nouns
which are of similar force and signification, and which consequently
can supply the place of the former, may be construed with the
genitive of the subject and the accusative of the object. For
j» J #5 .. , , Ci *> * a £ f i * 6 ) , * j S J6 * j i
example :^o-U» <LatoJ^o*jLJI ^jdfcl ^JU-j^oJoLx* ,j! ^^JLwt 0 SuUim,
verily your afflicting a man, who has given the salam as a salutation,
o ^ j <i, , a j a & , j * ' J"° '. * •
%s (an act of) tyranny (w>La-o = ajLoI) ; j&f*t> juu j»\Jj\ ^Ju^ju
£ <• * , * *■
through thy associating with the noble, thou wilt be reckoned one of
B them (SfLc. — ojJ^\su>) ; Ij-ejJI Ai».jj (J.ft-jJ' 4-M ,^o ablution is
{rendered necessary) by a man's kissing his wife (aJL5 = J-^Ju) ;
,-wjiUt ^jj^xJI A^JaJ Ijj^aJ^a and remember how the Bekrite slapped
the Koreishite (a*.U the nomen vicis) ; [Lj l«J *liw l^c^Js <j\J>
for to speak with her is a remedy for my suffering] ; ^XjUac juuj
\.e.\jji\ ajL^JI and after thy giving the hundred grazing (camels)
(|lkfc = flkft|; IftUpt in rhyme for clSJjt) ; ijJb 4*0* ^JJ JiaJf
C aJJI ^1 jJjJt observe this child's obedience to the command of God
(it Us - AfiLbt) ; ^JuaJl ^jLa^JI Juftj ^/te bustard's threatening the
falcon (*x*£3 - i^|) j lyiwt ^-^' w-j.>l».t itfAa£ the hywna tells to
j - i- <i * a * - - - ai //w * , jj« //
its (w*j.>1».I = oUj>»Xa*.3) ; Ia^JjI jjui\ t^-a-^Lo-i <&£sj3 I have
left him (or it) where the wild cattle lick their young (i.e. in some
lonely or desert spot, l know not where), =jJL)l ^.o>JLi dwa»J
, , ,ai
D Rem. r/. What has been said of the nomina actionis of singly
transitive verbs, applies equally to those of doubly transitive verbs.
The only difference is, that the latter take an accusative after the
objective genitive, or even add a second accusative to the first.
For example : ^Xjui\ J^s^ ^Xjl^JI ^Aju the instruction of the
. .- o-' j ,* ,. a s a a* j ' ai *
learner in the path of learning ; (3!^*JI «t;l *~Jy> O"* A^' »1ju*1 L«
</*« favour which he conferred upon him by his appointing him
_ to j z a * S * j * + • j - * Zi * Z
governor of el-'Irdk ; \j+±. \j^t j*+»~* >oUl?j 'y^3 ^H^l O'
§29] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— <a) The Accus. 61
£ J 0 ^
Uja-r- 1? the people condemned Muhamma/fs giving lAmr poisoned A
bread to eat.
Rem. e. The complement in the genitive may also be expressed,
when it represents the subject of the act, by ^a : when it repre-
sents the object, by J (see § 29) ; and when it indicates time or
place, by .ji ; e.g. <u*».. in rem. b, by <*J ,-U (,J^U*JI) wj»JI
3 St *0 3 ' '— iO * a *
the love (which accrues) from me to him ; jyi^ J*£ ^JLo^JI L5*~'.
in §27,6, (3, by JlojXi j^> jJI ju ^>« i^*—5' ; and A»^a.JI ^ojj jUa&t,
ibid., y, by ix^aJI >o^j ^ jUsl^^I. 13
28. In the case of verbs which govern their objective complement
by means of a preposition, the nomen actionis retains that preposition :
r I r *■ ** 0 3 ' # 0 - , 3 S - -
e.g. «iX)3 ^.ft SjjcS ^ U I have no power to do this, from aAc 0>jJ ;
A^ij «ui ^ L» / ^«iv no wish for it, from <su* C~*> ; aJI «£Jj».l». U
a * - a - a
what need hast thou of it I from aJt w**-:a.l. — The same thing holds
good in the case of mixed government, the nearer object or accusative
being converted into the genitive, and the more remote retaining its C
preposition ; e.g. icUxU (jUJ^t JUiy> man's ta/wjr helped (by God)
to obey (Him). Occasionally, however, the closer connection by means
of the genitive is substituted for the looser construction with a
preposition ; e.g. vOL^i J»~« inclination (of the mind) towards U-
' Islam, ioxjfi-f ^J\ JI^JI.
29. The nomen actionis ofteu takes its objective complement not D
in the accusative but in the genitive with J, in which case this
preposition is used as an outward exponent of the relation that subsists
between the nomen verbi and its object. Hence the Arab grammarians
,a-o , a * j £ *
rightly call it J^UJt ijyuJ ji*$J\ the lam that strengthens the regent
(the nomen actionis or the verbal power which it possesses) ; for, since
the verbal force which dwells in the nomen actionis is less than that
in the finite verb, the language helps the former to exercise its
02 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 29
A influence upon its object by annexing to it a preposition expressing
the direction of the action towards the object. This construction
with J is used in the following cases.
(a) When the nomen actionis immediately precedes the object
and is undefined (see § 27, a) ; as ajI^oj <t$Uaj>J J-oU j*£ kj*
without considering what was false and what true in it, instead of
&j\yo$ deUai.. This is especially the case when the nomen actionis
* a l t a , i ■ i it
B is in the adverbial accusative (see § 44); as ^il^^ U-J**3 <d^3t
I stand up in his presence to shew respect to my teacher ; iX)i J13 UJI
a) Ul^b] /«# said this only to do him honour ; IjUilil j^s- «iL«ol
* * * t>
(j->j^a.L1r.0JJ Ag refrained from {attacking) them, awaiting the
Muhdgirun ; aX) La. juil l^-ol i>;>JJtj &m£ £/wse wAo believe are
stronger in love of God.
(b) When the nomen actionis immediately precedes the object,
0 and is defined by the article (see § 27, a) ; as ^hUU aJUxJI j)j3
giving up pursuing the people; aajUxoJI ^a (JIa1*^ C^fcola.1 L>)
Aa^jX'jJ after (t/ie tribe of) Gatafdn had agreed to take the part of
Toleiha.
(c) When the genitive of the subject is interposed between the
nomen actionis and the object (see § 27, b) ; as ,j->si— ~j ,j1 ^M
Sjli^l J-«-j (-Xc yb L>3I uij*il) ^^Jl /£ results, therefore, that the
D sun warms the earth in no other way than by his light (lit. that the
suns warming the earth is only by the way of his light), for v°j*$l ',
J lyljkd AjUa«J because of my enemies persecuting me, for ^ul ;
aX) djjjj Aw .*W/i# GW; <i)L* ^1 *iX) ^i-XJ wy enabling you to
attain your wishes; l^&lbl^ A.o->a.yi aLjAAJI SjJiyt ojjk ^1 jJaJ\
aXJI j***) observe this mother, affectionate and loving, and her obedience
to the command of God.
§ 30] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a.) The Acciis. 63
It may also be extended to other verbal nouns of similar force and A
„ a , - , ai * * - ~^
signification (see § 27, b, rem. c) ; as J^*-«3 ajU— «' Pj^-* ^5Ji ^
•' t>^ O'**-** cM' he went down to the places where his comrades
had fallen, and to the spot where the people of Hamadan had killed his
* + * 0 * Q * * *">*0 0 * * JC-*b*0 * J J * £ **
sisters son; [j»g3 ^>©J c-Jl£> ^i-L»JI ***£j 03*WM ^>^ u' ^i
CyXU ^1 frw£ £fo victories of Sl-Ma'mun and 'Abd el-Malik were
gained over those who aimed at their sovereignty].
In such clauses the choice between the older and closer construction B
with the accusative, and the later and looser with the preposition, is
left in most cases to the taste and judgment of the writer.
Rem. a. In more modern Arabic .Jl is often used ^J-oUJI ajjJu)
instead of J ; as aJt ^f^^\ my bearing him in mind; ^Jl ^ij
, , a*
w>l^aJI viy returning an answer.
Rem. b. This use of ^J to designate the objective complement
of the verb is common in Aramaic, rare in Hebrew and ^Ethiopic 0
(see Dillmann's Gr., § 179). See § 31, rem.
30. The nomina agentis or participles, which hold a middle
position between the verb and the noun, and partake of the force of
both, may, like the nomina verbi, follow the government either of the
verb or the noun, or of both. The following rules are to be observed
regarding them.
(a) If the nomen agentis has but one objective complement, this
may be put either in the accusative or in the genitive ; as ^t l^cjL» j)
ixdUt (j-^^bbOlj ^JlL^ Cjjs-\ dU*. vie with one another in hastening
to a garden {Paradise), which is prepared for the God-fearing and
those who restrain their wrath ; S^ibpl 0>*>»"j an<^ t^l0se w^° Palf
, ao » j a * 5 - z *£ -i & * a * - a^a-o j * ss*
the poor-rate; i^-**-" Jjj O-0 **■* ^b' j*i^ j** *^^' oUbUUt
* a* m - - a*
the slate-coloured pigeons (^j^aJI by poetic license for>»WaJI) which
inhabit the sacred House (i.e. the Ka'ba), never quitting it (and)
64 Part Third.— Syntax-. [§ 30
A domiciled in Mekka (UJI^I for t^aJljt) ; <u*£)t iJU Ljdk aw offering
*> * *> ^.s
coming, or (actually) brought, to the Ka'ba ; ^Xxl\ ^)%io seekers after
knowledge; O^JI ££513 ^aj J,£> gwr^/ soul is a taster of death (tastes
or shall taste death) ; ^LJt **U- <£lJI CGj aw Lord ! Thou wilt be an
assembler of (wilt assemble) mankind; ^r^j >**^-«^v^' 0>*^! CH»>M
w&? £^m# £/*«£ £/^?/ s/?a// 60 meeters of (shall meet) their Lord;
j<£LS%<> dJls <suu C>3J** {£j^\ ^>oJ' Oi 'Writy the death from which ye
B ,/fetf, mtc7/ surely be your meeter (will surely meet you). — The nomina
agentis of directly transitive verbs admit of being construed, in so far
as they have verbal power, either with the accusative or with the
genitive, provided they have the meaning of the imperfect (e)l<£*JI,
historical imperfect, present, future). As the genitive connection is in
this case <ua*£s*JI j*&, improper or representative (see § 75, rem.),
the governing word may be defined by the article : ^tdl JjIS, or
^ li <& 0 ' & *0 J *t+ ' ul JO J sty
q ^LM ^plS, one who kills people ; ^UJI ^pUJI, or ^LJt JJUJI, he who
kills people = sJ^aj ^JJl ; as, according to another reading, ^i-aj Jib
O^oJI asu\$ (see above) ; oW-v" *$UJI w*At>M 0/ him who gives a
hundred fine white (camels) ; S^J-oJI ^^-ji^JI^ «wg? ^ose w^o perform
the (prescribed) prayers; O^J-*-* jW L5*^' ^' ^' ^ ^hou that
desirest single combat, draw nigh. When, on the contrary, the nomina
D agentis of directly transitive verbs have the meaning of the perfect
(perfect, pluperfect, aorist, and future-perfect), they approach more
nearly to the nature of the noun that springs from them (as wol^,
writing, a writer), and hence are construed, like this latter, with the
genitive only. Further, since this genitive connection is *t**i* ,
proper or real (see § 75, rem.), the governing word cannot be defined
by the article : ^Ut JjU> (and not ^Ul JJtiJI or ^LJI JjUJI) one
who killed, has killed, had killed, or shall have killed people, =
§30] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 65
j& i^JJI, or J^5 ,jl£> ^j31, or Jis ^yL> ^JJI ; as Ol^IJI Jj»ti A
^J^'j *^ Creator of (or He who has created) the heavens and the earth.
The same remarks naturally apply, when the genitive is a pronominal
suffix instead of a separate substantive : L5-*5'i) = ^-«^i «*»■' one who
reproaches me, and ^jW = ^j^^i i^JJ' he who reproaches me, as
j^JLi* w^o^JJ ^^oJLuJI lyjt 0 thou who revilest me, in order that thou
mayest be thought my equal ; but he icho reproached or has reproached
me, ^y*y c5-£m> is ^y^*^, not L5*5'}Ut. — If the nomen agentis be B
undefined, it governs the accusative only in the following cases.
(a) When it is the attribute or the predicate of a (usually preceding)
subject, or stands in the accusative to express a state or condition of
*o- « - sa ^ t a * s - * a ^ 5
that subject (see §44); e.g. \j+* «->j^ •*<;> or !/■»* Vj^ '•*£> Ol
^/c? /s beating (or w/// foa£) 'Amr; ^ l».t «>jI w*;*-^ «*ij ZeicTs
father (lit. i^'rf, A/s father) is beating (or iot7/ beat) a brother of
a
mine ; *ujt jU wJlb t^-»jl*J *^j^ I passed by a horseman (who was) C
0 a, i , e , a ,
seeking revenge for (the murder of) his father ; ^j-c *~~P ^^ ^o^>
«- a -
oj+t ^J* how many a one fills (or sates) his eyes with what belongs
to others, = ^U ,>t>. ■* ^»fe ; ty-Aj-J U^j 3ja*-o *,J»U^ //£# a fo«$
w;focA was awe day butting a rock to break it,- *-l»U J^^» ; ^>i^f
bit UU» j^»c '^4w?- c«w« to we seeking instruction. ((3) After an
interrogative or negative particle, when it is the attribute of a pre- D
ceding or (less usually) following subject ; e.g. tjuj OJI j*j£* J-a
J 6 * 20* jJOi 5 0J>
w«7£ £&>?* £/*£«£ Zeid with respect ? <*j cJuj tj^-j^^' j^.*..ol will ye
fulfil a promise on which I relied ? ^^5 fir>^> w-5' U ^>« dost not
follow (or adopt) their kibla ; ajL*.! ^jlc jl».I j**-* U «/? o»g grcWs
protection to the enemy of his friends, (y) After an interjection
(see § 38), as the predicate of a suppressed subject ; e.g. *iC^. UJU» Ij
w. ii. 9
66 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 30
A 0 (thou who art) climbing a hill ! = U)U» ^»-j b ; Sj^JI ^.^ U>jt.o b
0 (thou who art) turning away from me (thy) love!
Rem. a. The nomen agentis in the singular number, when
followed by a substantive in the genitive, can take the article only
when that substantive is itself defined by the article or governs
o sO*o j 5 *
another substantive that is so defined ; e.g. j^«*J I w>jl«a)l he who
o ,o*> t, j i ,
beats the slave ; jlojJI ^\j w>jLaJI he who beats the slave on the head
a * j Z *
B (lit., beats the head of the slave) ; but we cannot say j>+£ w>jLiJI
nor joj wJjLaJI, nor even juj jl»c w>jLoM or ajut w^LoJI. The
reason of this seems to be that a certain equipoise may be preserved
J - 3 0 *
between the governing word, oLa^JI, and the governed word,
aJI y»iLiuoJI. On the other hand, the article may be prefixed to
the dual or the pluralis sanus masc, even when the following geni-
tive is not defined in either of the above ways ; because, after the
„ J^ , JO,
C rejection of the terminations ^j and ^j (Vol. i. § 315, b, c), oLa«JI
0* J * J c*
and aJI ^i\*A+}\ become more closely connected, and grow, as it
were, into one word, like the nomen agentis when defined by the
article and followed by a pronominal suffix. Hence we may say
o * * Zi * o *• o *• Ct *• o * o * j Zi s o * St *
juc bjLsJI, juj ^jjLaJI, jkJj juc ^JjLoJI, djL^c ,-jjt-a)l, as well
to * ^ i^ t 0 * 0 y Ct ' 0 s ' 0 * ' J Ct * J sO * * & '
as \j~s- ^jbjLoJI, ljuj ^t-jjLaJI, juj j^s- £)jfj\*ai\, dju* Osij^^^'y
' ' * ' t s * *
* + *> b s o j 0*0 * vt* //O/ 0
^»xc \ihyUm^i\ L-ic Luib ^1 if the two who reside at 'Aden can
, J 0 of. C, , 0 0 - 5 -
D dispense with me (or do without me); b^y^wl ^qJj i*-*!/* ii<""H
the two who revile my character, without my having reviled them;
J * - - - i - 0 J 0*
I^Jkj bj Jt*^ j}Xj&*»+i\ those who deem small the great (sums) they
have given away. There is even a third form of expression admis-
t o * <• S *
sible, arising out of a combination of these two, viz. Iju£ bjl,*x)t,
to * 0 - it »• 0 . , 0 * J St » J * 0 , 8 «
ljuj LjjjLaJI, juj ju* _jjjbixM, ojuc ^-jjLoJI, in which the rejec-
tion of the terminations ^j and jj serves only to indicate the close
* 6 * j j * * t - '0*0 j toio ■**
logical connection, as in the phrase tjipiw.* a\y*.\ *}UUUI j+a*$\ Am.
the 'amir came, whose two brothers killed Muhammad, in which
§ 30] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 67
j * s £
another substantive (o\^.\) is actually inserted, as the subject, A
between the nomen agentis in the dual (^JLSJt) and its object
* i * j
(tjL»a».«). — When a pronoun is annexed as object to the dual or
pluralis sanus masc. of a nomen agentis which is defined by the
article, three forms of expression are likewise admissible; viz. (1)
j^S'JjS* s A * 8 * i* *£,)*,} St*
flLjLoM, ojjjLaJI ; (2) oLjt ^UjLaJI or di jjbjLaJI, obi ^jjjLaJI
1* * 3 ai 4> si* 1*1 is
or a) ^j^jjLsJt ; and (3) AJbjLoJI, AJjjjLaJt. In the last case, the
pronoun, though apparently a nominal suffix in the genitive, is in
reality a verbal suffix in the accusative ; and even in the first case, B
the Arabs regard the pronominal object as an accusative, and not
as a genitive, using .-J instead of ^£~ for the 1st pers. sing. ;
e.g. L5L*. jJjA ^-i-il^^JI (_>«-») he who comes to me to obtain a gift
a i * a**
is not disappointed ; ^ywJt»,i u~-^3 and ^ ^ n°t too heavy a burden
i* i ,z-?s *a * »jo ,. i mOie ii
for me ; ajjJLcUJIj ^*s»Jt OiL/'O" ^** ** ** ^V w^° orc^r what is
right, and who do it themselves*.
Rem. b. When the nomen agentis is followed by two or more
at
objects connected by $ or jl, it not rarely happens that the first C
alone is put in the genitive, and the others in the accusative, the
nominal force of the nomen agentis passing, because of the distance
of the complements, into the verbal; as ^-^aJ Ij Liw jJ-JJt (J^^
LiL...a- j+i)\} He wlio appoints the night for rest, ami the sun and
moon for the reckoning (of time); Iajl^cj ^jla^yJI SjLjJI w*aI^JI of
him who gives a hundred fine white (camels) and their attendant
* ,* , * , a * * *, *a*ai**' - i * * ai a *
(either Ujucj or Uju^J; w>j j~z jt UZ^laJ jloi c.t'j OJ1 J-fc
wilt thou send Dinar for our need (to our help) or lAbd-Eabb? D
(b) If the nomen agentis be derived from a verb which governs
two or three objective complements (§§ 24, 25), it takes the first
either in the accusative (which is by far the more usual) or in the
genitive, and the others in the accusative ; as \j±M b^j ljuj ^>\£* lit
* [El-Mubarrad, Kamil, 205, 1. 16—206, 1. 9 speaks of this verse
as spurious, and says that such an annexion is not allowed even by
poetical license. R. S.]
68 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 31
A I will dress Zeid in a splendid robe; Uaj.> juj (J**« Ul, or tJ*x*
'^j ^**>j>, I will give Zeid a dirham ; ^SU t^c ^jU? c-*Jt Ja, or
>*U j^-o-c (jlb, rfo^ £/#>>£ £/«'#& ' J.?rer intelligent ? \j*+e. joj ^ku> IjJb
UAJai* tf^is (m«») informs Zeid that 'Amr is going away.
Rem. a. If the objective complements of the nomen agentis of
a doubly transitive verb be pronouns, both may be appended to it
as suffixes ; e.g. aSLLx* he who gives it to you ; \vt*<rv±x.<> he who
B gives me it to eat. [Comp. Vol. i. § 187.]
Rem. b. The second of the two complements of a nomen agentis,
or that which is in the accusative, is very rarely inserted between
the nomen agentis and the first complement, or that in the genitive ;
e.g. -j-Ua-oJI aSJai *JU ^)I^wj whilst others than thou withhold
their benefits from the needy ; aIwj d j^cj sJJvL* <UJ I £ypmmm3 *$J
think not then that God will fail to keep His promise to His apostles.
In the former of these examples, which is a half-verse of poetry,
this construction has been followed in order to bring the word
C »-La^l into the rhyme; in the latter, which is taken from the
1 -■ J J 4^ - « J
Kor'an, xiv. 48, the preferable reading is aJLwj oj^tj <J»X±,^.
31. What has been said in § 29 regarding the use of the pre-
position J after nomina verbi is equally applicable to nomina agentis.
(a) J is used when the nomen agentis immediately precedes the object
and is undefined ; as ^J v^^ju making time wonder ; a) £JW~« ^a^
D whilst site was avoiding him (in which example the undefined nomen
agentis is the predicate of a aJI». aX*». or circumstantial clause
[§ 183] ; JaJU UU* *N) UUju* ^o-cuiJI J^s 13] N)l jya^ *n) aJLoJIj
and artifice is not allowable (in argument), except when the opponent is
a disputatious sophist, and not a seeker after the truth. This is
especially the case when the nomen agentis is in the adverbial
accusative [§ 44, c] ; as^ju* UJ ISj^cuo cJjJI Uj '>^bj «»c? believe
in what I have sent down, confirming that which is with you (the
§32] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 69
Scriptures which ye have already received) ; 1>-©U*-« 3-ojuoJI ^c Jp A
V he halted before the city to besiege it ; UcIjj ^h^*M »>.b L5*£»j
J-SlxJU the sweetness of knowledge is a sufficient inducement and
incentive to the intelligent, (b) J is also used when the nornen agentis
immediately precedes the object, aud is defined by the article ; as
dJJt ijjcaJ (j^JaiUJI those who keep the ordinances of God ; cl3j— ***"
oLj^I djiyj ^ expounders of these verses ; «Ul»JI w*L-»*j)l ^_£$il B
^Jajuii} S^JLaJI <Ul5t Jfj^J to perform one's devotions with reverence
is the surest means of procuring one's daily bread ; »iJJ3 ^i j£*^j 15*^
ju^JU (.J^-fl-oJI s^-iJI «/k£ fo continued meditating about that thing
which governs the body, (c) Finally, J is used whea a genitive is
interposed between the nomen agentis and the object ; as ^J y»*lx«
^ who gave it to me to eat. Q
Rem. J must be used instead of the accusative, when the object
of the nomen agentis is rhetorically transposed and placed before it ;
as ^>Jjulft UJ \y\£s^ and t/iey ivorshipped us ; ^^Jail*. w~*JU U^ U
we did not know what was hidden (in the future); ^jJaila*J aJ Lit
verily we will take care of him ; j»j£* -iU tjjj j^ U lj^i\ a man,
as long as thou dost not unjustly disparage him, treats thee with
.. 1 1 a , r% i a ja j a
respect. — So also with the finite verb, ^j*ju L»jjJU^U£» ,jt if ye J)
can explain a dream. If the transposed object be a pronominal suffix,
LI (Vol. i. §§ 188, 189) may be employed instead of J ; as juxj i)b!
i * a* * Z *
^> eJriLwJ ^JLjIj thee we worship and to thee we cry for help ;
i a - j 5 a j ,
Ij^ou obi ^eylla. lie thinks tliey mean him (in rhyme for ^jyiaj).
Compare £ 29, rem. b, and Vol. i. § 189, b.
32. If the verb, from which a nomen patientis is derived, governs
two or three accusatives in the active voice, its nomen patientis retains
one or two of them, the other having passed into the nominative ; as
70 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 33
A U>>> <>J*£ (^jJa** Ojj, Zeid's servant (lit. i^/rf, fos servant [§ 120])
# ^, J JS 0 J 8
is ^/w» a dirham; Uj15 o^tl (j^ili-o j^j Zeid's father is thought to be
standing up; UllsuU t^e d^>l ^.ju> juj Zeid's father is informed
that 'Amr is going away. See §§ 24, 25.
33. Verbal adjectives of those forms which differ in meaning
from the nomina agentis only in being intensive, may govern, like the
nomina agentis, either the accusative or the preposition J. Since,
B however, their verbal force is very slight, the latter construction is by
far the more usual, the former being chiefly poetic. This rule applies
principally to the forms JUi and Jj*» (Vol. i. § 232, and rem. d,
§ 233) ; more rarely to other forms, such as J*** (§ 232), J*s (id.),
« - » , i
and JUa* (§ 233, rem. b). Examples with the accusative : U.I
lyj'iltt. lyJI L»U w>>*J' inured to (lit. « brother of) warfare, constantly
wearing the garments suited for it ; LjUxJI aJI Lol^i. O^oJt .Jl IcjJLe
C rushing upon death, wading in search of it through the ranks (L5U3JI
in rhyme for w*)Ux)l) ; £l>o «->"* *$3 ^ot^ O-* C>^ ^ tJj-k 5*^»~«
l»*p <ui£.> adorned with a ring, which is not an amulet, nor manu-
factured by a moulder of a dirham with his hands; J-o^j Vi/^
JU^JI oUIa ou-Jt smiting with the edge of the sword the heads of
men; «->«»* s!>*Jl 0'>**i Ji>£J' j^^ Mi verily she stirs up the patient
D (or continent) to desire {excites desire in tliem, ?»->** in rhyme for
fry**) ; ^^9 >** j<tv*>'* j*& ready to forgive their sin, not boastful
(yi** in rhyme for }»*>*) ; *$"$**> ^w^i U-v*** Ul <jUUi tfwo maidens,
{one) of them resembling a new moon (in beauty) ; «U.> **<-* dJJI ^>l
ettj <j>* ^°^ «^*r5 ««* prayer of him who calls upon Him ; \jy*\ jj>»-
a) S) on his guard against things that cannot injure {him) ; («J^I
§ 34] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 71
Lf&jz Os*j* j*y>\ & has come to me (to my hearing) that they are A
defaming (lit. tearing in pieces) my character ; \^£>\y>. j^»~^ <*Jt he
is a slaughterer of the fat ones among them (the she-camels) ; j^
jjjafJS Olj^' O-i^v* haughty, looking with disdain on the limbs of the
slaughtered camel. Examples with J : C-a*— JJ ,jyUbl u^i) 05*\-*~*
hearers of falsehood, eaters of what is unlawful; pL* j^Js. j\k£s J£>
every hardened infidel, a hinderer oj good ; w-l£U *^U*» a great B
collector of books; J^xi j>\jSj\ J15 U»J JjyS ready to say what the
noble say, and to do (it) ; etc.
34. Verbal adjectives of the form J*»l, corresponding to our
comparative and superlative (Vol. i. § 234), when derived from tran-
sitive verbs, take their object in the genitive with J, very rarely in the
accusative ; sls ^Sj^c ^Xjdi w~U?l >* he seeks after knowledge more than
you do; a-Ju ,j-« aJU w-».I ,>«>*Jt the believer loves God more than C
himself; gj*-^ vov**^'j ^*^ >**'»**l3 tH^I J^»-' ^ ?»o^ ignorant
of men, and the most opposed of them to learning, and the most inimical
of them to the lav: ; wJil j**^ >f**J V^*v* ^*y »»««£ be more apt to
change it (viz. the letter j, into ^) without an intervening (letter) ;
L»jl^iJI o^*-Jb U« w^-ol^ rt«c? ?«w<? ready than we to smite with
swords the tops of helmets (l«JlyU1 in rhyme for LrJ\^ii\, accus.) ;
Ul^j*. *-ut^ and a better protector of neighbours. J)
Rem. a. Verbal adjectives of the form kJ*il, derived from verbs
signifying love or hatred, take the object with ^j when they are used
in an active sense, as in the second and third of the above examples;
but when they have a passive sense*, they take the subject with
* As there is only one form for the comparative and superlative,
it may be derived from verbal adjectives of either active or passive
signification ; e.g. w-^-t from w^»«o loving, or from w-jw^. beloved,
dear. [Comp. Vol. i. § 235.]
72 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 35
£ J t J Os
A ^M, as d^*i ^yc aXS\ .Jl w*».l ^*j4JI the believer is more loved of
God than any one else ; \^t> .J I ^ojl»\ 3 a he is more hateful to me
than she.
. . -"**
Rem. b. Verbal adjectives of the form Jjiil, derived from in-
transitive verbs [i.e. verbs which govern their object by means of
a preposition, § 23, rem. a], require the same preposition after them
as those verbs ; as ^Jlft 0>*' '**-* ^8 *s lighter, or easier, for me ;
' ' J * 0 Z ' 0 d *> s J s i> £ s 0*0/0 * J * 0 £ * *0 vi tO J * Ot * J
•D j> (l> ) I he abstains more from worldly pleasures, and is quicker to do
good, and keeps farther from (clearer of) crime, and is more eager
after the praise (of God). They often, however, take their signifi-
cation from one of the derived forms of the verb (generally the
second or fourth) ; as S^lyiJU j>^\ jt^ls this confirms the evidence
* *£ * * «i 6*O>0 J J J 0 \*
still more (from js\s\, IV. of j»\l to stand); (>JjJJ t^i\ J>»»- £>&3
3 * o£
^y~>\ but the obscurity of a man preserves his religion better (from
* & * * ^ at * * s a a w *t „ j a^a j o*
_/0JL» or ^oJUl, II. or IV. of ^*JL» to be safe); >*}L/}U j^l jMSiS JZ5
0 ^»*»'jj O-*^ v**'j ^e slaying of unbelievers increases the power of
Pd- Islam and strikes greater terror into those who are behind them ;
* 0 J * 0 £* * a * j * 0 £ * \
ly^AjJ ijA-ebj LjJLo^J }$*-\ «2JUi this improves its crop and makes
0 J 0 * * j * 0 i w *> *o jO *
its oil clearer ; ^XJLc ^-is^.1 ^JUfc.jJI j^e. another besides the anti-
Christ fills one (accus.) with greater fear on your account (than he
0* w it * J - a i s J
does); aJI ,-i* ,J! 5»j*-t >* he has more need of me than I have
* * * 0 * *
of him (from .J I -».U;&.I, VIII. of 9»l»>, to have need of). See Vol.
D i- § 235.
35. The accusative not unfrequently depends upon a verb which
is understood. This happens : —
(a) In phrases expressive of command (positive or negative),
wish, reproach (worded interrogatively), praise, salutation, and the
like, in which we must supply the verb from which the noun in the
accusative is derived, and to which it serves as J>J«L*JI JyuLoJI (§ 26).
For example : ^hyp2im^M lit ^Z*. w>l3>JI w>oi hjJc^> CH-^' ^r*** M*
§ 35] The Verb.—S. Govejmment of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 73
e ->■* A j .
%.\jS Ul^ U« Uli J^yi 'jjuij and when ye meet (in battle) those who A
believe not, smite their necks (i.e. cut off their heads), till (at last),
when ye have made much slaughter among them, bind fast the fetters ;
and {thereafter) either show kindness (by letting them go free) or take
ransom {for them), where w>^' Vj"-^ - ^ij^ *r,^P' '»-^' ^* =
O * + *Qo j s - j
U« \Jy*2, and i\ji = \\ji OJ-^*-' : *r~"*3' J«^ JUJI JhJjj *^J^
carry o/f camels, 0 Zuraik, as foxes carry off (their prey), where
JUJI ^ju = *$jo JUJ1 Jjul : Uj*. ^ lj--o ^ patient and do not give B
i - * a - a - * * i a - e e i a -
way to immoderate grief i.e. U^*. £>»~> ^ Im-«^-«' I *^v-° 9en^V-
softly! i.e. *iHv-« Jv*' : ^ W*-» °w»y ^'^ fl^w ^^ ra*w / i.e. i)li-/
Uu aJUI ; ^U Lc, wrt?/ GW £wp M^/ i.e. Lc, aXM JU, ; ,*JJ L-*5
z a - * a * * * - a *a& *•' - a - t » i t
mayest thou stumble ! i.e. I— *5 c*...t> ; ^^ O^Jt j>j jju l^ifbl shall
t a J } i o ii
I be ungrateful after thou hast averted death from vie] i.e. \ja£s j*£s\\ •
j ,a& *■ , * a ** ? //c
>_.^t^Jl d)^IU jc5j Wv' dost thou delay (or loiter), seeing that grey C
* * * -I
hairs have already come upon thee? i.e. l-Jl>» ^I^UI : <*JJt ,jl
£&? absolute glory of God ! or 4Jl»fcr-» £T/s absolute glory ! scil. 9~->t
/ praise (which is an jW*-] or statement of fact), or s"~-», ^^ ■*.<>,
etc., praise thou, etc. (which is an |UJ!, a command or wish) [often
used as a phrase expressing wonder] ; 4JUI 3U-9 God forbid ! i.e.
oJJI jlx* j^cl / se»jfc ffo refuge of God ; w>j W <i*-oU». &/re jw#rcy oh D
z * * & + * & z* * * a £j - *-* ^ . - -
7w^, 0 my Lord! i.e. UU»- ^jJLc (^a^J or) O*-'-^*^' *£^' I ll'axt
intent upon Thy service, 0 God! i.e. U iU JjUuLM il) J^l ;
2 * + + -z s * z d * j * d Z
icU»j l*^w hearing and obeying, or to foar ?5 ^0 obey, i.e. t**~» ^o-*t
icl» ^^^ ; >6ji« ^-^ welcome ! i.e. >ejJL« j-^ c— oj>3 £&?m «;f
arrived the best of arrivals ; [<U!j^»j L»». ?r/^ for^ and honour (will I
*^» * > a I, Z. i , * l
do what thou recpiirest) i.e. '-e'j^l JLe^slj L». .iL^.11.
w. ii. 10
74 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 35
A Rem. a. In the cases of command, wish, and reproach, the Arab
grammarians regard the verbal noun, not as a j^>J»© jju^uo (§ 26),
but merely as JjuJI ^o Jju a substitute for the verb, or w*5L3
jjjti) I w>Lu supplying the place of the verb ; so that, according to
^ *S>& $ b * s * 0M9 JOJ * * Z b * 3 It ^ * * *
them, Jl^JI *^ju is simply = JUJ t Jjul, ^JU Liw = 4JJI' «*)ULj, and
Rem. 6. In such cases as «^JlJL». and ^JLJ the dual is regarded
B as being used, not 4-u£JJ to express two occasions, but j-J&Jtj jjjXiXJ
to indicate repetition and frequency. [Similar expressions are
Jbjutw, -iXJUo. JUjla^o-. ^JU^tJub and ^Ua.l^Jb.]
(&) In various other cases, in which the verb to be supplied is not
that whence the noun in the accusative is derived, but may be easily
guessed from the manner in which the noun is uttered and the circum-
stances of the speaker. Such are :■ —
(a) Phrases expressive of wish, salutation, and the like ; as
C iW Uj«*. may thy nose be cut off! iXJ Cj perdition to thee! i.e.
cjkaJI aJJI JUfJ! or ws^JI ; '^v-'J *^*b W»y«> scil. C-.JI or C-siiLo,
thou art come to, or hast found, a roomy {convenient) place, and
- * " * *
friendly people, and a smooth (comfortable) place; <iAj L»y-©, i.e.
^b w«*.j-> UUC* o~JI, £^om ar£ co?w<? to a place where there is plenty
of room for thee (to a comfortable place) ; phrases equivalent to
welcome! ^y—^j aJUl ^JU L»^ may God give thee plenty of room
D and ease!*
(ft) Phrases in which an individual is called upon to guard
himself, or a part of his person, against some one or some tiling
(jjJka*Jj|) ; or in which one or more individuals are urged to do
something or attack some object (*h^1). In the former case, the
* [On the phrase Kltj* L^-i* comp. § 44, c, rem. h, footnote.]
§35] The Verb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) The Accus. 75
speaker may mention (1) either the person who is to be on his guard, A
or (2) the person or thing he is to guard against, repeating the word
or not, at pleasure ; or lastly, (3) both together, connecting them by
the conjunction 3. In the latter case, he mentions only the object to
be attacked, repeating the word or not, as he pleases. Examples :
«i)bt, or Jbt ^)UI, take care! i.e. jJ^».l jJM thee I warn; *iU».j thy
foot! scil. ,3 take care of; ȣLjIj thy head! scil. *-J, fowo7 aside;
+ * i 0* * *i 000 * * i-Q* . 0*0
jui^t, or jurf^l ju/^t, £^# /«/>» / M^ lion ! scil. jj^*.1 beware of, guard B
against ; jij^JI jtjiaJ! ^ wall! the wall! ^y~d\ ic^' ^ child!
the child! Jij/JaJl J>JpaJt ^ road! the road! scil. J**, clear;
ju»^tj Jbl /wwaT ^ fowl / scil. ju^l jJ^-tj jJ^-l JL>1 ; SI^U^JIj i)L»t
^guard thyself against enmity; oUj^.»Jlj ^)0l foep cfew 0/' innova-
* • * * 0 * 0 Z * + £
tions or neiv-fangled ideas; tj^» ,J*aj <Jlj «^Wi> or, less correctly,
IJ*^» J.«»j ,jl i)b1, beware of doing so and so (where 0'> followed by C
the imperfect subjunctive, is put instead of the accusative cf a noun
_ „ Co , 1 ,. ^0^ o£^ '2
[§ 23, rem. c]) ; Jj«»J' IJv J*~--> Ob ^W] ^^ care /w£ to meddle
with this sort of contention; -buUJIj ^LjIj thy head and the wall!
scil. JsuUJt jJ^-'j jX-»Ij ^J ; \Ju~J\j JL»lj jU Mazin, thy head
' O Z & ' 0 »B* + * i.* is, i J ^0*» i J +0*
and the sword! scil. ou-JI j«x»-1j »iLJj ,3 OJ^ W> JJ^' j»**J'
the foe! the foe! scil. IjJui. sm^, attack; ,£)Ui.t ,iM».t, or ,i)b*.t
O' - ' 0 0*s, _ 0*0
<*JI jjL-A-^lj, fo always kind to your brother, scil. j>j&, cleave to; D
<ilJl£« A^p #owr j!>fo<;e / scil. >»pl ; <^-Lb iljl£ rfo a*' ?/om ftfo «0&^
0-0 * J - - .. * * Or Z 1
your camels, scil. Jj»*1, #o; j*. io-Ii *^ g^^i Jib everything but
* j * * * 0 ->' s* 0^ Z J
reviling a freeborn man ! scil. j*- io-JLw s-Siy *^j s,^ »J^ Cot ;
, , *i , *•* , 03 01 *' '
^«lc\ before thee! Je'j^ behind thee! scil. ^psul look; ^)jiJ& thy
excuse! scil. j^*>, or va^l, produce; &Jj**- thy story! scil. OlA
grj'w here, tell.
76 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 35
A Rem. a. If a noun in the accusative be uttered only once, the verb
may be added ; but if the accusative be repeated, or if there be two
accusatives connected by j, the verb is never expressed. — Vulgarly,
jw*i)l ^)UI is used instead of jui^l^ «^L;I, and the like.
Rem. b. It is only the second personal pronoun which is com-
monly thus used. Examples of the first and third persons are rare ;
e.g. j-uJIj ^Gl keep me from evil! scil. j»uJt *Jj jJJ\ ^js- ^-^a^J
_-. vt * * sb £ Ota J j J * £ * 0 * 0 £ • • £
■d lk^') w-Jj^t ^=>J>-*-\ Jj^aj jjbj ^Q' preserve me from seeing any
of you throw at (or shoot at) a hare ! scil. oJ>*. SjjfeUL© \j& ty**-j
wM^Jjl bl^ «bU w^ew a man reaches sixty, let him avoid the young
women (where observe the irregular use of Gl with a substantive).
(y) Various phrases, of which the following may serve as examples.
,*t* , , , * b*
\j We may say to a hunter, jJLi\ ^Xt *S$£}\-the dogs at the antelopes!
o o£ ## ^ * 0 6*
scil. J— 'j' fe£ /oo«? ; or of a person who is aiming at a target, ^Us^l
aJJIj £A<? target, by God ! scil. v-^^-- ^ w*7/ /«'£/ or if we hear people
shouting at the first appearance of the new moon, <*-Ulj J*%^\ the new
moon, by God! scil. tjj-«3->1 #A^y Aaw seg»; or to one who tells us a
dream, j~> Uj tj*»- wAa£ & (700c? and cheering, scil. wolj ^o« hast
seen or dreamed; or to a man who has done something mean,
D *iL^j IjJb J.^1 «// #A& om£ 0/* stinginess 1 scil* C-Jjii Aas£ £&>« c?o«e ?
[>»&•• •**-' ^5**^ <& <3*^*" V^-°'> scil. S}* preserve your mother from
being divorced, for if any of you sings a song (it will assuredly happen).
'Ag. ii. 52, 1. 8. D. G.]
(8) Phrases in which a pronoun — generally of the first, rarely of
the second person — is followed by the noun, to which it refers, in the
accusative, without any verb intervening. The object of this construc-
tion — named by the Arab grammarians ^Lol*.*})! the specification or
particularisation (of the pronoun) — is to show that this accusative is
§35] TlieVerb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) The Acctis. 77
the noun which the pronoun represents and to which the statement A
made refers. It is to be explained by an ellipsis of ^ys-\ I mean, or
uo±.\ I specify. Examples : JJu v^« ^a*— »' »->**' O-*^ we Arabs —
lit. we, (I mean) the Arabs, — are the most liberal among the generous ;
S«3j«*M ^s. Uj Z5[k n) »UJbusJt ^a^J we, the miserably poor, have not
the ability to be generous as becomes men ; £->jy> *$ sWi" j-£l*« \y»^j
we, the band of prophets, have no heirs {among men) ; ot.tX> L^j^j Uj B
j - - -a e e * , » , 2
w>L-aJI by us, Temlm, the mist is swept away ; jȣ jju-o ^j lit
w *» j^i we, the Benu Minkar, are a people of high worth ; jj ^i\
j~x*o yA U« Sj\jj j»j\* ^i*> Ut seest thou not that Zurdra, the father of
- > - * » -
Ma'bed, is one of us, the Benu Ddrim? (ju** in rhyme for ju*«) ;
* ' * - - .- t j 0>a j j Of
^j^* *$ O*--8^' ^ff*5' ye> (I mean) the believers, grieve not ye;
* 0 *0*O 3 2 , * *i -9 /^ ^ / / / 0 j
J-fioUl >»yj aJJI «ib in Thee — God — we hope for bounty ; <xXi\ dJ[s*.~~> C
* . *to*° • o £ w J * 0 *
^*Ji»Jt (I assert) Thy absolute glory — the great God; [JaI CU (jloJLw
~JI Salman is one of us, the kinsfolk of the Prophet]..
Rem. a. This kind of ^Lal^.1 is only a species of the w«-ai
j*+*j*3\} ^oZZMj voJJI^ ^-J^3I L5^ or accusative of praise, blame,
* ' 0*0 it J d ^ e-*
reproach, and pity ; e.g. jl*^»JI aJU Jl^aJI praise belongs to God,
0 J.V ^ 3C J. J & J*>
f/t« praiseworthy; >lil^i\ Jjkl <*JU ^UL»JI kingdom belongs to God, J)
\ t m ' * 0*0 *" d * j it* Q*&*
{the Being) entitled to kingdom ; w-k&Jt iJU^. aJt^otj and his tcife,
* * 0*0 * *0fO 50* si
the (miserable) carrier of firewood ; w-...a»JI JU-U3I juj 1*^^' Zeid
. ** r'sdrt * d die ids*
came to me, the base ivicked toretch; u~j[J\ ^.JC^Jt <u Oj»-e
/ passed by him, the poor wretch; in aU of which examples the
word j^-ict, / mean, may be supplied.
-■ ' *' , , ,
Rem. 6. In such phrases as L£JI there it is for you ! iCju ^JLfc
there's my hand for you ! LoJau i)Li A<?re ^Ae?i ts a poem for you !
78 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 36
M ^JUk take the sword ! [to a woman] the accusative is used,
* 0* * *
because .iLJI and JiJlA (Vol. i. § 368, rem. d) are in point of sense
o j * o 3 * o* * o 3 o j
equivalent to Jui. take (Ia»x». or »iJLJI UJci., ^_£ju ,>»»). Similarly,
£ 0^ * 0 * * * 0 * * * 0 * 0 * * ^ 3 3**3
in the phrases ljuj '•^M^i '«KJ ^J^c, t juj «iijj^, wise iTeitZ / a&ji,
3 3 3*3 f -• J c - 0 t
dj^&jj, toA;e Aim/ the accusative does not depend upon Jui.0 ^1
(£/t«£ £/tow shouldst seize), to be supplied after the preposition, but
a j o ^o
upon an imperative, such as Jta» or j»ji\, implied in the preposition
B itself. The literal meaning is : seize Zeid, who is in front of, beside
* die * * Zi *
or close by you. So also in the phrases Ju^SJI ^J^-h** come quickly
to the terld (a sort of hash or stew), where the interjection is
f 0 3 ^J/ /O/
equivalent to Uy— » « O-jl ; \joj jlo gently with Zeid! treat Zeid
3 0 oi t 0 * * 0 * 6**0*
gently ! = aX^c\ \ I juj <aXj, or, with the genitive, juj aXj let alone
3 0 3 03 3 0* * 0 * * 0 * 3
Zeid, say nothing of Zeid=<&j3\ or ac> ; and Ijuj J^Jjj or
0- ^0^.» JO OP JO Of ^ 0 .>
juj J*-jjj; ^-ea£ Zeid gently / = 0}jj\ or dJL^t. In the case of aXj
* 0 * 3 **
and jujj with the accusative, the fetha is a *Uj or indeclinable
* Of
C ending (as in ^jj\ where?); whereas with the genitive, it is the
0 0* o 0 *
termination of the construct accusative of aX> - ^)jj leaving, letting
0 0*3 03
alone, and J*£3j, the diminutive of ^jj, slow and gentle motion,
* * 0* * * 0 * 3 * * 0 *
gentleness. We may also say .*) j^J, jjju^j, softly ! gently ! i)j*-o
Z Q * tOsssOsJ t * * 0 s ) * J ^ 0 * J
Ijuj, ljuj ^J>i3j, gently with Zeid! ^j£>j^jj, ^yl&^jj,
3 3*0*3 *
i^y+&J>i3ji etc., gently with me ! the agent (jJ, etc.) being in the
* * * 0 * * - 0 * 3
genitive; [^ojljjdb \.9y* ^J^ijj drive thou the old camels gently,
D Faikxi. 139].
a # a s
36. The adverb oi £>*#%» certainly, and the conjunction o'
Ma£, as likewise the particles compounded with these two words,
such as v>£), or 0&3> but, yet, o^ «$ (/> «s though, and O^ because
(see Vol. i. § 362, m, 00, and § 367, g), take a following substantive or
pronoun (which, according to our idiom, ought to be in the nominative,
as the subject of a nominal or verbal proposition) in the accusative,
§ 36] The Verb.—S. Government of the Verb.— (a.) The Accus. 79
because the force of the verb to see (\£\j) is embodied in these A
particles*. This takes place both when the subject immediately
follows j^jl, etc., and when it is separated from them by a portion of
the predicate of jjt, etc., consisting of an adverb of time or place, or a
preposition with its complement. In the former case the affirmative
particle J may be prefixed to the predicate of Q\ ; in the latter, to its
subject. If, however, the predicate be negative, or consist of a verb in
the perfect, not preceded by j3, the particle J ought not to be B
prefixed to it. Examples : jjj3 %^> J^» ^jJU aJUl <jt God is mighty
over all (lit. see God, He is mighty over all) ; jb^jJ ^ 5jtjia*J1 ,jl
youth does not last; ^*t*-j jj**3 <*JJ' Oi G°d is forgiving, merciful;
6
^ykjlx) ^j+±A^\ y^yc Uu^i jj^j a«// a part of the believers were averse;
Oyr**i j^?j^ \jP ^ov*i «^-»*) % thy life, they were bewildered in
their intoxication ; {Jj^\ VI **JJI ** ,j' O^H*^^-^ do ^ feg£(/^ C
^a£ ^;-e «/v? other gods with the (true) God? Jj^a ^JJI w^JJb ,jt
^*5a .£*""' *" ^ r«^'«« *&»* *» ft^fote ££/«' (£&?r<? /«Vs) « murdered
w«»/ jLajN)! ^j^ S^jJ ^Jj ^y ,j| jn this there is an example (or
learning) to those possessed of insight; U.*5)LaJ «i~-£Jt lyjt .iUJS ^j ^t
tj.^L.^U in putting thee to death, old man, there is a benefit to the
Muslims; [w-^yk it ^Jks. j*\ ^ ^LHj jUi^l ^>* ;*3 *J ^yli D
*+iy? / was w*YA «ww^ w^» o/" £fo !4w.s«r, M?Ai&£ ^ people were in
great distress, when lo I had a light slumber] ; J^JU ^ UCU £>l ^^.
**Ai ^ U^» ^-y ^ is narrated that one of the kings of India had
a wife; SsUJ sz3h>\ ^1 ^J A^r J^J^ J15 ^j £,1 ^jl^jT ^yj
and in the hadlt — or collection of traditions— (ice read) that a man
* Compare en and ecce in Latin, as en eum, ecce eum or eccum.
80 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 36
A said, 0 apostle of God ! my mother has died suddenly ; a*Jjt ^ O^9
t*m' 2 * j •> - o ' *&& *
'j-Sj as i/" in his ears (were) hardness of hearing ; ^ji ^£=>$£=> \^j\£s
as if it were a glittering star ; jy i^a^i\^ jy ^JjjJI ,j^) IJJbj a??e?
(A# did) this because knowledge is a light and the ablution {before
•prayer) is a light ; ^yyAiu *n) ^>*iiU«JI (J>^3 ^ ^ie hypocrites do not
understand*.
Rem. a. These particles, along with those mentioned in rem.y^
n . ' ' ' ' * ' fi . •
d are named by the grammarians IjJI^».Uj ^1 'inna and its sisters,
or jJjiaJU Ay-^oJI ojj^fcJI the particles which resemble the verb in
„ a a** * o * j j
having a certain verbal meaning and force, 1^*5 JjwJI ■ <** ^5*V
C^j^oJj wUb)Ju~>bj C*y~*j Oj^l ,J^ ^JjiaJI ^^ W>1*"« O*^
C-N^a-jJj. The word governed by them is called their J9~»\ or noun,
<i ' *
and the predicate is called their j+±. or predicate.
a m
C Rem. b. If the predicate is placed between jjl or ^jl and its
noun, the logical accent lies upon the noun ; whereas, if the
predicate stands after the noun, it receives the logical accent
itself. For example, -iJL».lo £aa ,j1 means your friend is ivith
you ; but Jlx-o »£JL».lo ^t your friend is with you.
Rem. c. A second subject after q\, <jt, and ij£i, may be put
in the nominative, if the common predicate has been already
expressed; as \j£jj u-^W- '**ij 0'» or J**i3> verily Zeid is sitting,
D «^ -#*&• (i-e. c^W- J-^J or ^J^> j*^3) > l^J W- ' J^j O' *£*•*»
t^ujj, or j£*>3, I know that Zeid is sitting, and Bisr ; \j+£ ^>*J
ijjti.* JiJlLu-6, or Jjli._j, but 'Amr is going away, and Halid;
* [In the phrase juj i-J ^oA^**. jt j>^\ ^-». O-* Oi one of the best
intentioned of the people, or the very best of them, is Zeid, we must not
write 1 juj because (jl is to be supplied after ^1, 'Ayanl. xviii. 77. D. G.J
§ 36] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 81
jlyisl S^Ljj oUpCoJ!^ ^o^ 5>^'j As'^JLsfcJI ,jt verily tlie cahfate A
aw</ the office of prophet are in them (in their tribe), and noble deeds
and chiefs of spotless character.
* 3 Si £ S £ -» 5 i #
Rem. d. "When U is appended to ,jl, ^jt, tj^> anc^ C>^> xt
hinders their regimen, or, to speak more correctly, their governing
power does not extend beyond itself (5il£)l I© the hindering ma),
and hence their noun is put in the nominative ; as ^i bjJI L>)t
A<t...,:Jl verily usury is in the delay (of payment) ; cA5jua)1 LjJt "
sj/jUJU <A« obligatory alms are only for the poor (LoJt is usually
restrictive, see § 185, and Vol. i. § 362, n) ; L^JI .Jl i**-yi U-"|
jk^tj dJI^XyJI if w on?y revealed to me that your God is one God ;
iUJ^oJ&i^l^^iCJt^ol l^JI I^Jlclj «?icf Amojo <A«< your wealth and
your children are a temptation ; l*^isu«o Ooj*£)l Ja^ UoJl^ %s if
flames of sulphur were its face ; l\^i ^JWvP' 0*4 «*^*U^ UJl& as if C
his turban were a standard among men. The same influence is
exercised by the jjUJI ^^o-o or 3.«aiJl j-^-o (Vol. i. § 367, </) ;
as 4Jbt3 aJJI i«t «ut verily the handmaiden of God is departing;
<ub" UjL> ^o 4Jt verily, lolwever comes to us, tee ivill go to him;
aJUI Ul dJI verily I am God.
Rem. <?. If the lightened (oUa*.*) forms ,jl, ,jt, ,J^, and
^jXJ, be used, their government is likewise hindered, and their D
noun is put in the nominative. — £j\ is in this case always followed
by ^J [\rol. i. § 361, c, c], as JiXkA^J juj ^j\ verily Zeid is going
away ; ,jt^.LJ ^jljuk ,jt verily these two are sorcerers ; ^J^ (jl^
Qjj^"* « ^JjJ .*.e^ UeJ rt?if/ verily all, gathered together (SjuJ-e L*
** 0 i
ju^UJJ), sliall be brought before Us. — As. to ^t, the grammarians
assume an ellipse of the ^jtiJI ^*-e-o, as J>^K:-g juj ^jl C— o-^t
I know that Zeid is going away, i.e. a3I or <ul : ^JULfc ^jl \y^Xe. j3
w. II. 11
82 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 36
0 y ui J
A ^JjCUjj L<AaH l>* J^ they know that every one who is barefooted
it b * *
and shod, will die (alike). We find .also such examples as JJJI ^Ji
jJ3\ji ,,«£)L> gU.jJI ^e^j ,,3 if thou hadst asked me to part from
thee in the day of affluence, for ^Xj\ ; £-iy> ^-~*$ T"**-) ^W (they
know) that thou art autumnal showers and a plenteous rain, for
JUU; and even^JUct ^L>j ^o^^i^J UJ y£> oi_S aw« verify *«?/
Lord will repay every one (according to) their works (oj^jja La
o * a £j j vt •> o i- * o t '
B J-JxiJJ), where others read *$£=> (jlj. — Examples of ^J£s : C^^=>
2 j j * 0 - 0 i '
^jlia. oLjju as if its breasts were two round ivory caskets; O^
^oJLJI Jijlj ,J| ^.laaj *--is ^e a gazelle which stretches (her head) to
the leafy selem-lree ; where others read a*j ju <J^, and i*J3 (J»,
o £ *b s o £ *
or (regarding ,jt as redundant) A**ii O^ ^n the genitive. —
0 1 J * ' ' 0 *0*9 * J Z> *o I
Examples of sj£i : ,j»~« J*iLo ^5 jt>^J\ ^»JUsJI ,j£J but the
nrrong -doers are this day in manifest error ; j^j&S >£ O^7* "'1P^ O^
d J d
C vov*** ^ </iose o/* them viho are firmly rooted in knowledge.
Rem. /. The words C~J, utinam, would that — / and ^s. or
JjJ, perhaps, are construed in the same way as jjl, etc.; as
O- i.Vi*.g.M *x*-> lV^J ^^* ^^ ^ 0 that there were behveen thee ana
me the distance of east from west ! ^jjhyUt a1Sj£- l~-J C*J *$\ would
<Aa< <//e midwives had drowned Kais ! w~>ji isLJI ^)jJ ^j>j Uj
and what lets thee know (whether) perchance the hour (of the resur-
D rection) is near ? If U be added (see rem. d), the government of
J»c or JjO is hindered, as ^Jl». OJI l<A«3 perchance thou unit
behave with calmness (or moderation) ; but the noun of l^lJ may be
x ,0, ,t 0 ' 'm
put either in the nominative or in the accusative, as LoJiJ ^)l CJ15
U vbCsLjI IJJb s/te s«iJ, 0 would that these doves were ours !
CzAslj JLjli Hoi U C-sJ Ij 0 would thai our mother took her
departure/ — These words seom, as has been already remarked in
§ 37] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— {a) The Accus. 83
Vol. i. § 364, rem. b, to be verbs ; and if so, they govern the A
accusative by their own force and not by that of an omitted or
implied verb*. JjJ, however, sometimes [especially in the dialect
of 'Okeil] takes a genitive ; as w«J/S «£U*e jl^JLoJI ^*>\ J*) perhaps
o * *■ o * * o j f a * *t & & *s
'Abu 'l-Jligwar may be near thee ; %i^-i UJLc ^XLai aJUI Jlx)
perhaps God may liave given you some superiority over us.
£ 'v*
Rem. g. With the suffixes of the 1st person we say ■<-»], Uil,
w* £ ££££■* £ \ *§ **
or i-Jt, Ul, and so with ^1, ^jl£» and £yQ ; but |i«) is more
usual than i<-Jji), whilst conversely .jiJ is very rare. The corre- B
a
sponding Hebrew particle to ^j\, viz. niJH) also governs the
accusative, as appears from the forms *J3H and *J3i"l> ecce rue.
Rem. A. Some of the Arabs put the predicate of these words,
* £ * * * : - : i. £ £ *
as well as their noun, in the accusative ; e.g. \iyZJ I3t <uol i^^
ti^a>^ LoJL5 ^1 iolS /its ears, when he looks out eagerly, are like a
quill or a pointed reed-pen; IjlwI CwIja. ^j\ verily our guards are
lions; \xm.\jj ,**^dl j»\j\ C~J Lj 0 would that the days of youth C
£ *s* *
could return ! jJbl i***^ W 0 would that I were tliou !
37. If the conjunction j connects two nouns in such a way that
the second is subordinate to, and not coordinate with, the first, it
governs the second in the accusative ; as J^lsJbj juj ,*£■* Zeid
went ahng the road; J-jJIj ^--jI cJj Lo I did not cease going along
the Nile ; jr=>£\£sjZ>$ jr=>y>\ \$a-*c*\s decide then upon your affair with D
your companions; [i»£»Jtj 2UJI ^jyi->\ water and wood are equal];
^Jblj CoUc U what hast thou done, together with thy father!
* [wsJ seems to be changed from woj = o»jIj Hence it can be
construed with two objective complements in the accusative (like the
JJW 1 «• tit S r itr , if
wj^XiJI JUst) e.g. l*5U> ljuj C~J 0 might Zeid rise! prop, utinam
videas Zeidum surgentem.]
84 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 37
A aU^ O^w I went together with him*; 'j^jj ^Jtw U, or tjuj.5 <£JJ U,
what hast thou to do with Zeidl *x»»J J^»- ^jJjJIj *£U U w/*a£ /*«s£
£Aow to do with loitering about Negdl (»iUa3 or <±LJl£>) «iL-~»-
Q - 0 £ 0 - - - J © - ,
^o^j^ '**<jj <* dirham is enough for thee together with Zeid; <iU-~».j
^x^-o v-iw 2)U»-tfJtj a sword of good steel is enough for thee with
- »
(when thou meetest) ad-Dahhdk ; ;»-a»Jlj <^Xj^ do as thou pleasest
(§ 35, b, /?) about the pilgrimage (=^o*J! *^ dJJli <iUAc) ; <su«ajj \%j*>\
0---J0- ^ _
B let a man alone (= <x«Ju a.* *£,>). This j is called by the grammarians,
- m Ci - 0x> J -
like the j that governs the subjunctive (§ 15, e), S***JI jlj oi
ji^aJI jlj ^e tow of simultaneousness, and *u».La*JI jlj the ivaw
of association or concomitance t.
[Rem. a. The ^ is called jajjltt jlj iAe w«w o/ adherence, if the
J----- 0- li J
two nouns belong necessarily together, as <sUoJ$ ?,w ,J^ eac/i
J Z s * - 0 w J
C ^/mty has its i>rice ; a*A>j ^L-Jl jj^s every man has his own care.]
J - - J J 0 -0-
Rem. b. This accusative is termed a**© J[$juLoJI or £/ie object in
connection with which something is done. It occurs, though but
rarely, in Hebrew, as Esther, ch. iv. 16, p &!)XN TTlW) ^X"D3
/ too, with my maidens, will fast so.
* [From this o\j\^ the modern preposition b^ or L>^ toi^/i has been
formed (comp. Lane, p. 135 c). Spitta, Grammatik, § 83, p. 166,
D adduces this as an evident proof against Sprenger, who considered the
whole theory of the aIa^JI jtj as false (Alte Geogr. p. 280). D. G.]
f Quite correctly too, for the subjunctive of the verb corresponds
both in signification and in form to the accusative of the noun. The
one shows that a person or thing depends upon an act, the other that
one act depends upon, or is affected or governed by, another act. [It
is perhaps superfluous to remark that the use of j with the accusative
is not limited by the conditions given for the use of j with the
subjunctive.]
§ 38] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 85
38. The person or thing called, ^UoJt, is generally preceded by A
one or other of the 5tjuJI oj^»., or SljUcJI ^J^j*., interjections. The
principal of these are: 1, ■ *, b, U1, La, ^$1, \^\ ; LjI (fern. V*jI),
to which b may also be prefixed ; and 1j.
(«) Of the first seven of these particles the most common are
t, b, and bt. They require after them a noun not defined by the
article, which is put sometimes in the nominative, sometimes in the
accusative.
(a) The nominative — in the singular always without the tenwiu — B
is used when the particular person or thing called is directly addressed
by the speaker, and no explanatory term of any description is appended
to it ; as j^s»^c b 0 Muhammad (nom. jcoA~e) ; jb^ct 0 'Am mar
(nom. jU>c) ; jj+c b 0 'Amr (nom. jj+e-, Vol. i. § 8, rem. b); i^JSo b
0 Talha; aj>~- b 0 Sibaweih ; ip iub b 0 Taabbata Sarran ;
i^Lli b 0 Fatima; >L*Zj b 0 Zeineb ; ,^£13, b 0 Rates; ^JJo b
0 w«/i o/ ^ fr-^e o/ Dabba (£»-©) ; J»».j b 0 ffo« tw«« ; jlw b
0 sir; &+£■ b 0 eye; ^U-»t U *bjU- b what is thy name, girl? C
O^t-j W &> #»« *wo men; Jb*g b /fo #om men; Ox** b. ^ prophets;
1 Jub b , o JUb b , s*N)yb b , 3/0M tffortf /
(/3) The accusative is used : (1) when the person or thing called
is indefinite! and not directly addressed by the speaker; as when a
blind man says {JJ^i «>»■ SLL> ^ some man, take my hand, or
iS^i {£***■ *oW- b #>/ra<? woman, take my hand; or a preacher, D
J J JO + J 0 +0*0* 5 + *
aJJ*j 0>*Jlj "5bU b 0 £/fo« */W «>•£ heedless, whilst Death is seeking
thee; or a poet, d-J* Sjbj ^^ -^U-lj U 0 traveller that wishest to
* [I is used in calling one who is near, T in calling to one who is
distant.]
t [Noldeke writes in a note on Delectus, p. 67, 1. 15: "Ego quidem
in talibus nomen indefinitum esse nego."]
86 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 38
A visit Taiha (el-Medina) ; oV^ O-0 i^Utju bU*s £*«oj* b»l L£>tj bt
L3*}U ^) jjt 0 rw&r, {/* £Aow fallest in with (tliem), tell my comrades of
Negrdn that there is no meeting (for us). (2) When it is directly
addressed by the speaker, but has an explanatory term appended to it,
namely, either a genitive, or an objective complement, or a preposition
with its complement, or a determinative or limiting term ; as *x*c b
<i-Ul 0 'Abdu-'llah; ^A^.^1 j>-*w b 0 lord of t/ie wild beasts;
Jt> ^..^rwH bl b 0 father of the little fortress (an epithet of the fox);
^+a*\*e b 0 ye two companions of mine; i^£)b ^jjJiyo ^> 0 ye two
kindlers of my fire; J*5l/~'t ^> b 0 children of Israel; LjI^».II
0 brethren of ours ; %<&• bJll> b 0 thou that art ascending a hill;
j*». y}J=s ^laa^ b 0 thou that art gtjted with every good thing;
iLxlb \sLsj b 0 thou that art kind towards men; j>£j »>* Ij**. b
C 0 thou that art better than Zeid; *v»-j b~. ». b 0 tftou that art
33*3 130''
Iiandsome in face; a^^e. b^j-su> b 0 thou whose slave has been
beaten.
The simple %\j>j, when the accusative is used, is merely an
exclamation, addressed to no one in particular ; but when the noini-
native is used, it is a real address, wAJ***. to a definite individual.
In the compound jjlju no such distinction is made, and even in a real
address the accusative is used, as being the case that depends on a
D verb, and to which, therefore, other nominal and verbal dependencies
can be more readily attached ; in contradistinction to the nominative,
which is independent and closes the construction. The reason of the
omission of the tenwin in the nominative singular seems to lie in the
energy with which the word is uttered, whereby its termination is
shortened, as in the imperative and jussive of the verb (see also
rem. b).
Hem. a. When no interjection is expressed, the same rules
apply as above; e.g. oW^ ° 'J (ban; J«j*)\ I* U Lord of the
§ 38] The Verb.— 2. Government of the Verb.— (a.) The Accits. 87
Throne; JLJL>. 0 »iy <?oo friends: U-JLil w>L».l beloved of our A
souls! LwA.t 0 friends of ours I tjjk ^>c c^j^' "—*-'>? Joseph, turn
away from this {leave it alone, take no further notice of it) ;
JwJ r**~e\ become morning, 0 night ; ^y^j.,0 j^i\ ransom thyself,
0 throttled one ; w~~». ^£5* J*y* i^j^^ b^Icju*. may your noses be
cut off, ye tivo poets who belang to an honourable people ! With
pronouns this omission is very rare ; as * l^fijl S> tliou there, refrain
- ^ 3 ' ' ' * ' »' - 1 y !>
(from folly), for 13 b; ja\j&$ ic^J IJ>> ^XXl^i through the like of B
£A«e, thon (man) there, (comes) heartache and torment (or ruin) ;
. • 1 - 1 ai * 1 j a * ~s I \ a joi S J
Ju\ jJ^JJju t^)«J8^ol^j thereafter ye, ye men there, tvere slaying
3 j * ay a * a* 3 3 .
your own selves; w^j O-* ^»*v' ^y+i *$ O-* ® Thou that diest
not, have mercy upon him who is dying.
Rem. b. The suffix of the first person singular, ^_, is generally
shortened in the vocative into kesra, _ (see above, at the end of
the section); as w>j b 0 my lord; ,-jjt w>j my Lord, show me; Q
ij— «-» b 0 my soxd ; ^.jLfi b, or ,>Lc b, 0 ?»?/ servants; s*5JLfc.l //*y
friends ! .-Uj b 0 my efear son. This remark does not, of course,
apply to words ending in ^_ or _, from radicals tert. _j et i< ; as
^LJ b, from ^13 « youth, ,*-il3 b, from ^15 a judge. Other
forms are admissible, besides ^_ and _; as, from j^c a slave,
' •' ' -a* * ,a* , ,o- , a, a, ,
^J*£ b, Ijl»c b or (^juc b, juc b. and in pause <ojuc b, D
a *'a, * ii , o
oljufi b (compare no. c, rem. d). E.g. ja\ ^1 0 so?i of my mother,
Kor'an vii. 149, ^& ^b 0 son of my uncle, ^j U 0 my dear son,
for ^^1, ^c, ^;j ; ^c Jj^^ Wj W 0 my ZotyZ, forgive me ; wUj U
<" . --* -- j * * z* *
L5*^*'-5 ^5"*^ ^ ^ ^ daughter of my uncle, do not scold, but go
& * *+ at * a 3 » * a i - -
<o s/ee/?/ Jai j^cl w-»^> Ja objjs b 0 my uncle, wast thou ever blind
0/ one eye ? The words w>l father and ^ol mother admit of the
-£ ^ ' Si .
peculiar forms c-j! b and c— el b (also pronounced with fetha.
88 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 38
A wot, 0**t), which become in pause <ul b and a*ol b. We likewise
meet with «UjI b and »L*I b.
Rem. c. On the principle alluded to at the end of the section,
as well as in rem. b, several classes of substantives admit of being
shortened in the vocative by the rejection of one or more of their
final letters. This abbreviation is called by the grammarians
i IS/
js*±-j3\ the softening of the voice (compare Vol. i. § 283). Namely :
(1) All substantives, whether proper or common, masculine or
• + b * * j * $ s * * +i J * * i
B feminine, that end in <L_; as w>jj b for Aj^i b, ^jU*.l for AjjUa.1,
/ IJ / t * \ 1 * * 0 sli ) s 0 fii S O 1 (
i^5*-e b for aj^slc b (names of men);^^^©!! for i^-woll, i**--! for
ib-o-J, .-o b for «u* b (names of women) ; JiUI, for SJjUt, 0 thou
(woman) that reproachest (me); Jfb ^J> f°r **^ M.> ^ she-camel;
■ s^ol Iw b (or i****)\) keep to the house, 0 sheep! for Slw b.
(2) Simple proper names, not ending in £_, that contain at least
• j ' * *i j *i *i J si
C four letters; as jba for ^U b, jc\c-\ for j-oUl, JUI for «iUUl,
bw b for >bw b (name of a woman). If the word consists of more
than four letters, and the penult is servile and quiescent, it
/(J - ^ 0 ^ - J » .- *
disappears along with the last letter, as^Ic b, jy-o b, ,jaU b,
o , ,s* * },oi i , o .- j > » , j a j^o^
*£JL~« b, Qtf*» b, for ^>b>ic, OlSLJ"*' Jj-*3^6; L>£^"*****> >**^ 5 but
in other cases it must be retained, as Ua..« b, ,,=»►-<> b, ^5 b,
^Cji b, ^Jj^ b, for jUsto-*, jk*a^o, j>^5, Oo^) and c£*>*> though
D some admit the forms pjS b and ,jjX b. Words not ending in *L_
may also be inflected without regard to the portion di'opped ; as
jb*. b, uuut. b, ^<J b, instead of jb*., Oi*»., and ^j (for «£>jb>.,
Jui»., and ij-oj) ; and the same thing is admissible when the
termination 5_ is not of the fern, gender, as^JL-^o b, instead of
^JL^*, for «L»JL^o (a man's name). Proper names compounded with
a genitive (as u»^it Jut), or forming a complete proposition (as
J J 0 * ss * vJ * + Sit*
a.^, ** JLj, tji iuU) do not admit of any abbreviation, though we
occasionally find such examples as JsuU b, dropping \jl»\ but if
§ 38] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 89
> - « 5 x i
they belong to the class called ,«*fc>-» w-%^« (Vol. i. § 264), they are A
a x x x
shortened by the rejection of the second word, as ^juuo b, w-*~> b,
x x ax a, x
for o^3 i^jjl*, duyxr*. (3) To these may be added some rarer
cases, as »-L© b 0 companion, for w*^b©, as ^Jp ^ ^£ *,lo
Oj^JI j^»'i friend, gird tip thy dress, and cease not to be mindful
x x j xx x x x a a e
of death ; and lj^, for jjtj^£», in the proverb jy» Jlj-k' crouch
down quietly, 0 bustard (or partridge) ; as well as the words
JJ b (for o^i) and J^jb b = J*L; b. [Comp. Vol. i. § 353* 2.] B
These last are inflected as follows : —
Plur.
Dual.
Sing.
' J J *
O^i ^
J* k
M.
O^i b
O^ii b
(Ji, 5Vi) iii b
F.
Or* W
U^* W
J X X
M.
0 x Jx x
obyjk b)
a x x ^
(4*jL* b)
Sxx X 0XX X
(»L* b, A-& b)
Obb b
^Ui* b
JOx X Jxx X
CUA b, 4^A b
F.
a j ^ x x
(»yU b)
0 xxx x
^-- i b)
(a£* b)
Rem. d. "We have said above that the noun which immediately
follows these interjections does not admit the article. One excep-
jA x xix, X
tion is the name of God, dJUI. from which we may say aJUt b or,
j m £ x
irregularly retaining the heraza, <*JUt b*. Another is produced by
x I
the insertion of the pronoun 13 or tjjb between the interjection and
the vocative; as J*yJI l-Wk b, JU»pl ^yb b, instead of J**.j b, J)
* The more usual form, however, is ^yJUl, without any interjection
i J A xJ x
prefixed, though we find occasionally in verse ^o^JJt b. The origin of
the termination v0_ is uncertain. [This^o^JUl is used as a corroborative
interjection in the expressions *^l ^ti\ unless indeed or unless possibly
a x x Sjm*
(§ 186, a, rem. d), and ^ai ^yJ^' y^5 indeed or yea verily (Lane,
p. 83, c).]
w. ii. 12
90 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 38
/J * / >!>*>
A JW-j V. , Aa^-jw yJ^U-.> Ua^^oM \$ \j 0 thou there, who terrifiest us
# it J / ft O/O ,"'_..-
wiiA iAe murder of thy chief. But cases like Sjui ju^l b 0 (mow
who art like) the lion in strength; .yAS ^■©•P ^^1 b. «iXX».l ^>-o
0 i 0
because of thee (for «£U».t &-«), 0 thou who hast enslaved my heart ;
and Iji jjlJJUl jjU*}l*)t U3 and 0 ye two slaves, who have fled ;
are very rare.
Rem. e. If a vocative, expressed by the nominative, be simply
j / /O/
repeated, or another word be substituted for it (JjkJI, see § 139,
B rem. b, 2), or it be connected with another vocative by a conjunction
/S/o j o /
(JUuM oUa.&, see § 139, rem. b, 3), the ordinary rules are followed;
JO/ Jt/ / _ m J 0 x J J / /
as juj juj b (9 ^ei'oJ, Zeid; juj »J*».; b 0 tfAow maw tfAere — Zeid ;
JO// JO// JO// JJ//
jy-o*j juj b 0 Zeid and lAmr ; J^jj 0*rj b 0 thou man and
Jt/ OP )»/ / il /O /0/ JO- /
Zeid; jj-o^ jt juj b 0 Zeid or 'Amr; but <*JUI juc juj b 0 ^eic? —
■IO /!// Jt/ /
(/ mean) lAbdu 'lldh; <JJI jujjj juj b 0 Zeia7 and lAbdu 'lldh.
j j o /•«/
If, however, the connected word ((3j.»>*.»H) has the article, both the
i / 0/0/ j o / /
Q nominative and accusative are admissible; as »i>jUJtj ^j-o-t b, or
/ / 0/0/ J / J 0/0/ J 0/ / / / JO/O/
^jjlaJlj, 0 '.4mr awe? U-Hdrit ; j»*^Jti\^ juj b, or>^*Mj> 0 Zeid
J Ob5 /O/ J// m|£ J / / / OS /O/
awcZ the slave ; j+Sa)\$ ajcc .«jjI tjb». b, or ^kJlj, 0 mountains,
repeat ye (the praises of God) with him, and ye birds. — Should a
vocative be repeated in such a way that the repetition is necessarily
put in the accusative by a following genitive, then the accusative
may be used in the first instance as well as the nominative. For
o£ 0*o /t/ Jt / / / 0 / /
example, ^j^t jutw jul-» b, or jjut b, 0 Sa'd, Sa'd of (the tribe
HI//0/JO// / 0/ /
D of) el-Aus ; ^J^vP^^ffP ^i, or jhz* ^i, 0 Teim, Teim of (the tribe
JW /> / / O/O/O / 0 / J 0 / /
of) fAdi; JjJJt w/iboJuJI juj ju>j b 0 Zeid, Zeid of the high-bred
camels of slender make. The grammarians explain the accusative
by saying either that the second accusative is ^^.^ arbitrarily
inserted, or that the genitive has been dropped in the first instance.
o £ O/o / o / /
In the one case the original construction is ys»j*$\ J*** b; in the
o i o/o / o / o £ O/o / o / /
other, ^y^l J*-* cr»jj^' J^**" W-
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Rem. f. If a vocative, expressed by the nominative, be con- A
nected with another substantive by a j^r*yi\ oUa£ (see § 139,
,,S-o 3 0 ,
rem. a) or a ,jLJt uike (see § 139, rem. b, 3), the appositive may
j , ,
be put either in the nominative or the accusative ; as ^**J b
,1,6% , * e £ # x & 2* * 3 * * *
j^jj'or ', or ^«0it- ', 0 (£W6e o/") Temim, all of you ; j^«-J' .>{■>. o b,
or j«*J1, 0 Muhammad the propliet ; juj (J"»-j b, or '»*ij» 0 ^^*
54^ *■ I x S#- *» 3,3, * •
wan 2/tere, ^id; juj IjJk b, or tjuj, id.; jJL> jo*$£ b, or tj-£o,
f , f » , , 0 £ i , Oi ,
0 slave, Bisr ; [LsU*. UJl*. Ji^^.1 i*i\j£-\ b 0 tliou foolish, churlish, B
rough boor, Tab. ii. 1312, 1. 2 s#?.]; unless it has a genitive after it,
0 3 £ 3 3 , ,
when it must be in the accusative; as ^q£)L£p ^p^eJ b 0 (^riie q/")
T'ez/M/zi, o/£ of you ; aJJI ^J^ ^-Jby-il b 0 Abraham, tlie friend of
, --«* * ^«/ - ~*S, ,i 3 0, t
God; ^L^aJt Ii juj b 0 ^eic?, skilled in wiles ; t^j^ b*1 ju>jl
£ , 0>a 3 0, ,
0 Zeid, brother of Warka ; i*£»t ^i\ juj b 0 Zeid, my brotrter's
, *1, , ,0^ 3 0 ,
son; L+£ 2jj\ jUA b 0 Hind, our uncle's daughter. — If the word
9 0
£y>\ stands between the names of son and father, it loses its C
prosthetic t (Vol. i. § 21, b), and the name of the person addressed
may be put either in the nominative or the accusative [though the
0 , , 0 3 0 , , , 0, ,
latter is generally preferred]; as _<»>»fr ,J-» Juj b, or juj b, 0 Zeid,
, , 0 ,Zt 3 * 3 , * 3
son of (Amr ; juAJ ^j 5^6 j^ bj^ Murra, 0 Hurra, Murra son of
, 0, , 0 3*3 , , 0 ,0-e 0, ,
Tetid ; ^^LJ ^jj j^s- b j^.^M jc^-jj and tlwu buUdest up glory,
, , 0 , 0, it to 3 , , , 0* ,
0 'Omar son of Leila ; [^o^e\s- ^jj ^^3 aJUI jo%* ^LJLc God's peace
— . 3 0,
upon thee, 0 Kais ibn lAsim, Hamdsa 367 with the var. j^"***]* D
6 ,0 , , ,'-to 3 0 ,
The same construction holds with ajj\ ; as ^o^U; <LjI juA b, or
, 0 , # _
jUA b, 0 Hind, daughter of'Asim.
Rem. g. An adjective in connection with a vocative, expressed
by the nominative, may likewise be put either in the nominative
3 ,0*> 3 0*, , ,0-0
or the accusative ; as JilxJI juj b, or JibJI, 0 Zeid the intelligent ;
JiUJ) IJjk b, or JiUOl, 0 thou there, the intelligent : ^jj£)\ jjij b
iOM3 , ,0* _ ,,,3030,,,
*r**9'> ox j9tj&\. 0 Zeid, wliose father is noble; i*bo ^jj n*^ 1*9
92 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 38
0 J J M/
A Ijl^aJt j^c b y*ku ,s>a.b ^jocw ^yi\^ not Ka'b 'ibn Mama nor
'Ibn Su'dd was more bountiful than thou, 0 'Omar the bountiful ;
\\$$^\ JU»l9 b 0 thou unrighteous man, the apostate, *E1-Mubarrad,
p. 573, 1. 1].
Rem. h. The interjection b is sometimes prefixed to an impera-
tive, as tjjia.,..»l b *$\ 0, prostrate yourselves ; jb b iy«J-»l b ^1
j^bJI ^jke ,-« 0 be thou safe, 0 Jiouse of Maiya, despite (all) wear
, B , , ,* , / / t</ /!
B and tear, or during wear and tear ; J la. .;,..» Sjlc ^3 ,Jla»*«ob *})l
0 bring me a morning-draught before the attack on Siugdl ; jJla. bt
^AJb come forth to war, Abu Halid ; to the optative C~J (see § 36,
rem. f), as jjj>*w C*J b 0 would that I knew; C«*& lc***J b
^^jv© 0 would that I had been ivith them; and to a nominal or
0 ' OfJ / ill < J/J/ .
verbal proposition, as jujj ^^J b 0, vwe to Zeid ; aJIM iu*J b
j la. ^o ^) I**-* ,-Ae y^ote.JLaJI^ ^0-j.X^ ^oI^S'nJIj 0, i/ie curse of God
C awe? of all the peoples and of the just be upon Sim'dn as a neighbour ;
^jUjaJI j-ja- ,J.$ b 0, little is the good of the women. In these cases
some grammarians assume an ellipse of the jC>U« or person called,
as jujJ ^^J j>$* b , whilst others regard b merely as a <w-0' u»^a»
or particle used to excite attention*.
(6) lyj' and l-rd' b (or Ljjb) require after them a noun, singular,
dual or plural, defined by the article, and in the nominative case ; as
} H m> ,2ii 1 sbio ,2ii - jte,0*> ,&& lib, a* ,i!ti
D ^Ul lyj! 0 people; £X*)\ l^jl b 0 king; S\j^i\ L^orSf^Jt l^jt,
0 woman; ^^a-UI lyi;! b 0 soul ; j*Jt)\ lyijt 0 caravan ; v>i^' ^) ^
* [The ellipse of the ^jU* is evident in such phrases as .«jb b
ij^l^ 0 £//,om, whom I would ransom with my father and my mother ;
0, - 0 , , , , 0 , , J , , 0 JO** J il -
^r^Ju >ik~)jj b ibAc ^j\jCU>.»M <*JJI / pray God to help me against thee,
0 thou whom I tvould ransom with my life, 'Agdui xviii. 185, lines 22,
23. D. G.]
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!yUT 0 #<? artfo believe; ^j^yS\ '*£ [for I^jI] 0 believers. The demon- A
strati ve 1i is also admissible; as J-3» lj £l C thou there, come forward!
dJjS j^yt *».Ul IJljjI *$\ O thou there, whose soul passion (or grief)
is killing; jl^jT ^IjCLiT t* L^t ^1 0 £&>« ftere, >/'fo Darkest at
(revilest) the Benu 's-Sid.
Rem. Ljt is occasionally used u^Lflu».'}U, /or specification (see
§ 35, 6, 8), by a speaker to call attention to himself or himself and B
his companions ; as J*-jJI ^->' IJ^> J**^ ^' Ut rt-s/o/- ?»€ / will do
so and so, 0 man (meaning himself): AjLoxJI \^J\ U jkt\ ^\)\
0 God, forgive us, 0 band (me and my companions) ; IjJJl Uila^>
a5^L3I and so we remained behind, 0 three (we three). In this case
.it . .
lyjl must be preceded by a clause containing the pronoun to whfon
it refers, and b is never prefixed to it.
(c) t^, which is used to express sorrow or pain, and is hence C
called SjjuJI o>»., ^ particle of lamentation, follows the same rules
as L| ; e.g. >x»a~» lj a&ts Muhammad I <*JJ! jl*£ lj «/</x 'Abdu- llah !
Generally, however, the termination \L , in pause «t.l , is added, which
usually effaces the final vowels ; as tjuj t^. or *tjuj l_j. (das Z^id!
b^£» ^J>*« '> dUUkfrJt jut tj. If a genitive follows, this termina-
tion is annexed to it, and not to the governing word ; as j~»t \$
» s i J t* % ... . . . * *
«Uu*j*JI alas for the commander of the faithful ! Similarly with (j->l D
son, *|/*JjJ' \J-> ij***- ^ alas for 'Amr the son ofez-Zubeir! But as
to an adjective, there is a doubt, some admitting oU^XJt juj tj alas
for the noble Zeid, and others not.
Rem. a. \j can be prefixed only to a proper name or a definite
word*; we cannot say »^)^-j tj or aljuk lj. Xor can it precede
* [That is, not having a vague signification, for tjub is definite in
the grammatical sense. The rule refers, of course, only to the cases
94 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 39
. Zi* 0 * 0**0**6 **'<>''*
A ^JJI ; though it may be prefixed to ^c} as oUf*ej jZj ji*. ^>* bj
alas for him who dug the well of Zemzem !
Rem. 6. b may also be used ajjuU, as «lj-o* jy-o* b *>)l 0 '.4wm*,
'.4 mr!
Rem. c. Words ending in the elif maksura (^1) usually reject
that termination before adding al_, as dbvj*o bj, from (<-'3-« Moses,
6 ' ' ' '
though oLwj-» bj is admissible. See Vol. i. § 368, rem. 6.
Rem. d. The suffix pronoun of the 1st pers. sing, may either
B be retained or rejected ; as bjue bj, or Ijlȣ bj, 0 my servant !
\t\ly*.\ b 0 brethren /] «\j^ bj 0 my back ! U-»l bj, Uud b or
* *{. * * * * * s* b * * * * b * * ** 0 * * * 6* * **!>**
• Ju>l b, bf»> Ij, Uf»»»> bj, Uj-«». b or jJ5j-«fc b, ijAy^ W> Lf^£3 t>
0 my grief! — The suffixes of the 2nd pers. sing. fern, and the 3rd
pers. sing. masc. retain their vowels in a lengthened form, to
prevent confusion : obCe^bi bj, alas for thy slave, is masc, the fern,
being &£**%£ bj ; whereas t\*?$Jz bj is fern., the masc. being
6 3,*}' 3 ' '
dy^^i- bj Compare certain forms of ^jA b under a, rem. c, 3.
3 '
C Rem. e. In verse the form «!_ is occasionally used, even out of
3 " ' •■ a ' * 3 * s b * *
pause; as oLa b 0 thou there; \jJlc- jb^a^J aL»y-o b 0 welcome is
the ass of 'Afrd.
39. (a) When the negative *9 is immediately followed by an in-
definite object, of which it absolutely denies the existence, it governs
that object in the accusative ; and as the whole weight of the sentence
falls upon the negative particle, the substantive is abbreviated, when
possible, by the omission of the tenwin. If there be a predicate ex-
D pressed, it must be likewise indefinite, but in the nominative case.
For example: jljtJI ^y* J-^-j ^ there is no man in the house;
where bj and b are used to wail for the loss of a person, not to the
,* , , , , ,t , ,t, , , , ,
exclamations bj*. bj oh my spoliation ! (U~d b) U~>bj or Ic-J^tj oh my
grief! Wa-fc i>* <md alas my wonder (Lane sub ,<^). Oomp. however
rem. d. D. G.]
§39] The Verb.— %. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Acciis. 95
j . «- * , i
aJUI ^1 <JI "9 Afore *> no god but God; <ui w-o ^ w>U-£Jt dUj *£& A
6oo^, there is no doubt regarding it; ^>\3 sJ**j *$ there is no man
standing ; «iLu j+m. «*».! ^ fM*e is wo owe better than thou ; Oty^l *$
there are not two Gods ; La JU-j *9 ^>'£ we wo men here : V^0J— . « ^
* * tie , , , , *
S-ijJc»JI ^5 f^ere are wo Muslims in the city ; «iU ^j-oli ^ there are
wo helpers for thee ; Ujuc o'^JL— o ^) there are no Muslim women in
our possession ; w~*JJ olJJ ^J fAere are no pleasures for grey hairs;
ly) Ol5j *j) ^^1 6LoJI w^lj> ffo aquatic animals ichich have no lungs ; B
[iuj ij*o ju ^ or <UU*^ *9 ^'e/v is wo avoiding it (Vol. i. § 364, /*);
»•»% J*^ ^5*-*J' .J-***^ O' iLf* *^3 ^w is wo wondering that the
young man should follow the example of his father]. But if the nega-
tive be separated from its object, it is put in the nominative ; as
,Jo-j jljJt ^ ^ there is no man in the house ; J^* ly*i *$ in it (viz.
the wine of Paradise) there is no injurious force.
Rem. a. The rule regarding the retention of the terminations C
^j and ij in the dual and plural may seem to be contradicted by
such examples as^^JUaJb »iJU ^ju "^ Moit ca/w< rto no wrong (lit.
Mow Aas< wo< two hands for wrong) ; LJ .yOt ^ */*« /<«s no ears ;
*3 ^j+^ *$ v*f& a shirt without sleeves ; jXi jJ>-©0 ^ thou hast no
helpers; but in these cases the grammarians say that the preposition
J is AiLo*$J Ijl^&jJ i^aJU, arbitrarily inserted to strengthen the
annexation, and that the preceding noun is really in the construct D
state. In the same way too they explain the phrases iU bl *^,
tlum hast no father, and <J U.1 *), he has no brother, which are
generally used instead of i)L»t *9 and till *). [But compare
Vol. i. § 315, footnote.] The form w>l is, however, also used before
J, as ol^-r ^ vl «n) ^OLv-n)! ^1 el-' Islam is my father, I have no
father but it; and if any transposition takes place, the ^ of the
96 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 39
■ <■ s I
A dual and plural must of course be restored, as jjlju IjJb ..i ill *})
i/iow hast nothing to do with this matter.
Rem. b. The plur. fem. in Ol_ may, it is said, take feth
instead of kesr, as lijuc Ol^JL.^ *$.
Rem. c. The interrogative I may be prefixed to *^, either to
ask a simple question or to convey a reproach, more rarely to
* b * * * o** *£
express a wish ; as ^.^JLJ jlJkol *$\ has Selmct no patience ?
jjs • o 2* o s #*• 6*a •£
B <****+£> <Z-$3 Ch*i £l3*j' *^' ^as one no self-restraint, whose youth is
13 1 J 0 ' ' 0 J Z' ' » J 'i
on the wane ? a£-^o~j cUaZ~~« ,Jj j-o-t ^)l is there no life, the return
of which is possible, after it has passed away ? (would that a life,
which has once passed away, could possibly return !)
(b) If a genitive be attached to the substantive after *), the
j f * - j -
accusative must of course be used in its construct form, as J*j»> j»*$£ *$
j-el». there is no slave of any man present ; s^e*-}* <$^*° v***^-* *^
C no true friend can be found. But if the substantive be followed by
an explanatory term of the nature of an objective complement, a
preposition with its complement, or a determinative or limiting term,
0 - t ' ' * .' *
the tenwin is retained (compare § 38, a, /?, 2) ; as jJtMo *}L». U)li> *n)
,- *
a *> i * - i - -
there is no one ascending a hill visible ; cH>JsJ' ^» ^^* M3!; *$ there
is no one riding a horse on the road; Ujuc juj ^* |^*». *$ there is
no better (man) than Zeid in our opinion; Ujuc j+a-i libO *$ there
D is no one who speaks good with us ; j»$aJ*c aA»s U«~». *$ no one whose
0 ) , S ■* i l 0 # r *
deeds are good is blame-worthy ; ^£»jUe Olf*-^ Ua$l». M there is no
one among you who knows the Kor'an by heart.
Rem. Nomina agentis, however, when they take their objective
complement by means of the preposition J (§ 31), constantly reject
the tenwin; as ^)i,jj ,jl^ yb ^)l a) wi£l£» *5&i>-aJ aUI ^ ■*■> O'
0 -
*) >U *&* J****! if (*°d touch thee with trouble, there is none to
§ 39] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 97
remove it but He, and if He seek thee icith good, t/tere is none to keep A
back His bounty ; aJUl Ol*Jb3 ^Jju** *$ ncae can change the words
of God.
(c) If an adjective be immediately annexed to an accusative after
*9, it may either take the same form without the tenwin, or it may
retain the tenwin, or, lastly, it may be put in the nominative with the
tenwin ; as ly-a \Jujio J*.j *$. or Uu^J3 J«».j *j), or \Jujie> J**.j •$,
there is no witty man in it (the house). But if the adjective be B
separated in any way from the substantive, the first of these three
*'' ' ■> ' *
constructions is no longer admissible ; as uL>ji> ly-i J^.j ^, or UjjJ»,
there is no witty man in it, but not sJujii.
(d) If another substantive be connected with the accusative by
the conjunction y the particle *9 may be repeated or not. (a) If *$ be
repeated, the first substantive may be put in the accusative without
the tenwin, and the second either in the accusative, with or without
the tenwin, or in the nominative ; as aJJb *$\ (3y>, 3^3) Sy *^j J^». *$ Q
there is no power and no strength save in God : or the first substantive
may be put in the nominative, and the second either in the accusative
without the tenwin or in the nominative ; as *j)l (3_$3) Sy> ^ J^». *n)
aJUb. (/?) If ^ be not repeated, the first substantive is put in the
accusative without the tenwin, and the second either in the nomi-
native or in the accusative with the tenwin; as (»l^«lj) St^olj J^j NJ
jtjJI ^ tffore is neither man nor woman in the house. Examples: D
*^ *$3 J*&fi w*— J ^ M*r» ?s no kinship today and no friendship ;
i( // / > ^ > i si *
w>1 ^ ,*Mi O^9 Oi ^ >*' *^ Wfty ^ ^rtlv ;w mother, if this be so,
and no father ; djj\^ o'l/** \J~* ^b v' ^ £for« £s no father and
no son like Marwdn and his son ; *^j O-s*" *$3 ^-!^* ^n^^ *$3 3*^ *$3
j j -
y0*U ly-i «h<2 ffore is no idle talk in it (in Paradise), and no accusing
(one another) of sin, and no dmth, and in it there is none to reproach ;
w. ii. 13
98 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 40
A icliw *s)j iX». *s)j <sui «.*j *n) >o^j a day in which there slmll be no
bartering, nor friendship, nor intercession ; [^tb *i)j jov^*- *-*}*• s*
tj^jja*-! on them shall come no fear, neither shall they be grieved
(Kor'an ii. 36, where a var. reading is *J>».). K S.]
Rem. a. The particle ^), when used as above, is called by the
grammarians u..;aJI A*ilJ *}), or u..;a.JI ,JUJ *$, the la that denies
-d £Ae whole genus, [and djj*J3l ^ gAe la that denies absolutely]. The
substantive in the accusative is called *$ ^o-J, £Ae noun of la,
and the predicate *n) **»■, ^Ae predicate of la. The predicate may
be omitted, when it has already been sufficiently indicated ; as
when one asks ik}**j jijjs. ^Jjb is there a man in thy house ? and
- J ' - 0 J * 0 0 *
you reply ,J^-j *}) tfAere is no one (scil. j^jUc) ; or jj^j jj>^ j^A
^U> is there any one standing up ? and you say ^J^-j *^j wo one (scil.
0 "'
C vff^*)- The omission of the noun, on the contrary, is very rare; as
»ss *i.
JLXt *$, for «iJLlc ^b *^, iAere is no fear for thee or no harm will
befall thee.
Rem. b. The noun of *9 should, according to the grammarians,
be always indefinite (3j£j). Apparent examples to the contrary, as
lyj jj>*-». bl *^5 a*-***; » disputed case, and no 'Abu Hasan for it (to
decide it), are explained to mean £ymm- iri^i i*-o~-"° *})> and no one
D named 'Abu Hasan, or ^— m. ..J I J£o *^j, and no one like 'Abu
Hasan ; ^jJa^JJ aJLJUt ^oJLa *^ ^Aere is no Haitam tonight for the
beasts that carry us ; y}LJL> <i~o\ *^ there is no 'Umeiya in the land.
An adjective added to any of these names would be indefinite, as
LJ UU^ ^j—**- W' *^J ari^ w0 compassionate 'Abu Hasan to decide it.
40. Having thus treated of the accusative as the objective
complement, we now proceed to speak of it as the adverbial com-
plement in a stricter sense (see § 22, b). This depends —
§41] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 99
A. On the idea of being or existence, when expressed (a) by the A
substantive verb 0^> or (/*) Dv other verbs, the signification of which
includes that of O^9- The general idea of existence is in this case
limited and determined by the accusative.
41. The verb 0^=*> t° oe> io exist, when it supplies the place of
the logical copula, requires the predicate, to which the being or
existence of the subject refers, to be put in the accusative; as
*JU»o *n) <u--eu \jjJLo OHJl O^ 0\ lf tte calamity is decreed (or B
- 2 tO Q * ml * J J J £ ^ * J * *
fated), it will befall him without doubt; *Ji5UaJU ^>->*Jjt$ *^-'j >* O^
he and his brother were teachers in et-Taif; ^UM ^e. %\j^> t>>>£3
Iju^ j£*te- JyjN 0&3 that Ve may ue witnesses against mankind,
i ^ a * *
and (that) the Apostle may be a ivitness in regard to you ; ^>& 0**3
Loji gLJ Ujji <*J ^IJatMtJl awd whoever hath Satan as his companion,
a 6a<# companion is he ! j^ \j*±- &i \ytyj O^ and >f they repent, q
y * jij/ * o + a** «• a s* o *' jtj/ a
it will be well for them ; *jli <u£> *$ ^\^ xAc iaX»J &Xi <ju£> ,jt
aJUS ,_i .iAJ ^*^, (/* /£ 6e he, thou wilt not be able to overcome him ; and
if it be not he, there is no good to thee in killing him ; SjU*.^. \y>$&
t * ai * j a *■ *• * *a»e a* * * a * a*
t jujk». jl be ye stones or iron ; &>^$ 1^5**^ <t«y> ^ ^L» ^0^3 J «M
S~—i »ii-JLt obi by liberality and mildness a man becomes a chief among
a 1 a - i j * -
his people, and thy becoming so is easy for thee ; ^juj ^t> J^ U5
,*)l*.t U5l^ iiliJI and not every one who shows a cheerful face is thy J)
brother. But if O^9 nas on^Y a subject connected with it, to which
the idea of existence inherent in the verb is attributed, that subject is
put, like every other, in the nominative ; as 03~4 ** 0^3 J^-^* O^9
ilu there was (or lived) a merchant, and he had (lit. there were to him)
three sons (t/^13 O^ would mean he was a merchant) ; <*J O^ O-**
j-JSfb JU but he who has (lit. to whom there is) much property;
100 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 41
A (>j^ ji*^JI wAoh} «s fated will come to pass. In the former case,
the substantive verb is called by the grammarians 2-a3UI «J^*> the
incomplete or defective, relative kana, because it requires an attribute
to complete the sense ; in the latter, i^UJI o^> the complete, absolute
kana, because it contains the attribute in itself and does not require
any other.
Rem. a. The subject is called O^ ^o— ''> ^te noun of kana,
B and the predicate O^3 >*** ^ie predicate of kana. The natural
* t"i • • ' ' '
sequence of the three is verb, subject, predicate, as \+j\.i jjij O^3 >
but we may also say juj lojl* (J^», as j+aj l**^ ^*»- O'^J
^j-U^^oJt cm<i i£ zvas Our duty (it behoved Us) to succour the
believers ; jkA.1 <*J IJa£» *iJLj ^^ and there is none equal unto Him ;
OB * , * t r*
and even juj O^ U^U>, especially in interrogative and alternative
sentences, as !j-J»i jl O^ W»* *— a*-a)i >»/^t honour a guest, whether
he be rich or poor [^ 6, a]. This inversion is, however, in some
C cases impossible ; for example, my brother was my companion must
be expressed by ,*£**) i<»-' O^3) because ,<»»l 15***) O^ would
naturally mean my companion was my brother. [If subject and
predicate are both definite, it is allowed, in case of inversion, to
put the latter in the nominative, the former in the accusative,
converting thereby the logical subject into the gi'arumatical pre-
dicate, the logical predicate into the grammatical subject, as
tjuj j)^.\ \j\& for juj ^JUi.1 vJ^s. Poets allow themselves to
D do the same in other cases, as >iJL»-^.Uaj — ij*iLUt ^ Uj for
«iL^U -aH&r JA> Uj (Tab. i. 755, 1. 2). D. G.]
Rem. 6. O^ luay sometimes be omitted, especially in alter-
St * 0 *» £ b *■ 0 * * J -- i3 s
native conditional clauses; as \jJZ* ^\ $ t^*. ^\ ^gjl^J o>j~> £/i<m
wilt be recompensed either with good or with evil (i.e. \j^» Q\
what is spoken is spoken, be it t?'ue or false ; e^_^Jt ,«i iiJl^oJI aLjuo
§42] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— <a) The Accus. 101
\jj£, ^\* \j~±. ^1 jj^ ^° ^^ *'* meaning is l to do one s utmost A
in a thing,' be it w/uU it may, whetlier . good or bad ; *$$£> jJ ^>«o
* *'• - '
ly5"5Ut jJli yVaz/i <Ae time they were pregnant, till their young were
following them (i.e. *^yi JjU-JI OJl^ ^<jJ l>*) ; ^ aj'ju 1*5"**^'
IjUa. 6rt/^ me a beast {to ride), even if it be an ass [§ 4, rem. 6].
^ ^ o * Z , > , *
Rem. c. O^ *3 rarely merely redundant ; as ^Jo ^»\ ..-o 5!^-/
w»^*JI rt.<^...»M O^ L5^ L5'*'-**^ ^ heroes of the Benii AM Bekr B
ride upon branded Arab steeds ; ^jSj***.} J* 2* j'**^ *-*JJ* '^' u»«Q
j*\j£s \y>\£s U) and Juno when thou passest by the dwelling of a
tribe and of noble neighbours of ours ? j&^Ia O^ ^*^yi ^3 atu^
their like was not found*.
Rem. d. The verb \j\^, iEthiop. ji^. kona, does not occur in
Hebrew in the sense of to be, exist, happen, though it is so used in
Syriac (rare) and Phoenician. The construction of the iEthiopic C
verb is the same as that of the Arabic ; in the other Semitic
languages, which have lost the final flexional vowels, the case of
the predicate cannot be observed, but doubtless it was the accu-
sative.— In Hebrew the radical V\2 retains its original signification
of to stand (compare Fr. etre, older form estre, and Span, estar, from
Lat. stare), and the place of \j'£s is supplied by PVH or rflH
T T T T '
Aram. fcO!l} I0*71* to fall ({£}*), happen, be (compare *5j, to fall,
happen, Lat. accidit, Eng. it fell out), of which the predicate must D
also be looked upon as in the accusative.
42. The same construction appertains to certain verbs, called by
* * * * * t
the grammarians o^9 ^l***', the sisters of kdna, which add some
circumstantial or modifying idea to the simple one of existence. This
may be : (a) the idea of duration or continuity, as in^j»b to continue,
* [Different from this is the use of ^L£» after participles, infinitives
and other nomina verbalia, in the sense of he (it) was or was formerly.
See many examples in the Gloss. Geogr. and the Gloss, to Tabarl. D. G.]
102 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 42
A to last, construed in the perfect with the «u^jjJI U (see § 7, and
Vol. i. § 367, p), ^u to remain, to last ; Jlj, fjl, ^i, JXiil, to cease,
construed, in the perfect or imperfect, with a negative particle ; (b) the
idea of change or conversion, as in £*o, iU, £t*j, and ^jo\, to turn out,
to become; (c) the idea of time, as in JJ» to be or do during the whole
day, 0*j during the whole night, ji~»\ at daybreak, \ji- or f+*e\ in the
morning, ..^.ol in the forenoon, p-\j or {*~~o\ in the evening, all of
B which verbs are often used as simple synonyms of 0^> without any
regard to the secondary idea of time ; or, (d) the idea of negation, by
which that of existence itself is absolutely denied, as in ^^J not to be.
Examples : j>^3 *^><>JI j^=>>^i *3IJJ a*asUc C-«b U J^tXi *-**)* *3
there is no pleasure in life, as long as its joys are troubled by tlie
recollection of death and old age ; j>\* U ^UJl ^yt> ^L«aj juu *jj
JULt UU w*-iJUI do not count thyself among men, as long as anger
C has the mastery over t/iee ; <i*-JI U~a»^ ddi\ Jlj-j *$ may God never
cease being beneficent to you ; O^oJI j£>\} JP *j) never cease bearing
death in mind ; ,j+i£=>\£- «uXc »-j-J ^ t^JlS they said, we will not
cease standing by it (worshipping it) ; \»j±- O-*^' j'-« the clay became
pottery ; *U j~aj j^-^Ij ljl*»^» j~o± eUJ' jJ>j O^J «^ he thought
that the water became vapour, and tlie vapour became water; iXjli
j) aSLifi ljuft CfjJti 0%jjw j£ and thou hast been sold, and hast become a
slave in Mekka ; bUj »*j li3~°3 ^t^-Jl& ^1 ly^!>\ Uj tw«« w Ms
nought but the lamp and its light, which becomes ashes ; cj*2/ >l^~> ^a\
U>l«o the blackness of his hair became whiteness; Uj«>-o £»-j-> U j^K*Jt
an enemy never becomes a friend ; \*y~* ^^-3 <J^ n's face became
black; UL5j \j**~> ^j) 0>^ O-^'j an^ those who pass tlie night
prostrating themselves unto their Lord and standing up (in prayer) ;
1
§42] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 103
i^ij^s zj*. ^jJU Ijj^ and they icent out in the morning with settled A
» J 0 x 0 c
purpose; bhj».l *JJ' ^-o*^ ^a-*-«' through the grace of God ye are
become brethren ; l^l»U-o ly-ii ^5—0^ O1 ^^^e^ ^<>M wishest to become
a laicyer skilled in disputation ; 0%-J ^o^-Jt ^Jl ^5**' O-*^ Is!**-* ^
U<^« ■•*«?/ ??#£ #0 #w« refo graws yew ^« salutation, Thou art not a
believer ; Jy^-3^^ $y \^-t^ one icho knows and one who doe* not
A*«o?r ar« wo^ o« an equality ; ^X*».t *il5tj c*-J yjl iU-»l U aJJI ^^-aS i>
6W hath decreed, O'Asmd, that I should not cease to love thee.
Rem. a. To the above verbs may be added .J5I, t\a*, and jjt5*:
as l^wo-.i Ob ,-jt A«>.j .Jlc oyUli and throw it on my father's face,
(and) he shall become seeing (recover his sight, explained by %».jj
l^s-cu) ; UXfc ■» *UJt (or i*2l) fUfc. <Ae building became strong ovjirm;
<i * » - -H - a " " i "* ' 3 " * ' ' ' si- j
Ajj*- lyjl^ OjotS i<^ AJ^ii c_iAjl 7i« sharpened his knife till it
became like a javelin (i.e. 4jj^ J-^*)- — Of these verbs three, viz. C
, s* , * - ' *'_**
y-J, /-^ and jjlj, are always <LoiU ; the others may be either
«Lo5U or <L«D (see § 41, at the end).
Rem. b. The verbs Jlj, p-^jJ. ,V^, and ^iJu\, must always be
accompanied by a negative, expressed (as in the above examples
W XJ 0 '
with «-^j and Jlj) or implied, as aJUI j**a*-> ^Ay* aJJIvoI^I U 9-jjbj
1jl.a.« UUaCX* a?i«? / s^a^ not cease, as long as God preserves my
tribe, through God's grace to wear a girdle and ride a noble steed D
(pjjl for ~.jj\ *), and lju.a>^ in rhyme for ljua««) ; aJJIj ly) C-JLii
\js-\.i ?-j*\ and I said to her, By God, I will not cease sitting still.
[Comp. § 162, rem.]
Rem. c. The verb *X».j, to be found, be extant, exist, is often
* - J s * i
reckoned one of the ,J^ »^ '.$»•'> Dut erroneously ; for it is either =
* [jjv»- may be added to these verbs ; see the Gloss, to Tbn
'al-Faqlh. D. G.]
104 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 42
1 ul uJ -C
A i«lJI ^lib, and has no predicate, or it is the passive of J*?.^. which
governs two accusatives, and therefore naturally retains the second
w "* 1 1 0 '0^ £0 0 ^ ^ 0 1*1*
object (,yUM jJ^jiA^JI) ; as \bj*o *._w lyi« J^-yi *$ not one of them
*9 r, *
is found pure (in a pure state), where \£j+o is a ^Jl^ or circum-
stantial accusative, or we (Fr. on, Germ, man) do not find one of
them pure, where Is^-o is the second object [§ 25].
- - a * **ti * i
Rem. d. The negative particles I© and *^, when j^~Jb ^Ly-JLo
assimilated to leisa, or used ^^-J ^Jt^j in the signification of leisa,
B are also construed with the accusative of the predicate, provided
(1) that the predicate is placed after the subject, (2) that the
exceptive particle ^1 is not interposed between them, (3) that the
e *
corroborative particle ^j\ is not added to U, and (4) that the
subject and predicate of ^ are both undefined ; e.g. Ij-ij IJJb U
* * * oi 1 1 * *
this is not a human being ; Uo*})jt ^> U>« and they are not its
o * z& a i * &***£**
children ; ^^L-al ^jA I© they are not their mothers ; *.-i *$J jju
* *» J w *o * * w $ * * * * Z * Q £■ QtO * *
U5bj aJUI i<-a3 L>* jj3 *$j W*W u°j*$l i<^ take comfort, for there
Q is nothing on earth enduring, and no fortress can protect (one) from
* * 6 * 5 -• * 0 * 1 » * *
what God hath decreed; Jil». j~£ w^La *$ il <2)3j*cu I aided thee
when thou hadst no companion who was not faithless ; but on the
0 0 1 *& 0 * > .£'?.■*'
contrary, ^>»». UJa ^j\ U our habit is not cowardice ; 3u\J±. ^j
* s ■ ^^*
j/ ^ :>>o j j o£ a i *. « ^ * * o * * i io£ o * •
wJ»f^J1 ^o-^' e>*^5 <-*ij-° *^J <^**i >o-^' C>i ^ 2/e Z?en« Gudana,
ye are neither gold nor pure silver, but ye are pottery. The fourth
*£ * 0 ^0*tf * * * 6 2/ /
restriction is violated in such verses as : lit ^) %r*X£)\ *\y* C~l»j
D l^l^o ly*». ^>c *^j l*t^-» Lib and she dwelt in my heart's core,
I desired no other than her and relaxed not my love of her (Gt being
* * 1 *o*» ** z lb* id* 0*o **
definite); U5U JU>JI *)j l>}~Jlo j^o^JI *$>* then neither is praise
won nor does the money remain. — If I* has a second predicate,
connected with the first by an adversative particle, such as J^ or
^j£), then the second must be put in the nominative, as ju>j U
j^ftlS J^ L>515 ZetV? is not standing but sitting, i.e. JlcIS yk J^ ; but
§ 42] The Verb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) TJie Accus. 105
in any other case, the accusative is preferable to the nominative, as A
Ijccli ^3 Lojii juj U or *xcU> *^j. — This government of U and *)
is peculiar to the dialect of el-Higaz, and hence they are called
^bjU^aJI U and <bj U^aJt *$.
Rem. e. The above construction of l« and *nJ is also extended to
O*^) (Vol. i. § 182, rem. b), and to iuildt ,j| or the negative 'in
*i * , ta,ais>a
(see [Vol. i. § 362, k and] § 158); as j&.\ ^Xc U^X— « yk ,jl ta
rules over nobody ; ,*JjLs> *^j JUJU <iAJ3 ,jt £/tis cannot profit thee B
wor km ^ee; «*JLc t^a-rf O^ O-^J <uW*- sL>«*JLt U~o I^JI jjl
' ' * ''.
"^Jkai^i a man is not (to be counted) dead ivhen his life comes to an
end, but when he is wronged, and forsaken (by his friends) ;
^U«o ^>*». O^j but it tvas no time of escape; j»jJ*o icL/ O^)
it icas not an hour for repentance. The government of 0*j) seems
to be restricted to nouns denoting time, and either its subject or
predicate is omitted, usually the former (^Ll-o 0-t-*" ^^ = ^
^ • ^ j a*o * a*
J ^ - s
Rem. y! Instead of the accusative, the O^* Ol^-t may take
after them a verb in the imperfect, following the construction of
i a i j , a .
0^>, § 9, or § 8, e; e.g. ^Jti J^u jtj^JI j>\> U U5U Jt>j *s) 0l£»
Ae Msec? net'CT' to cease sleeping as long as the blacksmith continued
*a* j j a * * ^
working at any xcork ; lyJI j-k-o i**** awl he continued looking at
j - * * * a,o j t^ j * a j j at j a *
them; xslo vi-jjk*Jl jj-^lj djUc jcsil Oj-oj ana7 / sa£ aW'n 6y D
him and conversed with him at great length ; ^*Jbw *^ jLo /<e became
speechless; 1J^ ^J jXaJ jLo he began to reflect upon such and such a
- a
subject; ^j^&u ^JlUai and ye icould be marvelling ; o\^o O^-0^ ^W*
a *
j ju and they were all night hoping for (or longing for) the waters of
^ a% * j .. „ j * .. a if i*a* 2i<°s
Bedr: <sui£3 wJJu ^..:.ol9 and he began wringing his hands ; yJu dJJU
- j j j j *^
»^a~<^j j^^ by God, thou wilt not cease thinking (or speaking) of
a * ) * is * * **)*a-2i*a*
Joseph (rem. b) ; aJjjCj j.1*. <£$\i C>*a Lo %+~3 ^UX5 ^<w ?ot7<
w. ii. U
106 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 42
A never cease, as long as thou lives t, to hear of some one being dead,
until thou art he (until thy own turn comes). [The predicate of
,jl^ and its sisters may also be replaced by a preposition and
the word it governs, or by a circumstantial clause, generally with
_j, as w*5jJb i^Ail U03 c^ jJU in former times I was not to be
frightened by a wolf; <L*£)t jUc <<J-aJ Uj L£s J^J we dared not
to pray near the Kalba ; «sJUi ^>c w*»^J *j) C*3l£> il as Mey were
not prevented from it; l*^c ■ *$ Ijti UI3I JJJsLJ juj^a^JI Uj^ju ^I_j
B vff^' 5*i verily in our hands the steel is eloquent, whilst in other
hands it is dumb.~\
Rem. g. With the construction of the O^ ^ '>»•'> mentioned
in rem. e, we may connect that of the ajjU^JI JUil or wer&s 0/
appropinquation. These are principally of two kinds : such as
indicate the simple proximity of the predicate, and such as imply
a hope of its occurrence. — (1) To the first class belong ^1£», «£iwjt,
and w^- (a) ^^ (lst P- sin§- Perf- ^«^> rarely Oj6), imperf.
C i^J, particip. jul^, was originally construed with the accusative
of the predicate, as LSI 0*x£> Uj ^v* ^ Ooli and so I returned
to (the tribe of) Fahm, but I was very near not returning ; but it
commonly takes the predicate in the imperfect indicative, as
Ul^J! ,^c ULaJ $\£s ,jt verily he was nigh leading us astray from
ojo + a t» ******* t
our gods ; ^y^e tjjj* *r>5^* ?-i£ >^* ** «**^ O-* r*/l!er ^ hearts oj a
part of them had well nigh swerved ; Qjil^j *$ \*t>}3 U-HJ-* O-* "^J
D ^5 (J^^aaj Ae found before them (the two barriers or hills) a
people who could scarcely understand speech; Iji^ L03 \At)tt*.>S*
^j^juu then they sacrificed her (the cow), but they were nearly not
doing it; Lfclj-; j£j ^i oju prj*-' \>\ when he stretches out his
hand, he can hardly see it; rarely the subjunctive with £t, as
nearly not praying the tasr (or afternoon prayer) till (lie sun was
nearly setting ; d^Xc- u<*~*i jjl ^^-aJI 0^l£> m?/ soul was nearly
42] The Verb.— '3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 107
expiring over him (for grief). (/3) ^JLwjl, little used in the perfect, A
a £
generally takes ,jt with the subjunctive, more rarely the imperf.
indie; as Ija^o-jj I^JUj ^j\ by lib J*5 lit lytij*^ w>jj£)l ^Ul J£-< 3J3
cwwZ if men were asked for the {very) diist, wlien it was said ' Give
* j at 9' j *
A<??'e,' £&?# would well nigh be disgiusted and refuse; Uojt i^Lwj-oi
ljl*j U»3*.j i_r--J^)t o^**. )$3U ,jt and our lend is nearly becoming,
after our friend's departure, a desolate wilderness ; ^j-o ji ^y> ^li »j
lyiil^j ajIj* ^oxj j«i dJ^i* ta zp/jo ./Zees yVowi his fate, is likely to B
meet it on some occasion ichen he is off his guard. This verb is
either personal or impersonal, for we may say *,**-> juj ^^yi
at 53 s 1 . j
(as in the third of the above examples), or *,«**-> O' **4j '**~J5i
5 a* - a t j j
(as in the first), or juj «i<»~» O' ^^^A^i (where the real subject of
*« •* . ■*. ' J
^JLw^j is the following clause). The form *2X2jjj is a vulgarism.
(y) «—>/£» (rarely w>J^) *s or^J used in the perfect, and is construed
a t
with the imperf. indie, rarely with ^jt and the subjunctive ; as
j j * j + + a j a *5io * * *
w>jju t>\^- \^a wJLiJI -~>j^ vny heart teas nearly melting away C
"5^^ at r 1 * at a*s* a * *
from grief ; UiaJu ,jt lyiUcI wOj£» jJ>j when their throats (lit.
necks) were nigh being cut to pieces {with drought or thirst). To
j j a j * .. a .»
these may be added such verbs as dibjju tJ^JUb he teas near
* * } * a* 2't
overtaking him; lj^ (J**J ^' A« ioas near doing so and so;
* *t £ * a * a t j j z * • ^ ^ •
iljl, e.g. ^^xiUj ^1 ju^j Ijlj^ 'jw*-^ and they f mind a wall which
.- j* a t j sa*> * *i
was about to fall ; Oj-»j ^jl uauj~0i\ >lj1 tlie sick man is about to
£ y * 1 3 , at J * *l tO Cl ,
die ; ^A, e.g. j>q-w.j ^jl »Jj-JI ^A the lamp was on the point of J)
going out; and the like. — (2) To the second class belong ,«-~£,
* * -si - 1 * * 1 a , * j ,
^jjj*., and jyjJl».t. (a) ^_j-~c (1st p. sing. c«« ...,g, rarely C^..x),
used, we may say, only in the perfect, [and having always the
meaning of the imperfect, mostly in the sense of the indefinite or
definite present (§ 8, a, b)\ was originally construed, like jl^, with
* ** , j a * • ~ a * a j *•
the accusative, as in the half verse 1*51*0 \1— ,- c .-5 1 ijfj^Su ^
108 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 42
A do not {abuse me) so much, for I may become a faster, and in the
t e- at j » ^ jo«» * <■
proverb Iw^jI j->3*M ,«— c perhaps the little cave may become {may
bring) misfortunes, or perhaps U-Goweir (the name of a well) may
become {may bring) misfortunes ; but generally it is construed with
<Jl and the subjunctive, as ^Lo^-jj ,jl ^&j ,««~£ perhaps your
* , o , o £ ,. ., „
Lord may have mercy on you ; [?U«a3 (jl ,j«~c Le w;Aa£ may she
perhaps do ?] ; I^JUJ *$\ JUaJI ^lilc. J...;4> ,jl ^.^.c. Ja may
& ?io< 6e, ■$/" if were ordained you to fight, that ye would not fight ?
1 0
B rarely with the imperf. indie, as aJJI <u ^Jb »-ji .-^c perhaps
God may bring some joy ; ot\jj (J>^ *** Os*~*l ^JJI w>J^' L5****
»--*J/3 Trj-* perhaps some joy may be close behind the sorrow in which
- ' 0 £ St/ //
Mow wow arf. This verb, like ^.wjt, is either personal, juj ^,-x
->°>*rf 0'> as m the above examples, or impersonal, juj >ojaj ,jt ^--x,
o j^ 50' /J/ ;o-- j - o , o J .. ,
as ^XJ j-j». jjAj ILw tj,A^^3 ,jl ^^—c perhaps ye may be averse to a
thing, though it be good for you. Still another construction is
C possible, viz. with a pronominal suffix in the accusative, ^13 «*JL»c
*»*bt*** 5..., g„^
or^o^ij ^t «*JL.c, like Jji) (§ 36, rem. /), just as conversely Jjd
may be followed by the imperf. indie, or the subjunctive with
o£ 4 *^t>£^* &*&,*, »j -,
O'j as '■rtj'* Oj^-* itbJI JjJ ^JjJkj Loj a?«/ ?t>Aa£ lets thee knoiv
7 »/ti * * * i * it* * l *&**
{tvhether) perchance the hour is near? s^Jb ^JU^^j-^uj ,jt aXxi
ioJJjJI perhaps He may aid you against these evil-doers. (/?) l</»-,
rare, with jjl and the subjunctive; as >oyu ,jl juj ^JJ^>- or
'i'j'»f '- '„'a'* . oJ
D ^Ji 03^! O' L5>*"- (y) t^J-^*^ rare, with ^>l and the subjunctive,
*jb*ot ***£>& ^ o^ o ^ c^ o v ^ o * z
asjJk«J ^jl 2l.©-Jt oJUjAri.1 £/ie sky is likely to rain; .jjQ ^' J^V^-I
if is likely he may come. — (3) With these two classes of verbs the
grammarians connect a third, which they call pjj-£JI Jl*»l, or
i* *& ttO 1 ' ft **t ******
ttw^l ^JUil, the verbs of beginning. Such are : Ju^t, ij-9ir-, fj£,
* * ' " - - , , **tt * * £ *e& «s -
JJUa (rarely JUJ» and J*J»), J>JU, ^51, j>\i, UJI, and ^Jb, fo
begin, used, we may say, only in the perfect, and followed by the
imperf. indie; as <*-*^j jJji^ he began to reproach him; UuUb}
§ 44] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 109
iiaJI (3j5 O-* Wys^ ^l^vj «?^ <Aey began to sew togetfier of A
the leaves of Paradise (to cover their nakedness) ; jju ^-s**- JU*
i)/ i,a* J Osy - i J
yju iUc cJUc Ijl yX< ?6"/*«?i / was off my guard for a moment,
the nightingales, dipping in tJieir heads, began to drink of my
cistern; ebu-o Jjk! ^^jo ^aJUl ^—51 OviUj ami I began to divide
, , j J * j * * * 3<o - * at
the meat among the people of San'a ; wJJ» ^ J>$*~Z <LoL»a»Jl O-Lil
* sb.O Ji0 sbiO , *
6UJt the pigeon began to fly about in search of icater ; SI^JI C~eli
■?-y3 the woman began to wail aloud ; ^J^c^Xj C~> she began to J3
reproach me.
43. The adverbial accusative depends —
B. On any verbal idea which determines or limits in any way
the subject, verb, or predicate of a sentence, or the whole sentence.
In this case it supplies the place of a preposition with the genitive,
or of a conjunctive clause, and amply makes up for the want of adverbs
in Arabic.
44. By the adverbial accusative is designated : — C
a. The time in or during which an act takes place ; as o\ji
a*X».j Us^Ij U^j iiJoJI the caliph saw him one day washing his feet ;
«^*}V -*&■ *-*>•£ *-*■:■£> {£j<>j *i) he knows not how he shall die on his
a*a-o £j j ;, „ 3 ,30 sis
dying day ; j»$A\ J^ C~-Lo. or>o^JI ^olju, I walked the whole day,
s a ^j«> £ , j i «. * * , at ai ai o-
or part of the day ; jb^J\ j>\ Uy* ^Jt eU. i^-^l ^\ ^ I did not know
whether he came here yesterday or today ; \*\A ^£^i)t ^joju ^J ^SL* D
he stopped (a few) days in a village ; tj^Jj >M <,u-* ^^ Juu.^1 implore
f * , * a*> , a 3 *
God night and day to protect you from it; ljk£ w>U£)l «iUk*--j he
~ * a } A ~ * ,
will give you the bo<jk tomorrow ; i^s. ^Abt Ijlla-j and they came
/:« a** * a & a * a * a Sfi*
to their father in the evening ; 3Uw^)l jLl»-l ^J CHj^ s}^ reflect
two months upon the choice of a teacher; 0->*->j\ J^\jiA\ 1J* "^ij^
iiw he did not pass the night on a bed for forty years ; J*^ ^ji^oli
110 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 44
0 3 ,
A LiL»-l u**j-^' he stood up at times whilst lecturing ; ^>-o aa>jJ cu£»j
j.£JLj\ ^jUjJI and I continued reflecting for a considerable time;
s , ,S>*3 _ * C *> J JO s ' ' * - ' 3 0 3
«L-3UJI «u*JI aJj;3 / killed him last year; C^-oj Os^-o I fasted
during Bamaddn; gliuJI jj-aj c*£». I came in the winter-time; JU»
<juSJ (J>*». he said at the time of his meeting him (or when he met htm) ;
O ' ' ' - S ' 'is 0 3»i '
y^ ij^*" j-ac at the time when old age is drawing near ; j»$i j*^^
B UUwi jt SuJus. n)I I^JLb ^J lyjjj-j (/£ s/i«// seem) as if they, on t/ie
day they shall see it, hud not tarried (in tlieir graves) save an evening
or its morning; jJkjJt ^>-o ^3-^ «juc £***Xa*. I sat with him
2 * z " ' ' 0 ^ ' ' ' it j
for a long time, i.e. *%i^ tuj ; ^i^ jtfi- wsCo^j then he tarried not
' , a * t * ,
long, i.e. Jj>k j-*£ U«j. [To the same class belong the adverbial
d + * * a * s * s bs * *
expressions S^ Olj once, j>$t Oti one day, iLJ Olj one night, and
ijjju (or Otj) ^i Jjl A2ji! / m<?£ him first of all.]
C Rem. a. A masdar is often put in the accusative of time by an
s Os < 3 3 *■ ,
ellipse of some such word as 0-.S5 at the time of; e.g. e^Us sU*.
a Ct 10 a Zt >o j 3 ' a ' * 3 3 3 0' *
^^o.uJI he came at sunrise, i.e. Um<rJ^\ t^J-b oJ>j ; Jf^*^ '*->>j3
^^ --it / arrived at the setting of the Star (the Pleiades) ; »yJi O^3
^.laJI >ojJL* £/m happened at the time of the arrival of the caravan
0/ pilgrims, or j-oaOl S^JLo ai £Ae £ime 0/ afternoon prayer,
3C. '"SiO ' ' ' t . * '} '
or O**0' tfLi^Li. during the caliphate of el-Ma'miin ; jU^tj
j & *, < 0^J<-^«^ ' 3*3
J) /i^ -" anc/ ai ^Ae setting of the stars; Ortj3J^- J*"^ "^ jJsuJl
i/iey waited for him for the space of time in which one might
slaughter two camels. Examples of more violent elisions are:
■ •wJgjUUl 4-oJlibt ^) / toiW no£ s/>eaA; <o Ai»i as «m<7 as iAe iwo
gatherers of acacia berries (or leaves) are away (i.e. / wi^ wever
speak to him), for ^>Js.jUJI ^u-t Sju> ; ^^.SjiJI a*jI ^ I tvill not
go to him as long as the two Pointers (the two stars which point to
*' * * s *>
the Polestar) endure (i.e. / will never go to him), for £l£j oj*«
0 , '» 'OiO
§ 44] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a.) The Accus. Ill
3 J
Rem. b. Peculiar is the use of ijSJ. ja*~>, S^a*— >. 5j)r» <>. Sj.*A A
and ii-i, as a sort of definite proper names, when they refer to the
morning of a particular day or to a certain fixed time ; e.g. aIJU
s , , * ' ' ' 3 J 3>o - 3 ' ** '
jrt, -■ / met him this morning ; ^~> Sat+aJI j»^i fl*. he came on
Friday in the morning; 5j£j ^^.^qa-JI j»$-> s^»- / canvi on
s*3* *3* * * 3* JJ s r3 s-3** '3' 'sO'd'
Thursday in the morning; ii*i jju ii-i aLJU = iiJJI j*j <UJU1
I met him time after time ; [Jja*— ' 4~Ii would mean I met him on a
certain morning].
b. The local extension of an act, and, if general and indefinite, B
the plate in which it is performed ; as JW*t ajuj' IjjL» they travelled
3**3*13*' *'i>" ' '
four miles; ^>-a— »ji c~£* I walked two parasangs; 5yx {Jj*r
he ran a bowshot ; (^Cwj) 'j*— i$ ^~«*i j^> he looked right and left ;
\ja*jj Sjj j jot)! jJU j-rf^jl &? conquered the enemy by land and sea ;
, ,[ , o , 3 * ~* * * 3 * < ^»^
>oUl, ^oljJ, before; ^*X±.. z\jj, behind; Ixwj m the middle; J^»-
.» 0- * 3 * * 3
around; J>^3 afore; Oo»J under; jut beside, by; etc. [Here we
may add the adverbial expressions O-s-**" <^>'i and JU-iJI Ol3 in the C
direction of the right hand and o/*^ /£#.]
Rem. a. When the place of the act is definitely specified, the
preposition ,-J must be used ; as jl jJI ^-i C*...Jlq., 7 sa£ down in the
*t £ *9 3 * J 3d *
house; ,*--dl Jta. ...,■« ,«i 0~JLo 7 prayed in the mosque of the
3 * ) 3-o * 3 * J 0 ,s
prophet; ^...j>-.)l ^JJjLo ,«i O-oil 7 stopped at the place where tl-
* £ *o J 3 * * * 3 * 1 3i * * * 3 * J 3 *>£
Hosein teas killed; not jljJt w-..Aa». »v> * C^JLo, and ^JJJLe C— oil*.
Excepted is the case when a vague noun of place, such as ^jl£e J)
or^olio, is construed with a verb conveying the idea of stopping
0* *******
or remaining, as juj ^jUCa C*~JLo» 7 sa£ efown i« ZeicVs place;
* [Sometimes, however, the definite noun of place is put in the
*£ Z *0 J 3 * * 3 * s 3 s * '
accusative against the rule, as in ^aliJI C~J*6 I went to Syria, ,JL^*±. ^)15
Jujl« >ot ?/<■? ??/-o stayed during midday in the tents of Umm Ma'bad (see
the Gloss, to TabarT in v. w**J and comp. § 70, rem. p). D. G.]
112 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 44
A and also the case when a noun of place is construed with the verb
from which it is derived, as juj jjuLo Ojots, or juj ^^JLa^o O— JU.,
. . ******
/ s«£ (Zowre m Zeid's seat ; dLc\JLc ja\s he stood up in his place, or
0 * 0 0 ** 0** 0 ^ •
supplied his place. — The nouns s^Jl»., *»._$, ^v»-, **».U, s*^e,
G * G * G 0 * J b
quarter, jj-jla. outside, J^-b, Oj^., inside, require ^J, as ..i w-oJ
jtjJI ^-jUi. / sfe/>£ outside the house; but in later Arabic we often
find the accusatives wJU., «-j^»> and J^b, as also w^3 wear,
B for ,»jj.3 ^ji, ^JijJj on the east, >*ij£- on the west, for ^JijJj \J,
i^P>j£ |V, and the like. — Observe also such phrases as : ...U 3A
bjjyi J»U-s 7ie is as far from me as (the place where) the Pleiades
(hang in the sky) ; ^*JSi\ j^-yo ^«U 3-fc he is as far from me as the
farthest place where one can chide (or cry out to) the dog ; ^Ji* ^&
jlj^H jJls*o he is as close to me as the place where my waist- wrapper
is fastened.
Rem. b. The accusative of time and place is called by the
C grammarians OfJsJI the vessel (see Vol. i. § 221, rem. a), or
1 j 0 * e*
<ui ch^ttjL0.M that in which the act is done.
j * a*
c. The state or condition, JU*JI, of the subject or object of an
act, or of both, whilst the act is taking place ; as t^'j juj ?U.
Zeid came riding ; <d *$5\s d^Xe. loA~~« SjU^JI ^b ,-U \Jls^ he stood
at the entrance of the cave, saluting him (and) saying to him;
f Ci j * *t»o i ) a*>* , j^,
i»xa»...> w»Ut t^Lholj and enter the gate, prostrating yourselves; ^J>i\
ill, i* ,l)rt, j ) a *
D b^*Sj UL5 <UJI ^j^sjo who bear God in mind, standing up and
sitting down; UjJ >^*3t oU^b^ojij apiece of wood can be straightened
with the tikaf (a kind of tool), while it is soft ; U*}Jl£ «u olio ^^JU.
a habit with which I grew up as a young man ; Ubj j-JDl w>^Ai <J^*
^JUI ^slLsJHj wjUxJI Ia^>j ^jJ Lwbj (/V /.s') as // the hearts of
birds, fresh and dry, beside her nest, were the red fruit of the jujube or
§ 44] The Verb— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 113
.»*» j a
decaying dates; l*^—-* u*^' C**£>j / mfe ^ forsg saddled ; OwJJ A
L-^L> djL-Lc ^jUxi—JI / 7«^ ^« sultan in his house, weeping;
ly-i IjJU*. IjU cd».ju oj.**- jutL*j dJ^-jjj aJUI (^ajtj ^>«j «W whoso
shall rebel against God and his Apostle, and shall transgress his
ordinances, He shall make him enter into fire, to abide in it for ever ;
LJU. juJj Oj^-e / passed by Zeid, (as he was) sitting doicn ;
ji\iajti\ ia*«» du OeUfc-j and she brought him forth long-limbed ; CsA
|/Atj ,jUL-Jt ^ I teas in the garden, tchilst it was in bloom ; B
3, 0 , 3 - ~, 9 3 3, ' «_ i , ~ , 0 , J»-o - - , , 3 i ,
JL~j j&.\j jy ,....« 0^*4j* LJl*. tl.Ai.oAJU ^n p~?*o\j and there were
next morning two parties, (one) ashed and another asking about me,
z, Z , 3 , , ,d& , 3 3 j , 3 , £ *
(whilst I was) sitting at el-Gomeisd ; [SjjJLo bU^JI U£»jjJ o^-j Utj
^j*m-«j W the Fates will overtake us, they being destined for us, as
we are destined for them] ; ^j~J=>\j aIJU J met him, (irhilst we were)
o,» , ,3, , , ,
both riding ; £>i>}* ^x*^ ^ i_5~° whenever thou meetest me, both (of C
* ^ (J i 0 3 3 3 ,
us being) alone ; j;jia».;.« tjuua* aJLiJ I met him, (whilst the one of us
teas) going up (and the other) coming down.
Rem. a. The JU>. is, in relation to the grammatical structure
of the phrase to which it belongs, a iLai or redundancy, for
90, - ,
joj t\^., Zeid came, is a complete, intelligible, sentence, without
the addition of L^lj riding. It answers the question <JL^ Atra; .?
in regard to the state or condition of the subject or object of the J)
6 5 ^ J _ _ 9,3
act, [and may be jjJLo indicating a future state, or iJjj\jLo indicating
a simultaneous state (§74), like the Imperf. (§ 8, d and e)].
9 ' , 3^ j
Rem. b. The JU*. depends upon a regent (Jla»JI ^J^l*), which
may be either a verb, as L£alj juj sU*. ; or a verbal adjective
(Vol. i. {§ 230, 231), as OS £^ «1>^ +>j ^W is ftmftn^ 'Jrar
1 ~*^ 9 3 3 * 9 3 ' 1~, c, ,,9 3'
standing, Ljjl.3 ^jjj-ct* juj Z^;'^ ts beaten standing, Ljjli ,j— a. juj
w. II. 15
114 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 44
3 / S« t *' 00.
A -£eit£ /oo&s handsome standing, I jccla <U*o jj>~.».i \^>\.i Juj Zeid looks
more handsome standing than he does sitting ; or an expression that
has a verbal force (^Jjts .-i**), as a preposition with its com-
plement, a demonstrative pronoun, an interrogative, or a word
like OsJ, (JjJ and O^3) as U^* jtjjl ,-i juj ^eie? is in the house
standing (where jtjJI ,«i is equivalent to jt jJI ..ijiil-wo), juj 1^*3
* c"£ ... . . « / sj/ / /«
1*j15 m i£ is ^eie? standing, LJl». 3^^©* iJj^c beside thee (or in £/w/
« - a j go* , i
house) is lAmr sitting, UJLkuU 3j-*c IJJk ^Ais is '.4mr (in 2/ie ac£ o/")
B going away (equivalent in sense to UJUa-^o aJI jJsu! £oo& a£ 7iira
« ^ 0 j 0^ j I
going aivay, or liAla^o aJ! vwl / point to him going away),
.0 ' '" 6 «
UjIS -ilJlw U w/ia< is £/«/ o&;'ec£ (ire) standing ? (where ^Uli U =
^Jjiaj Uo w/tatf ar£ ^/iore doing ?) \ks\j ^JU U» what art thou about,
lbs 6 .■ , \ ,
standing {there) 1 la>~w i<J«*j IJ^Aj and ^/iis is my husband, an old
0 2 *> '0 3* ' ^
man {—and this, my husband, is an old man) ; 5^J»JI ^ys- j^ Loi
^j^ajsue what then ails them that they turn aside from the warning ?
o r o o ^ o-
C Rem. c. The <J{&- is usually (1) an adjective (uuij or iio)
0- ,6 3 <i s
expressing a transitory state (aJUtli* jjl^) ; though it may also be
* sO 3 3 0 * £ ^ s vi *o 3 0 » '
permanent (ZJJu^c j+z), as la--o-w aJJI Oj^i / called upon God as a
(constant) hearer (of prayer). — It may likewise be (2) a masdar,
substantially equivalent in meaning to a participial adjective
i a , 3 t o, -
[comp. Vol. i. § 230, rem. c*], as t^o dJJUS / killed him bound
f 3 0 - i 0 - 3 30s£
(in cold blood), i.e. Ij^cue ; \*c&j <***3' / came to him riding hard,
is$0'30'\30,Z
J) i.e. La£=>Ij ; l*^w <u^> «^J3 Oj^l / received that from him by hearing
(I learned it from him by hearing him say it), i.e. buoL> ; A2Ju %Xh
i - 1 * , 3 3 3 -
he came into view suddenly, i.e. UcU ; 3gla»j AlJL) / met him
i s 3 i - 3 3 ,
suddenly or unawares, i.e. l£».l«*o ; OLc <^-.i3 I met him face to face,
t'3*''f3 33 6S>* 1 ' 3
i.e. UjI*« ; i^iULo rtJLpA^a / spofe <o him face to face, i.e. lyiltLo ;
<ik£-> a»£s <CLJ»i I met him face to face (each of us hindering the
[ Rather, according to Noldeke, to a gerundium.
§ 44] The Verb. — 3. Goveniment of the Verb. — (a) The Accus. 115
other, for 4i£l ii&). — It may also be (3) a concrete substantive, A
as tjju j^JUl JfcXJs tlie moon rose full ; I jlwI juj j£s Zeid charged
(Zi&e) a lion ; ^**jJO t.*-© <uu sell it (at the rate of) a mudd for a
b* - Ajb*o ~, _
dirham ; ^jjyJii j*JI sb»- £A« wheat is come, (at the rate of) two
/bq/w (for a dirham) ; U>Apj Sli sliJI Cou / Aaue sold the sheep
a£ a dirham apiece; juJ lju «&ub / dealt, or traded, with htm,
■t * t * i * * I* J b£*
hand in hand (i.e. for ready money); bb bb ajL-*. aJ w^-o
* by * bs - - J
I explained his account to him item by item; C**J C~o i^j^- >* B
by / ?«/
Ae is my nextdoor neighbour (lit. house to house, for C*J ^jJt U-j
or C~J ll*j) ; j^s ,Jt ob* tvLoJL£> / spoke to him face to face (lit. his
4 * j b j *b i. z* * I
mouth to my mouth); L*jj <suU w~J»l Lit IJdk this (fruit) is better as
** * bi- j o ^b*o **** ** * 'Z-
a grape titan as a raisin; L-j t^Jkjl j>$&\ \$j*3, or Lw i^i^j' the
people dispersed (like) the bands of Saba (for Lw). — Lastly, the jJU*.
«^ b J
may be (4) a proposition, «U0a (see § 183). — There may be more Q
* '
than one tjb>. referring to the subject or object of an act, or to
both ; e.g. UC^lo b&tj joj sb*. Zeid came riding (along) laughing ;
S * x * j f * 9 9* - t b-a y ,
UjOfcJL* Uit^ juj tjub Mis is Zeid standing talking ; i<-j' lj*)
* - b ^ i * i, o ' b 1 4 ~ * b * * i
Lj-oLo I_5_iLp's <ujai;< U5b*. ajj^I my son, in cdarm, met his two
S 0 J i b J «
brothers, coming to help him, and they won spoil ; tjuua*o tjUA C.***J
Sjjia».;.o /, (ichilst) going up, met Hind (a woman) coming down.
The only case in which a difficulty can arise is when both the hals D
are of the same gender and number, as tjjo».«,< tjjt«a*o ljuj C~JL)
* - * ^ ?»^ j b£*
or L£»!j LwU ljuj C-jtj. Some of the grammarians say that, in
s -
this case, the first Jb*. refers to the subject and the second to the
object, /, (as I was) going up, met Zeid coming down; but others
maintain that the first jjb^ refers to the object and the second to
the subject, /, (as I was) riding, met Zeid walking.
«- « <• W i J * * i i ibr
Rem. </. The Jb*. may be 5jl£»^o, strengthening, or 5j^»^ j-ji.
116 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 44
9 x w i J
A As SjJhye it may refer either to the verbal regent or to a
preceding proposition as a whole. If it refers to the verbal regent,
it may be derived from the verb itself, though this is a com-
paratively rare case ; as *$3~>j ^UJJ ^JULwjIj and we have sent
' 0 & lO* * 'W *"' * but iO 3 3* * d * *
thee to mankind as an Apostle; ^^^ujbj jV*J'.3 J^' J& J8*1 13
dj-ob Olja. ...,o ^e^a^Jlj j»«iJlj and He hath subjected to you the
night and the day, and the sun and the moon and the stars, subjected
by His command. If it refers to a preceding proposition, this must
B be a nominal proposition, consisting of two definite concrete nouns
as subject and predicate; as lijJac ^3-*! j*-»j Zeid is thy father, as
being affectionate ; lijjjt* „fcjj ^A he is Zeid, as well known ;
UA»»Jii ^UftJ O*^ ^' I am so and soj valiant (and) brave; 3A
L«u J£»Jt it is the truth, as manifest ; yj^aut, l^J Isjlcl* Jia*J! 3A9
awe? i£ «s the truth, as confirmatory of what is with them (of the
Scriptures which they have already received) ; *}H^t <UJt Jl»c Ut
Ju*a01 jj^sb l^^ / a»j <Ae servant of God, eating as the servants
(j (0/ 6W) ea£; ,<*-~J ^ IsjjJt* Sjlj ,^_>t Ul / a??i the son of Dara,
my lineage being tvell known through her. The ^)\a- is explained
in these cases by an ellipsis of ASj^\, AA»-t, <U*jI, / know him (or
it), know it to be true, know him (or it) for certain, and the like; e.g.
z j s j i j t - )i <i a* # .-j $ , , 2i * h 0 - J -i
\b^xc &&o-\ *)$i\ joj, Ula^w ^Lfcu Jk».t jj'iUs Lit, etc.
Rem. e. The JL». is ordinarily Sj£j or indefinite; but it is
allowable to define it by the article in cases where it may be
D explained as involving a condition (hjJJ\ ^y*-*), as *r*£»h/JI juj
j-iLoJt <U« ^>~.».t ^eto?, when he is riding (w-^j til), £ooA;s ?«ore
handsome than he does when walking (\*£~o tet), instead of the more
usual LwU <U« ^>-^».t L&tj juj. Further, it may be defined by a
pronominal sulfix, or otherwise, in various cases, in which it can
be explained by, or is equivalent to, an indefinite Jl*. ; e.g.
» * 0 * j 0 * * _ _ « /(> / «/,
ojwo-^ <ju Ojj~« /passed by him by himself ov alone ( - tj^ii«o), cJLai
§44] The Verb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) The Accns. 117
t , 0 1
^ij^ye*. iJUj thou hast done this to the best of thy ability (= t jLyla^e) ; A
LS* L5*i ^ <v^a^=> / */w&e &> /*»» ./ace *o face (= S^i^L*) : ^j*M J)>*3
L-j ^jul (= (j-jijLjX-e. see rem. c, 3) ; Ij-cu-a5j ty-oi ^o-^ L5""*""*'
(<A« <W6e o/) Suleim came to me, its gravel with its pebbles (i.e. small
cmtf' areai, one a?^ aff, = Uj.0^) ; iMjjdl lyJLyti a?w^ so lie let them
(the camels) (70 in a 6o^y, or a croicd, to water (= A^^Jjto) ;
^jiiJI elpa.)! IjtW. <A«y ca/ue o/£ together (lit. in a grrerti mass,
covering tlte ground, = \*>** ) .
Rem. f. The subject or object of the action to which the Jb*. B
refers, JlaJt w-^-lo or ^JUJ! ji, is usually definite, Sij**. The
principal cases in which it is indefinite, Spli, are the following.
(1) When the Jl». precedes it, as J^-j W51S ly*s i?t it (the house)
is a maw standing ; ^jS JJ-» Lt^.^.« SjjJ '^Issa's is a?i ancient
r?tm, fe/i! desolate; w>^w a^^Ac y Uo L?^o^..,a..lbj a«o? in my
body there is, manifestly, if thou didst (but) know it, a sad change ;
|L1» RX Kl....o Ua3I_3 i<J'j*J' WNfltoJj «/«/ tinder the sjiearlieads and C
sliafts, seeking shelter, are gazelles (women). (2) When the w-^'-o
JlaJI is followed by an adjective or a complement in the genitive,
as \jj^c ^o 1^*1 ^S*- jx>\ J£> Jfjsu \^J in it (that night) is
settled each wise thing, as a thing proceeding from us ; w>. Lj vT-,;?* *■
Uj)-^ ■"■■«>»Jt ^ j±\a >iXXs ^i <J Os*aJL-»tj Uk.^3 </tow rfiV^ deliver
Noah, 0 my Lord, and didst answer his prayer, in a ship cleaving
the sea heavily laden; L»515 J^j jS%& ^J^c in my house is a D
+ ^ wt ** + its- * * o£
?na?is slave standing; ^>JL5l-JJ *lj«, ^ebl iajjt ^.i in four days
complete — (this) for inquirers. (3) After a negative or an inter-
rogation, as L5lj ^5-0^- O^o ^>« ^^. U there is no interdicted spot
appointed to preserve (one) from death ; j*\at^?$\ ,Jt jca-t ^j^»»j ^
v*Wa*~J iij-w.Zo ^*y v»>» ^ no one incline to hang back on the day
118 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 44
A
50/ ul J
of battle, fearing death; Lib jL+t ^a. Jjk »-U i 0 friend, is a
life decreed as lasting ? — Slbaweih, however, admitted the correct-
f *" O J / /
ness of such a phrase as L>5li> ^J&-j lv*9, and in a tradition we find
# /_ o / .»»»// a , * i * * ii io j j , z ,
UU5 Jla-j dsljj L5^-«j tj^cli^ato aJUI Jj~>j l5^° ^ Apostle oj
God prayed sitting, and there prayed behind him [some) men standing.
Rem. g. As to the position of the Jl»- in a sentence, the fol-
lowing remarks must suffice, in connection with what will be said
0 /
B elsewhere. — (1) As a rule, the Jl*. is placed after the regent. It
0 ul r / J
may, however, precede it, if the regent be a fully inflected (^fij*aZc)
verb or verbal adjective, as juj Aa?. L*£»tj riding came Zeid;
O / / * 0 J
jJaJj li Uy»~w« iw /tasie is £/m (man) departing ; but we cannot say
#0///0£/« / 0/0 J / 0 P £ / 91/
ljuj ^*ma.I to Ua.Lo and j^t ±J*o ^j^a.\ l£»-Li JuJ, instead
f /SO/ //Of/ £ / 0/0 J / 0 £ 00 /
of l£».Li jtjj ^>*~».l to and l£».Li> Jj^*c O-* O"**^ »*£;> because
//o£ a / £ -> j o j/o£ o2/oj/o£
neither ^**».t as w»a,.aCJI (J^si, nor ^^.^.l as sJ*~aJLZl\ ,Jjiil, is
0 uJ / / J
C Oj-*aLo. An exception to the latter case is when an object in a
certain state is compared with itself, or with another object, in a
5 / J /0£
different state, in which case the one ^Jt*. must precede ^Jjiil, and
# / jo j/o£ #.»/ 00/
the other follow it, as Ij^cls <sU* ^^^.l tojls juj Zeid standing
o j/Oc ; / o j 0 0/
foo&s more handsome than he does sitting, or ^o Jiiil Ijj^Lo juj
* / 3 0 /
fist* jj-o* ^ei(Z a/cme is ?wo?-e iiseful than lAmr assisted (by others).
3/0/0/ 0/
If the regent be a ^yju> jJ-oU (see rem. b), the Jb*. must follow
it, with rare exceptions in the case of a preposition and its
0 0 /0 ?/3 -J s si /I S J /
D complement. We cannot use jua >iUJ Sj^a^o, ^^j! IJub td^Ja^c,
/ j £ #0/ /0/# £ o /£ #0/ 5 £ / * / #/ 3 / j oo /O
jj^».l ljuj C-sJ l/^ol, Jurfl ljuj (J^3 W^*'j> ^or °A/*!*"* •*** «iU3,
s j / / j £ /i / /£ £ £ £0/ /0/ o / £ £ / £0/ w £ /
li^Lc J^jI IjJk, Jjji.1 l^^wol ljuj C-sJ, juj! t£»lj ljuj Ol-^» >
//0 * <»/ 0 0/ wo * <■•/ 0 0/
nor is it usual to say Jjac 1*513 juj or jljJI ^ U515 J^»j for
So/ //0 00/ *o/ w«> 00/
LjjlS d)juc juj or Uj15 jljJI ^ji Juj, though some read in the
Kor'an tfLU^u Ob^la-o Ol^^*Jlj and the heavens, folded together,
§44] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a.) The Accus. 119
O i 3 * .
(shall be) in his right hand, instead of Ob^Jsuo, and the heavens A
(shall be) folded together in his right hand. — (2) The JU. may pre-
cede the JlaJI wft.Lc, when the latter is the subject (nomin.) or
0 3* i * * ibi*******
direct object (accus.), as juj l£*.L© sU*., IjuA t^j**** vj-"* » unless
5 „ S * 1*3 Cl * *3lB*> J 3} **
the Jl». be restricted by *n)I, as ,jjj*L^ *^t ,j-J-j^oJI ,J->jJ Uj
, 0 J *
^jjljj^-c^ and we do not send the Apostles but as announcers and
* B*> J *
warners. If the JlaJI w-»-Lo be governed by a preposition, the
O * * * * 3 } 3 * * Bt**13**
Jl». must follow it, as i-JU. jUyj Ojj-o, not jUyj «LJU*. C>j^. 1>
J », , , B *
Only a poet could venture on an emergency to say )jj O^9 O^
w r.:^ ) Lit l*»t»- i«Jt Wi'-* O^*** s'-*" if ever the coolness of
* £ *" '* ^^ £ ,
water vxis dear to me when parched and thirsty, verily she is dear (to
i * * *B * S* * - B * * 0 * B * * 3 | « * Bi J * B *
me), for b^La ^U** ^Jl L-*»». ; or ^jXs o^**J^ O-f-*' ^3^ ^ O^
JL». JiSj Uyi I^JbJJ «nc? though (your) herds of camels and
(your) rvomen be seized, yet ye must not let the murder of Ilibdl pass
i B * * B * 5 *
unavenged, for U^i JL»- J^*J - The JU*. may be dependent upon C
3*0*1 9 * 3
a preceding <su)l oLcl* (see § 75), when the i^uiuo, or governing
word, is naturally capable of being its regent (masclar, nomen
i*i * i B J * * I J * * * Bi
agentis, etc., see rem. 6), as Z$js*~*> juA w>jus I jdt> ; >&L3 {.i..s!..e.\
Uj— *o juj ; Ujotfc ^Xa^.j-6 aJJ I .Jt to GW sAa?Z fo your return
*» ' * 0 v* *o * Z * *•***• QtO 1 *-5-a j j **
altogether ; ^*j£ ba>i f JlP' ^' tj^lj «il5^Uxil ,jt j^^I-ol J>*J
* *f *
U bi *j) my daughter says, Verily thy departing alone to tear will
5 * 1
one day leave me without a father ; or when the oLiue is a part, J)
B* 9 * J B 3 IS * *B***
really or tropically, of the aJI oLcl«, as £ye> ^t%j} jus ^J U UcjJj
* £ * * * ^***
t * B M
Ul^i.1 Ji an(^ We toill remove what is in their breasts of rancour
4*3 B } 1
as brethren (lil^».t dependent on the suffixed pronoun in^^Jkjjjwo);
4 * * * 3 * Z & £ *y £ *B* * 3 * Bi- Si J
Uu-i*. >0-Jbljj| iL« ?»-v' o' ,^^' U;^.^l ^j then We revealed unto
thee, Folloiv the law of Abraham as a hanlf i.e. inclining to the
rt</ft< stoto or senmd in faith (U«^»> dependent on ^J8lj->l, dJLe being
120 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 44
A virtually a part of ^Jkl^jt, and the phrase quite clear and correct
* - - *a 0 2
without it, U^ia. ^Jktjjl f-31).
Rem. h. The Jla*JI WJ««U may be suppressed, either necessarily
or optionally. It is omitted necessarily, for example, in the case of
a AX^s>. jj^o-^toJ Sj^aj^ Jl». (see rem. d), as li^lac j)y>\ juj ; in
forms of salutation or congratulation, as, to one departing, tjuJ>U
Ljj^-o taking the right way and directed by God, scil. i^Jb^t #0; to
B one returning from the pilgrimage, ljju~o lj^a.to rewarded and
accepted, scil. 0~*jJ> thou art arrived, or C-.ro-j thou art returned ;
to one eating, Ujj~« U*^a easy o/ digestion and wholesome, scil. aJL£»,
4,.J^>, 6$y£s, etc., ea£ i£, = may it agree with thee or you* ; and in
such phrases as (t„xcUas) Ijulji ^>;ju <CJjlwt / bought it for a
dirham and upwards, scil. Ijutj lJ>©^)t w>J>i, or SjsA*o, and the
C price went on increasing or went higher ; *^sL*J jUjju O3juo5
I gave in alms a dinar and less, scil. *ikilw <au Jjjucu.oJt wAJJ wc?
<Ae amount of what was given in alms went lower. But the omission
is optional in such phrases as L^lj riding, in answer to C^a. v-^*2-*
/ttwo c^o^ £Aow come? for L^lj C-JU*. ; (j,">»-l W-~s*5 *j-« Wo^o^l
« Temimite at one time, and a Kaisite at another ? scil. ^J^-wl or
jJa^jI, dost thou change, or iwrw, thyself into — ? or JU^Jol dost
J s , - - t> - 0 - 0 i 3 - 0 »«» J D *i
D thou affect the nature of — ? A^lJat ^■o-s^J ^ jjl (^L-j^l w*~»=w.j!
<*j^ l^3~~> O' 15^ 0<P^ r5^ (l°es 1nan think that We shall not
* j s 0 *
re-unite his bones ? Yea, (we will re-unite them, lv»,.»a».i) being able
to put together evenly the bones of his fingers. — It may even happen
* .. 1 - * « 1
* [Tf ^->.y> £«-* be considered as epithets of the masdar *$£=>\
understood, this phrase belongs to the class mentioned § 35, h, a.
Comp. Lane sub Jj-*-]
§44] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 121
that the actual Jl». itself is suppressed, and only a word or phrase, A
which is dependent upon it, expressed; as^^y-J^ ^j^J^-ju i£5*}LoJlj
jj^Xz j^%~> w>L» yj£z &* and the angels shall go in unto them
through every gatey {saying, ,>*i5U») Peace be upon you.
d. The motive and object of the agent in doing the act, the
cause or reason of his doing it ; as \ij±. Co^k / fled for fear ;
w>j*JI yjs- OjjiS thou didst refrain from going forth to war
out of cowardice; *i \~-t& L5^' <^->j*° I beat my son for the sake B
of correcting him; ^iUw*^ l^.jkir.7 <xi j»$i\ <Qlj 13! when I see him,
3 S S i 10 s * 0
I stand up before him to show respect to my teacher ; «u Ij^iwt l« S.»
have sold their souls, that they shoidd not believe in what God has
» i ' i i * o* - i*> oi a 9 * Ci *
sent down (revealed), out of envy; ^J&j-t ^ w>U£JI Jjbl ^>« jt^> *5
& j si. & o ^// #fii 'J,'1 o*-o
^y~Ju\ juc kj-« tjL...cw IjU^ ^iulojl juu ^>« many of those who have C
Scriptures would like if they could make you unbelievers again, after
ye have believed, out of selfish envy: j-uJI aiU~o \j& wJjis / did so
and so for fear of harm, or ^i^^JJ jjl <LiU»»« for fear that thou
shouldst reproach me; aJJI oLi^* sUIjI a— iJ v^J-^ t>* w^^l 0-*J
awe? #/" w« there are who sell themselves (give up their lives) to win
* a * a * j a&* i* * ■**> - t -.- - -a - ->
the favour of God> (for SLi^); ^ u^j^h djt»ol ^rij^^ ^jj* j-^h
Uj£> ^ff-^JJt j£Jj I forgive the harsh language of the noble, that I may D
treasure him up (as a friend in time of need), and I disregard the
abuse of the vile out of generosity ; ,j-e ^yJlit ^ ^y*j\*a\ ^j^Xxa.i
O^-frJI jJ^»- Jicl^-cJI they put their fingers in their ears on account
of the claps of thunder, through fear of death. Such an accusative
is usually either indefinite or else in the construct state ; definition
by the article is not common, as i\sh^syi\ ^s- o-^-" *wt*' *$ I refrain
not from battle out of cowardice.
w. ii. 16
122 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 44
2 0. < 9 / 0 -
A Rem. This accusative, which must always be a i,*X3 jj~&*,
a mental or intellectual nomen verbi, is called by the grammarians
j/ j j o -o^ o ? o of jjo /o/
aJ J^huLq.)!, or («*A».I ,,>*) aJI».'^) JjJM-oJt, £Aa£ o?i account of which
0 /
something is done. It is the answer to the question <l«J why ?
e. Various other determinations and limitations of the predicate ;
#0/ 00/ / ^ ZO, J0/0.O / /
as L«ii juj w>U» Zeid is cheerful in spirit; b^J ij^JI w>li» the rose
* / / 69/ / £ / /
is charming in colour ; \3j* juj w**-oj .Z^'c? streamed with perspi-
tf d ** J tw ^ • y -- D *»•
B ration ; L*-*-w ^t^JI JaIwIj aw<# wy Amrf glistens with hoariness;
iitjj Jb&JI O.P tu*}b>.t our grave minds surpass the mountains in
Z / / / o / o£
weight (ox firmness); \*>j£=> o*»yjl thou art a marvel of generosity ;
* 0 / /O5<«J0// * / / / 0 iO*> J 0 / /
\j j3 p«wuJ I Oo»ij / raised the chief in dignity ; j/a~w ±joJ^ ' Owjii
? J J /0 CO'' / 0 w / /
I planted the land with trees; b^*c c^j*i" M>^3 aw^ w^ ?warfe £/*£
#/ 0 .> 0 / lit /
earth break forth with springs ; 3j„*5 j*t&* aiM Croo? ?s great in might;
2)0''* j/ « J/ ( (/ / o £ / o£
b^»> >»jU*. jA fo is a Hdtim in generosity ; j%=>\$ *$j^* 1^5^ *£**'
C n)U if/wM «r£ higher in station and richer in wealth; Sj la».swJ l£> ^^
«/i/ 2/! «E
S^.3 jtwl jl «??<£ £/^?/ (your hearts) were /«fe stones, or even harder (lit.
:"£ 0/ /t // 0 c / ;p 0/ £ o 0 I
stronger as to hardness); bl jiu bl ^ej^l U, or bl jSL> ^j\j j>j£=>\,
0 0/ $ / / 0
Aow wo/We *s ilfol 2?£#r as a father ! **jj L»-L© ^su excellent is Zeid
0 0 # / J / 0
«s a companion ! j-^-> b>e*ibi i^~- £-^ very bad is Bisr as a slave !
/ / / £ j / j w >*» / o /
blj dLol jlj jljJI ^jUj aw«? excellent is the provision, thy father's
* ' JO < m <#
provision, as a provision! l^-ob aj **L.~.e»- £/«/ sufficiency is in Him
D (//« suffices thee) as a helper; L»jb' «p aJJ ?/7^a^ a man he is as a
horseman! (lit. to God belongs his outflow or emanation, from none
* J / J * 0/ § zO/
other could he emanate) ; 'iLfc.j ^j w//«^ rt »?«?? /^ is ! {p*i} being
here a w«a»«3 »-?>*. ox particle of surprise)', [L»jli 4«u ^>lj ^-»- yk
///? w 6^^e?- rt.? a pedestrian than as a horseman, § 48, e, rem. «].
j 05/ j w / j »/
Rem. a. Tliis accusative is called j^w^JI or j^-oJt, M^ specified-
§44] The Verb.— 3. Government of the Verb.— (a) The Accus. 123
j - - j .--
<ion, and also^*— JuJI or^,..J^Jt, and ^.^Dl or ^**^JI, ffo explanation. A
It is an indefinite substantive, Sj&^o-J, placed immediately after
the proposition of which it limits or defines the predicate. In the
grammatical structure of the sentence it is a aJLos, like the Jl^.
(see c, rem. a). The grammarians regard it as governed by the
. , 9-930-
verb in the preceding clause, of which it was the J.eli or JjjuLo,
1_ 9 0- 9 -
before its transference to the place of j~^J to the actual J^li or
J^jjuLo ; or, if the preceding clause be nominal, as having been g
transferred from the place of the lj£~e. Thus LJu joj w>U» is
0 - 3 0- 0 - - 20- - 0 d fO 3> o --
equivalent, they say, to juj LrJu Oulk ; Ijjji i--^JI C~xJj to
'll* ' *' 3 0-- i- 0 3 9 • 3 it - r* - - it 10 3- 0 3
->.~~}\ jjJ wojij ; 5j jj ^..bc <*JUI to A+glag oJJ' 5j •** ; and
•JU ills ji4l j£j to iUU ^Jj£s\ jJj JU The J-^5 may be
• 30-** - n jo,
explained by ^« with the genitive when it is JytA^JI ^6 J^-iU^,
as^a^w ^>-« c^j'i" %^*~'j£; instead of |^*~w ; but not when it is q
-0*3 - t 3 0 - 0-0 9 0 - - -
jJ^UJI ^a Jj^jLu, for ^-jj ^»o juj wjlb is nonsense. [Instead of
Ljj\s and >»;; in the phrases quoted Iwjli op dJU and *^».j *a»^3
- 0 3-0 90-
we may use ^jli ,j-o and J*-, ,j*. See § 18, 6.] — The j-~«J may
occasionally be placed, by poetic license, before the predicate which
J - - 0*& Z 0 - - - - - - - - - OS - d - 3 3 0 -t
it limits, as w«jfexii J'jAJb l— «J O^ '*°i W**- <3!/**W jrti-1 j^*-h'
taiW Selmd sever herself' from her lover by going away {from him),
though she ts not cheered in spirit by going aivay ? U-wj wo^tjt l*j ta
- - - 0*a - e-
^■^l j^^'j a?i<^ I did not refrain, tfiongh my head glistened with
. 90- i - -0 90 < -3 -0
hoanness. Such phrases as juj L».Us j^xj and j^u U*}JU ^«X»
are no exceptions to the ordinary rule, as they stand for yk^jjj
50^ £ *• 40 4*3 3 3 Z. jO -a
juj L».lo or jJL> U*}lc 0**jM u-~W- The transposition of the
- - -
j-~-dJ can take place only when the previous clause contains a verb
which is v»?^-cu-9 (see e, rem. g), as ^...Iaj and Jjtwl in the
124 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 44
9*i , , 1 9 0
above examples*. Should it even happen that the v-jj-al* Jjii
bears the meaning of a i^g^oJU j^c ^ats, no transposition can take
»/ , , t , ^ t , b, , ,
place ; we cannot say JuJj 15*^ UJLi, instead of LoJU »*-»j^ 15*^*)
there is a sufficiency in Zeid (Zeid suffices) as a scholar, because
? , , , z , j , B £ , hi , , ■**.
l^JU <u ■ _**-» is here equivalent to l«JU «Ui=! U, and a >^>%Jt3 ^J-O
Ml ^ • J J B ,
is LijM£UOjy»C.
B Rem. 0. The accusative after the cardinal numbers from 11 to
19 and from 20 to 99 (see Vol. i. §§ 322, 323), is also of this class,
, ,B*> ) B , tj, ,,, ,,£
being a ijeaJt J-»*o-> or specification of number ; as *^.tw) j-Z-£ J^t
Z , , ,, B , , B 2,,jB,9,£
eleven men, <Ui ojjLg jc~J nineteen years, LeU O^J-^J **^' owe
and twenty years, 3-w ^-Jl^j jjjt eighty years old (lit. a sort of
eighty years).
Rem. c. To this class also belongs the specification of weight
j 0,0, j a ,0, j , , », j ,0 B, OB,
C (Oj^) and measure (^Si\, i^L-oJt, ^LiLoJI), in which the jg+3
follows a single indefinite noun, and specifies the article of which
that noun expresses the quantity ; as \Xjj ^)^j a pint of olive-oil,
Z B , , , ,
L*m> o'^***6 two nianas (four pou7ids) of clarified butter (ghee),
l^-j J-jA-5 a kaflz of wheat, Li. ^e>f O^lp two cuo^s °f cloth,
4 B , B, ,JB,,B 1 B , 9 ,
Ij-oJ ^^-jftLs C-»jjJLwl / bought two sots of dates, %a*J *-*ij^ tJ
~ , 9 }, i B , 9 B
I own a gerlb of date-trees ; £U w>>^ a bucket of water, U^w .«»»-}
D a s&m of ghee, *&>±. }$s \j a jar of vinegar, ^L~c w*»- « j^o< 0/ honey ;
ljuj*»». ^Ui. a ri?i^f 0/ iro?t, L».L> w»b a door of teak-wood,
i , , ,,B , J , B , B,
a coat of silk ; L*5 5J^». ^)*J ^ JUp ^^-wJ / Jutve not got
, 4*1 j
(«/ , , ,&£ i B , Bt B , ,
* [The transposition of bto in the words jjU=» LjI U*o j}\ ^Xi
A and I did not know, which of us two slied the most tears (Dozy,
Supplem. i. 654, a, 1. 6) is allowed because V0a> ..it is the comparative of
9 , i B , J , 9 1 B ,
^rc*\~. 1 pouring forth. But perhaps bvo is here ai ^hyuLo for tears
(Fleischer, A7. Schr. ii. 556). D. G.]
§ 44] The Verb. — 3. Government of the Verb. — (a) The Accus. 125
j a - » -
the weight of a grain of mustard-seed in gold, i^.\j jjj £1<-JI ^ U A
bla»~/ (or bUb~r \J^r> *~oy*) there is not in the sky a cloud the size
i,* aia-a a *i 0 **at a '*
of a hand; L*i u^j^ **J*° »**■' O-* J^*i O^ there shall not be re-
ceived from any one (of them) the full of the earth in gold ; S^JI ^Xt
I juj lyJLLo on each date its like in fresh butter (a piece of fresh butter
o ' : *?* 0 *a*o j a *
of the same size). — This J~£JI_j OJ>" j*z+* is equivalent to the
5ilol (§ 75) or to the preposition ^j^ with the genitive ; e.g. B
\jj ySi =jj jJ3 or jj ,j-e J-»aS. In some cases, however, there may
be a difference ; e.g. £L* ^y> means a bucket (full) of water, a
f ^ i * *
bucketfd of ivater, whereas §Lo »->jJ5 may mean not only a bucket
of icater, but also a bucket for water, a water-bucket.
Rem. d. Finally, to this class belongs the accusative after the
a - * i *
interrogative nouns of number j^ and ^\£s, how much ? how
many ? and the indefinite \j£s, so and so much or many [included C
1 - - a, 0 ' * *
under the name ObUfll]. — (1) ^^ (contracted for Uib the like
of what, = U Jl« or U jj3, see Vol. i. § 351, rem.) is either
&i*\ysu-i\ interrogative, = i jut ^1 what number? or 2uj~±. assertory
or predicative (or exclamatory), = j, . * g-> much, many. (a) As
0 -
interrogative, j^s is followed by an indefinite substantive in the
* * a it* a *
accus. sing., as Jju£ *^.j j^s how many men are there in thy
« - , * i - j a,
house ? w-a!3 yiiJ Lo*iUi ^^ hoio many slaves of thine are going
- o - * t a * a,
away? ajj .; iJL* Ijufc ^^ how many slaves unit thou buy? J)
* * j * e a , , , j,t „ a ,
»iX3 oXLc^^ hoio many like it hast thou? iX) ej^M J^s how many
besides it hast thou ? *iXi xU l^-a. j^ how many better than it hast
thou? A phrase like UU^c *& j*=> how many slaves hast thou? is
no exception to the rule, because the^I^ of jj=> has been omitted,
viz. La5, and Ul^U is in the accus. as a Jl». (see c, rem. b and
rem. c, 3). If governed in the genitive by a preceding substantive
or a preposition, the j^^c may be put in the genit, as well as the
126 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 44
A accus. ; e.g. cJLlbl (J»».j) *^»-j ^o^ Jjjj ^ pension of how many
men liast thou granted? IJl* OsJjJLwl (loJkp) _^*»ji^-i for h°w many
* * a* * o * * o t a o * * *
dirhams didst thou buy this ? *£aJLjJ CJuu* ( p Ju*.) U- J*.o- ^£» .Jit ow
/m>m> many beams hast thou placed the roof of thy house ? (/?) As
assertory or predicative (or exclamatory), j^s is followed by a
substantive in the genitive of the singular or of the broken plural,
and requires a verb in the perfect ; as CJCJU oU^ jtr^ many a
B slave have I owned, or how many a slave have I owned ! = ^0 !/*££»
ij\u0Xki\; Osii.) I ^pAp j^ many a dirham have I spent, or Iww many
a dirham have I spent ! This genitive is explained by an ellipsis of
^0, which is often expressed; as ,<i*3 •>) Ot^o-JI ^J .iJUU 0-°^o^9
ILw^J^ULw and there is many an angel (or how many an angel is
there) in heaven, whose intercession shall be of no avail ; ^a ^o^j
Ia'-XIaI «UjJ and many a town have We destroyed, or how many a
C town have We destroyed ! If, however, j^s be separated from the
j~+*o, the latter should be put in the accusative, not in the genitive,
as^ojcc jJlc "i^ai^oy^o .-JU^o^s many a bounty luive I received from
t 0 - 0 j »n«> - 3, 1 0 * , t * at*
tliem when (I was) in want; Ij^j^swo uaj*$\ ^yc ajj}^£sj iJLiyty
lijli she (the camel) makes for Sinan, but on this side of him there
is many a tract of land, the valley of which is deeply hollowed; though
the genitive is also admissible in poetry, as Jlyj SU^-o i^e jjji j^
lyj there is on this side of Maiya many a frightful desert • ^Ji j^s
D clij jw£»-U dAwjJl^pirw.o j^-» j$L) ^j.i jutw i-o ^Aere is among the
Benu Sa'd 'ibn Bekr many a chief large in gifts, glorious and useful
(to his tribe). — Unless it be governed by a preceding substantive or
a preposition, j^s always stands at the beginning of the clause.
If a singular J**** be followed by a pronoun referring to it, that
j j ot* j * a <
pronoun may be either singular or plural, as aZjIj J*»j j*=* or
o j jo£s *j * £' a*o * St ) * * ~ * - 0 a * * 9ii/ j
j^Ay lyiJU Z\j*\ j^a or O-v-***' f^ ^^ i>° ^=*3- — T,le jo**
0 - ^ J * 0 <
may, of course, be often omitted after j^, as dAJLo^o^ hotv much
§44] The Verb.— 3. Government of 'the Verb.— (a.) The A ecus. 127
t * - j - 0 o -
is thy property? scil. IjUjj ; ^JUl<JLc ^__> Aoio many slaves hast A
« 0- - 0 0 -
thou? scil. L-jLj ; 0>~» ^o^s Aow; ^/ar hast thou travelled? scil.
U»— >j$ or *}L-o ; w*^U dJUl jl*c ^£9 Aow long will 'Abdu 'Hah
efe/ay ? scil. icU or U^j ; juj ,*Jsl». ^£b Aow? often lias Zeid come
to thee? scil. oj* ; [^xLe 4JUI Jy-»j >*•*£«« ^l— ^ O^9 ^*^ Ch'
ioj*-oJt Aow many years old was Hassan, when the Apostle of God
arrived at *El-Afedlna?~\. — (2) ^l--* or ,^jl_b, compounded of 3) B
and the genitive of ^1 10J10? which? [Vol. i. §§ 351, 353, rem. c]
is scarcely ever employed interrogatively, as w%»fr> O^ l5^' cJ^
y^ju~ij \j*£j JUi w>IJa.^I Sj^-» \jJJ v>i'^ >5* ■■■< 0-»^) '£'»ei 'i6w
^a'6 «u'e? /o 'Ibn Maslud, As how many (verses) dost thou read the
Chapter of the Confederates (Kor. xxxiii.) ? And he said, Seventy-
three. Its ordinary use is assertory or predicative (or exclamatory),
followed by the accus. singular, as w~»lj *^f~j CH^ many a man
0
(or how many a man) have I seen ; but more usually by ^c with C
the genitive, as j~£r> £)$?>j **-« J«3tS ^*j ^« ^libj and how
many a prophet (is there), with whom many myriads have fought !
- 1 u *$* a > * - o .. - - i j * 0 ;„--.-- /i ji« — •» 0 .<£ - -
U^J** ^V** ^»*5 W^ 0_3>*! C^J^'j Ol^-Jt ^ 4jI ^>a CH^5
and /tow many a sign is there in heaven and earth, by which they
pass, turning away from it! L5-»'^t 1$^' 15-"'' l>« k£^3 many a
grief is too great to be consoled by any examples (of resignation).
It is disputed whether it can be preceded by a preposition, as in D
' OS* - 1 J - we-
the phrase w>^3l tjkA s.**j ^liu for how much wilt thou sell this
piece of cloth ? (another example of the interrogative use). — (3) \j£=t
(sometimes written ^J^d), so and so much or many [Vol. i. § 340,
rem. d], requires after it an indefinite accus. in the singular, as
IjLkC l»x--> cXU I possess so and so many slaves ; Lo-*>i tjkib ^ju£
/ A«w so anfZ so many dirhams by me. It is more usually doubled,
tjkfbj ljk_b, as l^o IJiibj tjk£b jjuUI jj-o JIS Af mW« (lit. sazW) so
128 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 45
and so many verses of poetry ; ajjU. IJ^j \j£=> j-^^)t <J>Iwl the
amir bought so and so many slave-girls; ^)lw^j juu L**j ^yJUil j^
wX-.aJ! i<~»J <u UiaJ IJl£»j tjc£» Ij^ti promise thy soul ease after
thy affliction, calling to mind such and such favours, through which
trouble is forgotten. The conjunction is sometimes omitted, and
some say that there is a distinction between \j£r>$ \j£=> and
\j£s \j£s ; e.g. U-Ap IJ^» 'J^ ^Ac oj means, according to them,
B / owe him so and so many dirhams, from 11 to 19, whereas
LoJkji IJAj IJc£» means at least 21 dirhams.
f. An act expressed by a nomen verbi, with which another act,
expressed by a finite tense, is compared ; as I^c^aI*.! oSj\ JlS o^XzH
they killed him in the same way as his son killed their brother 'Anir ;
juj yi\ J»jto~d <uj«x*j ljuj w>Jcc he tortured Zeid just as 'Isma'U,
ZeicPs father ', //«rf twtured Mm \; ^^yJUwJtwt jJDt ^UU aJJI Jo^ju 3J5
C vfrv^' vfft^* 1^5"^ jr^W and if God should hasten evil upon men,
as they would fain hasten good, verily their end {death) would be
decreed. For this accusative may be substituted 3 with the genitive
of the nomen verbi, or U^ with a finite tense of the verb ; e.g. in the
first example, <«-jI JJ&^ or <cj1 Jj:S l^ [comp. § 27, £>].
45. If an entire clause, consisting of a subject and a predicate,
be annexed to another clause, to define or limit either the subject
or object of the latter, then the predicate of the former is placed
D before its subject and put in the accusative, the subject being left
in the nominative (see § 73). For example : lj3~X» -iUJj^J j^Jj
»j6J\^\ Ij^tJ^ <UJtj1 Timnr-lhik (Tamerlane) turned his back, aftei-
his van had been broken and his rear struck with panic ; 1^31 ^JJI >*
w/w produceth gardens with trellises for vines and without them,
and the palmtrees and, the grain, with their various edible fruits
§48] The Verb.— S. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : o^. 129
j j j l t - o j t «• e j i j j i if* a Z & , * a* ** j «c/
UU. ij\£s U all I 2lij t,^-* QW- ^ w^ ^'^ a?r«# my disgrace
with the sword, let God's decree bring upon me what it may (^^ WJU*.
= j^jic w«i». Oij> Q^f- in. rhyme for Ul»).
(b) T7^ Prepositions.
46. The prepositions all originally designate relations of place
(local relations), but are transferred, first, to relations of time (tern- B
poral relations), and next, to various sorts of ideal relations, conceived
under the figure of the local relations to which they correspond. —
They are divided into simple and compound. — The simple prepositions
are again divisible into three classes, indicating respectively motion
proceeding from or away from a place, motion to or towards it, and
rest in it.
47. The prepositions which indicate motion proceeding from or
away from a place, are ,>* (ex) out of, from, and ^s- (ab) away
from. q
Rem. In Hebrew and Aramaic fft supplies the place both of
,j-e and ^c.
48. ^y> (with pronominal suffixes ^j-^-o, U«, -ilu, a^c) desig-
nates : —
(a) The local point of departure, departure from a place ; as
5-x-o (j-e £•■**" ^e went forth from Mekha ; U ju ^c Jaiw it fell
from her hand I; j»\jaJ\ ,xa.....<JI iy* "^J ajuau j^^I ^JJl (jla».*..> tj
(I declare) the glory of Him who transported His servant by night
from the sacred Temple (at Mkkka). Hence it is connected with
verbs which convey the idea of separation, departure, holding oneself
or another aloof from any person or thing, liberating, preserving,
fleeing, frightening away, forbidding, and the like ; as ^..arw.) I jA
«»»>l»v£JI ft. o^ o-° ^ai i* this is the fortress which preserves (us) from
w. ii. 17
130 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 48
A 77 7 •• " f "° ' it lO > it
A all calamities ; *o-bJI o-* ^W 3>cl I take refuge with God (pray
God to preserve me) from covetousness ; ^^aJI O-* £**3 LJ*^' ^ wor/o*
holds (us) back from good ; Sj^lj ^-ij sj^) ^ZZX*. ^JJI who hath
created you (brought you into existence) from one soul. Hence too
its use to signify, on the one hand, by or through, as w)UI jj»o c^*0
he came in by, or through, the door ; l^U 2UJI ^$jZj ,JJI \1fe!.\jj\ ^s
B towers through which the water ascends; j-o^lj t^**»*^i tJI jJ*J tit
* Ct & 6 * 0
w)U,...JI JiXs ^-© w^w we foo/fc at the sun and moon through an open-
ing in the clouds; and, on the other hand, in place of, instead of
(= Jj^), as S^.*N)t ,jx> tJjJt S^-a^JU ^JLwojt are #e contented with
the life of this world instead of the next ? SSLj*^ j&>*> LX*»J lUJ ^j
^j^iXa^ u°j$ ' ^ aw^ v we pleased, we could place (or create) in
j ia>e * a j* o **■
your stead angels to succeed (you) on the earth ; J^aJ t ^y> J> JJ ^)j
** a j««>
0 UUmJU t and she had not tasted the pistachio-nut instead of (common)
■f * 0 s s * b s ^vi d * *■ * 0 s *
vegetables; \&4j£> j>j-oj gU ^>o UJ wsJi oh would that we had a
draught instead of the water of Z^mzem /]*.
(b) The temporal point of departure, the point at which an act
Or state has commenced ; as ajUw ^yo <UJ t juc he served God from
O Z *o * o * Cue * w - w »-'• J 0 -
Ats 2/ow^/i ; jo».U t ^t jtj-oJ ' O-0 ^oJ**^ I C-5 ^ £/^ time of learning
extends from the cradle to the grave ; ^•ot^- J>y> O^j^ O-* Oj***-^
D £^ey have been chosen from the times of the battle (lit. day) of Halima.
Vi * Ox? s 0 vt *■ * 3 . ■ 0 ■- * *»
* [In the words «xaJI <&-<> »xaJI 13 **xj *j)j Zamahs'arl, Fdik,
i. 159, explains ^a by Jju i.e. iXj^Lcj ^Utlis Jju, riches will not
profit the possessor thereof instead of Thee, i.e. £Ae obedience and
submissiveness to Thee. Commonly it is said to have here the signi-
fication of jUft with Thee (comp. Lane in v. juh.). D. G.J
§ 48] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : o»* 131
0
Rem. a. The Arab grammarians say that ^ya, when used in the A
above significations, is employed ^LojJIj \JS-^\ ,-$ «uUtM 61juj*}) to
denote the commencement of the limit in place and time, or simply
6tjuJ^U to denote the commencement.
Rem. b. The tribe of Hudail used .JLo in these senses as well
as £y*; e.g. *-<,.$-> ,-L© lya.j^.1 he brought it out of (^yt) his sleeve;
-*. ,yJ ^yi fix*. ->.aJ ^Lt> C+j&ji j£ >»--JI sUj CH*--' ^^2/ (*be
clouds) drank of the sea-water, t/ien they rose from (^yo) the dark- -t»
green flood with the sound of the storm.
o j a j
[Rem. c. On ^yo in the signification of Ju*o see § 61, rem. d.~\
(c) The causal point of departure, the origin and source of a
thing ; as ^JeU*. Lj ,j-« ^L)3 ^is is in consequence of information
that reached me; l^Lo w,*^.** j ^iy aw«7 jfe ^txxf admiring it (or
icondering at it, his wonder proceeding from, or being caused by, it) ; C
j a l • <• .- 5
Iji^cl ^yjUJai. U-o f^y ?twe drowned because of their sins (the par-
tide l« is merely expletive and does not interfere with the govern-
o * , , a * a 3 * ~ * * at
ment of \^yt>) '•> <*-^J^-« O-* ^-«*-ij eW»» ^^5-**^ he is silent out of
modesty, and others are silent through fear of him. Hence its use after
verbs meaning to sell and to give in marriage, as cb, w-Aj, *-jj ;
e.g. Lyi <sU*» zl> he sold to him a horse ; j^*o <*JJI Jj-y O-* ^-%*!1
JjjIj-j J^.j / «>/«? to the Apostle of God a pair of trousers ; *-jJ D
* \ a a a*o £ a to j*sa*9 j t -
Jta—J ^>j ^^xjuJI A-*.l ^jj! jj-6 <CUjI jJ-oi^-jI Ishmael gave his
daughter in marriage to his nephew, Esau the son of Isaac.
a
Rem. a. The grammarians say that ^yc is used in this case
0*
^yJjuXi to assign the reason.
a i a
Rem. b. In speaking of persons J**.' 0-*> a'4 account of, is
always used instead of ^yo, and often too in other cases ; as
132 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 48
A t^JL^k. t ^c 15&J i<*JI she on whose account, or for whose sake, thou
weepest; ^oUJaJI J^.1 £>*> (j^i\ *U£ jU ^ jlc ^.5 jUs it is a
threefold disgrace for a man to be in misery on account of {for want
s s 0 £ 0
of) food; a*%!=s J**.t vi>* because of what he said.
(d) The distance from a place, person, or thing, particularly after
words which signify proximity, such as w>ji or U,> to be near, v^J-*
near, etc. (compare Lat. prope ab eo, Fr. pres de lui, rapproche' de lui) ;
B e. g. vov*^ lA^ ' V>9 ^ arm?/ was near them ; ^.U Uj he was not
far from me (^1 Oj would mean lie came up close to me); wJUa) ^*~iJ
iUw^l ^ Ljj.5 L^-^n! ^ O' -<A*J' it behoves the student not to sit
near, or close to, the teacher. [Hence its figurative use in the phrases
quoted § 44, b, rem. a near the end : Ij^-H J^U* ^e yk etc., and in
the following examples : »iU* vO^*M IJufc U wAa£ relation is this lad
C to you? <*-u C-sJlj *£U* ys /*e is cfose to you and you are close to him
(in birth and rank); ^>c w-Jj »£U* C~J ^jjli /am wo£ iw union
with you nor you with me; ^y** jjJI *i)j ij O-* IjJ I* i" ^«w wo
concern with diversion, nor has diversion any concern with me. In the
o , ... •
last two phrases %^> ^ may be supplied, in which case tj*o has the
partitive meaning, as in %^> ^j j^ I o-° u^ he is in no part of
D science, i.e. ^ has nothing to do with science.]
(e) The difference between two persons or things which are con-
trasted or compared with one another ; as ^jhJ I o-* *>*^ ' o>*> Ja
» j«4 / / Ojoa> )-$- Jut *>*
dost thou know the good from the bad? ^.La^l ,>* j^L^\ ^Xxj «UJtj
but God knows him that dealeth foully from him that dealeth fairly ;
tj^s, J^Jbj 9-y o-* ^-^ Ch' what a difference there is between thee
and Noah in length of life ! lit. where art thou from Noah and his
length of life 1 Hence the use of ,>« after comparative adjectives ; as
§ 48] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : ch>- 133
0 J ' -- - - - JO
j^j-u J-ail yb fo is ware excellent than I ; <u« <^-UJb Jt»-I O-**^
we are fwore deserving of (or Aat'e. a better right to) the kingdom
than he.
Rem. a. If an. object be compared with itself in a different
respect, the appropriate pronominal suffix must be attached to the
O 0 *"** 0 3 0 O ** J s 0 i J St s
preposition £y«; as^yjbU^oyio^o^Jlojj <ju£I ^UJI people are more
like the time in which they are born than they are like their fathers ;
- o a jo j/9c sis ; ji jj
OU-j'iU^ov*^ V>*' «J^3i j*£M ^9* they were nearer unbelief on that
_ i * ei * s so - ^ ii *3, si si * s s s
day than belief; ^^c Jj^wl .... ojJ\j SjdJb ^1 aJUIj lit 2u\ b Jlii B
ig*>\ iJI 6w< Ae said: 0 my father ! I have more longing for a
s sBsS s s 0 J » si
piercing thrust than I have to see my son; w>/*JI ^.Jlc j/0£o bl
i J is s s- s i S3 s * is 0 t
j&yz «—>>*Jl O-* L5** *■£$*»' -^ Aawe wore /ears o/" injury to the
Arabs by you than I have of injury to you by the Arabs ; ^ib\ b^j
j-ft-LawJ Lj^-e aJUI Jj~»j ?-l/a^ and verily I was more concerned
w , ; s *^s , s s Vi ' '
about the wounds of the Apostle of God than I was about my own C
0 sis s * 0 ii si s \ o sis s j s ii si
wounds; y^y> ly-*^9 \^\ L5~° J-*^' '•** (J-* \^3^ i^[ J*-6' ^'
it so s s
t^yJ I Olji / am more inclined to its being (derived) from this root
than I am to its being (derived) from (one of) tlwse which contain
0 s bs3 si Si s s 0 i 6 i-? } sj •? J S S S S S
the letter n ; w^»Jb yk b#* j*±\ _^-b*)b oUUl d^o*, u^J ^ie pos-
sessed, may God have mercy on him ! more knowledge of science tluxn
of war (with U explet.). — Sometimes, in a less careful style of
speaking or writing, the preposition ^^ is annexed to the latter
of the two objects, instead of to the person or thing which is D
compared with him or itself in respect of these two objects; as
s .. «-- s s ii s s isS 0 J J S J s s
»^k-JI ^y. i£y>l La*Jb ^flyAJUu jLo he began to fight them with the
stick more sturdily than with the weapons (for »-^LJb <su*o i<*il);
i ■! 0 s 0 J sBi i J i s e & r* Sti s s
j^sy*& ^a -*^il ^q^o ^JJjJI ^j\ (^Xc because wrong proceeding
9 J 9 ^ 9 JO J s £ i
from you is worse than from others (for ^sy^e. ^c <U« ?»«il).
0 • i • i . . .-, i s o i tit ,
^8 with its complement is sometimes omitted; e.g. j~£=>\ <*JUt God
134 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 48
A* ' a
is most great, lit. God is greater Oj^i. ^yc than any other being;
i+ of ji 4> a ' o
^Xcl aJJI God knows best, lit. God knows better dj^e. ^yo ilian any
j * 0 i s Z si j J rss s ZOs ss s s •* s it to s s s Sua St
other being ; ^^Jstj }£■ I <*-oJ^> ^J U) ^-^J Ao-J\ <iX*~» j^JJI Oi
verily He, who reared the Heavens, hath built for us a house, the
s is 0
props (or pillars) of which are more glorious and taller, scil. <iA~o ^yc
0 s ~ j a
£/ta?i {those of) thy house, or C-w^ jj^ £ye than (those of) every
(other) house*.
j soi SO
B Rem. b. When thus used ^Jjts\ is invariable in form ; as jUfe
w«oj ^o ^J»oil Hind (a woman) is better than Zeineb ; ^j\2jmJ\
O"**-**})' O-* jj*"^' ^ie two freeborn women are belter than the two
~ss j ax? ^ j s oZ ^-</jo^
female slaves ; g'ilyaJI ,j-o jj-oit 2l©JUJI £/te learned are better than
s sbto s js6Zj*c.j0s
the ignorant; Ol^ibCM £ye> J-ait oUo^Jt £/*e (female) believers
are better than the unbelievers.
0
Rem. c. ^yc with its complement is occasionally placed in
J s 0 i J 0 0 sSl s s 0*
0 poetry before the comparative adjective; as w»*l»l <U*o wO$j ^ ^
way, what she gave (us) as provision was (even) sweeter than it
j s o Z Si j o o , s _ _ i j> ' ois
(honey); ^)~~.£?\ Ov*-6 ?i<~' ^ nothing is lazier than they; £l©~»b
j^Ofc.'5'O^aO
-JLol dLUauaJl ^JUU ^>-o fAew '^s/ud is more beautiful than that
woman. In prose this inversion takes place only with an inter-
rogative pronoun or a word in the construct state before an inter-
oo - / « a £
rogative pronoun; as j-j*. C*Jt ^>o-« than whom art thou better?
j s oi s oZ o JZ to • i • i /• »
I> i)-ai' OJl ^ov^' iW' O-* ^aM the father oj winch of them art thou
better ?
Rem. d". In the other Semitic languages, which do not possess
a peculiar comparative form of the adjective, the comparison is like-
wise expressed by means of the same preposition ; Heb. Yft, Aram,
^o, Mth. "^9°: or "K*F*\:-
J s 0 i Jul s
* [Fleischer denies that phrases like j-£>l <*JJt are elliptical, taking
j'.£-*\ as an absolute superlative; Kl. Schr. i. 684, 789, ii. 721.]
§48] The Verb.— 3. Govt of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : o-«- 135
(/) The relation which subsists between the part and the whole, A
the species and the genus ; as w>L~>*i) I (j-° w«-~» w>i»J I ^o-^ ^ science
* 0*9 j o * o Q*o o • o ^
o/" medicine is one of the professions ; w>Ul£) I ^J»*j ^o^ ' ^«^*^ 0-*5
and respect for the book is a part of the respect due to science;
* * * O - 0 0 i - 1 J * 0 0*
ju-».j ^-ij ,j»* s-,-^-0 (jl-J^t man is compounded of soul and body ;
he saw that the natures of animals and plants are compounded of
numerous elements; (j+S.) j* O-* j-iS a kafiz of wheat; y^yt. <su<U B
, O-o
^j>aJI his garment is of silk.
0
Rem. a. "When ^>* precedes a definite noun, especially in the
plural, it often indicates an indefinite quantity or number, = £._£,
S 0* ~*0>o - J 0 - , , , £
or j^Aau ; as 6L©JI ^>-o CsJ^ / drank some of the water ; ^yt> J*. I
^-JUjJt he took some of the dinars; «ubl ^t> ^s\A jjj /<« has
already slwwn you some of his signs ; [^£^5 O-* **nr^ lV' ^° ^ am ^
about to pay the homage of my praise ; O^e*' ' O-* 'v*^ '^^ «n^
J - 0 J 3
tiLAc ^^ucJj ^J ^o ^ov^J ^M* °f some We have told thee, and of
0
others We have told thee nothing. Accordingly ^j^c with an indefi-
• . " o *
nite genitive may be the subject of a sentence, e.g. J*j13 ^j-oi
, 0 £omo 6 C ° ' * " 8<a ' a Z * 2 -a
>^b J->U> 0-*5 J^W-v-'W J^* (j^ej oLJU-j^JU i!/^re are
sot/kj ivho believe in the spiritual beings as gods, others in the celestial J)
bodies, others again in the idols]. Compare in French de with the
article, as du lait, " some milk." We here see the nominal origin
0
of sj^c, which is clearly a substantive, meaning a part or portion.
Rem. b. After negative particles, and after interrogatives put
in a negative sense, ^y. prefixed to an indefinite noun means none
at all, not one ; as \)**.j tj-o ^sl*. U, or j^.\ ^o, no one came
to me ; jjjj *^j _/*£-> ,j-« Ujl». U <A«re A«^7i co?«e to zis no bearer
we cause a number of springs to gush forth in it ; 1 : -^ -r 5
oj0^ o>. o^ o ja
136 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 48
of good news and no warner ; j*c*.\ ^c i*-*^ *^ ^ no one come to
3)3, \3 3), , 3 6 3**
me ; tj+c. ai\ ^c ^£i Uo ye have no god but Him ; ^a j^ La
* ^ 3J' * ' * J • 0 Ci to '
v>>j-eU they have no helpers (=^J CHj*o\J *$) ', J*»-j O-* j'*^' \^ *$
iAere ts wo maw iw £Ae Aonse (=^ljJI ,-i *J"^"J *^) > ^J-0 O-* cJ"* *s
£/tere any addition or increase? aJJI j-*£ JUUi. (J>« ,Ja is tfAere any
creator but God? *x».! ^^-o ^v-*"* u**8"^ (J1* ^os^ ^i0M perceive any
3 * 3 3i 30 s s, 3 *
B one of them ? ?.£ ^e j-o*j)l jj-c U) Jjb /tave w;e any portion of
* £ 3
that thing ? With ju*.l ^>-« compare the Hebrew 1P|fc$Jb> Levit. iv.
* ' TV "
2, Deuter. xv. 7.
[Rem. c. Very often ,^o preceded by an indefinite noun, is
followed by the definite plural of the same noun, in order to signify
that a person or thing is wholly undefined, as i)^X$JI jj-o >^U* a
J j3fO s 0 3'
certain king; fl^^jJt ^>*e a^j « certain manner. But when an
e
C indefinite noun denoting a state or condition is followed by yj*a
with the same noun defined in the singular, it signifies a high
degree of that state or condition, as w-a..^ I s^yo wa.s a wonder
3 , ,3
o/" wonders ; £l jJ I i>* 2b a ^er2/ S^a£ disease ; ,jLuJ I ,^o (jlw a
wry important affair ; ^>j jJ t jj-c ,^-jj a areai ornament. D. Gr.]
[Rem. a*. The adverbial expressions (jJti I ^>«) j^i ,j-« to-morrow,
T) »J^' t>* a^ nto7i£ correspond to the Latin de mane (demain), de
node, and signify properly in a part of the following day, in a part
of the night. Other examples are a^j ^yo frs** ^e weni oui on
6* to * * *
the same day ; oj^9 ^yo *.a*j he returned immediately (comp. Lane
3 '30 3
s. v. and Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. p. 457 seq.) ; j^ ....<,)! Ji.li £y*
' ' * * '
* 3 ' 0
inside the mosque. This is called ^ (>y*o^ v>° m^n w^1 ^ie
signification of ft, though there is a slight difference between the
use of the two prepositions, as has been pointed out by Fleischer, i.
p. 414. D.G.]
§ 48] The Ve?-b.— 3. Gov't of Verb.—(h) Prepositions : o^. 137
0
Rem. e. When ^c indicates a part of a whole, it is said to A
OS
be used ^cux+ZXi to indicate division into parts ; when it indicates
the parts of which a whole is composed, w~£>JU to indicate com-
position.
(g) The definition or explanation of a general or universal by a
special or particular term, the latter being one of several objects that
go to make up the former; as £yc ^JJUI Jj^l ^U c^Iaj ^JUJ^j
£**L&Jlj ijU^lj K)£sy2\ and in the same way we are enjoined to take
cognizance of the different states of the heart, such as trust (in God), B
and repentance, and fear (of Him); ^ .Jjl>eL«a.'N)l **»». ^Jbaui
jjilfcoJIj oLJI^ oUI^-ohJI ^-6 jL-aJIj jjyCJI ^JU «?2c? ^ examined
all the bodies which there are in this world of existence and decay, both
animals, plants, and minerals ; J-j15j J-uU ^j*o J^ fotfA (of them),
* mo* , p>^2«" 'j ' *
j46^^ as M'^/Z «s Ca?w ; jLoJ'n) ! ,^* e^'jl* UjI^,! ^s# brethren of ours,
the Ansar (or Helpers of the Prophet) ; ^*i\ o-* jv***0** J-^^-j ^ C
their object, namely learning, is not attained; ^>o Lr**.ji\ \^imXi
OHS*^ t therefore avoid the abomination of idols ; IJuk o J^a*«3 *-ir*) ' J
.» J- ^ ^^ 0 ^ 0 0*»
J.**0 J^5 O-* J***' «««? the Arabs omit this verb kola yakulu.
Hence it serves to indicate the relation between the material and the
article made of it, as (wAj t>*) w*a JJ I &*o ^*e a statue of gold;
\j4j*" O-8) j4j*^\ O-* <t>^ a garment of silk ; j»jjA aJU w-a-qj D
VMfli) I j SjU^aJI o-o n)I ^>CJ ^ lyj-Njj o*ihjt a«d «V UY<5 difficult
for him, because of the want of instruments, and because those (which
he had) were made only of stones and reeds. In this way ,>« is con-
stantly used after the indefinite pronoun U [and C,-*], what, whatever,
which cannot be construed with a genitive ; as jC" 0-« w-Ai U the
7-777 * i.*' ?' J * ' ° •» 0 J
wow^y srfocA has been spent ; ^>>^[ o^» j~&. ^>o l^ii^i U whatever
ye lay out in charity, shall be amply made up to you ; <UJ I t-ZJu lJ
w. ii. 'l8
138 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 48
A LJ JL..Q.0 Sjii *4*.j ,*>* ^UU ^e mercy which God sendeth forth for
* $ * * *
0 -
man, none can keep bach [In some cases this ,>? ^er U may be
• *
considered as the partitive £>-*.]
Rem. In the language of the grammarians, £y* is here used
^jLJJ, or ^-j**ilJ, to make clear or explain, or ^iaJl OW to
explain the genus.
j 0 Z, , 0 * ■ &' i>
B [(h) The specifying (j-j*^DI) of the general term, as ,>? .yp aAJ
^Hjli wAa£ a man thou art as a horseman ! (where ^j^ O-* is the
equivalent of L»jli § 44, e) ; J**j t>« &+*& what a wonderful man
he is! !/***■ f-l O-0 **" «^!>^ wa2/ *2°^ repay thee good, excellent
vt J /JO /
brother as thou art ; >^»- »J-* **&* <•** might I only be rid of thee, love
(that makest me miserable) ! oj£j\ ^»**« ^^ 'j-*-* 'M ^3*i L5**"
C Ijuij J^3 j\k ^>6 <uM #Aa£ £&??/ may say when passing by my tomb,
God directed him aright, warrior as he was, and verily he followed the
right course; j„^i j£%& ^>« U** A-i/I— « jAj \J*>j* ***~» j>j' '***
ul aJ J-J ^'s is the son of the lord of KurUs: he is nursed among
us, orphan as he is, having no father ; ly^ai "iUsli l£wU *^efj 0^*3
4jUt Jy^j £~-t JaI «LaL« ^Jt J-j^j (jl£» Ja-j <>» A<? was a pious,
D distinguished, and learned man, namely a man inclined to the love of
the family of the Apostle of God. A special branch of this is the use
of ,>*> which is called ju^aJ^J, to designate the person or thing, in
which a certain quality is prominent, as ju^t d-u w**5^J I encountered
9-9 o y > 0
m Ai?» a /%>»/ ^^-^o^- cfcJJ^-e O^* u>-* ls* -^ ^aw iW So-and-So an
affectionate friend; tj**J a^* »^-«*^ I found him to be a man of ex-
ceeding generosity. In such phrases v>* has the same meaning as
w> and u&.
§ 49] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions: o*. 139
Rem. a. Observe the elliptical phrases Oj-i^l ^! ^o ,J ^^ A
who will deliver me from Ibn el-Asraf? ȣlJlj <iXi* Ul / am of thee
and related to thee, I belong to your family. On the meaning of
^LJ\j &*c ^*»JJ'> see Goldziher in Zeitschr. D. J/. G. xlviii. p. 95
seq. (comp. p. 425 seq.) D. G.]
Rem. b. ^* is used in vulgar Arabic, like ^~> in Syriac and
y\^°\: in .^Ethiopic, to indicate the agent in connection with the
passive voice of a verb ; as 9-jhj &*) ^)l %\jZJ juu - I nj *$ B
^UJ I ^c ^1 juj U*.jli. it is good for nothing at all but to be
thrown out and trodden under foot by men, instead of ^LJl awjjuj.
49. yj* (with pronominal suffixes ^&, Le, JLc, «up) designates
distance from, motion away from, departure from a place or from
beside a person ; as <*-u*j o* w^"f he sat at (a certain distance from)
his right hand [comp. however, this §, /. rem. c] ; ^j£- ^nr-1 ' \j*j C
^-jiJt he shot the arrow from the bow; jJUl ,j-* jiL> take thy
departure J rom the town; <ut w^l/^'j &£s>f> ^J rj-Ua^J *5) ^X*.
£Aa£ £&>« mayest not be compelled to leave him and turn away from him.
Hence it is used : —
(a) After verbs denoting flight, avoidance, caution, abstinence,
self-defence, guarding and setting free, forbidding and hindering, and,
in general, to express the doing of something (e.g. fighting or paying)
for or in behalf of another [comp. § 69, g\ For example: O* t>j$ D
C>*-9-« j*z £J <*-Ul 6La5 it is impossible to fee from the decree of God
. <■**>*$,, at ,b.
Almighty; »■ a..iJ I ^>c -»~l3 aiy>k£ w$a£ is disgraceful; <jl ^5*5-0
j2 j/ s* « , .- ,
»j-iu Lo* w..*^.j & is necessary that he should avoid what injures him;
) 3 0 , 1 3 1 3 „ „ s • 0 J , j ,
d—flj «^JjJ Lfrt ^*-cu ,jl ^^i^o it is necessary that he should patiently
abstain from what his soul desires (his jxissions desire) ; ^>^ O^ &]***
I declare myself free from all connection with them (as client) ; UAXt>.Zt
140 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 49
A 5^.^)1 w>l«xfi ^>c ^ is saved from punishment in the next world ; <x^sh\
J OlO s _ _ »J»/9 ' J / /
c^aJI ^^c he fed him {to save him) from hunger ; ^£j*)\ O* «l~«^ he
s 0 io>e * j (S/
clothed him (to save him) from nakedness ; j£i*JI O* j^-JI ^0 prohibi-
«/ j i/ j»»-j^j
taW o/ M?Aa£ «s wicked ; ^js- *r>3+i he acts as my deputy ; «uc JjUj Ae
oj / j«S ^ j * o s s S/o * o sis
fights for, or to protect, him; ^^^Ju) ^^3U&*j j>jJJI ,>c JiU»J ^
<&? wotf contend, or plead, for those who act wrongly to themselves;
iOsOsOsOOs 0 * *
B U*£ jj-aj jj.fi ^^Aj \J>j^* *$ (one) soul shall not make satisfaction for
t sO s s s * * JO* s s s
(another) soul at all; l»Ap tj^j \j£s <uc c^**" ^ paid so and so
many dirhams in his stead, lit. he bore, or took upon himself, for him.
(b) After verbs denoting uncovering, laying bare, opening, reveal-
ing, informing, asking and answering ; for in these verbs there lies
the idea of the removal of a covering, real or figurative. For example :
/t i <o J J J m - s J 0*
LJjJI j^j ^jis. *J*.££> £ if the veils of this world were removed from
j j o* o a* o>o s*» j , «j *
C me (from before my eyes) ; Cj^*j v>c c-iuJI ,^1 J*iLJt the mounds
f s 0* * 0 J 0
which were laid open so as to disclose chambers ; \ jdkli ^j*** c-^s ^1
~* 0 s 1 0 J
w*5U ij*j+a*.t if thou wantest a witness who can inform thee regarding
* j o s o s s j ocs
what is hidden; lyCj^a.-* ^>c «iUJL» / ivill tell thee about all of
J 0 * * sis rs vt*OJJsj0s s J 0 £ J s \
them ; <us wjI^Is^oaLo aJJI J>wj <uc ^)Z~> Jl$-W '»** this is a question
about which the Apostle of God was questioned, and he gave an answer
j li j sOiOio s 1 0 s s £ s r» • 7 /•
to it; 6±>\ t^Jju^Jt ^1 <uc a».j his father sent to Spam to look for
JO s J ul s ■ s s s IX s 0 1st s s
D him; ajs. I^v».j JU>j (ta5«^ j*}\*~* and lie asked them about me and
s oiOtO s J ~s s OtO s Is
said, Send to look for him; Aa^L^^)\ ^j* ^jj\jaJ\ O^x-oii and they
Ml ' J P J £ J 0 *■ J 0' * yi£ *
made for the arsenals to look for arms; j~g**c ^i^i ^>c ^— *j UjI^s
ss oi
ijj j I sfo smiles so as to display (teeth like) strung pearls or hailstones
(in whiteness).
(c) After verbs denoting abandonment or neglect, and the ability
to dispense with (o*) onc thing because of the possession of another
§ 49] The Verb— 3. Govt of Verb.—(b) Prepositions: <j*. 141
(w» [§ 56, c]) ; because in them is implied the notion of turning away A
(t^cl). For example : [s^Jt O^ v^j he ^ ;w^ ?r^ /^r the thing,
he avoided it; a*o O^ w-^juj or Ojac I forgave him his sin;
<ue j^j-oj &? ?cas satisfied with him (and had nothing more to ask from
him) as in the words of the Kor'an <ii£ '^-ojj^r** ^' L5^J ^°^ ''5
we// pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him. D. G.] ;
ByByyjByii y B » .. f*
a-jj ,j* Jjuu *^ O' 0^*~ '*^ ^5*^ a WWin m«^ not be neglectful of
sBs i s y-By m * » By* ' _
himself; lyic ^yi ykj he does not require it; ^yi^Jjdl wj*jlb ^ ^ B
.. ^e<» ~y a y
OLiliM gLc ,j* /7?«(/ in study such contentment that lean dispense with
* a y a *, - '<- a * y y y at
the singing of women ; »SlLAAj L5;*£nlj ,&L«t^ ^c *£U"}la*-» (^y-iil
£\y* £)* satisfy me with what Thou allowest, so that I may be able to
dispense with ichat Thou forbiddest, and suffice me with Thy goodness,
so that I may not have occasion for any other but Thee. Similarly :
«u» *^i 'l^ sJ^9 l5* s>^' O* ^^ aJULw this circumstance occupied
B B y « - s
him so that he could not think of anything but it ; j£s> ^>c ^-o*. ^> C
wJUoJI J£» / «;« unable to mention all the virtues ; w-^. Cwa-I ^Jl
ri/ 0 By B y .- --
^j j^»i O^ ./**»»■" -^ &*££ loved the good (of this world) so as to neglect
B^ By i y By
all thought of my Lord; &~Ju ^ J**--» he is so stingy as to deny
himself everything.
(d) After verbs signifying to leave one behind or to surpass one ;
as lky^ wJ-oil *$ thou dost not surpass me in anything. Hence the
By S B y
expression ^>c ^Lai not to mention, much more or much less (according D
yyBiByZByyjB yBy» ryBiBiO * yi. ) y y Zs'y
to the context) ; as U^»t ^>c ^Loi S^c^oM sLi*}M Jil ^y a) ^^-li
w*ah-*JI ^^ <u*» (^5-^ ^* i«XaJI jUl ,j»« ««</ ^€re became manifest
to him in the smallest of existing things, not to mention (and much
more in) the largest of them, such traces of wisdom as set him in the
yyyByiByyBi (d <n J y J y
greatest astonishment ; ja« ^>c "^.oi Ift^wlj >bUJI ,J> J-^-y. ^ it is not
142 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 49
A found in the wJwle of Syria, not to mention (much less in) Safed.
TT 1 * ' *
Hence too the use of ^>c in comparisons (like &*, § 48, e) ; as
j£3\ Oly^oJ s.^la»JI jjuJI Os-Jt ^yz C-Jl ^>jt where art thou (where
are thy verses) in comparison with this rare verse, which contains all
the things wherewith the mouth can be compared? ^^SsjJij U* ^1*5
He is exalted above ivhatever (gods) they join (with Him).
a * o *
[Rem. If £y£. *jL«ai is followed by a clause with ^jl, ^>c is very
B often omitted, as is frequently the case with prepositions in general,
o £ Sit
before ^1 and ,jl. D. G-.l
(e) ^jf- also indicates the source from which something proceeds ;
as [v»Jp O-^ £«J' U-i] selling or buying is only (resultant) from
, j i* a * , * ,
mutual agreement; &*$** ^j\j ^ jjuo lie acted after the counsel of
such a one] ; ^3.5 ,j^ IJuk Jjwj *}) 200 wjY/ wo£ efo this at your word
(as it were, setting out from your word, moved by your authority) ;
c?tt?e^ t» ^ city of Marrekus (Morocco) by the order of its governor.
Hence it shows (a) the authority for any statement, tradition, or the
like ; as [<Uc ^JjJI OJ^.1 / acquired knowledge from him ; yjs- \^£$j
O*^ he related (a tradition) from such a one] ; .ytsUiJI ^ i*^
i£ is related on the authority of es-Sdfl ; t>c ^£**~i OiU~»t O^J
P-jU^oJt ^>* -*-w cmc? o^r teacher used to narrate on the authority
J) of a certain sheikh; <UJI J$~*j O* 7-tP**0 ^J^ «>* authentic
tradition of the Apostle of God; Jli <ul (h5~iM ^j awe? it is told of
the prop/iet that he said ; and (/?) the cause from which an effect
proceeds as its source ; as out ^ej'ljUl ^a£ w/mc/j necessarily follows
/row «Y ; Sj^aL© ^^ j^-«l *iU* U wo o»# ever perished through asking
advice (of others).
§ 49] The Verb.— 2. Govt of Verb.—(h) Prepositions : c^- 143
0 s * b * .
(/) Lastly, v>c is used of time as equivalent to jju after; as A
Jllb ^ UJ> ^Jjs>j2 ye shall encounter (or experience) state after
state; ojjji ^sllaJI ljuo ^>p ^j j-3 i*Js as the temper of a (good)
sward betrays itself (even) after it has become rusty ; O5& w-j>5 ,j^
0 + ******
\j*%=> in a short time it will be much; J-Ji l^c after a little while
(where U is redundant, as in an example in § 48, c).
Rem. a. Observe the phrases : <u~« ^JLoJ ^jS- OU he died -t>
.. ,, 0 , , ,
aged eighty ; j-ji-e jJj ^^ w>U fte died leaving a young child;
6 i- 0 , j j
^Aj±.\ ^jf- IjJU5 tfAey were slain to the last man. [In expressions
like SjjJ> ^c U& Ae forgave, though he had the power to punish, ^j£.
can be replaced by jJ^, J^ or «-«. — For marking the distance,
,,36 4,6,, 6,0,
as £)\+£ ^^o lai^-^i (J>« ...^jfc. ^>c a£ a distance of fifty parasangs
from 'Oman, it is synonymous with ^-JLt (comp. the Gloss.
.» » ^ 0 J ,6,6,0
Geogr.). — On the elliptical phrases *ii-^ J^, <iUc. w-Ail, etc. see 0
the Gloss, to Tabari. D. G.]
6
Rem. b. Because of their being related in meaning, ^j*e and
6 , ' _ , , ,
£>£■ are sometimes used indifferently ; for example, after s-u
, ,, 6 _ ,
to hinder, w.Ua.1 to avoid, f^gjJ free from, clear of, and the like.
Compare § 48, e, with § 49, e£. [After the verbs to take, to borrow,
3 6
etc. jj^ is used of transportable objects, as ^oAljjJI <U*e w-J^l
• , ,
I got from him the dirhems ; but we ought to say^JbUI <Uc OjkA.t JJ
7 acquired knowledge from him. Others say that ^0 is used for
, , 6*> 36 } 6 ,
what is near, as wo jk^JI <U-o C»x»..» / heard from him the narrative,
6 , , 6,,'6**0 3,6, Z.*o , 3 ,
yjfi for what is remote, as «.>Lc ,3* *J>3I J-ij ^JJI ybj Z/e t£ is
wlio accepts repentance from His servants (Kor'an xlii. 24).]
e ,
Rem. c. £>£■ is sometimes used as an indeclinable noun,
,6,6
signifying side, which is its original meaning; e.g. gU^o-j ^jS- O-*
144 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 50
A dJl^wj [or ,j^ 1^5-k] ow ^*« ri^/ii anc? his left; UL..JI C-AfjL U lit
LJLo^> jj^ ^^o w/tew / jofoce f/ie sword on my left side (QU-w in
rhyme for JUA ^Ci). Compare *]¥ , "7% f*\ •
Rem. g?. According to the grammarians, ^jfi. is used jutJU
5jjta.^Jlj fo express distance from anything arae? passing away
from it.
B 50. The prepositions which indicate motion to or towards a
place, are ^Jl to, ^^a. up to, and J £o.
51. ^1 (with pronominal suffixes ^J[, «iXJI, aJI) is opposed
(io,lfc«) to o-* and j>c ; as **a*JJI ^1 j^oJI v>« /row ^ cradle to
/ / 0/ ^- ** 0 *0*o * JO
the grave; *\jJu ^1 Sj-oJI ,j-« Oj-w / went from el-Basra to
Bagdad; <sUc *Jaiul /^ severed himself from him, abandoned his cause,
but aJI aJaiJl he was devoted to his cause; j-ic <£JlJI standoff"! (see
C the end of the section). It signifies : —
(a) Motion [or direction] to or towards a place ; as ^t eU.
/ ^5x> 0 *0*o *> 4 0* 0 * s 0 £ Zito * • A J
iujuoJI A« came to £/^ city; jia. ....»)! £>* *^-J «ju*j ij^-"' c5*^ Q^.>*»
* ot 0*a 0 *0*o x + + 0*a
1b5-a5*n)I jkai....^Jt ^1 >oljj»Ji (see § 49, a) to ^ Temple which is
0 *0*O 0 * * 0 * J \ vt *>
most remote (at Jerusalem) ; [^mr»jJL0i\ c«o ^1 JJU^j S^lcJI at that
time they used to pray turning towards Jerusalem ; ^Jl jJaJ he looked
°' ' '
towards me, he regarded me; aJI J\* lie or i£ inclined towards him
or aV. Hence, because the notion of being inclined is implied in it,
D JU*-JI iJI Slj^JI ^ ^Ae Aear^ o/ woman is inclined to foolishness ;
pv* L5^>°Jb J^ mc^ sorrow leads to joy ; il^-JI ^1 aj^J its colour
* j • & *o ** + J % *0 vt *a £
verges on black; $*> U J>kJt ^1 >* it is somewhat long; LjjJI ^1
L5* ^° JliJ" L5^' see> the world is somewhat on its decline*. D. G.]
* [For the explanation of this (^) $*> U see Fleischer, Kl. Schr.
i. 477 seq., Dozy, Supplem. sub U and infra § 136, a, rem. e.]
§51] The Verb.— 3. Gov t of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : ,J\. 145
(b) Transferred to time, the point up to which something lasts A
or continues ; as w^LoJI ^Jt Cs«4 / fasted till sunset ; ^ya Of***-*
to the present day (and) have been tested with every sort of test ;
*U*5JI >»*> ^H JiaJ' ^jAc ^jjfclb ^^1 ,J-« dJu\b J!p ^ a par/
of my people shall not cease to hold fast the truth till the day of the
resurrection. It occurs in a somewhat different sense in the phrases
, i a* »- - a )Z* - a "
a-o-JUI jiyi ,Jt ^f ;»_»a. .) He will certainly assemble you to the day of B
the resurrection (for it) ; [«U-> ^)l jyib c-JI £&>« «r< divorced till
this day year].
Rem. In these two cases ,JI is used jlyi'jU to designate the
limit of the act. [See § 52, rem. b.]
' . . ' ' ' j*
(c) ^Jl also shows that one thing is added to another («L»-LcuoJJ
or ijtoJU), and hence we find it construed with jjj to increase,
augment; as IJuk ^1 \J* ^*b add this to that ; j^\yo\ I^J^U ^ C
j^\yt>\ ^1 do not devour their substance in addition to your own ;
» * a * z * t i *
jf^Omm ^M i^Ca* lj>tj they have added knowledge to the knowledge
they (already) possessed. [Hence also it signifies reaching up to
(- ^i J^i ^l w'^-^-o). belonging to (= ^M jay**isu*), entrusted to
(-^1 J^a^o) etc., as «U«1 ^j ^Jt ykj and he belonged to the
a > <■ a " i * - - i a*
Ben Ft Umeiya ; j^jxii Ll-o «->■£ ,J[ '>— *J they belong to none D
„ - a* - i 3 - - -
of our Arab tribes, that we should know them ; SjjjaJI ,jt \jj£s'}j
tj^j_~J ^31 c-Jl^ and they said that *El-Jazira belonged formerly
, ,,ao ) , a * a* * *
to Kinnasrm : iCol^JI (jU-/jL»*j aJJ (J^ the hospital of the Barma-
kides was entrusted to him.] — It is also construed with adjectives
of the form J*3t and others, derived from verbs signifying love or
hatred and used in a passive sense, to indicate the subject of the
feeling (see § 34, rem. a) ; as w--»-, w>^o»-.o, dear ; ^^».l dearer :
* j , at 6
sjaJu hated, hateful: ^^oijl more hateful. — It is used too with
w. ii. 19
146 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 52
A near, and similar words, in so far as they convey the idea of approach
or approximation, opposed to jj* jk«A> /ar /row, e.g. ^M w>*' ^^
^o-JsmJI /or #Hs cowe^ nearer to reverence ; whereas in so far as they
convey the idea of the measurement of the distance of one place from
0
another, they are construed with ^>« (§ 48, d). [The same idea of
approach is indicated by .Jl in the expressions aJI»» .Jt on his side ;
*!»*£. ^M <CLo*»» Ms tent (stood) beside the tent of the other.] — Finally,
notice the phrases : «yJi j~i- ^J1, lit. on to other than this, and oj»-\ ^Jl
B (contracted ?>-JI), to the end of it, i.e. et cwtera ; «&1*H, lit. to thyself!
and ^jis. siXJI, lit. to thyself from me! =9*3 stand off'! aJI IJuk, scil.
j^~~* or i^a^sLc, this is committed or entrusted to him.
[Rem. On the phrase ly£JI there it is for you! see § 35, b, 8,
rem. &.]
52. j> differs from .J! in indicating motion towards and at
the same time arrival at an object, whether this object be actually
C touched and included or not ; whereas ^t merely implies the motion
towards an object, whether this be arrived at or not ; as ^a j**^
^aJUl bJUslo .*£»• it is peace till the break of day ; ty^- i^UI Cv
- 2 «J c- 2 - - - - 2 >e l a _ c
p-UcJt I slept last night till it was morning ; l^lj ^^»- <* £■»...} I cJ^sl
/ ato ^e /sA to zVs {eery) head ; ^>*»- ^*»- <^;a.....J £^?/ would
imprison him for a (certain) time. However, when jj-o and ^Jl are
D used in opposition to one another to designate the terminus a quo and
terminus ad quem, ^Jt necessarily includes the idea of reaching the
object (§ 51, a, b). Further, when the reaching of the object is
distinctly expressed by the governing verb or verbal noun itself, the
meaning of ,^1 is naturally modified thereby ; as aJI C^^UI / came
up to him ; aJI ilyli^JI the attaining to it. That ^£»» does not
necessarily include the object reached or attained is evident from
its being occasionally used to indicate exceptions, like the German
bis auf.
§ 53] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : J^. 147
Rem. a. i**»- is scarcely ever [i.e. only by poetic license] used A
with pronominal suffixes; as ^b ,iJU». ,_£j ^bl ^Jdj *) aJUIj %9
* i
>0j ,-jt ho, 6y GW, men will never find a man (coming) up to thee,
0 'Ibn llbi Ziyad : ^i J^ j^ai.i «*)U». Ool she has come to thee,
making for every mountain-pass.
Rem. b. The grammarians, when they wish to make a distinc-
tion, say that .Jt is used tl^^U, to designate the limit (of the B
act), whilst ■ «*»» is employed iulxXJ or <ul*JI tlyJUi^), to designate the
attainment of the extremity or utmost limit.
a < j) -
Rem. o. When ,«£»■ is a simple copulative particle (Oj»-
Oikc, or 5itU, or oUk*JJ), in the sense of even, it exercises, like
the other copulatives (such as j, o. and ^j), no independent
influence upon the following noun, which remains under the same
government as the preceding one ; e.g. Sli^JI !**»• ?»-la^aJ1 j>j£ C
the pilgrims Iiave arrived, even those travelling on foot ; ^UJI oU
iUJ^/t tyj^ men have died, even the prophets; ty*.\ L^»- d^j^J
and they left him, even his brother; lytj.x*. ^J* 4jjU*Jt L-^.I>a..c.1
the girl pleased me, even her conversation ; ly-»lj l***- a£o— M wJLral
,. li-0 33,3'3-'-
1 have eaten the fish, even the head of it : <UJt J^j—m jjUw O^j
CwJI ^51^*. ^^ j>*"i)l ><«e^ ,«* <ula>.^l «-e ^s^o and the
Apostle of God used to consult his companions on all matters, even J)
household affairs.
■s * * *
Rem. d. A dialectic variety of ^^- is ^ through which it
may perhaps be etymologically connected with the corresponding
Hebrew word "jy.
53. J (with pronominal suffixes ^J. iU, a)) is etymologically
connected with ^1, and differs from it only in this, that ^J\ mostly
expresses concrete relations, local or temporal, whilst J generally
148 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 53
A indicates abstract or ideal relations. Hence J is rarely employed
sVp*^ (see § 51, b, rem.) ; as ikS«^c J***) jj>*~» J£> each (of them)
travels to an appointed goal*. Its principal use is to show the passing
on of the action to a more distant object, and hence it corresponds to
the Latin or German dative; but it may also express the relation of
the action to a nearer object, and so stand in place of the accusative
(compare §§ 29, 31, 33, 34). Hence J indicates : —
(a) The simple relation of an act to the more distant object ; as
B <*J AJkj he gave it to him; lyJ JUS he said to her; <iUjJ jj-« .J ^Jk
i«Jb Ajji give me from Thyself good descendants; Cy* j& J*»- a-U'^
# * 0 i oi JSP
W»jjjt^»£'"*Jt ««c? &W /*«£/* made for you wives of yourselves (of your
own race).
Rem. «. After the middle forms of the verb, J often expresses
the yielding oneself up to the action of another or to the effect of a
thing; as^£) j^~i\ Lo j-Jaa».)l <d tjj^., pull his (the camel's) leading-
C rein as long as it can be pulled by you ; ai LcjoLJt aJJU Uc»xo- ^y*
if any one deceives us with God (i.e. with a pretence of devoutness),
we let ourselves be deceived by him.
Rem. b. Some grammarians say that the jj»JI vo^), or preposi-
tion J, is used in this case SujaCXi, to express the j)assing on of the,
action ; but others consider that it is here employed ^JLJLoJJU and
0 i >e o
»iLwLo^l <*-<£J, to signify the giving 2>ossession (of something) or the
D like, and restrict the term ajjulJU to the cases laid down in §§ 29,
31, 33, and 34.
* [After verbs that signify to fall (as j±., JaJLw, *5j) J has the
meaning of on (=i*^), as ^j-sJJJ jj>. he fell down prostrate with his
chin on the ground. Hence the expression ^o^AJj ^j juJU, on which see
the Gloss, to Tabari sub^. 1). G.]
§ 53] The Verb.— 2. Govt of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : J. 149
« » x 6 *x Jx ft x J } Z *
(b) The dative (a) of possession ; as ^SLe ^\j *J o-* J^' A
w j » x »x
^ ;««« & Ae mjAo has a right opinion or a correct judgment ; aJJ »>-fraJI
i 2 ftx j x»x
praise belongs to God ; <JJ Lil we are God's; jujJ JUJl ?Ao property
is Zeid's ; yj*j*^ w-j-J' ^0 s«<M<? belongs to the horse ; [Uu^-» <*J w*»'j
/ saw ftkrf ft &w? « glistening] ; whence it is used to indicate the
x x a«> o Z*> x x x
author of a proverb, poem, etc.; as jj— aJI ^jj j***.-*i J->5 U^
a Ox x x os
as has been said by Muhammad 'ibn el-Hasan : ^n J jlwI A« recited B
_ * •>"« x x .» 0 _ fte
(« poem) by one of them (the poets) ; ^A*) <*Jl J-jfj OjuiJl a /##;«
was recited to me-, and I was told it was by 'All ; (/?) of permission
' ' 3" .. . l- • • ft £ jx
[or right] ; as «iX)3 <*Ji then this is allowed him (lit. is to him) ; [^jl *J
\j& J*aj he has a right to do such a thing] ; (y) of advantage, as
opposed to i^*, which indicates injury : as lyJ U j.^JLdl a.ijju> aaa.m
lyJLt Uj learning is the soul's cognizance of what is for its good and C
for its hurt ; [*) lft> /^ blessed him, § 23].
Rem. a. The grammarians say that ,J, when it indicates
possession, is used JJUL^JU to indicate the right of property, or
x ft xJ
L>?l«a.Z^.>jJ to shoiv that something is ascribed to one as his own, or
JjUa^w^U to s/«o«y </*a£ Ae has a right to it. Compare the Hebrew
usage, Tph "lOTD a psalm composed by David ; etc.
. T . . .
Rem. b. As the Arabs have no verb corresponding to our have, D
they are obliged to express it by the preposition J with the
ft x ,^ ft x .» x ft x x
genitive of the possessor; as ju£ U5U ^-Jbj JUL»JU O^ ^'-'^ Zuhair
had two hundred slaves; j+±. w*».l.o ojL^L-j ^IjJLj <sJ Ae A«o" in
* XX xxx "x
• 7_. . * «X» xx « £ x
Bagdad six hundred secret police; ^jj\ *^j w>t ,J Lo / Aaiv neither
f oilier nor son.
Rem. e. J is often used, instead of a simple pronominal suffix,
6 £ xx
in order to avoid rendering a noun definite; e.g. «.t ,J C»U a
150 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 53
A brother of mine is dead ; whereas i**^' OU would mean my (it may
be, only) brother is dead [§ 92].
Rem. d. In pecuniary transactions ^) is used to indicate the
creditor, whilst ^JLc expresses the debtor [§ 59, c] ; as ^JLJLc ,J
^o-fcp oiM /Ziom. owest me (lit. £^ere are to me upon thee) a thousand
dirhams
Rem. e. Observe the expressions of admiration : dp aJJ w;Aa£ a
-D maw ^e is / jj***-; O"* ^J-* ^ wAdrf a mewi thou art ! £$i\ <*JU what a
man thy father vms ! C-Jl aJJ what a man thou art I ^pUUI <*JJ Aow
beautiful is {the saying of) the poet ! (lit. to God belongs his outflow
or emanation, from none other could he emanate ; compare Jonah
iii. 3, DTl'/X/ ri/ilil Ty nn^H DI.DM) and Nineveh was a very
.. T . . T.,T ... ,..
large city). Remark also such phrases as : w>tjJjl ,-i -iJJ vJa
wouldst thou like some wine? tjjb \^Xmu ^\ ,ji^£) jjj» A«ye ye a
0 tois/i to eto £/m ? ^^sJaii ^j\ dU ^^yS c/os< £Ao<* wish then to give
me some food? where we must supply the substantive «Lcj desire,
wish ; [^)l U l«o what object or reason have we that ? aJj ,J Lo
i«/ia£ Aave / to do with him ? \j& ^J-awJ >Jljt J to w/m£ has
0 -
happened to me that I (i.e. why do I) see thee doing thus? .J ^c
who loill be for me as helper ? lyJ Li I / am the man for it].
D (c) The purpose for which, and the reason why, any thing is
done (relation of the action to its purpose and cause) ; as a^jbtoJ v»l5
he arose to help him; w-j^UJJ <H)jJs I beat Mm to correct him;j^*i\ U
J»o.«ij *$\ science (or theory) is only for the purpose of being applied in
practice; o^^^oJWj-**^ o\^J\ ^JJb he sought the dignity (or office) for
the purpose of ordering good ; J~5 IJ^yJ} and for this reason it is said ;
i t < Jit • - * • *
j*oj «u*n) because it does harm ; <»JyU C«,;»»,c /" wondered at (because of)
§53] The Verb— 3. Gov 't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : J. 151
«r^ctf fo said?; Sjjb ^Jt^JJ ^J}>*3 LT5!^ aw<* wn^' tt Jeehng of joy A
cow^s ore/- ;«? a£ remembering thee.
Rem. In this case J is said to be used JJLxJJ, or aJUJU, to
indicate the cause. [Comp. § 44, d, § 48, c]
(c?) After the verb J15, it often indicates the object in reference
5 ^ at J< <o .. 3**3 a ^ j j^ ^^
to which something is said ; as Ol^-at aJJI J^w ^ JJ£j kj-0J iy>£j "^
say not in regard to thaw who are slain on God's path, They are dead B
(do not call those who are killed fighting for God's cause, dead) ;
* \ 5 0 £ 9 J f * Z* - - 0 * 3 J *S
IJkA^a*— A ^,£s>At*. UJ JwJU (jy^SJI do ye say of the truth, after it has
JilC * * - 3 0 31*o - 0 ' »- * - it 3 *
come to you, Is this magic? [ajI ^Xc ^j^L-^JI %^a^3 ^ Zj~£* J^.3
(J'iUa^M ^Xc JLvli a) JULj ^j JU-i ly-*-LoJ JUu j*£» «wrf « man
who has committed a great sin, but such as the Muslims do not agree in
calling infidelity, is said to have acted wickedly, but is not termed a
wicked man without restriction. Hence the very common aJ JUL C
5 Z ' 3 5 W - 3 J* 3 3*
j^»a>.« he is ccdled Muhammed, from the active ji»a».o aJ J>aj he says
of him Muhammed, i.e. he calls him M.] Similarly : £y> doJL-«o JU>
3 0** o * * * oi 0 3 * Z * 3 * 0 * * Ot 0*3 to* *o>o a *
CJjtf j3 J13 dJjkl ^« J^jJ U^Jli C.rwj£«l w.^-tfi;) U^j ^ULoJI ju£
Meslema, the son of 'Abdul-melik, said one day to Nosaib, Didst thou
compose a poem in praise of so and so ? meaning a man of his family ;
he said, I did. [And so frequently after a demonstrative pronoun, as
Jli ^JJJ IJ^>j \j£j JJJt ^^~>j\ a-Ic yj\ see, 'Otba has sent me to
you with such and such a message, according to what he had said ; D
aJx. yb ^JJt jlaJJ wi5^JI IJjb J\3 Aijsu Jiij ^o. Jjf JjLj ij\
that the Apostle of God, when he stood on 'Arafa, had said : this is the
station, meaning the mountain on which he found himself D. G.]
[(e) Finally, J is used to mark the time from which, or at which,
any thing took place -^jjUJJ, as 0-*iX) U»*s> we fasted from the time
a * * * . ».»•»----
oj the mist ; a^J oU he died on that same day ; aCJU ^j**
152 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 53
A when one year of his reign had elapsed ; j-^\ O-* *Z~&* *^J wfo»
one night of the month had passed, i.e. the first ; <L-J to the completion
of a year. See § 111, and an example § 70, rem. b. D. G.]
Rem. After the interjection b, the preposition ^J is frequently
prefixed to the name of a person called to aid, as well as to the
name of him against whom help is implored, in which case it
B is said to be used 4jli£w'})U to ask help. If there be only one
or <su QlaI>...o, i.e. person called to aid, the preposition
takes the vowel fetha (just as with the pronominal suffixes, Vol. i.
§ 356, rem. b) ; as jujJ b 0 for Zeid! i.e. help, Zeid ! Jb **})3bj
wJbu alas for the humiliation ! help, tribe of Taglib ! But if there
be several, ^J is used with the first alone, and ^J with the rest,
unless the interjection be repeated before each name, when jj is
C retained throughout ; as _jj-«aJj J^jJ b , or 3j^*J bj jujJ b, /te£p,
£ it - 3 JO- 0 '* •
^icZ «««? '-<4mr / (JjUuJUj J^yCU b /ie^jp, oW awe? young ! i*-*}*) b
,<o>5 jj^**6'^ ^-3 Ad^p, 0 my family and ye who are like my
family ! If the name of the person against whom aid is required,
<sJ *t>Ul..»»M or <xXe*.\ jj^s ^UImmoJI, be expressed, it takes J (with
kesra) before it, as _£/<**) J^jJ b AeJp, Zeid, against lAmr ! ^UU b
woUCJU A«(p, people, against this liar I If an adjective be annexed
D to the aj OIaI.~o, it may be put either in the genitive or in the
accusative; as ^rij&\ JujJ b or ^jj£i\. In the case of the
aj -^.Aiilm*, the vocative termination 1_ (see § 38, c) is sometimes
used instead of J with the genitive ; as jj-oJtJ I juj b Atf//», Zeid,
against lAmr ! — These expressions are also employed [(1) to call or
invite, as 6t<JU Jla-jJJ \j 0 ye men, come to the water! ^J^XJJ b
_ .ai »,H ^jL^JiJJj come Aere, young and old, to wonder ; hence
& , 5 jo '. i -/ j
(2)] wiL.*."H, <o express surprise, in which case the <LU w*a» .»."."■<.
§55] The Verb. — 3. Gov't of Verb. — (b) Prepositions: ^i. 153
or object that causes surprise, is treated in the same way as the A
aj ^'Iflinuii ; e.g. ,__ -flt.'H b 0 the wonder ! d-J*>l jJU b 0 the
misfortune ! jL«JI ^>« J-** J*** a-JU» |jtj...o>J Ls fo<2 0 the
disgrace of those who seek it (learning) in order to obtain benefits
from, men. — Similar forms of expression are <sJ b, ^JL) b, etc.,
e
followed by the accus. or, more usually, by the preposition yj*o
with the genit. (see § 44, e, rem. a) ; as *j^.j *i b^ Jj»»j i^-5*^
or jj*wj ^>* aJ b^j, there came to me a man, and what a man he teas .' B
*»* O y * i ***** s
iLJ ^c \i b 0 ivhat a happy night ! (J-j-jI «Aa. ^><o <il) U 0 what
a soft cheek ! J>J yj-a «iJU Li and 0 wA«£ a splendid night ! JJU b
j-tr*-t,-} 5j+5 ij*6 0 happy lark in a meadoio .' — In all these cases ^J
seems to point out the person or thing, in reference to which
the exclamation is uttered, as being the origin and cause of it.
[There can be no reasonable doubt that, as the grammarians of
tl-Kufa teach, this ^Jb with following genitive was originally J|l b
followed by the name of the kinsmen of the man who called for C
aid. See Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 393 seq., Lane sub Jt. R. S.
This war-cry of the Time of Ignorance (iJjklaJI ^J^i) was
lis , , i jt/ /
forbidden by the Prophet, who substituted aJU b and ^^X -»»J b.]
54. The prepositions which indicate rest in a place, are ^ in,
into, y at, in, by, with, ** with, along with, ,jjJ, or ^jJ, at, tcith,
in the possession of, and ^JU over, above, upon. J)
55. The preposition ^j (with pronominal suffixes ^i, <ibi, <*-i),
on the difference between which and w> see § 56, indicates : —
(a) Rest in a place or during a time and motion into a place, in
which latter case it corresponds to the Greek eis or the Latin in with
the accusative ; as C*-JI ^y in the house ; &Ljt Jih ^ in this year ;
' ■» » ' «£ j»<o **o*
[C>li3«x«-» v»bl ^i during a certain number of days] ; j^\ ^J» ibjJI
w. ii. 20
154 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 55
A the water is in the jug ; ,jlju*J! ^ ^^£^1 ^<? racing is in the
meiddn ; jZJ\ ^ *5j he fell into the well; w>U£JI j^b ^J %i$
he wrote on the back of the letter ; J^L/jJI ^J aJJI a*3$j God will
cast him into (make him dwell in) the villages ; ^-^^ ^ «£)ju J»»o'
• 0 * s * Ota JO • Oi-
put thy hand into thy bosom; [^j*~°\ ^vc^la-M CJLA.^1 by inversion
for^oJUJI ^ ^**-e] I inserted my finger into the signet-ring]. This
B signification is then transferred to the relation subsisting between any
two things, the one of which is regarded as the place in which the
other is, or happens, or into which it goes or is put ; as^JjuJI Jl». ^i
in the state of pupilage ; j~*-)\ O-* *** ^* whatever good there is in it ;
JfjuaJI ^-i Sta^l safety lies in speaking the truth; alcUo ^i j~e->
skilful in his trade; w>U£)t ^ jiiu /^ looked into, or ra*</ t», ^
foo#; <Cj».l». ^i ^j*** ^ exerted himself about his business; ^i J^-3
C ^Xju)\ he commenced studying; rf7p»g ^i aJJI ^^Ai-ju 6W «ra# /#£
them enter into His mercy ; [<^2> ^* ^tA*M O-* oW he ^s nothing to
do with science].
(ft) j-i is sometimes equivalent in meaning to %* with, or ^i
among; as^o^-M O-* ^^ J^^o-6' ^ t>^»ot enter with generations
which passed away before you ; ^»JI O-* *$***' ^ w*L3l she came
j) forward with (some) women of the tribe ; UJI )j-?...>^a. ^j a».^j' /^ se£
ow£ wi£/< 50,000 m«/. [The proper meaning of ^ being in the midst
of the following noun ought to be a plural or a collective ; but the
signification of with became so prevalent, that we find actually
J^'^vO^ ^ ^M K-j^^i *$ O^^ and he did not go out with more
titan one servant. In a somewhat different sense ^» is used in the
* * * »t * » *
phrase Jl»-j **Ji' iV O-*-* we were four of us men. — The signification
§55] The Verb. — 3. Gov t of Verb. — (b) Prepositions : ^5*. 155
of with comes to denote a combination of two qualities, as ^ i\y* A
»/♦»■ blackness blending with redness. D. G.]
(c) It indicates the subject of thought or conversation, that in
which these move ; as iliw^l jU^.t ^ O-ijr^ J**^ re/fee* faro
months upon the choice of a teacher ; *iU3 ^ J&& o' ^5*^ ^ OTtts^
meditate upon this; «£U3 ^y ^^» &? <*/*>£« afowtf f£is (whereas
<£AJjj ^^AC would mean /<f £/w£0 tfAis #«£, ^ (/are utterance to this B
. . r "i* " „ & , jZ
opinion); [aU\ ^ Lj#^.la*JI cfo ^ argue icith us concerning God]
{Jf*+£ **s*^ L5**" L5* ^ ^"** whoever may doubt my lore for Buteina].
Hence it is used in stating the subject of a book or chapter ; a^
+ * l»f 4 , ,i, 9 3,
JjV^^t ^ L»U£» oUc he compiled a book on morals; ^ J-ai
^*" a*aU a chapter treating of the nature of science ; j>^^\ w>U£»
SjAUUI^ ^^c* jy-6 ^i SjJbl^JI M<? fo>o£ 0/ ^ shining stars, treating
of the kings of Misr and el-Kahira. Similarly : <sui c^V he got up C
(to #0 ««d &*>£) /o/- him ; U^-i ^^a.^ £foy sent me to Wjk for them,
or to fetch them; 4JJI jup ^t ^jlkLJI ^y *i*jtJ and he sent for the
Sultan 'Abil 'Abdi Hah. [It also denotes the assigning of a cause, as
j**»J\ <->*•' i^j* »***•" <Vj-» he fogged him with the prescribed number
of stripes for drinking wine; iUj ^s <su>^ /«? blamed him because of it;
, 9 , * , St , £ iO , , , ti, 3*0 £
V*— ?*• *>* ^f j^' w^»J s!/*l Oi w^*% a woman entered Hell D
because of a cat which she confined without food.}
(d) ^ji is used after verbs signifying desire, like w-^j and *4-k,
in connection with the object desired ; as J-o*"j vo^' 5-JJ «*»-3 O-*
^Ul jut U-i w*^> ^Ji <su M?Ay should he, who has experienced the
sweetness of knowledge and of the application of it in practice, desire
£ <o , 3 i ,,3,2 I ,3,
anything that men possess? ^Ul J\yc\ ^ ^.»kj *$ ,jl ^i-r^j he must
not covet people's property. Compare § 53, b, rem. e.
156 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 56
A (&) It is employed in the comparison of two objects, governing
the thing with which the other is compared ; as ^ W**M s>**^' I*
c\Zc *^l Sja.'n)! this life is merely a temporary usufruct, compared with
the life to come; [JU**^ i>* O""8^ ^* <lU^3 ls* J**^ '^•[f^ ^*
£/«/ ta.r is 7w£ Ai^A, *» proportion to tlie number of handicrafts of
which thou art master] ; 3^L5 •>)! d^a»-j ^ <£J-oAfi U £% knowledge is
B cm/?/ a rfrop compared with his ocean; lit. w^w j^£ into it, the
smaller object being, as it were, placed within the larger one for the
purpose of comparing the two.
(/) Lastly, ^ is used to express proportion (e.g. length and
e , * * * a st** t - y j a - jj j
breadth) and multiplication; as Ulji jJuz ^jij\ ^j» Ulp yjy~+±. <jJji»
* • *
\*cj£ its length is fifty cubits, by twelve cubits in breadth (Germ, bei or
auf Fr. sur) ; lyXJU ^J /»-~'!>* *j-**ft IajIjia* its size is ten parasangs
" ° * . • - • -
Q by the same; <L~+&. ^ itU three into five or three times five, according
to the phrase >**£ ^ \*j>£ *->«« he multiplied one number by another
(lit. struck the one into the other).
fi ••5
Rem. .*$ is said by the grammarians to be used iLijJa-U, to
indicate time and place.
56. w> (with pronominal suffixes ^>, ib, aj) differs from ^j?
in this, that ^, like the Latin and German in, shows that one thing
D is actually in the midst of another, surrounded by it on all sides ;
whereas w> merely indicates that the one is close by the other or in
contact with it, and corresponds therefore to the Latin prepositions
prope, juxta, apud, ad, and the German an or bei. For example :
SybUJI w>Lj ajj.3 « village at (close to or /<«/^ by) the gate oj
U-Kdhira ; J>*-jJ ^jj-° I passed by a man; **> w^*- he sat beside
(or by) him; jjuj <UJt^=>j-<x» GW helped you at Be~dr; ioj*»oJb o^
^Xi there was at (or m, Germ, cm, Fr. r)) U-Medina a merchant;
§56] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : w>- 157
j«A+j 2uj3 a town in Egypt ; ou-» «jujj ipim a sword in his nana; A
lb aj ftfera *V ?'« fo'w « disease; jV^ M;b v***^' awtd ow fowse &y
<% (= \jQ) ; jj&i |>.a>.i.^.» ^ffvtic OaJ-^3 J^i^ «»<* *»*% #e
pass by them in the morning and at night (=*}LJ). — Hence it is
construed with verbs signifying to attach, connect, or adhere to
(e.g. Jif, J*sJ, S*j, JU), [go round, surround (e.g. ;b, J»U.t, oU»)],
seize, take, or begin (e.g. •*£•', 'Ju); ask about, know, or be acquainted B
with (e.g. JL»,^oJLc, j-oj), flee for refuge to, believe in, and swear by
(e.g. JU, ,>*!, ^-J\). For example : ^ ^oyiU^U 4JLo~$ ^ov-'Ji)
j^ JjLct their heads adhere to their shoulders (and) they have no necks ;
XI* |J<A> « Alt St «■ " «"
jb>3b jy**j ijjJI O*^ because the worms stick to the fruit ; (J-©}
Sl5^JL» s^^JI /*<? joined the one thing to the other ; [glj^b ^>3 and I
hovered round enemies; UJ»c fc«^Jb J»b>.t he comprehended it, knew C
*Y thoroughly] ; JE--Jb lju ^e te^aw fo study the lesson ; j»\J*£J\j J^.
take hold of the nose-rein ; gL«JI £tj.>b j--oj ,<ob sl~JO ,-j^L-J ^b"
«««? //" #? o&fc »*« afowrf women, truly I am skilful in the diseases of
women ; <*Jaa»...> ^y> aXJLi j^*j we take refuge with God from His
- - * <• '
wrath; «*».tyi aJJb CvUl I believe in the one God; (c-JU»») w-o—5)
aJJb I swear by God; iU*j OjJj^ ^ % Thyself (I swear), I will
puft 7% Aouse; ^Cl U «ib. SU /io3 ^ thyself I care not; JL*\jj D
6y £% taurf / — Hence, too, it is used after 13] lo ! see f introducing a
person or thing that comes suddenly into view (3U*.U«JI til or
^>W-*JI 'ip ; as £»>V^ 'ij >*— J >* 1-^ whilst he was going along, he
suddenly perceived a cloud of dust ; £>yAJ 01 13] w>jj^' cJa-jy UJi
^oj^fe rt«o? «/?<?/• I had got to the middle of the lane, I all at once heard
a great noise; w>M \j^ **-»-^*ft Aa.,A) 1}!^ si*jjkaJI ^i j*Jj
158 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 56
A and whilst we were talking, a great clamour suddenly arose at the
door ; J-.SI jJ 2l£sjj ju-JI aJ JUj Ja»/j t$l behold, a man called the
sdiyid Beraka came forward. Here we must supply the participle of
the verb u-^.1 to perceive [or j*aj to see], which is construed with w»,
as, for instance, in the second of the above examples, \j~a»^> Ut lit
^*Jit CsyAi. The same remark applies to O^* m sucn phrases as
,-^.sUteJ >ib ^^ ^ seems to me that thou art trying to deceive me ;
B jofcJUt VJI kttwtf *£b jV^ J£ is as if 1 saw thee being let down into
the grave ; [c~-a3 f*if> U <•** ^ji >zkj\£s it is, 0 Darih, as if thou
t * s *t£ *
sawest me already dead] ; *}bj;5 ^Xj ^y^ methinks I see thee slain;
i.e. sib ^a^-o («J^, or <ib j-oj! ^iU».— From the idea of contact
there arises, in the case of a superior and inferior or primary and
secondary object, that of companionship and connection ; as «UaIj jU
(j he set out with his household ; jJuJ\ w>W^ ^e^ J-»-> he came into his
presence in his travelling dress; ti*c\af\) jU^Jt ^JjZZI he bought the
ass together with its bridle; [j**-i well, properly with well-being in
at- - a s
answer to the question £*j*~~e>\ >J^£» how do you do this morning ?]
Under this idea are figuratively represented the following relations :
(a) The relation between subject and predicate, especially in
negative propositions ; as «ju* ^J\SL> <UJt ^•Jl is not God sufficient
J 0 s S & £t ' ' v*0 0
1) for His servant? jj\xj C~J / do not knoic ; -»**«JJ -^^ ^J ^*
thy Lord will not deal wrongly with His servants; ^j+^y+j j** U
e s a »
they are not believers ; ^o^U^cb ,>£»! ^ jtjJI ^1 \^J^\ 0^-« ,jt^
and if hands are stretched out to food, I am not the quickest of them
*■ O 0060^0 & J * s * J 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 J0
(to do it) ; v/5 C* dy O* *$•#* O**? t*^ & ^ -*** ^**^ L5^ O**
and be an intercessor for me on the day when no (other) intercessor can
avail Sdwdd 'ibn Karib in the least. An example of the rare use of
§ 56] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.—(b) Prepositions: ^>. 159
w* in affirmative propositions is {kJt*-i O' ^^ J^^ ^ O' ^3li -*^'
^^♦J I efo ^<9j/ not see that God has power to Wing the dead to life ]
[Comp. in Hebrew T&l X^Pl Job xxiii. 13. D. G.]
(6) The relation between the act and its object, (a) This is
always the case after intransitive verbs, as %^j~-> J*»»J he ivas stingy
of something, opposed to aj -^w he ivas liberal of it; [ojJI^ ^j he
, * - » i o - * oi o -
treated his father with filial piety; &* ^im.j±\ }t ^ jj— ».l j3 B
,jjL..JI jfe f/eted ttW/ towards me, when he brought me forth from the
prison; Jii* aj j*\ he gave an order respecting him, and accordingly
he was slain ; OL^JLJU ^i Lcj he pixiyed (God) to grant me
stedfastness] ; especially such as indicate motion, e.g. st*., ^Jl
to come, w-*i to go away, »-1j, jL» to depart, set out, jAS, sja^j to get
up, rise, lo->» to be high, etc. These verbs are construed with w> and
the genitive of the thing, accompanied by, or in connection with, C
which one performs the act they denote ; and they must be translated
into English by transitive verbs. For example : aJLI* Sjy-j Sy\s
then bring (lit. come with) a sunt (chapter) like it ; ^Aj^o aJJI w>i
God took away (lit. went away with) their light ; JiaJU >ol5 he upheld
the truth; a£X^»J1 gLcb tB^v-' ^e t°°k upon him the burden of the
government ; &j l^w he lifted it up on high ; [aj ^jit bring thou him,
§ 59, rem. a], (/?) The same construction is also employed with D
transitive verbs, not only when they signify motion but in other cases
too, and the verbs must then be used absolutely*; as^o^j ^J! wou
he sent them to me (lit. he performed the act of sending to me in
connection with, or by means of, them, using them as the objects
* [In many cases this construction is the consequence of the
omission of the proper object, e.g. with verbs signifying " to send "
without mention of the bearer of the message, etc., with those that
signify "to throw" without mention of the thing aimed at, etc. D. G.J
160 Part Third.— Syntax. [§56
A through which he realized that act ; jw~&> C5"*J he s^ *he arrow
{from the bow) ; aJt oj~j ^aJI he gave himself up, or surrendered
himself, to him ; j>-Jb o!/*i *$ j^*~*N *y* dark-eyed {women), who
do not read the suras (the Kor'an). This happens particularly when
the transitive verb is used in a figurative sense, and the preposition
is then called jU»^JI lb the figurative o ; as Ua*JI j— £d ^« 6ro#0 ^
stick, but ^fUj ^-~£b fo Aas broken my heart [along with ^*U> j—*^9] >
& ^*i*«JI j-^. /-£ set the bone, but L5-A*J >-»• /><? ^«s comforted my heart
[along with ^^5 j*».. Likewise, ?UJI >lwl /w raised the building,
but oj£sjo jtet he raised his fame as well as «^3 ilwt ; J~»JI w>«*»-
//g rfmtf or pulled the cord, but aju-aj «jJ^ /^ rendered his name
famous more generally used than <uu*a w>Ju*..] The relation of the
acts of breaking and setting to their objects, in a tropical or spiritual
sense, may be expressed by a prepositional exponent, as being a less
C immediate relation than when they are used in their ordinary material
sense.
(c) The relation between the act and the instrument with which,
the means by which, or the reason why, it is performed ; as c~l£>
s so** 0 a to j * * *
>0AA)b / wrote with the reed-pen ; ou~Jb &\li he slew him with tlie
sword; a5U> &j~> j-**aJI <*«U1 **JLH G°d will grant him patience
j 0 * * i --■ 2 -
through the salutary power of prayer to Him ; C<.q»^.tw aJJI J>a^*-.'
D by God's help I have performed the pilgrimage (to Mekka) ; ^Usui
J*** O-^ ^o^^^J ^ov' ^*J^' *^W*k ^ovt^ l**^ tj>^ ^H^xJt ^>*
5jJ£» aJUI and because of wrong done by those who were Jews, we have
forbidden them good things, which were allowed them {before), and
because of their turning away many {men) from the path of God ;
^bU«J ^^SUj-o ^^y-aij U-i wherefore, because of their breaking their
covenant, we have cursed them (U redundant, see § 49, /). — Connected
§56] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : w>- ^l
herewith is the use of w> with surnames, etc., after <J>j* to be known ; A
as also after ^^ to be enough, to suffice, with the person or tiling
that suffices or is enough for one ; e.g. \J$jx^\ ^c ^ ,>-*■
^tui^oJb Hasan 'ibn 'All, known by the name of el-Ma rglndnl ;
^yLj i»j^ju i>^i a village known by the name of Bakwa ; aJUb ,3*^3
ljuyi God sufficeth as a witness* ; JiUJJ Utbj Lcb^JUJI 5JJU ^a^
^ pleasure of knowledge is a sufficient motive and incentive to a B
sensible man. [Comp. § 49, c] — The price of any article is also
expressed by the preposition o after verbs signifying to buy, pay, etc.,
as being the instrumental means with which the act is performed : e.g.
^Jbjju \+\5 jj^Iit he bought a reed-pen for a dirham ; <x^c *->y2\ ^^"-f
jUjju I sold the piece of cloth (or the garment) to him (see § 48, c) for a
dinar ; u-^ 0++1 *3j~*3 and they sold him for an insufficient (or
trifling) price ; jJ'J^W <UV-*»J' tj^Iwt ^^ have purchased error at
- J -t *J J ^ - « S 6 * - b )s
the price of truth; q^jJSj \y>\£> U->^Jt wjIJ^^J theirs is a painful C
punishment, for having deemed (the prophet) a liar (t^Jl£» Uj =_>0VJyu) ;
M«# / had, instead of them, a tribe who, when they ride (forth), pour
down (on their enemies) from every side, mounted on horses and camels
0 e m S3,,,
(jvy! at the price of them, in exchange for them, =j^jS). — [Hence its
use after verbs signifying to kill, slay, etc. in the sense of in retaliation
* [In this and the following example the preposition w> is said to J)
be redundant after i**^ in order to emphasize the relation between
subject and predicate, aJJI being the agent (comp. Beidawi i. 211,
1. 21 seq., ii. 226, 1. 2 seq., Abu Zeid, Xaicadir, 204, 1. 3 seq.). In like
6 a - - * -
manner it is said to be redundant before the predicate in juj ^L— a*-»
Zeid is a person sufficing thee. It is better, however, to take ^.A^
as containing its subject in itself, viz. <uU^. and thus being used
impersonally (comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 199, Anni. 2. 374). P. G.]
w. 11. 21
162 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 56
A for, as an equivalent for, as J^£* j<£+* <*-> O^**^ certainly, a chief of
your tribe will be killed in retaliation for him ; w~^ ^bu *«^j ^j
be thou slain as an equivalent for the thong of Koleib's sandal.]
Rem. a. In such phrases as ,«^bj C«Jl t«^b thou art as dear
to me as my father and mother, a3)}$ ^>*o ,»j b dear to me as my
father is one whom I love, the preposition depends upon the word
^£jju> ransomed, or ^jS may he be ransomed, which is understood,
B and the literal meaning is : thou art to be, or shalt be, ransomed with
my failier and mother, may one whom I love be ransomed with my
* but fO ***
father. This is called by the grammarians 2jjk&j| i\> the w> which
expresses ransom; but it is in reality the &+2)\ *b or w> of price,
as used after <£jJLwl. eb, etc. (see above, no. c, at the end). In
the same way are used ■ 5-.JUj and ^»-jjJ- — Observe also the
e * o * * * ' * ' o - i 0 "
phrase C^X'j ly*i [or simply Ij-J] grooc? rmtZ t#e^, as C-.*o-l jjt
Q ws^jijj ty*i C-odglj i/" ^A«m consentest and obey est, good and well ;
^^'j ly*i 4Jt^aJU 1-oj.j ^h» t/ one performs the wudu for the
Friday, good and well. This is explained, by an ellipse, as equi-
valent to ^1 3JLxiJ| C~o*ij J-oiJI JL_j iLaaJI 3I abtiJI djL^i
A dJLacwJI 6y M'-i8 act or Practice is excellence attained, and good
is the act or practice. Others regard ly*i as equivalent to lyj <lLXni,
\yi AJbtf, etc., keep thou to it, let him keep to it, etc. (see § 59,
D rem. a) ; and other words, such as 2j>Z}\ the practice of the Prophet,
or 4«tfk»Jj| the ordinance of indulgence, may be supplied according
to circumstances.
Rem. b. In phrases like (j*~«*>) J»*bu ^5*^' cM ^b> he died a
little before the Prophet, j>\j\$ CHjiAl ^> J^^ "e arrived two
months and some days after this, w» is the w> of measure, and quite
different in meaning from the accusative of time how long : jiL>
^j^cyt .jJbi means he travelled for two days before me, profectus est
56] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions: ^>. 163
biduum ante me, Germ, er reiste zwei Tage lang vor mir, but A
yj-yoyj.} i*M ./*'-'> he started two days before me, profectus est
biduo ante me, Germ, er reiste ztvei Tage vor mir ab. Observe
that w» with its genitive must in this ease always be placed after
'».* - o *
JkJ, jju, etc.
Rem. c. The preposition without is expressed in Arabic by
.. o - o, a j
^L and j-o«->, more rarely by j+& ^>-« and vj_3»^> as we^ as ^he
simple ^ji (§ 69, f). *^j can be used only with an indefinite
substantive, j*Ju [and j+e. £ye, as also ^jj and OL5*Vj with one B
which is either definite or indefinite ; as j^==> Jj>* %4 QtJaJL.*
~ s s .. 0
§L» *i)b a rwfer without justice is like a ro'rer without water ; Cwk.
jlj ^U £Aow a?*< co7?ie without (bringing any) provisioyis ; Zjjj~q j*Ju
without necessity ; JaJI j+xj unjustly ; o^^ j-j* ^>-o ivithout
controversy ; \j\jy* J»>5 *—**-'>** O-* without sword and bloodshed. —
Compare in Hebrew K73, t^3, *^33 C
[Rem. d. Observe the phrases IJJy ^) ,^»o ?cfo i/n/£ 6e re-
sponsible to me for such a thing ? (where we must supply ^J*o\*o) ;
, si to it >a i 0 *
\yi \j\ I have done it (where C-tq. may be supplied); aJJb t>a*J
^b^ we put our trust in God, then in thee (suppl. iytj or Ji*J);
\JjSs ^jl^ ljt -ib ou£> /<o«y icilt thou be, when such a thing is the
case ? The w> in aJUt ^-~j denotes according to some the aid or
i ,oi
instrument; others say that we ought to supply ^£J-Zj\ I begin J)
s siO* Or 3 *
xoith tlie name of God. In the expressions ju»^)t jujj o*JU / met
in Zeid the lion, etc. w> is the equivalent of ^c, see § 48, h. On
0 * - } 0 ,
the expressions <U-*j yfc or a...a«..> see § 139. On the use of w> in
0 - o oi
the formula jujj ^-oit see Vol. i § 184 and rem. a.]
Rem. e. The grammarians denote the various uses of w> by
saying that it is used JjLoJ'ilU to express adhesion ; i-i^JsJJ /*>/*<?
164 Part Third.— Syntax'. [§ 57
A and place ; ^~JLU swearing ; <L».Ua«JJ, or aIJ^LoJU, companionship
' 0 Z oi
and connection; ujj^lU, or JXUJ, to render an {intransitive) verb
transitive; AjUlw^U to indicate the instrument of whose aid we
avai7 ourselves ; A.W-JJ, or J-JjCJJ, to express the reason or cause;
and k</ajjALU, ibli^JJ, or ,J>*.£U, to stoto £Ae recompense, equivalent,
or jorice given for anything.
s ' 0 *
B 57. £* (rarely £*) mYA, a&m*? w&A, indicates association and
connection in time or place (<c;$j 3I w>ULko^)l ^IC«) ; as jjto jC
/&? travelled with me; <uu> JS*. he sat with him; p^So i* ili£».
u-^uJI I came to tJiee with the rising oftlie sun; [^Q^M *»« continually
(prop. a&>»<7 w^A ^0 o?a?/s)] ; Jv*-5' £* JJ^JI r**"^ ^ devotion cannot
be real along with (is incompatible with) ignorance ; jajJti U jtpo *.«
JO
C <u* wiVA #Ae repetition of that portion of it which went before (repeating
at the same time what had been done before) ; \S\^ J&* ^J-ij*
^£** and my substance is from you and my love is ivith you. Hence
it is used to show that a person possesses something or has got it with
him ; as «j+a>~* <£**< Jjk hast thou got an inkbottle with thee / ^5** U
J**i* *$3 J^*i> I have neither dinar nor dirham (neither gold nor silver)
by me. [Hence li-*-« according to our opinion, like lijc-Lt].—
D Sometimes it signifies in addition to, besides; as Cjjs. <uji» ** in
addition to his being (besides his being) a stranger. — More frequently
it means notwithstanding, despite, although ; as Altla^w %* J^5 despite
, . , 7 * \ * r* <5o / , *0i<i,t0J*0'
his bravery he was fouled; «£U3 %^ J$~tj}\ o-* »>***' Jk**' O^i^J
Sj^U^JU j*e\ no one was more clear-sighted than the Apostle (Muham-
mad), and notwithstanding this, he was ordered to consult (others) ;
f 0*3 s 3 , 0 Z , d^OfO £ t * + * oto<o 0 * 0 • * * *
tUJI ,j*o (JttwI j>j^\ ,jl *.* ^oLa^I jajj*> ^>t ia^t he was unable to
destroy the pyramids, although it is easier to destroy than to build
(compare in English withal: in Hcb., Dy, e.g. Nehem. v. 18, nT"Dyi
§58] The Verb. — 3. Gov t of Verb. — (b) Prepositions : £+. 165
and 5 e.g. Job i. 22, n^rS^, Deut. i. 32, nttl *QTOl, Num. A
xiv. 11, mntfn 7J2; and in Pers., b and i>^ L»). — Lastly, %*
is used in comparisons, and must then be translated into English by
s- i , * ) , ay-
compared to, in comparison with ; as jjj a**o j*a*J\ compared with
him M-Hadir, or el-H}dr (Elias, the wandering Jew of the Mu-
hammadans), is a tent-peg, i.e. fixed and motionless, an expression
used of one who leads an unsettled vagabond life.
Rem. ** is, as the Arab grammarians remark, properly the
accusative of a noun, signifying association, connexion; see Vol. i. B
% 359. The expression out* ^j*a w**Aj, / ivent away from beside
him, is recorded by Slbaweih. — To it corresponds in Hebrew Qj^
in Syriac 1*11.
58. ,jjJ (with suffixes ^JjJ, bjJ, ^jJ) or ^JjJ, also written
IjJ (with suffixes i^jJ, ^jJ, ajJ*), is a comparatively rare word,
signifying beside, near, at or by, in the possession of (Lat. apud,
Fr. c^&z) ; as w>M 'jJ Iajlw LaMj ««rf they found her lord at the b
door ; ^U-w )1 ^jjJ ^^Xii\ 31 when (their) hearts shall be in (their)
throats; <ujJ .JJt jUi^l J-oil jUJt ,jl jJltl ^ believed that fire
was the most excellent of the things which were in his possession.
* ■»' . ... * _
Rem. a. ^jjj chiefly occurs in composition with ^j*c (see § 70),
- ,» o£ ^^ .. - ».« ^^ »<»
and, like that preposition, is used ^j\SLo ^1 ^toj ,»* ijliJI 6ljJL>^)
to denote the commencement of the limit in place or time. It may be
connected with a proposition, as «ib OJl ,jjJ »Uaj j^JJj and J)
thou art mindful of His benefits since thou art grown up; [!3Ui
b'ULi ^jl (jjj ij£j*Zi ^jt («Jj-o 13JI/J ffl»f^ ioAa£, thinkest thou, did
it harm me that thou hatedst me since we greiv up ?] — When con-
nected with the word Sjjlc morning, it usually takes it in the
accus., as w^jjdt) 0*0 l***" Sjjic ^j^ from morning till it (the sun)
^ e j
was near setting, though Sjjwi is admissible. The former construe-
1(5(5 Part Third. — Syntax. [§ 59
Z * 0 J J * Zt *o * * 0 3*
A tion is explained by an ellipse, viz. Sjjic AfrLJI C*Jl^ ^jJ siwce
the hour, or ^?>ie, was morning. If another word be connected
with Sjjic, it may be put either in the accus. or the genit., as
4vl * * 1 * 0 3 0 3 * m
iLJUtj o^js- vJjJ from morning and evening. Some grammarians
5 < o 3 o j * m * *
admit the nominative likewise, l^js- (JjJ, by an ellipse of \j\^,
o - o j o * * 03*
viz. Sjjct C-Jl£> £)J>).
Rem. b. ^jJ differs from jUc (§ 66) in being restricted to
B material objects which are actually with, or on the person of, the
0 .. .. 0 3 0 *0iO * I
speaker [or the person spoken of]. You say w>b>o ^Ju* J^ill IJJk
0 3 • J ^0
tf/m assertion is right in my opinion ; aj j^s- ^J^s jJS- So-and-so
z * * * 3 * *
knows about it; not ^jJ and jj^.3 i^jJ. And again you say
0*0
JU j^jUt, / have money, whether it be about your person or not,
9 * S> * *
whereas JU ^jJ means that you actually have it about you.
to J *
[O^ can never form the predicate of a nominal sentence. One
00**6** ^ 9 0 * £ 3*
C may say juj to jJ Zeid is with us, but not juj UjJ.]
59. ^Ic (with pronominal suffixes ^^, ^M^, **^) ww, afow,
2</w», is used : —
*• , 0 0*>
(a) In its original local sense (^XjCLj*^J, to denote higher elevation) ;
as gJauJI (fc5Xc juj ^ic? is on the roof; hu\». ^kc jsy*3 <^X+i\*
D and it (the pigeon) began to hover over a wall ; jjujiaJt i^j^ ^>^\ >***3
lie found a person upon the road ; J^-j Sjyo l*5la*JI ^e- jJaJ he saw
3 3 3 <r i * *
on the wall the figure of a man ; t>k5 w>W^ i^* I hud on cotton
cbt/ies ; «iUi)l ^e- .iU-o ^>«j Oul Cjy-I Ijli and when thou, and
they who are with thee, are safe on board the ship. The same sense is
further exemplified in : SjuUJI ^-^ J~**f ^ sat at tlie table (because
a person sitting at table rises above the level of it) ; j^i\ ^jXe *»a5j
§ 59] The Verb.— 3. Govt of Verb.— (h) Prepositions: ^j*. 167
he stood by the river ; *jb w*W ^t- jut5 he sat at the door of his A
t,
house; ^J^i ^»\j ^Xc *^aSj ta sfcxx? by the head of So-and-so;
when he was very eager to investigate the peculiarities of the limbs of
animals; [LlkuJUt v>« *%* yLs. ^j$\ ^s- Aj^-iJt the village is
a , , £ * a , , * *
situated at a distance of 12 miles from el-Fostat\; &Ae- y>, or aAs. jl*.,
fo passed by him; J*!/**' ^5^ !/*■«' ??"^-a'~', O^9 ^-Haggag was B
&ww* (or governor) of el-' Irak ; %<^> ^.U «Jlb &> contemplated or
examined something ; j^-w ^jXc juLbl fo became acquainted with, or
acquired a knowledge of something ; <sulc 1^3, either fo (the pupil)
raw? (a &*>£) fte/iwe A/m (the teacher), studied under him, or he (the
teacher) read (a book) to him (the pupil) ; ^yJ& aJL/^JI *$3 he read the
letter to them ; jL»a».» ^^ SjA-eJt w>U&j I ju he began the book of C
(canonical) prayer before Muhammad, began to read it under him as
his instructor. Similarly in the phrases : (ly-Ac) <*~^ ^Le. he (she)
fainted (lit. #A«re ims a covering of darkness over him or ^r) ; ^5-0*'
» J» ^ ^ s
<uic <fo.; (lyJLft) aJIc ^5^*-* in a faint ; j<$~^ j^)<-> peace be upon
you ! <uic aJJI i«*.j God's mercy be upon him (may God hare mercy
on him).
(b) In a hostile sense, in which case it can generally be rendered by D
against or upon; as «uXc frx^" he went out against him (with an army),
he rebelled against him ; [«ulc Icj he cursed him, § 23 ; a-Ic (.^-^ ^
pronounced a (legal or other) decision against him, as opposed to ai ^^];
a * * * , * a s * a i*
<suXfr^»a»Jb he rushed upon him: *J»c ,j*li therefore give aid against
him; ^>aw-^l ^e- j~aj ,jl ^jk^j he must bear his troubles patiently
(lit. otj/^ exercise patience against them); a^Icj <«J*££ 0>^ >*=
aJ* ia»^- f/^^ Aw intelligence and his knowledge may not become an
168 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 59
, b ********* Oi rf J/ i/ JD lV
A argument against him; ^-^ Uj lyJ U ^^aJI asjjlc aaA)\ learning
is the soul's cognizance of what is for its good and for its hurt (see
i * * 5 - 0 0*
§ 53, &, y). Similarly in the phrases : ,J& (>*•>*•*) *-**»« difficult
S * * 0 * 50/ 3 * * 9 * ^
/or me, opposed to j^jXc (j~~.i) J^w easy for me; ^^ J-ij^ difficult
i * * 0 «J/
./br w^, but also dlear to w^, opposed in both senses to ^.U ^>*a ;
z * * ° * ' * , * ^
(^jXc (^a». hidden from me, obscure to me, opposed to [Js- ^A». c/#w
B to me. It is therefore construed with verbs signifying to 6e angry
******
with and to incite or instigate ; as a*Xc »»^c /*.# was angry with him ;
b s * £ * * jOw'j D^
<suit LLa..-> <t-oX& ^ he did not speak to him out of anger with him
»* * * * > a * * * *
[and <xAc ,*-£> he was content with him, as opposed to *Js- ksi».»>] ;
xAe. ±rJ£i\ {£j£\ he urged on the dog against him, set the dog at or
upon him (<u would mean lie made the dog attach itself to him).
Frequently, however, when construed with these latter verbs, it does
C not imply a hostile movement against an object, but merely motion
towards it to get possession of it or do it*; e.g. J**l\ ^s- wsaJt
- o * * * j a * ui * j j }' *
urging or inciting to action ; w>U£» oL-^^aJ ^Xc dbl ^^.^j**** o^Jo[^,
they talked to him, urging him to compose a booh; J^»^» S^».'^Ij/0a
0 * &*> * * * * 0 O-o
j-j»JI .Jlc (jUJ'NM concern for the life to come induces man to do well
* *0*> * » i *3 I * * * * * * *
(lit. carries him towards good); aA-UUI ^^cjJ) ejus* ^s. ^iXox*. U
D what induced you to set up this empty claim? Hence too *>*>*•>
0 0 0 *
to be greedy or covetous, and its derivatives u"j*", greed, and ^ajj*.,
greedy, are construed with ^j^-*- and the genitive of the thing
coveted. — The phrase O*^ ^5^ J^->> to go in to one, is used when
a, , j * * o
* [Hence we can decide only by the context whether <x*Xc- lyi^oJ
and similar expressions are to be translated by they collected themselves
«5«o * * i ^ * t
against him or to him. Similarly £,y£Jl i^"* <*-'^' may signify '*"
helped him to avert the thing or to accomplish //.]
§59] The Verb.— 3. Govt of Verb.— (h) Prepositions . ^. 169
the person sought is in his house or room, so that we actually find A
him ; &*& ,JI J*-i merely means to go into one's house or room.
(c) Of a debt which one owes, and a duty which is incumbent
upon one ; as ,>j> aJLc he owes a debt, opposed to ^jJi ai a debt is
due to him ; o'j^-* ,iM* \^ thou oicest me two dinars (see § 53, b,
rem. d) \ j^~~ » J^» L5^ a-*l>j^voJ*" w-JJ» ffo search after knowledge
is an ordinance for every Muslim (every Muslim is bound by divine
* i * * » * a i - 9* -
command to seek after knowledge) ; tjjk Jjiaj ^j\ dLic it is incumbent B
upon thee to do this, thou must do this; 4--iJ. sj^ jj*»Z3 jjl ^Lle
thou must refrain from slander or backbiting. [Hence it is employed
with verbs signifying to decree, to make incumbent or unavoidable, as
^i>3,J^i, J^jl, wi^>, etc.]
(d) Of the advantage, superiority, or distinction, which one
- * * ,9* - - * s~ J 9 s
person or thing enjoys over another ; as i£5*}*.*Jt ^Xc j»$\ J-ai
Adam's superiority over the angels; UijJI S^*aJI (j^s^JL-j ^>jJJI
Sja.'Vi ^JLc who love the present life more than the lije to come; C
oj+s. ^JU (»jU».l) «pi he preferred it to the rest, selected it in preference
to the others.
(e) Of the condition in which any one is in respect to religion,
trade or profession, health, fortune, mental or bodily gifts, etc.
(properly, the ground or basis on which he stands in these respects).
For example : ^y£»jjLo >jj* ^Jte ^tJ! people follow, or conform to,
the religion of their kings; %^i ^s- ^jLaJI C— ~J >y^\ CJ13 D
the Jews say, The Christians are not (grounded) upon anything, have
nothing to stand upon ; »~>— *J. o^> ^5^ O^9 ^ followed the religion
J J - 9 - ^ - - - *,**&■» , 9 '
of the Messiah ; ojjuju >j\£=> U o*iU- ^ic \y>\ jl*~> ^>J fo /»«»»
nothing contrary to what he believed ; ^L~JI 5jy>o ^^ w-J« ^y*
3 J* »* oi
\J& j^ J>\ no matter whether they be endowed with human form or not;
3 i &, *, 0* * 9 * 3*, , , 3>» * 3 if * ' 3i j «> 1,3* -■'
«- TT 90
170 Part Thtrd.— Syntax. [§ 59
A he loved a slave-girl, endowed with the highest degree both of beauty
0 OtO i 0
and of knowledge of singing and instrumental music; [u..«aJI ^^\
2 0, 10 *c, 0 , 1 0 *0 0*0* , ,
\*i**> ^f^>h O-t^ ytx^^ 0-iJy° yjr* the common noun is divisible into
two classes; (it is) a noun denoting a concrete object, or a noun
0 * , ,i ,
denoting an abstract idea] ; aJx. \j\ U the state or condition in which
I am ; jt*^ ls*^ v***-' O* {j^ <£~^ ■* w<*>8 going to comply with
(the orders of) the emirs messenger; SJJ ^Xc si-^-w w'^i many
B « cwp have I quaffed with delight; aXa£ j>*». ^A* <».u»>»oJI J^oj
tyJUkl (^ «ne? ^e entered the city at a time when its inhabitants were
off their guard ; jJkjJI Jj^ ^.U, or O^UJI ^^Xc, amw? ^ changes,
0,
or vicissitudes, of time ox fortune; j^jUJI ^Xc always, continuously,
(f) Of the ground on which, the cause or reason why, one does
11O, ,,,0,, i,,i > § <
a thing ; as *&**i ^ U l^U «Jk*.t /*# was seized with a passion for
her which he could not restrain (lit. there seized him on her account
, , , , , , it 10,0*
C something which he could not master) ; *^o U ^e- aJJ *x+aJ I praise
, , 1 O-o 0 , , , 11 , 1
belongs to God for what He has done; 31^1^ I j)jj ^s- <wUj» he
reproached him for having neglected to send him a present in return ;
JqSJjJo U j^JLp aJUI Ijj^XJj and that ye glorify God for having guided
,,olo,*l£,,
you; ,JU <£JLJafct %^ ^j\ ^& why am I to give you my money?
, , o i, , ,ci , i i , , , - ' 0,0,1* o*>, £" . ' if i * I-
a $/aw, whether female or male, fetches, without taking account of any
J) accomplishments they may possess, only for their faces, a thousand
dinars and more] ; AU aj! ^Xs. sU. he came, on the ground of his
being a king; A^».t a31 ^Xe ^iXX^JI vW ^31 he came to the king's gate,
pretending to be his sister ; ^U a-Xc ^Iwl ^ I do not ask you for
0, , ~, . 0,, f ,01
money on that account (scil. a*Xc ^Uj building upon it, or aJ^ t*>^I**
0 t ,, ~,
relying on it) ; particularly in the common phrase o' kJ^ *^4
building upon, reckoning or relying upon, such and such a thing.
§59] The Verb.— 3. Gov t of Verb.— (h) Prepositions : ^. 171
(g) Of the terms or conditions, as the ground or basis, on which A
anything is done; as J»j-i3l tjuk ^^ on this condition; ^I^jI*.!
^x^jijiC 1 ' 'l ' 7 7 J- 7 • 7 •
C^LJb «jjuo-{ jjt ■*** <*U3 ^ consented to this proposal oj theirs,
o« condition that they should aid him {by providing him) with weapons;
^oJkp oUI jJLt <l»JLs &? made peace with him on (the condition that he
should pay him) a thousand dirhams.
(h) In saying that one thing happens in spite of or uotwith- B
standing another thing, which might have prevented it ; as «£bjkcl
«iXL> f^ jjlc / will punish thee, notwithstanding thy great age
(lit. mi thy state of great age, see J) ; <tw ./*-* i>_5Xc ' «*-<! ,Jji3 />e x/t- /<•
a //#«, notwithstanding his extreme youth ; lyjjl— « ^^Xt ^Sj^ J*^'
horses run, notwithstanding their vices, or diseases; ^JJ ibj ,jt
^oy^JLb (JLc ^UU 5^ii^6 tvW/y thy Lord is merciful unto men, despite
their throng-doing (compare ?$?, Job x. 7, xvi. 17); [CH^I ^^ ly*s C
* '•
Jlijt .^« can gallop in spite of her fatigue. It. S.]
(/) Of the rule or standard according to which something is
done ; as SJbjJaJI ajub ^& a/ter i^/s manner ; ii»j*a*-e i. — i Jit
according to a duly observed proportion; wJfll ^ C-^tj U .-U
according to what I have seen (stated) in books; ol£». U ^z
according to what he related. [Hence its construction with the verbs D
that signify to fashion, to mould (Jt**., P^9, j^- <— >"*> a" ^-^q-
lyJt elwl ^.© jiijj ^-«J' ^>—^1 ^yo w**- ^5^c V.*^' hearts are
created with a tendency to love him who does good to them and to hate
* * * J O* o J * 0 J
him who does evil to them ; <i«a:L> ^c iiaJJI J*»»~» </ word is made to
accord inform with its contrary in meaning. D. G.]
(j) Of the thing of which we speak, which forms, as it were, the
basis of our conversation (compare super, Germ, fiber) : as .JL* Jli
172 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 59
s \ * it *o * * < j j * oi
A «^Ji he said concerning this, on this matter ; U aJJI ^e- (j^Jyu j>\
* ) * 6 , s
(j^«Jl*j *$ or do ye say concerning (or of) God what ye know not ?
[{k) Of a person who is excluded or thrust back (comp. ^33,
§ 69, f), as j**$\ l«x* ^ov*^ 'Vv ma^e yourselves masters of this
business over their heads, excluding them (Tab. i. 1841, 1. 13, 1842,
1. 10, 13) ; a-JUj ^yj ^^U ^Ut SJujJI j^Ij ^jL; ^PjI he made the
whole land of er-Rabada public pasture ground, without taking notice
B of the claims of the Benu Ta'laba (Tab. i. 1879, 1. 6) ; bjj^ U-icj^JI
dost thou grant protection to our enemy in spite {defiance) of us? D. G.]
St * *
Rem. a. Observe the following phrases : <u ^jX* fetch him to
J J 6 J u d 10 ' r
me, scil. I^JL^jl or some similar word (see b, at the end) ; iHJ/JI ^jr^
t^j-jJIj {it is) upon the head and eye, i.e. it shall be done most
willingly and promptly ; JkJpl <Jlft on an empty stomach, fasting
(lit. on the saliva) ; &*$** (»iU»«, J^*) O**" lj^* ^n ^ie ^met or
C reign, of So-and-so ; (d jj) &j ju ,<k;, or simply a*Xc, by his means,
* J J * * * • 0 * * * " **
through him, as ^JLLjj .Jit Uj jcCj La UjIj a?i(i ^ive ws what Thou
hast promised us by Thy apostles, aSy*j v^LJ ,-Xe. <*J15 He said it
by the mouth (lit. tongue) of His apostle* ; [<2X*Xfc *$ for ^XJs. ^b N)
'si* 0 £ sis, *
there is no fear for thee (§ 39, d, rem. a), ,Jjuu ^j\ <iLAft ^ o?o ^<;/t«£
</iOM likest]; and the adjurations <£JUU> aAJU, <£l*U ^La*j, / implore
thee by God, by my life (to do so and so), which are usually followed
D by the particle ^1 [or loJ]> lit., this oath with all its consequences
be upon you, if you do not do so and so. — The phrase ljuj ^L-U
seize Zeid, has already been mentioned in § 35, b, 0, rem. b. In this
sense .iXJlt is also construed with the preposition u [§56, b] ; as
Jl».jJU jf*-(^£- attack those men, i^l^-Jb ^JCJLfi invade el-Yemama ;
* [O*^* O^ LC^ often signifies tinder somebody s name, i. e. falsely
ascribed to him. D. G.]
§ 61] The Verb.— 3. Govt of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : Ju*. 173
Rem. b. As being originally a substantive, iJLfc niay take the A
a " o
preposition ^o before it, ^JLc ^j-e from off (lit. from upon, Heb.
,* , * a * * ,
/$&) '} 3lS *~>j* L5^"^ 0~* dP he dismounted from his horse ;
a * ^ , e , -- - s * a* «• o a * *
*H-k i«JLe i^y* jii he sprang from off its bock ; jju <slJ^ ^a Ojcc
'iai,/
Ift^oi? ^oJ l« sAe (the bird called kata) Ze/7! i'2 (Aer young or Aer «es£)
in £Ae morning, after her time of abstinence from tcater was at an
* * a - si
end {when she could no longer abstain from drinking) ; ^Ae- ^yc C-Jt
* *i io * * a *t * *-a*»
jJto^uJI (JLc ^yc \j\j v>*«-JI thou on the right hand and I on the B
left.
j a j
60. To these three classes of prepositions may be added Ju-o
a * - , ,
or Ju» since, $ and C» by (in swearing), and ,£) like, as.
61. Ju« is derived, by assimilation of the first vowel, from
0-» and jj (see Vol. i. § 340, with rem. c, and § 347, with the rem. b C
and e, and compare the phrase J-3 ^j ^ i>*s* '^ ht may return
. . . . * j
to Aw Jormer condition). It is contracted into Xc, which usually
becomes in the wasl Jw© (see Vol. i. § 20, d and § 358, i). These
words signify from which time, and may be construed with the
nominative as well as the genitive, the latter being more particularly
used when a yet unexpired period of time is spoken of*. For
* [Theoretically jJ~o or jwe is construed with a definite noun of D
time in the nominative to designate the terminus a quo, as >ojj Jus
' * J
** orti II *"ince i£ teas Friday, i.e. since /a.<?£ Friday ; with an undefined
noun of time in the nominative, when the expired period is spoken of,
as iw Jl« e< w a year since ; with a defined noun of time in the geni-
a -a«j i a )
tive to mark a yet unexpired period, as j»^J I JwU since the beginning
of this day, i.e. to-day. But in course of time the construction with
the genitive prevailed in all cases. Comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr.
i. 408—411, ii. 100 seq.]
174 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 61
- a j a«» ja-> ju jjtf/
A example: As^aJI jb^j Jo* aZjIj U / Aaw not seen him since last
Friday (lit. ^ terminus a quo is Friday), or oWi «■**• ^r ^ ^*^
1 SA 9 f 0 J at a - 5£ a J ii » J
two days, or Jjl jt>\s- Ju> xince last year, or u~«\ ^>« Jjt ,j«« J^l Juo
smctf ^ e?a?/ before the day before yesterday; ^)-JJI oLsuJt J.*
jjljjjl 0*5^ jJI yl'ora midnight till the time when the sun has passed
the meridian; <ubaJu*o ,JI j^uJI Jjl j^ from the first of the month
Q*b a j >■ o * s * a i ssOJs'Q't
B to the middle of it ; O^oJJ ^j ?-~£u Oj-ac J*}L«I ^jUlft J^ jj j^ \
»Jl.o JJ&Jlj Aas£ thou not seen, for the last two years, the kings of
9 m * Jvii J ' a t *•£
cwr £ime summoned by fate to death and slaughter l *5l». <ul ^*' ^'
it * o • j & j
ja\j\ i^^a. Ju* I know that he has been starving for the last five days ;
IJjb Uj^i J*« Al»JL£9 U / have not spoken to him since (the beginning
of) this month, or U*^j Jl«, or^oj-JI Ju«©, since this morning, to-day.
C Rem. a. The lexicographers give the rare forms Ju* and J*.
— Jco may be pronounced in the wasl as J~e, and the forms
jbyA t and >&jJ t J-o are also mentioned.
j a }
Rem. 6. Ju* and Jus are used 0*-*P' l** *d^*" &'»**^ to denote
tlie commencement of the limit in time, or, as it may be otherwise
expressed, to denote jl-o^I £/ie starting-point, or Sjl^JI JjI £/*,e com-
D mencement of the period, and Sj^oJI *■*<**. '/<<e wAo^e of the period.
> a > a J
Rem. c. JlJ-« and Jw« never take a pronominal suffix, and
cannot be joined with any substantives but those which denote
time. They may, however, be directly connected with propositions ;
as Jjla- Ju»o <0 t« I* / Aave ?to< seew /n»i since he was born, or
^a^J I j)*-j Ju-o si/ice iAe ^ri6e departed ; Ju* 0*>:,a* -"^ ^ W**»»ft »x5
ijj j-Juc l^_T:g^ ye <?yo Aave ^ye(/ as companions since ye were little ;
u*:^ ^o^S^I ^ «J^* vff^j^i i5*~*^! >»* rt0 ^v e (however comfortable)
§62] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : '3, o. 175
has made me forget you, since the time that I have not met you (since A
* s i s s 1 s s o - - s a i s s -
I no longer meet you); l^«.3 djljt olju OjJU Joe ^Jlj U he has not
ceased to be handsome from the day his hands fastened his robe ;
i s si t i s , a*3 ai i 3 -
*iU Ul j* JUJI i«*j' ^-Jj \-* I have not ceased, to seek after
wealth from the time I grew up.
o it i _s s o i a i
Rem. d. The Bedawln use ^« instead of Ju*, as «Uw yj** = j^o
<Uw. Compare the Kor'an, ix. 109, j»^> J^l ^^ ^-yLJI .JU Lr~*\
which teas founded upon the fear of God from the first day. B
62. The particle $, which is frequently used in swearing, is
ii *Os
construed with the genitive of the object sworn by ; as aJJt^ by God !
, > si* * s s
***£}\ w»j^ by the Lord of the Ka'ba (the mosque of Mekka) ! This
j is employed, however, only when a substantive follows, and the
verb of swearing is omitted ; before a pronominal suffix, as well as
when the verb is expressed, the preposition w> must be used (see § 56). C
Sometimes the particle o is prefixed to ^, as aJdl^i by God then ! —
The particle O (the origin of which is very obscure [comp. Vol. i.
§ 356, b, footnote]) is construed like j, but is seldom used except in
il >Os
the oath aJJU by God! Other examples mentioned by the gram-
s o siio m ** ** *
marians are : <ux£H ^p by the Lord of the Ka'ba, i*ij3 % mil Lord,
I 0 i f»S S s s s
*-ji\3 by the Compassionate, and «£ULa*J by thy life.
Rem. a. The oath (^JUt), whether expressed by w>, j, or O, j)
- sB** J s s
requires a complement (^-JUI wjl^*.), of which the following are
the principal conditions. If the complement be an affirmative
nominal proposition (A.ZJic <u^wl aJLoj*.), it is introduced by J, as
ills 5 i s 1 s il s9s
diy*>j j>qt» p) aJJIj by God, verily Muhammad is His apostle; or
5 lllsZZsli it S3 s s
by >J\, as aiyaj Ijipffc o ^j\ aJUIj, in which case J may be prefixed
to the predicate, as aiy^ji \j**m** ,j! <sdUI^. If the complement
176 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 63
o - *oj 9 Z a o - o j
A be an affirmative verbal proposition (a*,*** aJIss aA**.), with the
verb in the perfect, it requires jJU, as ^y*. ^t >5Ua jJU aJJIj &y
GW, !46?7 Ct«M is dead indeed ; but if the verb be in the imperfect,
it takes the energetic form, with ^J prefixed, as ^JUi1}) aJUI^ by
God, I will do it ! [see § 19, a]. If the complement be negative, no
particle is prefixed to the ordinary negatives U and *^ ; as Uo aJU 1^
B w>3^» jL«a^ % ^°^j Muhammad is not a liar ; w>J^> U aAJI^
ju»a».o by God, Muhammad has not lied ; ^c^\ ^<yi *j) aJUIj by
God, the believer shall not perish ! [On the oath preceding con-
ditional sentences, see § 17, c, rem. a, (1).]
Si * * Ot ' W v5 fO J J
Rem. b. In such phrases as ^JLai*}) w^JI jj*o 6y i/*e Lord, I
will do it ! i~tj £)**, or ..jj ^po, &?/ my Lord ! aJJI ^>*, aJJl j^-e,
■ i ■»
aJUI ^>-«, and aJU!^, 6y GW/ the words ^« and>* are abbreviations
5 J Oc
Q of ^>©->l oaths (see Vol. i. § 19, rem. b), which is contracted in
0
various other ways. Some grammarians, however, regard ^J*6 and
jj*o in .jjj ^^-e as being really the preposition sj^ (§ 48).
63. Among the prepositions is usually reckoned 3) as, like.
This is, however, not a preposition, but a substantive, synonymous
with JjLo likeness. It is formally undeveloped (like ji), but may
stand in any case as oLa*, or governing word, to a following noun
D in the genitive (see § 73) ; as Sj—JiJl^ 4u*1j ^£-} and on the top
of it (the pillar) is (something) like a pointed cap, = 5^....*XaJ 1 Jl« ;
^jtlsJl^> Jatkw ^ji .yv-o J)J nothing hinders oppressors (or wrongers)
like a lance-thrust ; Uu*~o ^».U£» ^UU ^•►aj ^ 2lil wo owe crows
owr thee like a feeble boaster (one who has little reason to boast) ;
JplSj-JUo with {a horse) like a falcon (in speed) = Jpliy-JI J~+t ;
J^oJI jjjl^ ^>t ^>JCaLcu f//«/ /a;^ so as to show (teeth) like
§63] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : i>. 177
melting hailstones (as white as hailstones); <u,>U)1 Zj»..D\ ^y j±ZJ A
•x e.. z,a*> *
*J1 (^U OwjJI£» it makes in (at the foot of) an aged tree (something)
o *a*a ' o 3* a * ojo * j 6 j
like a cell, to which it resorts, = C~JI J£« ; j^-^JUl^ j^J ft p«te
forth (something) like two horns. The name of preposition can be
applied to it, at the most, only when it virtually stands in the
accusative, as a ii-e, adjective or relative adjectival clause, to an
-
infinitive which is understood ; as Ju>£» C*£». thou earnest like Zeid,
i.e. jl»j (6(^a^-« J-**) 5(^5^-*^ £»a».« c-i*. f^<w earnest a coming 13
///•« £&? coming of Zeid. Or we might regard it as being a Jl»-.
or conditional expression, dependent upon the pronominal suffix of
the second pers. sing. masc. in C*£a. as J^li or agent; i.e. c«a
(juj JJU) juj^ U5l£» ^/>« earnest being like ZZid.
Rem. a. i) is [frequently joined to the personal pronouns of
the 3d person, as yj=>. LS^9' W^' etC-' sometiines ftlso to those of C
the 2d and 1st person, as wJl£», Ul^. but] very rarely to a
pronominal suffix, as ^M ,>y^ *^j a£s *^j*^». *^j ^IL*j ^^J *$j
*}Lbl». araf <Aow rfos£ «orf see a husband or wives like him and like
them, save one who is jealons : and equally rare is the use of the
redundant U after it, as^»jl*.j aJx^oj^a^* ^UJI l»3 aj!^JL*jj
a/w£ ?ce Atiom? <A«< fe w, ^'A-e (other) men, sinned against and sinning
J 9 *
(vejUfc. in rhyme for j»j\t*.). In Hebrew £^3 and CH3 or DH3 D
are used ; but with the other pronominal suffixes )f22 = U^ is
always employed, as also occasionally before substantives.
Rem. b. ,*) is sometimes used redundantly along with the
* » a + a + * a*
synonymous JJU; as i,.2/ a.^^.^ ^^J there is nought like Him. —
a - a -i- '
[On the compounds j^s and ^>i^ see Vol. i. §§ 351, rem., 353,
.. a i , ,
rem. e. On the elliptical phrase C-Jl U^ keep where thou art, sec
w. ii. 23
178 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 64
A the Gloss, to Tabarl. Sometimes Loj£» means as soon as, e.g.
J } 0 * * * 0 *> *
iJa.jJ l«£» j^t salute as soo?i as thou enterest. D. G.]
Rem. c. i) is said by the grammarians to be used <uJbJU to
compare (one object with another).
[Rem. d. \+£s may be prefixed adverbially to a verbal clause,
like l^jj (§ 84, rem. b) and with just the same meaning, as
r J * »£ * * ij»*3* * 10 + * 0*0
jXftaJt \+£s ig^j^3 *&**! U^» lVj^**^' wait for me, perhaps I
B may come to thee, and look out for me, perhaps I may overtake thee ;
>***i *o* *>*)** *> **i j e*> * *o * * gj
<x5l^i» ^y« j*$sA\ ^$J^u l©^ a5UJ ^>-o &}\ jjL-s-iJ oJLS / said
to Seiban, try to draw near to him (the ostrich), perhaps thou
mayest procure a morning meal/or the men with his roasted flesh.~\
64. Many words, which are obviously substantives in the accu-
sative of place (see § 44, b), may be conveniently regarded in a certain
* 0 * *0 ** * 0* * 0 * *0* * J
sense as prepositions ; e.g. >**->, J^, J~3, ^j*j, c-o*j, <jf>i, and ^y
* 0 * . 0 0* * *
C 65. $*J (the accusative of j»»-J, the nomen verbi of U»J to go
* o * * j * a j
towards ; comp. § 82, g) means (a) towards a place, as^a»J 03j*~>i j**
d * j o-o 0 * _ *£**»****
^juLpJI Cw then they will journey towards Jerusalem ; 2£© ^s*J p-j*-
he set out towards, or in the direction of, Mekka; and (b) according
0 * * 0 *
to, as dAy* ^a*J according to his saying, as he says (compare the use of
J in § 53, d).
* 0 50
D 66. juc (the accusative of juc a side or quarter) signifies beside,
* 0** * 0 ***i*0 ******
near, by; as [JaSUJI jjs. at, near the wall] ; jjlij «jus **cu 0^*5
* * * * * \*
* * *0& i - 0* St i *0**
and he, used to lay notebooks beside him ; j»*}£)\ ^j£»j *$ \j\ \^*^i3
0 w j * 0
4->3]r' *9] »jue «w^ ^e m?«tf ?w£ commence to speak before him unless with
his permission. Used of time, it shows that something is closely
connected with what took place at a particular time, by happening
. , . . 0 ***** *
either simultaneously or immediately after ; as ajy* juc Jui and he
§66] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : jj*. 179
said as he was dying; u~+&)\ p>^» J^ ^X^a- / c«/we to thee at A
sunrise; »£u3 jut m?^&£ £ws took place or immediately after this took
j0&w#, hereupon; L* julc whilst, during, or immediately after. —
Further, jUt, like *-» (§57), implies [a] possession and [6] comparison;
as (a) ji».bj jUji "Njl ^jjJ^e. rj\£s U / Aac? aw/y a so/</fe a7»«y % w ;
^UM juc U «:Aa£ ^ people have or possess; ^juc ^oXJ JyH ^
aXJI o^Lf*' ^^o ?w^ say ^ you, With me (known to me) are the hidden B
Mjh#s 0/ GW; [a*.^ O^ **** 1^ -^ want a ^"wgr 0/ s?<cA a one;
9 0s' SO * 3,6
J-aij j-». «juc A<? possesses goodness and excellence. Hence you say
** * a a «■ -
of a woman (j'ib juc c-Jl£» sA^ ^#as married to such a one, in which
* a * * * a * , , ,
signification it is a synonym of CoJ (§ 68) ; (b) ^j~t jus <su«» ^i-* jJLc
- j
jlx* notwithstanding his youth as compared with the age of Mo'dd] ;
«->lH <slUI juc u«j*i" ^JjA* ^ Hngrs 0/ ^ 6?a;-^ art? dust compared C
with (lit. a* ^ siae of) God. — Lastly juc (like the Latin apud,
Fr. chez, and Persian <^jj>P) implies z«i o/w's mzVio', in his opinion;
as L»»-»l£* aXxi U ^juc w>t^oJt the right thing in my opinion is
0 j ; - - -: 1 a*> a i j * a - <■
what our sheikhs have done ; Ji^Xi^ o!/**' O' dJ^* O^3 ^ls opinion
3 * * a * at j * a * a j * a
was that the Koran was created ; aJjwj ^1 J*a*Z~.> ^£=>jj^ according
to you it is impossible that He should do it.
Rem. a. [,*)jUft means keep where thou art, take care, and also D
to , * * a # a * a j
advance.} — On the phrase I juj i) jUp = ljuj j±., see § 35, b, 8,
* a a 1 , *s
rem. b. — On the difference between juc and ^jjJ or ^jJ, see § 58,
rem. b.
* a
Rem. b. juc is sometimes (in modern Arabic generally) pro-
r a * * a 1
nounced jUc, rarely juc. It corresponds in form to the Heb.
LjlHy, but in signification also to Di?.
180 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 67
A Rem. c. Nearly synonymous with jjs., in its local sense, is ^5
(the accusative of ^5 front), Lat. coram, apud, penes; as <tX*3 j^l^
present be/ore him ; Ji». ^^Hi ^5 J / Aaw a claim upon So-and-
so; ^-Jiky^ «£JUL3 tjj"*^ CH*^' JU* awrf to/ta£ (Acts come) £o (for
^jj JJJ Loi) <Ae unbelievers that they run hastily around thee ? It
also signifies towards, as Jij-£«*JI ^J** ^0.£aj.&.j '^V O' >*^' CJ**'
w^a^J Ij joiefo/ o?oes not consist in your turning your faces towards
B the east and the west.
67. (j-jJ, between, among, is the accusative of the substantive
ij-u, signifying intervening space, which may be regarded either as
uniting or as separating two or more objects, whence sj*J may be
construed with verbs of either meaning ; as L~o £*»» he united us,
i*j Jjji ne parted us, lit. he united our separation and parted our
C connection ; j£i y& jj-jJ aJJI oUI God has united your hearts. — If two
genitives follow 0^> an^ either or each of them is a pronominal
suffix, the preposition must be repeated before the second, and the
conjunction j inserted; as <=u*jj ^*j between me and him; j^ti
-*£**•' 0-&3 between you and your brother. But if both are sub-
stantives, this is not usually done ; as u^j^'j &U—JI O*^ between
heaven and earth; Ia^Ij o!/** t>srf between Harrdn and 'ar-Buhd
* 0 Ota * 0 s * *> vt *a / 6/
D {Edessa) ; 3/»^JI o*^ jjli^JsJI ,j«u between the Flood and the
Higra. — Instead of the simple o+l, we often meet with {j^j U
what is between, and k>*J U*i m w/w«£ &s between; as ^>*j U v~^'.3
ajjjLi and t/te kernel between its two shells ; j^ti U-«* I^UlSI t/iey
fought with each other ; [>eL»^l jj-u or>eb*5)l ,j-jj U-J iw or during the
space of several days]. Both ^>*^ and j^-j U are often used in the
sense of both— and, and of partly— partly (tarn— quam, partim —
§ 67] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : Chrf 181
partim) ; as J^y**^ ^3j-** O-s-^ to partly known and partly A
unknown ; \j&3 >*** Ot> to ^eU*. ^<?re cawe to w« both rich and
l*' * * a* J a * a*
poor; j+~>\j J*^3 (j^o j»y»)\ the tribe was partly slain, and partly
, a i , a 1 * a *
taken prisoners; [jl-^oj ijj ^>*j sometimes in a bord (a garment
made of a certain kind of cloth) and sometimes dressed in a saffron
* a * * a* ,
robe. R. S.]. In such cases ,j»o or v>-j U holds the place of a
substantive expressing that which unites both objects as parts of
one whole. — If we wish to indicate the entire interval between two B
places or points of time, ^31 is used before the second substantive ;
as i£o ^t Sj-oJt ,j-o between el-Basra and Mekka ; j»y^\ jj-o Lo-J
j'i' O-0 0-*ti3l >j«Jt ^1 i»Ui v>o ^jJUJI between the second day of
f > # a j a i * a*
Subdt and the eighth day of 'Addr. — Observe the phrases [^Jk^bt ^>*j
>2s>, *3' its, :*,;, 9 , , , a -
or j*fij<^o \J~> and^ovs^'jv^ Cysi Ul the midst of them]; ^ju ,j»o
O*^* before any one, in his presence, lit. between his hands; as
4*al*»Ji j^ju ^>*j t^j^l J-i fo Hsserf the ground before the caliph; C
^JJ^ O** Oua».t / A«i"e sinned before thee; ajju jj-j ^JJJI ^ol^jt
the feeing of the wolf before him (the dog) ; of time, j>*j UJ USjuclo
dujji confirming what was before it (or preceded it) ; jjju ^1 y» ,jl
jujJi w>l*x* (^ju t>^ -^ he is nought but a warner to you before
, a* * j * , , , ,**>)*,} * , , ,
a severe punishment ; in the plural, ^j^j ^*-cuj •-Uh.jJI j— SJ J*».j
at **
to Jul a»d /fe fogra;* to 6m«£ «p the fowls and to set them before us. D
Rem. From ^*j are formed the conjunctive adverbs of time
-a* *,a*
U*j and l»~J whilst, which naturally exercise no influence upon the
- '£ jjja, 1 a * ,a*
following clause ; as UUI <u5p O**^ k*j, ta&tfcl toe zoere watching
for him, he came to us; ^Ul ^^-J U*j whilst ice govern the
* a* * a * , , a* , , «,
people ; wojoJt ^i i>*^ W*«J whilst we were conversing ; U-U.>
0 ^ ^ • { * Ji<a
^oySl^wl ^ ^UJI whilst the people are in their markets. [Comp.
Vol. i. § 362, b.]
182 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 68
A 68. CoJ (the accusative of Co*J the lower or under part)
signifies below, beneath, under, as tJJ/31 Csxj U wAa£ & beneath the
soil ; U-yJ y^ AXa^-j O^J aw^ w?wfer /£ (the wall) was a treasure
of theirs; metaphorically, J-JJt C*a»J jL» Ae travelled under {the
s s b * 0 I s C --
sAacfe o/) night: oju c*o»3, or «j-ot CtaJ, zmefor Ms power or authority.
It is said of a married woman, (j*^ s^aJ c«Jl^ slie was under {the
authority of) So-and-so, as ,j-ja»Jt.o IbLc ,j^ O-i^t^ ^-^»^ UjI^
B £/j#?/ were under two righteous servants of ours (viz. Noah and Lot).
Rem. a. C*a»J has a diminutive CwaJ « little below or under.
Rem. 6. Opposed to c-o*J' is Jjji (the accusative of Jjji ^ie
^ 4 ^ J
upper part), with its diminutive JS^^i, signifying above, over, upon,
as jyj^o jj-o Jf^i upon a well-beaten road ; ^afj~c ^qA}\ o\j~i JJ^i
upon the back of a bridled black (horse) ; [^l/JI £5* *ULoJ»JI the
- * 0 - J sSiO * J '
turban is upon the head]; metaphorically, oLc Jf^i jJklSJI ybj
C and He is the All-powerful over His servants ; ^)^J\ ^j-jjJI jJ^Ua-j
\^jsc=> ^jj JJ I Jj^i awoJ (/) will place those who have followed thee
above those who have not believed; \+j w»tjjJI ^^ji IjIJ** ^o^^>j
^•juJb l^jl£» we wiZ£ arfcZ £0 them a punishment in addition to the
punishment for tlieir corrupt doings; &££\ Jiji |l~J v>^ Oi*
and if they be females more than two; »^Jo*j ^Jas to J>ji lyj ,Jjkj
D he treated it worse than Ice had treated Aleppo ; [ly*>* Uj <Loj*j
a o?w*£ awcZ wAai exceeds it {in smallness or iw largeness); aj\± 3A5
, aL'JI JJj^* and it is an animal a little above the size of a cat].
69. &}* (the accusative of ^jj wluit is beneath, under, less,
*■"
or inferior, related to lo to come near, and y>* to be low or vile), with
its diminutive \J-i^>, and OL5> O-0. ^n which combination ^>-» has a
partitive force, signify under, below, beneath. They indicate : —
§69] The Verb.— 3. Govt of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : >J3>- 183
(a) That a person or thing dwells or is situated, or that an action A
takes place, below some place, or near it ; as i)j js- ju*. <£i«jJ> jj^j
w«y £fo c^#>£ 0/ £% enemy be under thy foot ; ,J3> l£^ ' woiSJU jjl
*}LliU *lw iw f^£ ravine that is below Sela' (there lies) a murdered
man ; eUio ^j I^LJI ^3/ met near San'a : >*^Jt O-* V5^ W* j-a-»
Egypt and the adjacent countries.
(b) That one person or thing conies near or approximates to B
another, especially a higher one (properly, stands under it, does not
reach it) ; as U^*.!^*. ajjij ObjlyJ U Ui*J li and he (the horse)
Twowfe us overtake the foremost (of the herd), whilst near him were
#^0.^ of them that lagged behind; ,£)!$ ^i IJob £&!s fe nearer than
* , J J Oj
that ; ^liji Co' c<w^ nearer (to me) ! lit. approach not far from
yourself (towards me) ; ljuj dlJ^ setze -Ze/tf (wAo stands not far from
you, see § 35, b, 0, rem. b) ; >oAj»*J' «^ji fofo ^^ dirham ; dy^j^ C
£«£# 3/0 Aim.
- - j » j^ j
Rem. ^Uj3 and ^uji, as interjections, are equivalent to
»LL«UI,^UUt (see § 35, 6, /?) [and ,i)jUc, § 66, rem. a], look out!
- ■» ' ■»
fo&e care/ [sometimes advance /] as ic^'j-e «^JU^> beware of wrestling
?tra^ me; ^JhjJLJu ^) ^»Cji ^^ care [or advance'] (and) give them
no quarter; [._j (^ri^*' -^jji fo^e care (or advance) and keep to me].
(c) That one space, distance, or number, does not equal or D
' , , 0, , 3,3,9,,
complete another ; as : j^»- £~oj Oj* ^r^3 anQl between them
there was less than a stones throw; iSjuo JJtjl u****. 03> Ws* u**^
tffore is no poor-rate (to be exacted) on what is under (or less than)
five ounces ; Ob^ jAe. ^3> *>»■»■■») J-*-» O* we l'^ not accept for
Mas'iid less than ten fines for homicide.
(d) That one thing is smaller or worse than another ; as ^la^-dl
yjAa^ii\ 03> jujkaJI^ i-aiJI ,jj^ copper is of less value than silver,
184 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 69
A and iron of less value than copper ; iUjj J)jju jo^JL ^JJI he who shall
arise (as king) after thee, will be inferior to thee ; ^JU) I j* ajjj ,^05
v-^lW ^5* an(l magnificent splendour in the retinue of princes is less
(glorious) than it (learning).
(e) That a quality which belongs to one person or thing is not
possessed by another, and that the latter is therefore in this respect
B opposed to the other : as »£U3 ^>j> jvr*>3 jj^aJLaJI ^oi^« some of
them are good, and some of them not so (lit. and some of them remain
under that, do not attain to that quality) ; £)j£>j (jt jJJu *$ aJUI ,jl
» - j
l\*-4 O-^ ^> 03* I* j**-i3 *4 verily God will not fm*give the joining
of otlier gods with Himself, but He will forgive what is other than that
to whom He pleaseth* ; %*^ 03^+*13 ** 0>-***i O-* L>s^t-*uJI i>*J
>2Wi OJ^ and of the evil spirits some who should dive for him (into the
C- sea) and do work other than that. In this sense ,j!3* is equivalent to
j-j* (see § 82, d). [Hence it can also signify beyond, of higher quality,
as in the last quoted sentence, where it may be rendered by and still
greater works. Likewise when a man has said UujJJ Ijuj ,j\ verily,
Zeid is a noble man, another replies «£Uj 03*3 an^ above that;
{Ac do {Jjaj U 03*^ <£3*> th°u art more powerful than 'All. D. G.]
(/) That a person or thing is excluded or excepted, neglected or
D postponed (properly that the action affects him or it to a less degree
than it does another) ; as a*a^> ^ Uj «j-oj *jJ U aJJI ^^ {j^ ^J^i
he invokes, to the exclusion or neglect of God, ivliat can neither injure
him nor benefit him, he invokes what can neither etc., but not God ;
it io jo - - aiaio , j) a* s '-*> i j at
AJul &j> ^>Uc^l 03***** a^jJ^J' <>■** J**' the people of this city
* [Many interpreters render the words ,*AJ3 ^^ srv~*3 °y an^
otlters (tliat are) below them, and .iUi Qjj U by and what is less tlian
that. Compare Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 417.]
§ G9] The Verb.— 3. Gov't of Verb.—(b) Prepositions: &3y 185
warship idols and not God ; j~o*> ^j ^5 v>* aJJI ^jj^ <j-* ^XJ U A
ye have no patron and no helper except God ; j±-*j\ &$* \^>j^Ji> ^X^s-
ye act according to one of these two (rules), but not the other ; ^ IjJk
»iJLi«i O-* this belongs to me exclusively of thee, thou hast no part or
« ' a *a*a - j - 't*> - * a * ai '0*
share in it ; oUju^^JI ^j^ J^H^' j^-^i O' ^^i he ought to choose
fi J A a*o * j a j Zi*
the old in preference to the new; \jie j»\j*$\ 03*^*^3 and he sought
you out in preference to all other men. — Here must also be mentioned B
\jj*, and the rarer 03>W i in the sense of without ; as ^>« >v»J I Oj*
J|yUl without speaking loudly ; ZLL« ,jj.> JUJ' w>L-I^t ^^-J wealth
a,^' j St** - - * a a*> -
cannot be acquired without trouble; yj-^jio (j^ju ^Ji^-i *$ ilw^l <jt
e- * a i , - a j
aJI ju-~«5 jU-~« ^0 'isndd, or relation of attribution, cannot be
ejected without two extremes, an attribute, or predicate, and a subject ;
' ' J ' & ' ?fO , J yd J + J J C*
t>*J 03<*t j***^ ^l jW~* !"*«*»• ^ the merchants of the country C
, a , * ,
of Malabar take them without (paying any) price (for them) ; jia~e *jJ
j^HS C)3>>*> ^*i J*v*t* *$3 >W^JI \J3^i i^*"*? for no glory is built up
without a hard struggle, and no effort is of avail without the decree
(of fate in thy favour, jjJUt in rhyme for jjJUl).
(g) That one object is placed before another, either (a) as a
hindrance or obstacle to prevent a person from getting at it, or (/?) as
a protection to defeDd it from some one ; e.g. LaiJ I >»*. *&)'} 03* D
- si -3 lis,
jLiJI yj±-2 before this there are the coals of the gadd and the stripping
of the hitcid, that is to say, before you can obtain this, you have many
serious obstacles to surmount (the wood of the gada being noted for
its long retention of fire, and the katad for the number and size of its
thorns) : Jt>*t »iW} &3> 0^3 v*</s '*>!>•« Oi the time or place for
visiting her is near, but there are many terrors in the way ; j*?3> w^
«' . "*,,,,
V^**"** there is no curtain or barrier in front of them ; l*^** 0^3
w. ii. 24
186 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 69
A u°3"^ *' ^^ ^*3' C-i£» ^>« (j^3 my shield (or protection) against
£ * * * * b sb/O * bfO w
those whom I feared ivas three persons ; \^£J*o ^M ^J>»- t^****^ *h»' Oi
I^J^oJ' Oi^ **U*» aSUcI^ 'Imruu 'l-Kais ran for a goal, but death
intercepted him before he reached that goal; *^U*> >v^' 03* before
(thou reachest) the river, there is a number of men (to be encountered), =
j^i\ l_)1 J-tfJ ,jt J*i. Hence verbs signifying to shut a door against
B one, to fight for one, and the like, are construed with (j^a (compare
§ 49, a) ; e.g. lyiji^o^ ly^us V~»- ^' *t>j*° j£ then he struck her
(the camel) on the side, and made her get up, and stood in front of her
is* bJ' J ' ' i.
(to prevent any one from touching her) ; apL> jtrt>$> ^plS he fought
for, or in defence of, them for some time; JJto Jjil-<aJ' w-a>-oJl O'
J b ' s J J - b •
Aj^+a*** jj^i a~Ju a true friend gives up his life for his friend ;
j lb** *}*}'* j b-a } , * - b i i w j ill -
c^a^JI (J3> J^^J A****" j^ «■*-*■> O' ^i^ov^' unless indeed the fire
C q/" hunger burn and stand in the way of sleep. In this case ^ji is
synonymous with >eUI m /n>w£ o/, before. — -Hence too it often denotes
, ib* rt * j *
on this side of (cis, extra) ; as Qj-* jg- OL5-* ^° £*+** a^ the region
on this side of the Oxus ; in which case it is opposed to stjj behind,
bit * •" * *
beyond, as^^-01 jtjj U Transoxania (lit. what is beyond the river Oxus).
Rem. Other important words belonging to this class of pre-
positions are : —
,i* * b *i > b * ,* *
j) (a) ^5, with its diminutive J-j*5, before, of time ; as dJy« ^3
before his death ; IjJk ^J-i w*« ,<-wJ t-» 0 would that I had died
before this! aJLi i^-o^lj >e^Jt .-3 U j^£\} and I know what
vt • S fO * b *
happened to-day and yesterday before it; ^jtyJJI ,J>*3 before threatening
„ , b-o * b * * Z* * f
(without waiting to threaten); [2jjj^i\ ^5 i\Le ^oj^i he came to
* b,
Mekka before (his coming to) * El-Medlna\— Opposed to it is jut^,
• o s- j w£ ^ i ^ -- 0 - + 0 *
diminutive j^-aj after ; as ^bl iiAj jjt^ ot/i!er <Aree days; jut/
§69] The Verb.— 3. Gov t of Verb.— (b) Prepositions : oj> 187
after thy arrival ; ejju after him, i.e. after his departure, A
or after his death ; ^juu C^-ou jJ> thou hast become changed after j
a * * a -
me, i.e. after I parted from thee, since I last saw thee, = t^J^ juu
» i * Z. »-- - * * a*o , a * * " #
«i)b ; jJ^LoJI *i)l JaJ) jou li 1*9 ana wAai ts there after the truth
(when the truth is gone), but error? [Tropically j*->j-£* ^J%*
w-j^I tjub juw. -■ >-*} So-and-so is generous and moreover well
' "' . *
educated. A synonym of juu is ^^^-J
, ,i * ms 1**1* a, is jt»
(6) _>»U| and^etjJ, before, of place; as <L«Ut ^-^ri *i) O' -"a^ "e -"
should not walk before him; ^UI^oljJ «^*S Ais ^rope is before the
grate; ^-^^)l vetjJ> j>jL» 4jiJL5 jLa». ^i JJ3 Ae was A-i/tea' a£ the
siege of the castle of Sdbur before the emir (in his presence, =
a ** * a* * + *£}**'
«u ju ^>*j) ; tropically, ^UUI S^LaJt the (time of) prayer is before
j,,i,)s, issz-oiis-
thee ; '♦-ftM jr* '*■} ^l-J^I ju^j iJj nay, but man wishes to go on
in his wickedness (in the time that is) before him. [On the use of
-iLoLot as an interjection see § 35, b, /?.] C
(c) i\jj behind ; as tfcgtjj jZl£- J^o 'Antar came in behind her
(her back being turned to him) ; ^Aj^L t\j^ d*j*J*s they cost it
behind their bocks ; -iidjj U ivJiat is behind thee ? i.e. what news
dost thou bring ? hence beyond (Lat. trans, ultra), opposed to ^j^
' ) J 3 ' '
(see § 69, g, at the end) ; and relating to time, after, as \J3J^i3
ot\j^ Uj but they disbelieve in what (hath been sent down or revealed)
after it (the Pentateuch) ; tropically, beyond, besides, more than,
asi*ai'\~s, * *
^.■^■■o 4jLU «£AJ3 «tjj toj but anything beyond this (merely) serves D
a j , ai j * a* at a i i ~* * - a is Z - i -
to (make a sltow in) society ; ^i\yc\j t^ju*3 ^j\ ^i* t\j$ to^£) ^^'j
and He hath permitted you, besides this, to seek out (wives) by means
of your wealth; jjj^^*"^** »iU)jli jJUi stjj ^-al-M tj-oi 6m2 they who
desire more tlian this, are transgressors. [On the use of <i)t\j3 as
an interjection, see § 35, b, /?.] — Synonymous with sljj is UlXa.
< a * - a * j * a j j a Si -o,
behind, after: as Ub^J^ Ot^ s_^afc....._> jJtfaJI^ flinr^ h^r hair hung
188 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 70
> , o ' , J 0 i j 0 j ,
A down to the ground behind her back ; x&X±. jj&*$ £*+&& and I got
vt Ci *o s , • 0 , * Q s * * 0 *
up to run after him ; JaJjl ,JI l^ftAi. C^o.*? sJ^» how thou
, , a * * , ,4,^,0^ * z * * *a , , ,
wentest after her to the bank ; V^bX*. L*j ^-iJ^i ^>*j UJ *j)l& UbUXn%3
and ive made them a warning to their contemporaries and to those
f 3^,0, /•.»,«, ,«^
after them; ^l*X3 *n)I ^XaAi. ^j^LXj *$ I3t^ anc? iw. £Aa£ case they
would not have tarried after thee but a little.
B (d) c!$*" around; as aJ^a. U Oslol LoAi and a/ter it (the fire)
3 J <£' *■ ^» , oj5' o j, i j
has lighted up the space around him ; U£». ^»»yft» Jjj»" j<eyJj..»fla>i«^ ^»J
<Aew we wn/£ se£ iAem around Hell on their knees ; a)y*. i^lb
Ae tt>ew£ round it (the temple); ^jIjaJI ^o acIo*. dJj*. around
/tim were a number of women. — Jxwj mi £Ae midst of, in, among ;
, 0 , , 0 , * 'Ota * Or
as 2l*ojj ixwj in £&e midst of a garden; p|/^t ixwj among the
C reeds ; jbjJI Ja~rj among tlie houses.
70. Compound prepositions, though by no means rare in ancient
Arabic, are more common in the later stages of the language. The
0
first part of the compound is generally &*, and the second part
another so-called preposition, now however no longer in the accusative,
but in the genitive. Such are : —
0,0 iZ , o , o j j o --o^ ft gi / j
(a) rj*J ^j-c (lleb. P3D) ; as £*lib ,j-w> ,j»« ^j-as^Jt jA ^^a-^
D JU^b J-^iJU JAaJI Muhammad is t/ie one preeminently distin-
guished among all mankind for excellence and perfection (lit. from
o , , o^ o
among all mankind) ; <uju ,j-o £y*from his presence (lit. from between
oo,o,o o£ o,o
his hands) ; ^ykX*. O-^^o-v^' O** l>* from before tliem and behind
o , , o,, ,o, o ,oo, ,,„
£Am ; w>l*-»- <^trf3 tu,o ^-©j jij Lj1>I ,-3 /». oMr ears is hardness
of /tearing, and between us and thee there is a partition-wall. In this
0
last example j>« is partitive, the literal meaning being : and in a
part of the space between us and thee, etc.
§ 70] The Verb.— 3. Govt of Verb.—(b) Prepositions. 189
(b) j£i o-« and woJ ,>? ; as l^iy Of ^'^j C*f J*»- ^ ^
s , a ^ ^
placed immovable (mountains) upon it (the earth) ; J^i o** M*
» ^ a ,, , , , , a*
aaJU. o-* JpJ J*»-" ^« ascended the hill and descended by the
j 'ii»-e - a - a a * 0 - -
other side (lit. behind it); jVi" ^y*8*-5 v>° l£/^-j ^'-^ gardens
a
under (the trees of) which streams flow. In these examples o-9
is partitive ; the mountains form a part of what is raised above
the earth ; the man ascends a part of the hill-side, and descends
by a part of the other side ; the streams occupy a part of the space B
under the trees.
a * a a - a a i a , a < is
(c) JJ> (j-° aud ***-> O*0 : a- vff^M O-* 0^-^' those who were
a *a-o \ , a , a gj
before you; ja*±$\ 3^L« ^)~5 o-* before the morning prayer.: ^j
: i z - a * a a i * a s *
jt&y* j>%j o^ ^sUixj then we brought you again to life after
sj ' a a , a * * * ,
your death ; »JU». ^jju o-« wiU-S and there has come after them
a
an evil generation. Here again o-* ls partitive, in a portion of the C
space of time before or after.
(d) j~e o-» (Heb. Dyft) and ^jSl o-« (but not ^JJ &*) ; a.s
it * a a , i
aJJt j^c o-9 '•** this is from (lit. from the side of, from beside) God ;
o^i£. o-9 «£*«*. ^« c«/«^ from him ; 1j*xp ^JJ o-* w-^*L» jJ
now hast thou obtained from me an excuse (for leaving me) ; U wJk
i^, a , , a j* a
io*»; ilj»>j o-» <?"* ws /72^;-cy /row (lit, from beside) Thee.
(?) yM O-* • as <jW^ *»M v>«>oliJb tj-w«l o^9 he was governor D
o/ Syria for 'Otmdn (lit. /row beside l Otmdn, with whom lay the
option of sending him as such) ; J*5 o-« <uU£> vl**- ^^ >»-»^
jfc ^>\ there came to him an answer to his letter from (Fr. de la part
de) Abu Bekr ; \ij&-> ^W* O-9 <j^ i^-M O-9^*^ />«*€« be from
me (Fr. <&> «w ;ww£) k/kwj her who has enslaved me by her pleasing
address.
190 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 70
A (/) s'jj O-* and **aI». ^« ; as jj^f. z\j3 &* /row behind
walls; *->j*»i SjU-JI ^tj^ ^o u-^W *$\ he is sitting behind the
curtain drinking (^-« partitive) ; ^ov*^** 0-*3 ynd^ £>*i O-* from
o r a rrr ,
before them and behind them (see a) ; <*iA». jj>* cJPj awc^ ^ descended
by the other side of it (the hill, see b).
0 r 0 r 0 r 0 w rO&r 0 rO*> r r Zt r * 0 J 0 * *
B «we? {/* £fow Aae?s£ ieew /jarsA «wc? hard-hearted, they would have
OrO-o 0 r 0 r *t r r r \ /to rrr
dispersed from around thee; J*jJt)\ J>»- O-* t>s*^*" *£**»*" UtP.3
awrf £&?# sAa/£ see #Ag angels surrounding the Throne (^>« partitive).
Rem. a. We have already spoken of £>£■ ^e, § 49, rem. c ;
* 0 - r 0 } 0 J
g» o-*; § 57> rem-: c5** o-?> § 59» rem- &; oj^ o-;> § 69; 0>**>
§ 56, rem. c, and § 69,/; j*£ £y6,j+iu, and %j, § 56, rem. c.
C Rem. b. Other prepositions are occasionally found in com-
> 0 .1 «o _ 1 , 0 i r 0 Si <& ir 0 j
position, as ^-^Jl J[$J.3 ^1 ,Jt ?»~*-eJI ^jJ J^e /rom </ie morning
O'Oio r\ oi jo j rr r
until the sun declines; [j»yj\ Ijjb ^-^ol Ju^J ^-lljlj he left me
r j * 0 *
since yesterday] ; especially ,J| in the compounds ,jj.s ^)\ , jUc ,JI
0 Or r 0 * * ^r r r
(and jUxl), JJ35 ^M, y*~i ^1, and eljj ^Jl, which are, however,
condemned by the grammarians.
D Rem. c. The preposition is very rarely omitted, especially by a
t 0 r 0 i r 0 r
poet, and the genitive notwithstanding retained ; as C-sa»-»*gl oL£>
Or Or*' Or
how art thou this morning ? j*j*. quite well, for j+±. ^^ [or J&*~i] \
J r iOlO a! i £ O0» 0 s 1 0 , s f t r ^S' 5»5u£ r ,
•jto^l o»^»'n)L> w*J^» Ojlil aJLaS j>i ^Ul ^1 J«j3 lit W<e/i </*e
question is asked, Who of mankind are worst as a tribe f the fingers
Or J r 0 r ri r ir r Z r
point with the hands to Kuleib (for w.-*^> .Jl OjUd) ; f-J*-^ i****
r otOjO r rO>0 r
^'ilLc'^l ^_i3jLi until lie became haughty, and ascended the heights (of
r 0i0-e r r rO lO r
pride), for j»*^e.^ I ^Jl ^jSUj li.
§70] The Verb.— 3. Govt of Verb.— (b) Prepositions. 191
Rem. d. The preposition is likewise very rarely separated by A
* a , *
another word from the substantive which it governs ; as l^c ^j\
2j+£- j>y£\ •** j**- *9 (is for 'Amr, there is no good in lAmr to-day,
instead of $j+£- ^J j>^\ j*±. *$ ; ,J--~» cljj^' ^y*-* ±*}[ u~i?3 an(^
there is no ivay (or means) to get down from it, for L^i*o <Jjj-J' iJI :
^o^p aJJI^j aJJjJLil / bought it, by God, for a dirham, instead of
Rem. e. Sometimes, by a more concise and Ixjlder construction B
[cLJJI or %~iyi\, the accusative is used instead of a preposition
with the genitive (especially J) ; as C~J I cJl»o / entered the
house, for C~J1 ^ or C~J1 ^Jt : jljJt C~iC / inhabited, or
dwelt in, the house, for jljjt ^.i ; Ij-sl^j l^JL^ dUj^ ^$i^ «»^
- j ,
many a day toe met face to face Saleim and 'Amir, for <ui Ujiy^ :
[A^-o-ii >t-^-" ^o^*-» J^ l>** therefore whosoever of you shall be Q
present xn the month, he shall fast therein, for <t*i j/0-aJLi : aJJjjk
JkJjJaJI / showed him the way for J^jJaJU or JpjJkll ,Jtj : JUiJ I >©'».
Ae AeW 6ac& in 6a«fe {through cowardice), for jJLil I .-J : \'-*- Lp^
^JxiJI JkJjiaJI fl« *A« /ox frote along the path, for JJjjlJt ^J (see
§ 44, 6, rem. a) ; ^oUJI ^j he went to Syria, for j»\JJ\ ^1 ;
^UxiJ 0-^t *N)y ^JJI ^jAft-l^ a /id / hide (within me) that ichich,
were it not for patience, would be the death of me, for ,-ic -^S' ; J)
^S\-jfi L5t^l-° L5* my friends and relatives tvere far from me,
or kept aloof from me, for ^^c ^ij ; <u o^ot U JjJ7 jJ!sjT iljj^
/ bade thee do good, do therefore as thou wast bidden, for j.J*^
^3 aJJI jiiiwt / (wA; pardon of God for my sin, for ^S CH> ;
>*-J CxV"' A«>5 ^~>yo J*-^'^ a/^ Moses chose from his people
seventy men, for a*£ ^o ; A*^C^ JWsP? J.'ir'^ ^JjT U« o/ ms
1^2 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 70
A was he who was chosen from among men for (his) generosity, for
JUfcjJI ^y* ; g^^JI a\Ju he sought the thing for him, for ai ^.ju ;
2 0 • V J 0 * * J 0 0 J J * * '
tju-d «iUjLo / caught game for thee, for JJU Oju© ; ^A^Jl^s litj
^ J 0 J 0 J J .
OjL/">8^-J ^o^J-'Jj j' anc^ wAew ^Aey measure unto them or weigh
7 7 • 7 7 • °J' J' ' *S *J' J '
rtnfo Mem, Mey oiw less (than is due), for^^l Ijjjj jl ^o^J UJl^ ;
^SL^cj tjo.^t «iAJLU». jlSJj «toc/J / Aave gathered for thee mushrooms
oj different kinds, for «iU c^a. (^SL^c in rhyme for JiL^c) ;
<i+jj^ U^iJ l*Ul»-j O^J ^w^ we made ready noble spirits to
encounter these (calamities), for l^J I JU»j ; lyiL*tfu> Ae (rlAe wiW
he-ass) passed the summer with them (the she-asses), for I^jL©
W^^ J V J tf .J
Rem. /. As we have seen above, ^jj and j>X* or Ju« may be
directly connected with a following proposition (§§ 58 and 61).
0 i S i -
The other prepositions require the interposition of ^j\, £)\, or U ;
as Oj-^ ,jl ^31 wram / greiv up ; ^-*-»- i^U-J i5->»-^ O' m^
C on condition that thou wilt be my hired servant for eight years;
j^jCM ^.i^^c ^j\ jic notwithstanding that old age hath come upon me;
0 * 1 * * ) - 0 i 0 s , s *
j+lsu ai £)$£-i O' C>* *$&3 awc^ ^e *s exalted above having any equal;
j j a -o - */ j(/ ?<■ ^£ o £ o 1/ t (/ it/
tented poverty is) better and more honourable for me than to see gifts of
<Ae 6ase Aww^ round my neck; SUJI ^>-6 J^-wlvOj^t jjl s.^ though it
is easier to destroy than to build; aJJI ObU ^jjjjrfj l^jl^^^yjb ^JU>
J) ^Aa?; was because they used to disbelieve in the signs of God;
0 jO*j x £ *o * * L* j ^o£ ^ •o^
^^JoL-oJ I jb\i&\£=> di-wlj ^Uil U jju a/i!er </<e waving locks of thy
head have become like the gray tagoZm (a plant) ; l^o vlh^' W**i «^
jb^l ojjb ^.Xc w>|/^l ?-i^\ L5*-***'' ^e ^MS^ ^as stopped up these
wells since the wind has swept the dust over t/iem ; ij««ftS l* jJtf
j * e> * Si io , , a j j >• o ^
jjy>> ^hWI .JLiLo ^-i .-ua..! o/(!er ('Ibn) Haubar perished on the.
0 * * + «• I • x
battle-field; \y&£- \^j >iJUi <Aa< ?^«s because they disobeyed: \+£o
§ 71] The Novn.—The Nomina Verbi. 103
*)y*/j O^J* l_s^ I— i—JL— y! as ice sent an apostle to Pharaoh. — A
a a *
U is often inserted after ,j^, ^>c. and w>, without affecting their
regimen [and is therefore called Sjul^JI U] : as \^J>j^\ ^)\IJa±. \+a
they were drowned because of their sins ; jj-wo>U ^a»»«aJ J-X5 \^s-
It ** , ^ ' 0 ' ' ^
after a little (while) they will become repentant; aJJI ^>-e 3-o^-j '<-i
j^ CmJ 6y ^ mercy of God thon hast b^n gentle unto them. After
j) this use of U is very rare (see § 63, rem. a). Compare )fo
(i.e. nib) in Hebrew ; as J^tTta (Job ix. 30, Ken), Sski&3 B
(Ps. xi. 2), T\rnU? (Job xxvii. 14), J3XiD3 (Exod. xv. 5).
» t m
[Rem. g. Before ^1 and ^1 the prepositions are often omitted,
.- j s3 * //Aj of * a £ j3 ^ ^*^ " * j * a *
as l«&£>> _A>>> O' l£/^' ^^ 'W OjJsu V ^Aow mightest have a look
at her (before marrying her), for this affords a better chance of a
a i - Ji j - > i '-
good understanding between thee and her (for ^{j ^£j*»\) '• yJijI
lijjjt* ^-jUI w^.Lcu ^jl ^fffj>jk».t «6- any one of you unable to \j
at
associate with men kindly 1 (for ^jl ^ic. lit. is he overpowered so as
* * - *ai a i )B i 2 "
to be unable?); tjk£» jJjtJt ^jl Opt jJU I have assuredly purposed to
at '* - ■■ - * * at jaii* - *"
do such a thing (for ,jt .Jlfi) ; £a».jjiaw.) jLo ,j1 ja*)\ aj i^lr*
and his affair led eventually to his becoming the property of HadUja
a i - ** * + a , a i a * a * + *lt m £
(for ^1 jJt) ; *^U w>j-"^i O' LS8** •'"'"•- ^ *->i *e<? '' ^°^ 2S w0*
ashamed to use a parable (for ^j\ £yc). See also § 49, d, rem. and
§ 167, rem. b.
On the omission of the preposition along with the suffix in D
relative sentences, see § 175, c. D. G.]
B. THE NOUN.
1. The Nomina Verbi, Agent is and Patient is.
71. As we have already spoken of the idea of the nomen verbi or
abstract verbal noun (Vol. i. § 195), of its use as jyJxsJt JyuLpJI or
objective complement of the verb (§ 26), and of its rection, in so far
\v. ii. 25
104 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 72
A as it possesses verbal power (§§ 27 — 29), we have now only to remark
that it is not (as might at first sight appear) rendered definite by the
very nature of its idea, and, in consequence, able to dispense with
the article in order to become definite ; but is, on the contrary, like
other nouns, indefinite, when it stands without the article. E.g.
J * & * + 0 6*0 0 y biO* 6 6 J * Jj A» 0 - i ' y 0 * G *
f»Jjui.lj jb\jJ>J\ Jk£±+**+} t J 4J j*£=> c dJJI J-~w ^>fr JUC^ >**^ A*5 Jtl3
W *<> ' 6 J/d £ JO OP
4JJI jut j-^t ai* aXa! to y%r/^ v>? it (one of the sacred months) is
(a) great (sin), but to turn (others) away from tlie path of God, and
B not to believe in Him and (to prevent access to) the sacred mosque,
and to turn His people out of it, is (a) greater (sin) in the sight of
a , _ 3 - S 0 j
God (JUS a fighting, not the fighting, and so with jue and j*&) ;
^U»».Ij ?-ij~-3 ^' *-^5j*«J *i)L««b 0^>* JTSUaM ^ divorce may
take place twice (and the woman be taken back after each time),
£w£ a/iter £Aa£ ?/<? m?«s£ either retain (your wives) with kindness or
dismiss (them) with benefits (JJ'iUsJI tlie divorce, j)[~~c\ a retaining,
0 9-i.j~~3 a dismissing) ; tj-cu j^ (j^»..Ja.T...j *j) £/^t/ are not able to
t 0 , Sao, 0 , a * » S *
give them (any) help (tj-oj = U Jj-aj or j-cu ^>«, whereas j-aJI would
mean, they are not able to give them the help necessary in the
particular case).
72. Of the rection of the nomina agentis and patientis or concrete
verbal nouns, in so far as they possess verbal power, we have already
treated in §§ 30 — 32. They designate the person or thing, to which
D the verbal idea attaches itself as descriptive of it ; e.g. w^UI the
exciting cause, the motive; *JUJ' the hindering object, the hindrance.
Now, as' both the person or thing and the verbal idea are something
firm and abiding, it follows that the concrete verbal noun indicates a
lasting and continuous action on the part of an agent or passion on
that of a patient. This idea it possesses in common with the Im-
perfect (see § 8), to which it is often related in outward form (see
Vol. i. § 236, with rem. a). The difference between them is, that
* Viz. ^-^.I^ JL^ls' or JU*I (yk) ^fciyii.
§ 73] The Noun. — Tlie Nomina Agentis et Patientis. 195
the concrete verbal noun designates a person or thing, to which the A
verbal idea closely attaches itself and consequently remains im-
movable ; whilst the Imperfect, as a verbum finitum, expresses the
verbal idea as movable and indeed in constant motion*. The employ-
ment of the concrete verbal noun as a perfect results from its use as a
fixed immovable substantive.
73. To what point of time this lasting and continuous state of
the agent or patient, as designated by the nomen verbale concretum,
is to be referred, can be deduced only from some other word in the B
sentence, which points to a specific time, from the nature of the
thing or the character of the thought, or from the connection of the
context. The nomen agentis or patientis itself does not include the
idea of any fixed time. [Comp. § 30, a.]
(a) In a clause that is not circumstantial [comp. § 183], whether
it be absolute or dependent upon another clause, the concrete verbal
noun shows that the verbal idea contained in it refers either to the
present, the proximate future, or the future in general. E.g. juj
Sjujj I js- aAj! -^»Ij Zeid's son is to be married to-morrow to Zubeida C
(the reference of f£*^ to the proximate future is shown by \j£) ;
<UJ15 lit / am going to kill him ; -iUSlS Ul / will kill you (ego te
interficiam) ; Jy&« IJ^* this man must be killed ; \}}y+a** ^Jb
she is praiseworthy ;] (in these four examples the context fixes the
meauing) ; v>jjj^i LiL^**-* *^' Ols *^' ^,a.,».» j^t ^qXj! I^^JLcl^
and know that ye shall not escape God, and that God will put the
unbelievers to shame ; ^yij $**%* ^v-"' Oy^i CH-^' irno think that D
- j - a j / jj t/ * + » £ i -
they shall meet their Lord ; jJ^xjL© ^ U ^Ja-o Jj^\ *x5 he kept
* The Arab grammarians ascribe to the finite verb, in general, the
idea of Ojjo»JI the becoming new, the coming into existence of the act ;
1 . -. . . J £ * S *
to the lmpertect, in particular, that of j_Mfcn" constant renewal or
vrpetriioii (see § 8) ; to the verbal noun, that of C»^-3l, or OLiM.
fixedness, immobility.
196 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 74
' j '
A silence in order to see what they would do (the reference of ^ytilo
1 J B ,
to the future results from j&iS)-
Rem. a. When the perfect <J^* is prefixed to a concrete
verbal noun which refers to the future, the idea of futurity is
i i a , , - oai .
transferred to a past time ; as *$jxL* O^9 J"*' a thing which
* , e j 6 $ e , * - see
should have been done (equivalent to s)mj ^j\ Uu**> O^9 J"*') >
•iJt jj U5l£» O^ ^** <?wit# futurum esset si etc. Compare the
B composition of the imperfect with ^)Us», § 9.
[Rem. b. Verbal adjectives of the form yj^ni with a passive
sense may refer also to the future, as ,J«wjUI O^-i ^ 9-*$*~*t by
one or another weapon will certainly be killed whosoever is destined
to be killed; ^>*a»roJJI ^1 lit / am the son of the two intended
victims.]
(b) But if the concrete verbal noun stands in a circumstantial
C clause (Jl^), the state which it describes belongs to the same period
..a- o j a , , j * , , ai
of time as the verb in the leading clause. E.g. *£-+j ^^a*-* jAj j^J I
he recited, whilst he was in prison at Mekka, {the following verses) ;
a * * « d// j J. *> j - - * o s »«» * j j * *■ * * * ssaie & a *a-o i *
el-Mahdl fled with all speed and reached Tarabulus (Tripolis) in
North Africa, whilst Ziyddetulldh was constantly on the look-out for
* a j a*a , a j a** / / t/(/o - - o o .» ^ j ^ ii*» - j^e^ a e j a - «■
him; ^5*^' Sjjjdb «iL^»wl jJte yj^a^c jAj aJJI ^1 a^^j^L^j ^«j
awe? w/wso tfwrHS himself wholly towards God, whilst he does good, has
D laid hold on the surest handle. In such subordinate clauses the
imperfect is used in almost the same way as the concrete verbal
noun (§ 8, e).
74. In like manner, the concrete verbal noun refers to the same
period of time as the verb with which it is connected, when it is
annexed to the verb as an adverbial accusative. This may happen
f , 1 a 2 * i,,
even when the subjects are different (§ 44, c). E.g. L»jU j^l ^Jy
§ 74] The Noun. — The Nomina Agentis et Patientis. 197
the ox turned ki$ back fleeing ; ^r*^' «>»•' WjW j^^ he set off whilst A
his brother was shaping the bow ; ty>\ \js-\S ~-j». he went out whilst
------ j
his father' was seated ; L^W *J^ ^)UaJ-Jt c~JU / met the sultan in
his house weeping ; |/*lj jjU— J I ^i c»6 / m;«s in the garden tohilst
it was in bloom ; tjU <*A».ju ojJ^ •wQj '^^-'j^ 4*^' i>* 0>*3
ly*» tjJUt. «W w^oso ^a// rffo/ against God and His Apostle, and
shall transgress His ordinances, He shall make him enter into fire, to
abide in it for ever (here the Jl»- or circumstantial term, ly*i tjJl*.. B
is not a ^>jli« J^, or /*«/ which indicates a state present at a
past time, but a jjJLo JW., or hdl which indicates a future state
[comp. § 44, c, rem. a]). The same is the case after ^yu to remain,
vob £o /as£, continue, Jlj-» ^ ^ ?W/Z n<?£ «?«&?, and the like (see § 42, a) ;
as tjccl5 Jj->^J he did not cease sitting; yjjjJbUi LJL*\ ,j»« «U3U» Jlp ^
>**" ->•>* L5^1 d»*-" ^5^ « />«r£ 0/' ;wy people shall not cease to
hold fast the truth till the day of the resurrection ; *»-jtjJI _>ol> U C
ju~*JI ^ U^Lr a.* &w</ as M« spirit continues to dwell in the
body; \j**-Za (^j*** A« remained in amazement ; ^JLj ^oJbdl ^3
UftLaL* <>jc f//<> reputation of the learned shall continue multiplied
(after his death). The Imperfect is also used after these verbs in many
cases [§ 42, rem. /], with this difference, that the Imperfect designates
the constantly repeated action, the concrete verbal noun the lasting
condition of the agent ; as <su>Uu> j*3 ^i oV^' ^J*- j «"^»J J'j l* D
/w rfw? not cease to restrict himself to sitting quietly at the bottom of his
crti-*; ly-i jJa-JI ^^fco Jjj^Jj a»d ^ rfid mo£ desist from investigating
it carefully {j^i - O**-;). Compare § 8, e.
Rem. The concrete verbal noun is sometimes annexed, like the
imperfect (§ 9), to the verb ,J^*> tu express the prtesens prseteriti
198 Part Third.— Syntax. [§75
A or Greek and Latin imperfect ; as ^jU &\& he was dwelling ;
Ij^s^a C-Jlib they (the spears) were sticking in the ground (OJl^
j£*yi would mean <Aey were stuck into the ground).
2. The Government of the Noun.
The Status Constructus and the Genitive.
75. The idea of one noun is very often more closely determined
lis** )Zi, * *
B (u,arfia».:j) or defined (^jjuj) by that of another*. When this is the
case, the noun so defined is shortened in its pronunciation by the
omission of the tenwin, or of the terminations jj and ^ (Vol. i.
§ 315), on account of the speaker's passing on rapidly to the
determining word, which is put in the genitive. The determined
noun is called by the Arab grammarians «^L£loJI the annexed; the
determining noun, aJt olcuoJI that to which annexation is made or
to ivhich another tvord is annexed ; and the relation subsisting between
If si'
C them is known as aiLe^t the annexation. European grammarians
are accustomed to say that the determined or governing word is in
the status constructus.
Rem. The Arab grammarians speak of two kinds of annexation.
The one is called 2usu&a*l I 5iLo*^l the proper or real annexation,
I 2JLo*^\ the pure annexation, or cUj^ji^JI SiLi'sM the logical
0<J 1 i - J .
annexation ; the other, rt.ft.arwJI j*s. AiLi^l the improper annexa-
tion, a«aa» c)l j*c. diLo*^t the impure annexation, or a-JaaJU! diLi^l
J) <Ae (nierely) verbal or grammatical annexation. The latter consists
in this, that an adjective, a participle active intransitive, or a
participle passive, takes a definite noun in the genitive instead of
* [The UAi.,*iti*.~> consists in qualifying an indefinite noun by an
adjective, or an expression equivalent to an adjective, as a preposition
with a genitive, or the genitive of an undefined noun, \~ijjJU is the
defining of the noun by the genitive of a defined noun.]
^ 77] The Noun.— Gov't of Noun.— Stat. Construct. I- Genit. 100
an indefinite £emy?.s-accusative (see § 44, <?) ; or that the participle A
active of a directly transitive verb, being used with the meaning of
cjLkoJI or the Imperfect (see § 30, a), takes the object in the
genitive instead of the accusative. In both cases the genitive is
only a looser, representative construction, instead of the stricter
accusative, and consequently exercises no defining or limiting
power (ob/ju or UAi,^>s^j) upon the preceding governing word
(see § 89). We have here to deal almost exclusively with the
real annexation.
76. By the genitive is indicated : (a) the person to whom [or the B
thing to which] the quality designated by the governing word belongs,
as aJUI £*£•. the wisdom of God; [£UqJ t l\iuo the Umpidness of the
wetter ;] (b) the material of the form and the form of the material, as
&Jai a-o-j an egg of silver, ^JkljjJI i-oi the siher oj the dirhams (in
the former case the annexation is explicative, **JW 4il«£t, the original
expression being <Uii «Lgu,i, i.e. *-oi y* Atfuj, see § 94); (c) the
cause of the effect and the effect of the cause, as sjof)\ Jk3U. the t-
creator of the earth, U~+Jd\ j*. the heat of the sun ; (d) the part of
the whole (partitive annexation, a,..^.,.,w.J iiL^I) and the whole as
, » a*o it*
embracing the parts (explicative annexation), as <v»x*JI ^Jj the
beginning of wisdom, Ol3^.U.-»JI J^ the totality of created things;
(e) the thing possessed by a possessor and the possessor of a thing
possessed, as jjUaJ-JI io>». ^ treasury of the sultan, jJ\ ,jUkX-; I)
^jfc-Jlj M<? /ore? o/* the land and sea ; and (/) the object of the action
and of the agent, as SU»-JI <^*> ^ creation of heaven, <UL^JI wJl&
ffo icriter of the letter.
77. The Arab grammarians say that in the real annexation is
implied the force of a preposition, which is either J (which also
represents the accusative, §§ 29 — 34), ,j-o, or ^. For example :
200 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 78
A ^»j ve>i Zeid's slave, J^jJ ^^' ->Ok*)t ^ sfow w/w (belongs) to
0 0
#£/<# ; i-ai ^lib « s*7wr c«/>, - «Lai ,j-« ^l^ « cm/> (made) of silver
(see § 48, /) ; >6^JI ^o^ to-days fast, =>»>Jt ^ ^>JaJf tf^ fast (held)
on to-day (see § 55 a).
Rem. The annexation is resolved by ^o, when the aJt ^_iLa*e
is the genus or material of the oLcl«, as J*. -r'V a s^ dress
B [comp. § 48, g] ; by ..i, when the aJ! olcu* is the yJjJi (see Vol. i.
§ 221, rem. «) of the oLa*, as jla^aJI w»j* <Ae Arabs of el-Hijdz,
* W *B *■ 0 Ci *o J 0 '
jlyJI^ ^j-JJI jX* plotting by night and day.
78. The determining noun is, in the real annexation, always
either a substantive or a word regarded as such, a pronoun, or an
. A fO 1 3 - Sis'
entire clause. For example : aJJI Jyj the Apostle of God ; jj' *-o-^
, s * s 0 ' - » J »^
C the word 'in ; J>l3 ^** the meaning of (the verb) katahi ; ^L-Jl j-XO
the indefiniteness of (the substantive) 'insan (not ,J^\ i©J^», etc.,
because words, regarded as substantives, are by their very nature
definite, just like proper names, and therefore do not require the
article) ; «Lx* its meaning .-^jus ^>*5il^JI jti^j^o^j tjjb ^/.? w ^
da?/ (when) their truthfulness shall benefit the truthful; ^yju± j>yi ^1
^7/ ^ day (when) they (the dead) sAa// fo raised ; \j\*lb*$\ cJ^^o^
D Ue the day (that) the women (setting out on their journey) turned away
t t j s * ««» <• ■» *
from us ; j~«\ *• U*.aJ I jj-oj «£ the time (when) el-Haggag was emir ;
JZZ~»\ jjl wij «£ ^e time (when) he hid himself, - «jU-wl "^*^ a£ £fo
time of his hiding himself ; w>IJuOI OJLH O**" when they shall see the
Gs 0 J J 0 , 0
punishment ; [a^*j o-* TrJ**^ Oh*- O-* from the moment he goes out
from his house] ; >^~jZ~c ,jl». j-ot at the time (ivhen) old age is coming
on ; \J£=> J**j O' (&\*~*) <>-*>*• fw fear °f his doing so-and-so ;
§ 79] The Noun.— Govt of Noun.— Stat Construct. & Genit. 201
Uq->^». *U t^iwj ^h^ a-^oJI ***->' L5**1 ^ efe«^ made him drink the A
cup of "and they were given boiling water to drink" (el-Kor'an,
xlvii. 17). — The determined noun, on the contrary, can be only a
' j - * '
substantive ; for the numerals and prepositions (JW-j <*—>+*• five men,
«Lw juu a/lter ^£ /«/*?£ of a year) are in reality substantives, and
adjectives, standing in the position of defined nouns, have the force
of substantives, as ij^J I j***- the best of (God's) creatures (see § 86),
[A*>yt 0-~»- ^ handsome face, % 89, rem.], iiai* J*-^ a hurried B
. «/tf S^/J
thrust, j**. iJI ^jt ws».LaJI ^o-jI ^Iaj 0*i" o^i-oj and honoured now
by the exalted name of the Sahib 'Abu l-Kdsim. [Comp. § 86, rem. b,
§ 93 at the end, and § 95, e.]
a.
Rem. a. In the pure annexation, the article ,J\ can never be
prefixed to the oti* ; in the impure, it may (see §$ 30, a, and 89).
Rem. b. Occasionally in ancient poetry, and frequently in later
prose writers, we find such phrases as juj ?>-<)j oL~; Zeid's sword
and spear, for which the correct expression would be juj ot*~> v^
3 J » J ^
*J3 ; e.g. LyJIS ,^© ij^;_5 *>-! *JUI sJai way GW cw£ off the hand
, it-o , a , , a * * - a -
and foot of him who said it; Juj^M ^y*»-j i<c'j3 Ot^ between the
two paws and the forehead of the Lion (the constellation Leo) ;
~~A~i ifclju jl SJ^Jlc *$\ save the after-running or the first running
** 0 * * * 0 * 9 t *a*o * + p a*o * ,
of a courser; lyjj^-j ^J^-> w~j*M O^^J*^ ' ^ may the rain water
the lands, both rugged and level, for lyjj».j ^y->- D
79. Not only common nouns, but also proper names, may be
determined by a genitive; as ^^AJI ***0 RabVa of the horse;
^jLoi aJu\j Pn-Ndbiga of (the tribe of) Dubyan,= ,JLj»j)1 ii_>L01 :
~, > a * ~'iajas*-}'
^plj wJL*5 Taglib, (son) of Wail, for Jjtj ^ wJLij ; s^^L ^jI».
Hdtimof (the tribe of) Taiyi ; wJ£)t ^-0* '^lw;- o/Mt? ^ (because
w. 11. 26
202 Part Third.— Syntax. [§80
A he was always accompanied by one) ; 0-o**M 3j*»- U-Hira, (the
Cri <« J J J
capital of the kingdom) of hi- No' man ; j>\*J\ ^JbtjJa Tripolis in
Syria; w>>*M ^^JjIjJ? Tripoli in North Africa; Jij/*JI ,>!****> >el3l
t ids 3 •> 0 s % Z 0 0 , Si J J a ' *
*-j~i* J>w j»\JJ\ JU»o J-fc^) aS^wj ^ <^e/£ in Bagdad of (in)
Sl-'Irak, but his yearning for the people of Damascus of (in) Syria
, * at a i a * -I- , Z *> , a * * i * * * *
was a painful yearning ; cAs^W ^r^^ij ^j UW J^yi ^>*H) ^
^jj^-o-i t>*">*-^' ^5-^^*° our Zeid, on the day (at the battle) of en-Nakd
B (or the sand hill), smote the head of your Zeid with a bright (sword)
t * - - j a j * j a * j * s ^
of el- Yemen, the edges of which bit deep; *$j*aJi** ^A}^x*~* '^ji1**
and they left their Mas'iid thrown down upon the ground.
80. It often happens, too, that a noun is qualified by the genitive
of another noun, when in other languages an adjective would be
a *■ j i * a * y , j a *
employed; as %$*> J^ a bad man; ,jl».j jU>»- a wild ass; oy
a s i«'/ J
JJjlo a piece of cloth of good quality, Jj ju» t^^-o a good place of abode,
a j * * Z *> j * a
C Jj^o w*»-lo a good comrade ; 'A-aJI Ol***! the pure or sincere brethren
(or brotherhood). This is particularly the case in specifying the
S j , a*
material of which a thing is made ; as 2-ai ^-a*J ovum argenteum,
a silver egg ; j-jj^- *->y vest is serica, a silk dress (see §§ 76, 77). In
the same way a genitive is attached to the name of a person, to
express something peculiar to and descriptive of him ; as J*jLij| juj
* £> & j <ja * a * a*o j a *
the erring (apostate) Zeid, = J^LcJI j3 ju j ; j-oUl jutw the good
a - a*> j r a * a 2 *> j a *
D Sa'd,^j^s>J\ £ jotw, to which would be opposed S^JI jjtw, or
jJii\ jjtw, the wicked Sa'd, = j^-JI ^ jju* or j-£Jt ji.
a -e*> j ..
[Rem. This sort of annexation is called ^jifcjl .Jl ,J-j*JI siLo\
i.e. the annexation of the concrete to the abstract noun.]
81. The Arabs also use several nouns, which convey, at least
secondarily, the ideas of possession, companionship, origination, etc.,
§ 81] The Noun. — Govt of Noun. — Stat. Construct. & Genit. 203
in combination with a following substantive (usually expressing a A
quality) in the genitive, as a substitute for adjectives. These quasi-
adjectives, when actually in apposition to a substantive, are placed
after it, like real adjectives. They are principally the following :
ji the (man) of such and such a thing, its owner or possessor (Vol. i.
s * see
§ 340, rem. c) ; w-*.lc companion, possessor; JJbl family, people;
« £ 31 ... . . . .
w>! father, and j>\ mother, i.e. originator, cause, origin, or principle
93 °'3 s * • ...» f,
of a thing ; ,jjt son, and 3jj\ or >Z~JJ daughter, i.e. originating from, B
<i £
caused by, dependent upon or related to something ; *-\ brother, i.e.
J 5
connected with or related to something. The nouns ji, w*»-L«, and
* *£
Jjkt, are constantly used in this way in ordinary prose ; the others,
being metaphorical, belong almost exclusively to poetry and poetical
a - a*> j a a* j
diction. For example : >^t*•J 1 ^i the good, ^UJ I ji the learned,
y)~A9 ji gracious, JU ji wealthy, ^^j £ a relation, «i)^w Oli ^aj\
a piece of land cotered with thorns, w»U*i)l >3jt intelligent persons, L>
^*l«*.j^)l jji, or ^oU-j^l y^t, relations ; ^JLL*^ I *-iaJI w-a-Ua o««
irtfA gw^ natural parts, <uL*JI w«*.Lo ^<? person ivho has committed
a fault, j**. w*»-L© a scout, spy, or mouchard, j^s. wsew'-e a man
of learning, y-J'j i<»JI w>U»o1 ^ inmates of Paradise and Hell ;
<U-Jt Jjbl ^o.5e it'^o conform to the practices [and sayings] of Muham-
twW, glyb^M v^Jkt persons of erroneous opinions, heretics, ^*Jt J-*' D
£Ae learned, iiJJI Jjkl lexicographers ; JLi^JI ^jI a hospitable man,
.. .. e*> it a - i a* j£
SLaJI ^i\ the father (supporter) of life, i.e. the rain, (jjo-wM ^jl
the father (constructor) of the little fortress, i.e. the fox ; *£»s5Lsij I v°'
s -» 31 '
£fo mother (cause) of disgraceful acts, i.e. wine, Jij^iaJl >»' ^ main
road; [JkJ^JsJI C>Uj ^ branches of the road ;] ^^---Jl ^1 ^ so« o/"
£fo «my, i.e. ^ traveller, *->/*• O^' a warrior, ^jl ^>jI ^ sow 0/
204 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 82
A howling, i.e. the jackal; J*aJI c-*u £Ae daughter of the mountain,
i.e. £Ae echo ; j~±J\ ^»-t, j^^Jt >**■', ^**J' >»-l,^J^l 3»*l, the good.
- j £
£^e laborious, the wealthy, the learned, j**** ^»-l a brother of Temim,
o?20 q/* £/^e £ri£>e of Temim; [j^.&Jt ^£.1 ^ brother of wine, i.e. « man
0 6 0-6 0 0
drunk with wine. Connected herewith is the use of o-jI, 2cj\ (<£•*->)
to indicate the age of a person, as <Uw j^-Jlo-5 (JjI $&> he is eighty
B years old (lit. he is the son of eighty years). A poet (Hamasa, p. 6)
9 £ . - 6 - j £
employs *-l in the same manner : !,>*.....»£. ^±.1 ^ty years o£a].
82. Further, some secondary ideas, such as those of the whole,
the part, the like, and the different, which we usually designate by
adjectives, prepositions, or compound words, are expressed in Arabic
by substantives, taking the primary substantives, to which they are
attached, in the genitive. Such are : —
C (a) Jds (Heb. 73, Syr. ^oi>, ^o, JEth. Yy.<ft kwell) the
totality, the whole (lit. what is rolled and gathered together ; compare
77.3 to roll, \\ i \*"), J-Jibl, a crown, 77^ to make complete or perfect,
7v3 perfect, the whole). If the leading substantive is definite, and
3 j
signifies something single and indivisible, J^» means whole, as
6^6>o ill 6 ,6>a ill .« ... - .
C~J I J^3 the whole house, j»^i I J.£> the whole day ; if it is definite,
but a plural or a collective, J£» means all, as Ol3l^*a»JI J^ all the
&* & j . I*
D animals, ^UJI J^> «W mankind ; if it is indefinite, Jib means each,
every, as d-o^-i s^*Jj ^-©j £b^~» J^» U >w£ everything which is black
c*> a 1 £
& a date, and (not everything which is) white a bit of fat ; %t*\ J^'
IjU JJUb j*.5y jljj \lj*\ ^>^.~.a>J g?os£ </w« consider every man a
{true) man, and (every) fire that blazes at night a (true) fire (really
6 - I 1 6- ij
deserving of the name) ? J*£» J£> ew?-y stratagem, j»^i J£> every
day, (»*».1) J^-l^ J^ eac/j s/w^e owe, ,>« J^ every one who (in
§ 82] The Noun.— Govt of Noun.— Stat, Construct. & Genit. 205
which case the annexation is explicative, ^Ulj^ — iui\ *iiUi>!, each, A
viz. stratagem, etc.)*. — Frequently, however, the definite primary
it J
substantive is put first, and J^ is placed after it, in annexation to
a pronominal suffix agreeing with the primary substantive, which is,
ji J 3 3 ,S,
as it were, repeated in the suffix ; as aJ^ c-s^J I the whole house,
* - 3 3 3i3* }ji j J Si '
W-^3 u^j^l the whole earth, j*^^ tr»W all mankind. Instead of
this construction, we sometimes find J^JI, to vdv, and even St)£=>.
which is definite, notwithstanding the tenwin, and stands, according B
*il 3 t ji J 3 ^i«5 , £ , x i x ^
to circumstances, for U^. v0iCJL^, etc.; as ^LJU^aJI c»»-»a^'> jJj
it jOja j , , , , sis** 6 }* * 3 3 - o*£ o * it 33^* j ,o;sv, i , J a**,.
l«L3 s'^JI juc «;^ the poor and widows and orphans had assembled,
and had all corns to water their camels and flocks, and they all
i 3 3* tj ij ] 3 ' 3 ' <j ' *
remained standing near the water (,J£J\=^J&) ; ^j^cj^s^ ^Icj
/ JJ •» / i ^ ut 3 Z J J 3 * * *3i 3*o 3 - 3i* 3 3*3*
a«<# Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot, and the inhabitants of the
grove, and the people of Tubba', all accused the apostles of imposture
t J 3 lit } 3 3 3 - it 3 Zt 3 ' - 3 3*' - \ 3 3 - - 0 f *
{^y^-jtr^=> or j^y^ *x»-lj J^j : *^^j wJ^asjj J^*--] ^ ^-*j
W5 Ubto. «•<? gave him (Abraham) Isaac and Jacob, and each of them
we made a prophet (*}l£> = U^-U «x»-lj J£> or ^rr*) : 0^> J^>
a// 7Wf/s£ <//<?, i.e. ^Ul ^>« j^*.l J£> ; *jI>j w>U.I J-*-* «»^ ^<?y <M
* [In poetry J^, followed by an indefinite noun in the genitive D
singular, is often used, like the German word tauter, to denote a
number of objects all of which possess this or that quality, e.g.
3 ~*3* fi 3 5 - 3 it *, **
>ojJ»o t\}j*?. (J-^» *^l j±-JJ\ *^_3 and (he cared for) no treasure save
only mares, all of them short-haired and hard-hoofed ; ^li-ai JL£> ^ju
^^a-^iM with me tvere comrades, each of them cloxl i)i a loose-fitting
tunic, in German, es begleiteten mich tauter Freunde mit iceiten Kleid-
era.]
206 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 82
A assented and sivore allegiance ; [J-yJt w>J^> ^M J^> o\ there was
not any one but accused the apostles of lying].
6r»*> J «
Rem. This last remark applies also to j^c to-morrow, = >o^J I j^i
and^o^JI *iUi j^c, and to ,J->U> next year, =^1*31 tjjk ,JjIS and
>oLaJt «iU3 tJ-A3 ; as Ijcc L*»e <tlwjl sent? Awn. wi£/i ^<s to-morrow;
' s ' 0* 0 J * * • 0 • *■ * * 0 ' ' ' '
^)j15 j_Jt [yXjjJu *$3 2lL»^J t^- ^iy*" [* 'i' lohen thou gettest
B the plucking of a palm-tree, do not put it off till next year.
(b) With the use of J^ coincides in most points that of £-
the totality, the whole (lit. what is collected, from **»-, connected with
■3 ^ Z *> ) * oil* J 2 -
^»-»-) ; as ^UJI f-d-o-c*-, or ^yx^a. ,_r>U)t, all mankind (but also
Ut^a. u-'W, whereas !}li=> ^UJt is inadmissible) ; ly****- *^»J^oJ'
£^e wAo/e c%; ^.A^^Jt JlS ^U^l ^3 l^Ji ««c? a/fer Atf obtained
C ^ sovereignty, he put them all to death (****JI, to oAov, equivalent
in this case to _^*^©.a.) ; Qgj ^x-w « U> jJ ^-^»- ^> teli cme? fo, £&?y
sA«// be assembled before us all together.
Rem. Similar is the use of <ulc the great mass or bulk, the
greatest part, [the whole] (properly the fern, participle of ^o-c to
0 J Z * , 6 * 0 *
comprise or comprehend) ; as ^Jkjj) d-^oLcj ^ZSLs ^9 ^>a-J
^^jUsto-a.^ t£ (the water) rw?is tw £/teir streets and the greatest part
D o/" ^AeiV houses and baths ; Sjla*^. lylUjt <L©Uj awe? <Ae greatest part
of its buildings are (of) stone ; ALcKe- u.t»>a.J I the great bulk of the
army, [the whole army] ; U-vs* J>v^-<^ ' J-**J I ^j^ <uW t lj.3 //ws£
(readers of the Korean) read according to the passive voice in both
(words); <UU >o^iJI j'». ^e people came in a body. — The word
JjU» the rest, tlie remainder (properly the participle of jZ~> to be over,
to be left, Heb. ")$&), is incorrectly used by later [even elegant]
writers in the sense of all; as »-l»JI jjL» >jJ> all the pilgrims
§ 82] The Noun.— Govt of Noun.— Stat. Construct, <£ Genit. 207
have arrived; »-|/^JI J>& ^s^"' the whole of the property-tax A
has been collected*.
(c) uov a part, a portion, is used with the genitive of a plural
or a collective to signify some one or more, a certain one, some one,
,,a*>,a,5,* ,: * i a <■ * + * ,
one; as o— *-" CH J~o*»-* J***W »^a*J w-»t»» #«£ of his pupils
, , »*o a ,
addressed Muhammad the son of el-Hasan : ^li^Jl u^-i ^ in a
certain cave ; >ob^)l ^a«j ^» owe cfay; ^ov**-^ J*^Jl «£ recited (the
following verses) composed by one of them (one of the poets, by a certain B
, a, .» i ■» , ,ai , a , a , , j a , a i Sj)/ J--'
poet); ^LJI aJUI Jpt U ^^suu ^>c ^>^» o' ^r^j^^3 and beware
of them, test they lead thee astray from part of what (from any of the
5 * '
precepts which) God has sent down (revealed) unto thee.—U uaxj
be repeated as a correlative, no pronominal suffix is added to it in the
second place ; as u&*-> O-* 0>*' J-~" cA*j %wm evils are easier to
* , t/ a } J a , r , i//
be borne than others ; |>*yJ» cA*-J v^v^ C^ ^i ^v» though the
i i a , a j j a , , i ? *> j , a
one of them should aid the other ; *$\ Laxj ^y-aaj ^j-oJUaJI j^xj ,jl q
l)ij^ ^ wicked make to one another only vain (or deceitful) promises ;
a * ,a , , j a , s /jj
^xj Jj^i V"*V ^U-U» darknesses one upon another (darkness upon
s a,
darkness). In modern Arabic the second t^a*J is often omitted.—
j i- ,a, e a, %
Lastly, tA»-J' [and even ,>uu without the article] is sometimes
j a , j a ,a-o , , ,
used instead of ^^4 with the genitive; as ^i cA*^' <*-» j»'i 131
, ,a*o , , , , , a ,
^SUI ^js- Jaiw SjX> when some (people) in a town observe it, it is
j a ,a>e j } *, , a , ,
not required of (lit. it falls off from) the rest ; cA*^' ^v**'*' **fj D
* [To the same class belong also »xo» and Ji»- in expressions like
, & is' , & ,£ ,
j&ZA jl». very mean = I j^a. ^^ : ^Jlc jia. Ul U / aw rco< very learned
= Ijm*. ^U : O*-6' *>*• Wi0^ trustful = U». ^--ot ; wJli Jift.^o^j o«
s ^ » ^
intensely hot day = 'ia. ^Jl3. Comp. § 137, rem. 6 and the Gloss, to
Tabari s. v. J».. D. G.]
208 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 82
2 0* i b s ** Z Q * JO
*yJi ^* ,w»?<? opposed them in this matter ; [Ca*j c*ibpj Loaj
/ foo£ « jt?ar£ (0/ i£) and left a part].
00*
(d) j*s- alteration, difference, as a concrete, something different,
is used with a following genitive to designate one or more objects
other than, differing from, or the opposite of, the object or objects
expressed by the genitive. In the last case it corresponds to our
negative prefix un or in ; in the others it may be rendered by another,
_. . OjjO**jj JO*
-B other, et cwtera, and the like. For example : ^a^j ^i^-oi\ kings
* J 0 * * J * * uj »0* J Zi J5iO* J * * Zi *
and others ; \k>j*&$ aaauJIj S^jUIj icla^iJI bravery, strength, clemency,
))))/^ J * JOiO* *** jOiO *■ *
and other qualities ; ^bj+s-j SLiaiJtj ^jj^l ?^- there came the vizirs,
* I J}** * JO* irf * 0 * *£
judges, etc.; [»sX)i j-j^j ££ cetera/] O*^ *^' O-^ jt>**' do you then
0 J C* vt fO J 0 * 0 1 0 *
seek another religion than that of God I aj^CJU aJJI j*s. a) I ^yo what
JO * j«/
god is there but God, ivho would bring it (back) to you ? Jj^Jo*-* jt£
J 0 *0>e JO* 0 J JO * JO*
uncreated; Jj>Li~oJI j^e- tlie uncreated; (>£«-* j-^e. impossible; j*&
C *->jjd\ not Arabs ; j-m j^e. ^J\ Ay^-j his face was not turned towards
Egypt ; %\*> j*£- ^Xe- JjjJS and he halted away from water, or without
J 0 *0* ^ J 0 *
access to water.— j*Jd\ is very rarely used instead of j+z with the
0 *0*3 it 1 i * J * J
genitive; as j+*l\ t*_i£bl lya^iL&j the hands of others clasp them
(-^Aj^e.). — When in the accusative, j-+£, which always remains a
substantive, often requires to be translated by a preposition or con-
O * P * 0 * J 5 * 0*5 * *
junction, such as except, but; e.g. jSL> ^jI j*a j>$&\ j>\» the people
D stood tip, except 'Abii Bekr ; JJ*>U- j^e. ^y *$ tlwu wilt never seem
0 * 0^0
(or be thought) but a fool*. — On j-Ju and j*£ o-*> without, see § 56,
J » • ^ J»/ *0* %
rem. c. The expressions j-j* *$ and j*£ c^ are used in the sense
JO* * to * J * 0* 0 JO*
of not otherwise, nothing more [Vol. i. § 363] ; as j*£ *$ lip* lJ*)XL~»+)\
that which is used as an accusative of time, not otherwise ; j^e- *$ M^W
£ *0 * £ Z n -\
* [On jjl j*s- i^j\ *i)1 comp. the footnote to Vol. i. § 367.]
§ 82] The Noun.— Gov't o/Xoun.—Stat Construct & Genit. 209
j»^ , a, **a a
in the nominative, not otherwise; j~z u-t? >o*j> {£<±^ I have a A
,i j)/ - * \ j a* - a-
dirhani about me, nothing more; i.e. <iUj j*£ *9, «£U3 j*£ u-*^-
Rem. a. When the sense demands a repetition of j-»-e, the
particle *9 is used instead, likewise followed by the genitive; as
->•' *^3 T>' ^s* O-* without father and mother ; ^jJk ^)_j ^oJx J^4
^-^-e w>U£» *9j tcithout either knowledge or guidance or a book to
i * , * j , * a * j j a £
give them light ; j»^b ^)_j >^«> ^^ ai^l 7 &nm<? 7m?i to 6e neither B
envious nor tyrannical ; w^-o-t-q.! I j-j£ ^^-Jx C-s^x."'! ^>-;JJI k\j*o
'•*£*&*' a a* * _
(J^JLaJt *^)j ^ovc^* ^ jt)a^A q/" i/tose to whom Thou art gracious,
with whom Thou art not angry, and who go not astray.
j
, a *
Rem. 6. Instead of ^^*c in the nom., genit. or accus., followed
by the genit. of an adjective, we sometimes find *^ with the corre-
sponding case of the adjective ; as jj^i *j) S^Ju a/i unbroken heifer,
= jj* *± c
(^) l5>-' (rarely ^>-» and £t^-»), another (besides So-and-so),
* a ta*> j * a - j - -^ -
likewise runs through all the cases; as a-Ua».»JI aJLai %JU ^I^-jj
whilst others than thou icithhold their benefits from the needy (see
§ 30, b, rem. />) ; ^yJ^\ wolj ly«5b JL)l^~i then another than thou
* + a * * a * a to,
is the seller and thou art the buyer; £)\y* ^js- jULAi.t ^k£s\^
and suffice me with Thy bounty, so that I may have no need of any D
other but Thee; lr.>«.»l ^Jy~> O-* b«** L5**9' L5^ ^"-J ^ u' l«^j "^j^i
/ &uv prayed to my Lord that He icould let no enemy conquer my
j a * ' -
people, that belonged to another race than themselves: JU»-Q *^j
u>1^-» jj»« *^j L* l^...,l«h. Ijl ^o^-U o^ O-* f^^>*^' and no one of
them speaks a foul word, either when they sit with us or with others
than us; ^^i-Lj AX*y> sj^c ^)\y* ,jlj and he who places hope in
any other than thee is wretched. — When in the accusative, it must
w. ii. 27
210 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 82
, o . a a«» -
A often be translated by besides (compare j-»c in d) ; as .^AxJt ^£y
a ^a«» .--a.- a- - # > » • i ? •
besides science; u la.„0,)l Jp^i <su«£» l£>w besides its [or fos] omia
«?? ornament in society.
90 o - at .
(/) J***) Pmr- J^-°'> likeness, as an adjective, Mtf, also runs
mo ja j a^ to ^5 j ^ uSc ^ t
through all the cases; as l^jJI J£« £~JI L©-»t I^HS ^^yjb *i*J3
j» j » o ^ -• £ a jac a
tfAis because they say, Selling is merely like usury; UXl* jJLi *^\^J\ \j\
Zt i a>o j a 9 , a i ,,
B ye are nothing but men like us; ^UsiJI J£« Aa^».l l^J they have
wings like (those of) bats; ljuj l^JJU Sj^JI ^^ on each date the
like of it in butter (a piece of butter of the same size) ; t^^ <*A£»£» w~J
at - .- w a<«- j a a «> .. ^ ^ a x> -
£^•0 is nothing like unto Him ; o' ^5"^ O"4*-* 'j c*-^ ' OjtoJ^t ^>J
a a
a .> jc^ .- *aibio - i a jt/
*L^tl Oj-5^ ^ O!/*^' '*** J^o^ 'y>b if mankind and the (jinn united
to produce the like of this Koran, they could not produce tlie like of it ;
a a^ ^a .. i*o* .- - 3.o - - * \ *
jr^s* J** O^o^i *$ CH-^' J*-' *SJUJ>^ similarly, those who have no
C knowledge say the like of their saying (of what they say) ; J!a3I y
■t * * t I. * a t^Zioiisi-^
La3 jl».I JjL* vo^j ^)^3 ^£>»x».t if one of you spent every day the like of
(the hill of) 'Ohod in gold (a quantity of gold as large as the hill of
'Ohod) ; jt»\ im^> y)£-6 ,j>jj3-rSLo cU«JI o^ V if ths wMd beast*
a ^>*« ^ a £ *
wer^ painters like men ; [JI/-J ' tJ~* J-* ^ passed like the lightning] ;
«iJL3 U *}JJLo ^J 7 /*aw twice as much as thou ; ^,-JjU ^r^3j-i they
* »i * 9 9 11 ' '
thought them twice as many as themselves; JlLol^ \j^ti ijjS ^3
.. a«» <• o*>
D jlSi) J*l£i\ and in it are white apes, like (as big as) large rams;
JL» U Jllol ojJue. («Waj ,jl y>\ he ordered that he should be given
fe?i ^'w^s as much as he asked ; [J^oJ' is used instead of JJU with the
a e«» j * *
genitive in expressions like J^©JI »>*j the price paid for a similar
a a a«> j»/
thing (= <*J^), J«^oJ I j-v-« ^ dowry given to a lady of her rank
§ 82] The Noun. — Govt of Noun. — Stat. Construct, & Genit. 211
** 'a
Rem. a. Exactly like JJU, but formally undeveloped, is j) the A
like of. See § 63.
Rem. b. Similar is the use of <ui. [or <***£,] likeness, the like,
jj£, or jljJuo, measure, size, quantity, worth, and |Ukj computation
(by conjecture), which last may usually be translated by about ; as
*JLft juueu -teji <Lw J«*aJI j«9 Oyj*^' C*a*Jj rtW the ancients
Imve cut out in the mountain (something) like steps (or a stair), by
- a-o - *
which one can ascend ; [SjjjaJI <Uy ^J ,-A i< (£/*« town) lies in a B
- J - i ^ - ^ ^ J ■• ^J
sor£ of peninsula : f*f**$ I j»- ■* «*»w ^A i£ (<Aw ?ree) Aas £fo
j a si*,
likeness of a lemon-tree; also construed with w> as <CU «.^aJ
*, * * a * * el - ****>*, _
a«j^ 4jL« u"Q*^J o»JL> iiuw ^.i SjlyJaJt w>U^ c(/«'i /<- edited from
this work the Book of Purification in (a volume) of about 1500
*a a*o *aja>o j Z. -? j »^ 5^ *•
/eares] ; dJLL&JI jj jJjt^J t ,J>»-jN jJ^^o-*^ a statue the size q/ (as tall
as) a well-proportioned man; j\*£i\ j»\xii\ jjj j-aa.j Jaij ^^jjl^Ja
^ j a - a j
peacocks, speckled and green, as big as large ostriches ; [i5Lo jjJ^Jb C
- *i £ j^i <i a i * &3> * * 0 +
they are as many as a hundred] ; JuLsl ilw jljJLo JUt «uL©pl C-o».!i
-■ ^ ^ .»
under the knob is a neck (or shaft) measuring six fingers ; flo ^A
f * i j - j a* s -
,«»-j ^Ju ^o jJ^ j-y^> it is a large body of water, as much as
-a - **+**3+t 6-A-j a S/» at
would turn a mill ; l^JLLo ,-i «— . »ljj SjJLt jljJLo 5^>a»~) juyJ! ^o^->
in the country of India is a lake, measuring ten parasanys (in
* a .. , ~* i * a *
length) by the same (in breadth) ; j\ jJuo jj j^c. ,,3 IfciU x»Za»,<
a «- - a * a * * a -
j&f~t S^JLc ^i ^ov-* *j^* *& u^ater collects in a pond, measuring a D
«- * * a t * *■ * ~ *aia i*
bowshot by a boivshot : clj3 j'j»i« i£o—> sLoJI ,«i ^lj /e? *«?^" i/i
it j^ ^ ^ , a
</t« water a fish, measuring a cubit (in length) ;j»\j\ ,<i <*J x^J^I
^J »■«• ^1^ ^^J »j» jc^O-*'
>e'^ft 1^5^)1 itU ilkj ^oy** O^-0^' ^//«re were collected of them by
him, in the days of el-Ma'miln, about 3000 slaves ; Q^SJ aJLxJ
^ ii ■" j *a m^a*) +*
p\f} oUI elfcj lyi-o ws*<JI jit perhaps there may be on each corpse
about 1000 ells of it: l^i-L jUJ ^Jt to about the half of it:
212 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 83
(^ *' J ' vt *> JJ J J.
A Iclp O-**^-' ^j ^r-^l U>^ 0>A! ^'ie length (height) q/" <Ae image
is about thirty cubits. This last word is sometimes construed with
£f*6, as yj^-j *5l* u****" O-* 'l*j c>a*,~' we were about 500 men.
zn number.
0 • '
(gr) ^a*J properly signifies direction, quarter, and is used in the
• • * .
accusative as a preposition (see § 65). But more usually ^s»J is
employed, in all its cases, as a substantive or adjective, to signify
such as, like; as juj ^a»J ^»-j a man like Zeid; £\~> ^ >sUjk£>j
B JcwJIj j^aJt y*-J Jj^i.^1 and similarly in regard to the other
moral qualities, such as liberality and niggardliness ; jbyai\^ S^JLoll^
UJb^abJj as prayer, fasting, and the like; j*-*j ^^> ^«-J^-5 (i.e.
juj ^oiO 3^*0 Ul£3 ^ol^*) /«# spoke like Zeid. As a substantive it also
r" 1
means about, in which case it may be followed (like gUj in/, rem. b)
0 * * * * 0 0 0 * J * w ^*-
by v>* ; as a«^w a5U ,j-« ^a»J x-»,>tJlj «/w# the wax-candles were
C afeow^ a hundred; %e*j O**^ ^a^j *$\ l^Jjbl ^j*c oJaj ^ there
escaped of its inhabitants only about thirty men ; a*-»j! ^a^J ^ O^9
o*^l ^ was at the head of about 4000 ; J>»-J/«« w*~» >**«J ,-Xc a£ (a
fl w *5 j a ^ 9 * 9 2 * ■»
distance of) about six marches; j~&\ >»>-> jU-c C*U»> I^j in it
are small snakes, about a span {long) ; j*£Jt >»•-> i£o~> ilo A<?
caught a fish about a span (long) ; jui ,j>« ^**J j-£) t ^i ^^ it
j * - s»i » o o , a j -
D is about the size of Feid ; J^.j i5U %jj\ ^>« ^a*J ^oAj a;?c? ^^
were about 400 men (in number) ; U/^3 U-« '_*«*-» l^jj /«? handed
It & it* i * at
down nearly the same (story) as we haoe mentioned; <*JJI ju-c (h^x£'
^Aji tJUl ^>*-~oxfc. ^>« l^8^ ^a*JI 'Obeidullah gave el-Harit about
50,000 dirhams.
83. Cy^^y fem' O*-1-^' ^°^» a i^*7* (compare Heb. D*K/3
^W(? things of different kinds, Mt\\. fclAA,: fern. ^lA?*.'^: ^o),
§ 83] The Noun.— Govt of Noun.— Stat Construct. & Genit. 213
is always construed with the genitive dual of a definite noun or A
pronoun, or, it may be, with the gen. sing, or plur. of a pronoun,
ts 1 2 iO ,
when it is to be taken in the sense of the dual ; as (j-Jj^l *^^ both
the men; ,^JUaJI UJL£» both the gardens; U^*}^ ^1 Lo>jk».t one of
s s 1 S b s S 0 i 1 S 0 S S
the two or both of them ; U*jlL£» oUJL-/ O'^*^^ and He knows that
both of us will meet Him (at the judgment) ; ^$j»« j*JJj j^M ,jl
» sss 5 a + + i * „
cMj ^^3 "^i *$^*3 both 9°°d ano^ ev^ have their limit, and both
* " •■»•»
are plain and clear (J*5 in rhyme for J*5). Tins word is not B
inflected except when it is connected with a pronominal suffix ; as
s- » <■ sis i sis e s s» j o s *
«£b^a.l *}£s C^jIj I have seen thy two brothers (not ^£») ; UX& ^j^
.iA-ii.1 / passed by thy two sisters (not ^jAZt) ; but ^©Jjt^J ' Oi
- is s i ,3s J 3s s
UyJ^ w^j-JaJ!^ the teacher and the physician, both of them ; w»jj-«
s 0 sO s s s s s si s
U^ilib ioislij <^sJJJj I passed by Zeineb and Fatima, both of
them. Although dual in form, it takes the predicate in the singular ;
s 2 -> sis
as [a*»-LsJ wsa>-» L0A'iL£» each of them loves his friend, i.e. they C
foiv? owe another] ; aj^**. **».t v>c ^ic li*}^ e<wA o/* ms c«« dispense
J S si 29 S S s- S S S S
with his brother, all his life long ; <sulit U-w JU U lit [j*j<£> when
fsStissSsOssis
either of us obtains anything, he lets it slip; «UU.> Uji £)\£s ^-iy*-\ %^
each of our two brothers was an eminent man, a support of his people;
» 1 » s S 1 S s»
[wMgu ^oJ U^'i^ neither of you has hit the right thing] ; UX^
lyj^sl OJI ^>-i^Jt each of the gardens produced its fruit ; Uy> D
5 S S OS S}S SlS
\je**f. &4\ \+*?)£=> Cf^-i here are two men, both of whom are
hateful to you. — In poetry it is sometimes joined to two singular
genitives, as oUSUI ^ \*>~e* tj^-'j ^^'3 ^l *^=> my brother
and my friend both find me a help in misfortunes; but in prose we
cannot say 3j+*3 J*ij %£* both Zeid and 'Amr, instead of j^-o^J »HJ
Ca^£> or 5 j**} <±ij O-* CW^».
214 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 84
A Rem. a. When ^'^s necessarily denotes both together, not
each of the two separately, it naturally takes the predicate in
the dual, as ailij jlo ^£s ^j\+*u Ua^&j and these two together
comprise everything hurtful and useful; j-»-JI j^. ^>*»- loA^^s
s * o£ 0 * * 3 s» s
1*13! jjj U^-wU both of them, when setting out became earnest between
them (when they had to set out), started ; or even in the plural, as
yiXi'i UXai U*}J»£» we £too have done this together.
n Rem. b. *$Js and Ul£» are sometimes written <J^ and ,JjL&,
and in poetry the shorter form cJLfr* very rarely occurs.
-j ■>
84. w>j »w»2/ a .... , Germ, manch, Fr. maint, is construed
with an indefinite substantive in the genitive, followed by an indefinite
adjective in the same case, or by a nominal or verbal clause (with the
verb in the perfect) standing in place of such an adjective ; as
3 ' ? * < J * Z 3 j s Z, j
C^JU jk5 jtrij^ J^j Vj "many a noble man have I met ; sJ^-j *->j
e * j 3 si* > .. i j )0j- s o 5 .t
0 *}IaI». duJ\j many a man have I thought foolish ; «iUi aZUj* jJ>j w>j
, » ,0*3 3 , «... 0 , i 3
jsyj I many a drinking-cup did I empty on that day ; o^iA elSjj w>j
l>«is ^ C*»-jue ^a»,w O'i ^t> «h)U ma#^ a cooing dove, sorrow-
stricken, cries in tlie morning on a branch. — Sometimes the pronominal
3 S J
suffix ** is appended to w>j, and the indefinite substantive put in
oo, oi
the accusative, as a >***j (§ 44, 0), or by the verb v>y*', / mean,
0 * * 0 *■ 0 * bt t * 3 Z> 3 *
D understood ; as <sukc &*c OjJul Lkc dL!j3 and many a perishing
{man) hast thou saved from destruction (<*,;Ja& in rhyme for <uiac).
When the substantive is feminine, or in the dual or plural, some
ft* 00 j£ j
grammarians allow the use of the corresponding pronouns ; as Sl^t <uj,
J J 0 ,0<O J
* [Called in this case c|^va.,0)l j-j^-oM, because the noun to which
it relates has not previously been mentioned. Comp. Fleischer,
Kl Schr. i. 419.]
§ 84] The Noun— Gov't of Noun— Stat. Construct, d- Genii 215
or o\j*\ lyjj, many a icoman; ^L».j j*r>.) many men; i\~J O-rij A
many women.
j . • -■»
Rem. o. Other forms of this word are : w>j, w»j. w>j. w»j. C~>j,
* „ * ^ j ^ Sj a, ,a *li
Coj. of which the most common are w»j and w*Jj ; as ^^Jb ^o^-«' *
OU3U9 j~e. ^iU*. >^j wJjIi w-»-Lo w>j jjl CHj -^ ' ^nieima, dost
thou knotv that I parted on the day (i.e. at the battle) of Horn*
from many a sturdy friend (ouauo in rhyme for »JLx«o) ; 4.;ha» w>j c
;, * - s j - a - a j
ojhitm o many a long oration (in rhyme for 5y*Ua» ....< '. — The
addition of iilXJt U (see § 36, rem. d) usually hinders the regimen
ij a iZiia* j * a* ,ii
of w»j, as ^ove* w^>*" (J**^*"" ^*0 many a large and thriving
herd of camels is (to be found) among them ; but it is sometimes
added without producing any effect ([SjuljJI La]; see § 70, rem./),
as ^yJua OUm>j ajj-o L>Jj many a stroke with a polished sicord ; C
3jli L>L»j many a raid (see rem. c).
Rem. 6. From wjj and Lo is formed the adverb L>Jj many a
<iw«, sometimes, perhaps, which may be prefixed to either a nominal
[in which case Lo is iiUL! I Lb] or a verbal clause [in which case Lo is
ajj Jlo^.) I La] ; as jtjJI ,-i juj LjJj perhaps Zeid is in the house ;
10/ ^/ a!j * £*0 A.* * ^w j
juj ^JfL*. L>jj many a time has Zeid come to me ; ^^JJI z^j LjJj
^>«ol o IjJl^s ^J tjjJ^ often will those tvho have not believed, J)
> J J S«5 )J,J/ - ^ } 1 ' * * >
wish that they had been Muslims ; J|^i*3 1 aJLju ^ Lo jJjaj LjJj
perhaps he may say something which our undertakings cannot receive
(which we cannot admit)*.
► [In the verse JLuJI J«-& £».ji *J j.^1 ^ ^^UJI o^CJ Uj,
/or many a thing tliat the souls dislike there is a removal (as easy) as
* s - j a * *
the loosing of a camel's rope, Ls is a 26y&yo Lo (Vol. i. § 348), with
eee«» ' o ^ * - a j j* *,
j*y\ ^j+c as jjLJi and *J1 i».ji a) as ii^. See Fleischer, A7. Schr.
i. 420.]
216 Part Third.— Syntax. [§85
A Rem. c. w>j is the accusative of a substantive w>j, Heb. ^*),
multitude, quantity, dependent upon the interjection b (§ 38, a, (3),
which is generally understood, though sometimes expressed ; as
io-JJI^^j ijjlc LjjJI ^i iwl^ w»j 0 many a {woman who is)
clothed in this world, (will be) naked on the day of the resurrection ;
10 J 0 0 0 •» .. £> 3 0
A-oj-fiu ^>J a^jLs w>j b many a one who is keeping its fast (now)
shall not keep its fast (again), meaning the fast of Ramadan ;
Uj»JjI jil jJ ^jbi. w>j b many a maternal uncle have I, noble and
006% 0 0 bi o 2 j
bright of countenance (laJbl in rhyme for !»Jbl) ; ,*9 ^XXLc w»j b
^ ^ f0 0 *i 10
ijjji- £L*Jt many a one like thee among women, inexperienced in
0 biO 0 b St MS 0 *00 0 0 0 0 0 0&J 0 Si 0
love affairs ; ^^ *^Jb asJJJl^ glytw 5jU 1©£jj b ^jbj Mawiya,
many a far extending raid is like a burn with the branding iron.
Together with its genitive it has the value of a whole clause, to
0 0
the indefinite noun in which there is added a 2Jl&, that is to say,
C an adjective or a clause taking the place of an adjective. This
r, 0 Si j j 0 0
the grammarians call w>j w>l^»., the answer or complement of
wjj. — It is curious to note that w»j has passed, like the German
manch, Fr. maint, and Eng. many a .... , from its original signi-
fication of multitude, into one which is almost the opposite, viz. not
0 il
a great many. The same remark applies to bjjj and the Germ.
vielleicht, perhaps. Hence some of the Arab grammarians say that
w>. is used ^j-JUuAJ to denote a small number ; others, j*£&JJ to
D denote a large number.
85. In consequence of the elision of w>j, we frequently find the
0 Si j j 0
indefinite genitive alone after the conjunction j (w>j ^ the maw
j a 0 i 0 0
of rubba, equivalent in meaning to rubba) ; as C-^w u*^*} many
a cup have I quaffed ; LS^i llo~> ^^>j-o *^'j'j many an ardka-tree
formed a roof over us ; ^Aut aJjju- e^j' >•»■*" F**^* ^* many a
night, like (dark as) the waves of the sea, has let down its curtain
§ 85] The Noun.— Gov't of 'Noun.— Stat Construct & Genit 217
upon me; JpULij lyiuaj jUX». yj-*j lyi-aj i^c ^j—^w (>j»« a».Ujj A
^/•^ ts many an apple, the one half of which is fashioned of a lily,
and the other half of a pomegranate blossom and an anemone. — The
same is the case, though rarely, after k_i, and still more rarely after
a - ; - ■ ^ j ; - - is * a j o *
Jj ; as *~6y>$ c«i^b jS L5^** *^~+* many a one like thee hare I
a j * * , a* l-o ~ , * a *
visited by night, pregnant and nursing a child; <t^x5 •>. Uj^aJ I ^JLe jJu Jj
e j - -
nay, many a town, the dust of which fills the wide roads (a*I5 in rhyme
for A+Z3) : A**r<> jaj C«auoJ a*y* Jj ««#, ma«j a desert after desert ■*>
» ^ > .. »*> a * * ~* a* a * a *
have I traversed ; £*kts*mJ\ jy^» sly-j j^». Jj /?<?#, man^ a middle
a * • ^ $*» + * * a»o
of a desert, like the back of a shield (cJu^ahJI in rhyme for dAa»»j»J1).
Occasionally even these particles are omitted, and the genitive alone
a , * j a , , , a *
appears; as aJJlb ^* C~*3j jb^o-»j /»er«y a deserted abode, amid the
o ^ , " j a s * a *
ruins of which I have stood (aJLU» in rhyme for aXU») ; O^L> ^j-e^jj
a j * * * a Ci *o j a * Z* -z * a * j a
w-'J^c* ly-jj ykjJI *k5 JJ iojj d-U »?««?/ a garden of lilies have I C
visited early in the morning, in which it was sweet and pleasant to
a i , * _ , j , ,
pass the time (w»J^cj in rhyme for w>Jicj).
[Rem. The theory about this $ with a following genitive is
that of most native and European scholars. Nevertheless, I think
it ought to be rejected. There are a great many cases where it
is impossible to render it by many a, as it appears from the
context that a single person, a single object, or a single fact is
recorded, so that we must translate it by / remember, I think of J)
1 I a-a ~ , * , ,
0 that! etc., as aj aJNJI sl». j**.\± j-**^ Oh that unbelieving wine-
- a - *
merchant, a real godsend ! >> horn the poet robbed ; «*-*}L-» O^-J
■* ' * c
w*Jjj jJ I think about that scabbard of mine that I have been
j * , . a j -•
deprived of; J^-y^ J~>^3 Oh sender and sent one ! (on that
splendid evening) , ^z\y>5 I think of those tender ladies, who spoke
on the day of my departure; Jl~t ^^JLbtj Oh that dust-coloured
■wolf! says £1-Farazdak, telling of his meeting with a wolf. I take
w. ii. 28
218 Pakt Third.— Syntax. [§ 86
A this j to be the remnant of a word, like the j in aAJIj (comp. Vol. i.
§ 356, footnote). In fact, though the elision of w>j after a copu-
lative 3 is not impossible, as is sometimes the case after o and jJj,
I do not remember ever to have seen w>j^ at the beginning of a
' sentence, nor do we ever find w>j employed where only a single
person, object or fact is mentioned. D. G.]
86. With the genitive are also construed verbal adjectives
B expressing the superlative, whether of the common form J*$l (Vol. i.
<s o ^ OS' 5' i - »i
§ 234), or of any other form, such as Jj*i (e.g. j+±-, j^>) ; as ^o^'
Aiw^UJt £Ae most learned of the philosophers, 5-}>JI j*±. the best of
created things (see § 93). Here the genitive designates the whole,
out of which some one or something is brought conspicuously forward
as its most remarkable part. As J^sit and J*i are in this construction
definite substantives, and not adjectives, they do not conform in
gender and number to the object or objects referred to ; so that
£ 'JO J » - 0^8/0 J - oi
q ijjJI j-j*. or j>5&\ J-aJI may be said of a single man or woman, or
of two or more persons of either sex [comp. § 93, rem. a], — To indicate
that an object is the greatest or most distinguished of its kind, the
substantive is often repeated in the form of the definite genitive
plural; as gfj-«*sH j*-<>\ the emir of the emirs, i.e. the chief timir ;
* jo*a * # # ''tS^J'©-'
SLoiJt ^_f*>{* the chief judge ; Ola. API ia*JJ» the Talha of the Talhas,
i.e. the noblest of those who bear the name of Talha. — To show that
certain objects possess the highest degree of a quality, the adjective
t\ which designates that quality is construed with the genitive plural
of the substantive, and becoming then virtually a substantive need
not vary with the gender and number of the objects spoken of; as
^Jkl^aJI u****^ the most precious gems (lit. the precious of gems);
^aJI *jL», or^aJI 2->\y~>, the most ample favours ; [cfl}*'^ *JL«
the truest friends; J^ji* sl~J 9-JLe the best women of Kureis;
{y$±.*$\ -»JU> the best manners. — Another manner of expressing the
§ 80] The Noun.— Govt of Noun.— Stat. Construct. & Genii 219
same is the use of the superlative followed by (5j;jus*J') ^ with the A
correspondiug person of O^ or another verb, or with the cor-
, * j * »( *\ * J * 3 * 3 i ,1
responding personal pronoun, as O^ *-* w-^t 1.x* or^U wm»I I^a
, e-e * 3 3 * * *t * i * 3 3 - - *
he is the craftiest man that lives; JUaJI O-* C>3^i *** -^^ «$JJUi
3 * 3 i , *B*>,
they fought against him as fierce a fight as is possible ; »*>»■' O^ '.3
ilj .Jt U^ U an<2 a2 present ice have the greatest want oj
****** at* _ < *i * * * 3i
provisions; C-Jl^ U >i^t ^-o^*-.' /#>' ^ highest price; Ul U ^»jl
* * * o * 3 _
3iX»w ,j-« / dislike nothing more than {the name of) Samlaka; B
jji»-w U i^».l aJJIj yfc £Ats (horse) is indeed most excellently trained.
Comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 475 seq., 685 £<?<?. iii. 16 and my note
Journ. Asiat. 1883, i. 541, 542. D. G.]
j a
Rem. a. The numeral adjective ^jjl first, being strictly a super-
lative, is also construed with the genitive, as^^J^I the first of them,
3* tit 3 H tie 3 3*1*
jijj Jjl the first day = Jj^J' J>$^\ ', but this construction is not
extended in classical Arabic to the other ordinal numbers (Vol. i. ^
§ 328), which are nomina agentis from transitive verbs (see § 109),
though later writers not unfrequently use them in this way, as
Zj* («Jlj for the second time = iJli)l 5^JI. Modern and vulgar are
3 * i * ' * 3 ' *
such constructions as j»$j .cJUJI tlie second day, oj^c wJUJI the
third time. [Comp. § 108.]
* 3 - 3 *
Rem. b. In such phrases as ^/0SL>\Z£s j-ij^ y°ur honoured letter,
the genitive does not designate the whole, of which the wiLi-e is a
- 3iii^ 33* m . . TV
part, but it is (as in &}f$ I j-^> the river Jordan) merely explicative -D
0 3* 3 * 0 33 * * 3 *i>0 3 '0*
(see § 95); so that ^)0SLt\Z£> jjjs. = v0£>L£> yk ^JJI J-jjjJl =
3 *3iO 3 3 3* * 3 3 3 3**3*9*0'33 * 3*
jjjjtM ^5sL>L£». [Similarly JjUwj j~£s <xi ^^-J - j-*»£» 3^-^J ^ tr-jJ
it has no great territory*.^
* [On the use of j*+£z> and j..-f.£-> with a following genitive in
negative sentences, see the Gloss, to Tabarl s. v. «**.!. D. G.]
220 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 87
Si £ o it
A 87. The interrogative pronoun ^1, fem. &j\ (Vol. i. §§ 349, 353),
is construed with the genitive, indefinite or definite ; as Ja.j ^1
0 s 3 S vt £ b S J W *0 IM £
which man ? O^e^j ^' which two men ? <^A*.ji\ ^t which of the
two men7; J^-j i^l which men ? J^-jJ' ^ ivhich of the men?
j s Be- - c£s a s i £
jj-<ail Oolj ^yi> ^1 which of those whom thou hast seen is the better,
3 s 0 £ - .- - Zi-e it £
or the best? j>j£=>\ o~£J 0-t&\ l£' ivhich of those whom thou hast met
B is the noblest? U-v-»' which of the two? j^S ivhich of them? In the
former case the annexation is explicative, in the latter partitive. —
S £
With a definite singular ^i can be construed only when the annexa-
3 s o £ 3 2 «a a £ 3 s o £ o s ii £
tion is strictly partitive, as ,j-^».l J^pl ^J, or ^>~».l juj ^1,
what (part or feature) of the man, or of Zeid, is the most handsome ?
S £ _ 3lto3sO£sZisss s ii£ s j£
or else when ^1 itself is repeated, as aJJI «1>».ls \jJj O^3 ^ih ^i'
whichever of us (two) be the bad one, may God bring him to shame ;
£^om no£ ask the people, which of us, on the morning we met, was the
* \ri$* *J~ 0 Juii ' vit suit
best and the most noble? (^Ij ^1 and^o£»lj ^jI = U>l).
88. The genitive of a verbal noun is not unfrecpiently resolved
o £ s
into a clause consisting of ,jt or U and a finite form of the verb ; as
s03 0£0 30s t s s 0
O»o.3 O' O-0 y^st«^'c I wonder at thy standing up, = *^-«US ^^ ;
jj^wt ,jl C*3j a£ #Ag ^'we /^ hid himself \- ojUlwl C-.S3 ; ,«*-* UJI3
3 3s s vt£0*O sZt s3 ^3 3s s sOs 3 3s s 0 OlO 3 s
aJLLm^oJI djjk ^/<g student of science was named Ma-takulu (what dost
thou say?) for no other reason than that, in the olden time, they
used constantly to say, What dost tlwu say (ma takiilu) about this
6 0s s t> s i Os s » s s w 30 s
question ? =^^ ZjJSl ; I juj w-jj-i l<-« C-.*aw.& / wonder at thy
beating Zeid, = <&>j**> v>« ; wA">a>J' j>$i I3—J U-J because they have
O s 3 s 3 0 £ 0«J 3 30 s r 0 s s s
forgotten the day of reckoning, ^^^yJL— ij ; Uj c^j*^' ^tM- CUsl^jj
§ 89] The Nairn.— Govt of Noun.— Stab. Construct. & Genit. 221
>LS>Lj and the earth became (too) narrow for you, notwithstanding its A
breadth. In the same way, a verbal or nominal clause is often found
as the aJI *JliJ or genitive after substantives, especially those
denoting time or portions of time. Compare §§ [23, rem. c], 70,
rem. f and 78.
Rem. In this case the &\ or U is ijjjusu,, because the clause
which it introduces is equivalent to the mosdar or infinitive of the
verb, [Vol i. § 195, rem.].
89. Adjectives and participles may take after them a restrictive B
or limitative genitive ; as A».y \ o— *- handsome oj Jace ; v^-AaJ i jAU»
pure of heart ; i/jLl* Juji, very warm; ^b^JI £tj**> smitten down
by the wine-cup, intoxicated (compare j" ^/H, Isaiah xxviii. 1);
fJ>\^\ T-Lj** smitten by {enamoured of) the fair sex; J-s^J' J*^5
having few wiles or sA(/fe; J-**^^*^ fomw^ <7rai* %*•<; v-±> J£=>
O^ojT iiSTS ern^ soul shall taste dmth ; olx&l £Jb J^ja a ractifli
wAtdS arrives at the Ka'ba (*Jb is construed with the accusative of C
.. 3jO J * w * '77
the object reached); ^t,^\ aJLSU. (a woman) whose waist-band, or
girdle, fits loosely; oj*rJ\ ^-o^»~o on« wAose conduct is praised or
praiseworthy ; wJUJt cj^ sagacious of mind; 6UjJI w»U^— o o/ie
?r/W0 prayers are answered ; [j^-jy^Jt U— ». 0*^-> O^-*" JW-J
d^».yi two or more men with handsome faces]. Compare in Latin
aeger animi, integer vitae scelerisque purus, etc. This annexation is D
an improper one (.§ 75, rem.), standing in place either of a ternylz-
accusative (§ 14, e) or an accusative of the object*. Hence the
genitive, though always defined by the article, exercises no defining
* [The two constructions may even occur in the same sentence, as
l^oJk JlijJI jUai.*i)t jU-aJ! »iU)jl l^JI r"Aose (?c/fo do sack things) are
only tlie men of little dignity and of mean aspirations. D. G.]
222 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 90
A influence upon the governing word, any more than the accusative
which it represents ; and consequently, if we wish to define the
governing word, we must prefix to it the article; as v>laJI jL^aL*
A^-^Jt Muhammad, the handsome of face, or jJtuJI jJtaJI with the
curly hair; ^laJt ^\j w>;Ux)t juj Zeid, who smites the head of
the offender; ^-1-wjJI 5I5laJI jua Hind, whose girdle fits loosely ;
Jj^jJI wJjtfiJI he who strikes the man, J^pl w>lj-iJI those who strike
3 i a 3 , .j - 3 , St ,
xJ £/&? man, J^pl w»jl>oJt ^os<? (women) who strike the man, oGjlcJI
3 S lO , 3 t 5 v J 30,
J^.jJI>o*}U £/ws£ (women) ?^o strike the man's slave; S^JUaJI $*n*+l\
,3030,
those who perform {the rites of) prayer; ^j^l He who created
thee; ^j^§Ji\ he who rebukes me (compare ^n^DH Isaiah ix. 12);
30, - , o 30-0 * f «i ,
j^jcc^JI he wJio threatens me; [^jU-oj-oJI sL~JI the women tlmt
,3 6 3 0,
have suckled thee; lyXw^JI he who has let her go out].
Q Rem. Observe, however, that the annexation may in some of
these cases be a proper one, either of a partitive or an explicative
0 , 0& 3 ' ,
character. For example, A^yt t^y~&- may possibly mean the
3 ,,03
Jmndsome {part) of the face, or even the handsome face ; w>U^.Z...-o
£IpjJI that part of the prayer which has been answered; 3jljj*Jt jujlw
the most intense portion of the heat (compare § 86, with rem. b, and
§ 95). In this case the article can, of course, never be prefixed to
-p. 0,3
u the otiuo.
90. No word can be interposed between the noun in the status
constructus and the genitive, and consequently an adjective which
qualifies the former must be placed after the latter ; as aJJI w>L£>
J , a *> ,030033,
JjJjJI the glorious book of God; ^-W d**i his right hind. Exceptions
to this rule are very rare, and found almost exclusively in the poets,
who sometimes take the liberty of interposing an oath or some other
word. For example, in prose : aXwj o*xcj \J&±~t> aAJI ^ — a*J *^i
§ 90] The Noun.— Gov't of Noun.— Stat. Construct. & Genit. 223
think not then that God will fail to keep His promise to His apostles A
(Sl-Kor an, xiv. 48, according to one reading) ; j~~Q O-i) ^J^>3
^ft£ayL JJb>^\ Jj;3 ^y^>jL^\ ,>* und '» ^'e manner the killing
of their children by their companions was made to seem good to many
of the pohjtheists (Si-Koran, vi. 138, according to one reading) ;
^_j».L^ ^J ^s^i j^\ Jjk do you not leave me my companion ? (words
of the Prophet, reported by 'Abu 'd-Darda) ; UI^Aj siL-ii U^j Jp
Ubj jJ lyJ ^jt-* to let your soul alone one day with its lust is an B
effort towards its destruction ; ajj aJJI^ Oj-o *.*--j SLiJI q\ the sheep
e j i -
hears the voice, by God, of its master. Again, in poetry : [*iU* 4JJ3
w.ijdg uHj^ wJL»o jJ> how many kingdoms (to God the glory !) did
I not ente?; and how many horsemen did I not pierce ! Tab. i. 1964,
1. 16 with aJU (§ 53, b, rem. e) put between the w>j jtj and the
genitive. D. G. ;] ly**}) O-* -^y^ ' j-> *^ we^ done he who has to-day ^
rebuked her I JjJj _j1 w>j^i l£-*>v^ ^>! «-*^ w>^' ^* **^ rt-* a
book, or fetter, at-os written one day by the hand of a Jew, writing
(the lines) nearer or farther (from one another) ; »-j *s?-}+j lyi^twji
djlj-a .-jI j^^^XiJt and I stabbed her with a short lance, as lAbii
Mezada stabs a young camel (o|j-« in rhyme for S.jtj-9) ; Jj^w >>UL..,i
J^U*.*})! *i>lxJI awrf we jwj£ Mm to flight as falcons put to flight
kites; Ty-}1^1 O-^1 «*!>* ^W H1^' J*^1 *r-»- 4H4 they D
(the locusts) r«6 down the grains of the full ears in the fields, as the
mihlag (an iron instrument) rubs down the cotton, (clearing it of its
seeds); »-La*-«JI <slLoj *jU ,JIj-/j whilst others than thou withhold
^;r benefits from the needy; ^.^.ju ^>-6 ^U JlLu j**?-! *-**£> J^j
j-i- ^y j-UJIj 5-C^.o agreement with Bugeir saves thee, Ka'b, from
speedy destruction and from remaining for ever in hell (for Jli^
224 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 90
A w-*£» C j-h^-») ; ^>}i~U^ jb jW«- Juj ^oLic bl ^Sj^ jjl£> 0 Abu
'Isdm, it is as if Zeid's hack were an ass made thin by the bridle
(by constant riding); ^1 ,jj| ^ <dy JptJ^JI Jj jij ^>>»*i
'-fi^s> £-fW^' ^^ / escaped, but the Maradl ('Abdu 'r-Rahman
'ibn Mulgam) wetted his sword with the blood of ('All), the son of
'Abu Talib, the chief of the valleys (of Mekka) ; ^Xc oJUU. ,j3j
B ^»— &* ^t-o-i O-* (3**-*' O*-*^ &*)>*.*) "^5**i a"<^ verily, if I swear
before thee, I swear with the oath of a swearer which is more truthful
them thy oath (for ^Xi**J ^yo 3^°^ ^r*~*~° O*-*^) '■> u*»*J t>c L^i^P ^J
j>}sd\ Ujlybl &w£ o?<r desires do not refrain from breaking our
3' s £ ' Q ' 0 * 0*0 * * £ *3
resolutions; a3 U.1 *\) ^ wjpJI ^ \^.\ LoA ^3/ are the brothers
in war of him who has no brother. From these examples it appears
that the word interposed is usually either an oath, an objective
C complement of the wil***, an adverbial accusative of time, or a
vocative.
Rem. Of the insertion of SjutjJI U, or the redundant ma, after
certain of the prepositions and w>j we have already given some
examples, §§ 70, rem. f 84, rem. a. It sometimes occurs in other
cases, as : juj ^•■»=>»~.l3 woe to Zeid ! joye*. U j*z ^>-o C**^g thou
art angry without any offence; Os**a5 ^JL».*^I \+j\ whichever of
D the two terms I fulfil ; ai oJl*. ^J-*) ^Ai.9 U Slw b 0 antelope of
chase for him (to be chased and caught by him) for whom it is
lawful 1 jJ3 _/\s- U ^J^ ^,5 who brings forth (for jJj) every year.
[The insertion of N) is explained by its forming one word with the
following genitive, as ?,<£ *}) (,>-» w«ac Afi was angry for nothing ;
, , ~ , 3 i <■ ' * ' C
}\j *%> -Aa. he came without food; <o ^A^cl JUo *$ »>**• tfc5**^H
^Aow Aa*< abandoned me at a time when there was nothing that I
could live by. D. G.]
§ 92] The Noun.— Gov't of Noun.— Stat. Construct & Omit. 225
2 '
91. The relative adjectives ending in ^j- (Vol. i. $ 249\ l>ecause A
standing to some extent in the place of a genitive, admit of a genitive
_ « 3* 3 32 «» J tit
in apposition to them ; as ^£J^ ^ ^5**^' "^'j I saw the Teimi.
3 - 3 s } St -o 1 3i,
(namely) of {the tribe of) Teim ('ibri) 'Adl, =^*J O-0 J-*^' *^»';
m - 3 - »' ' i ' 3*> - - 3 - 3 3 1*3 1 ,*»,'* f " '
i^JJ* jvij : u-c5 Oj*-6 ^yj^*** ullr* CH ^f*6, S^aJI iu».t Otba
ibn Gazwan U-Mazim, (namely) of (the tribe of) Mazin of Kais,
founded H-Basra; io-»>*- -*-»' i^-W^t j«*jp1 O^ *^' «*** J^
says '^itaa 7/a^ '/6n ez-Zeblr el-Ased7, of (the tribe of) Ased (ibn) B
Huzeima ; jij-oj ^•^-j-J O^ <*^f ^iUulju^JI ,j-»l *^jUI bl ^^JUj
om<2 fo w<^ J165 'l-Feth 'ibn 'ar-Rindanakanl, (from Rindanakdn),
a town lyetween Serahs and Meru: . „> 0-» o ajj-^UI >»L;*^I CJl£a UgJ
^^^U ,jj of/iter M^/v came the J>dsirean days. (I mean the days ot
el-Melik m-Nasir) Muhammad 'ibn Kala'un ; and even with the
~, 3*> Z 3 2* 2*13-0 1 3 1*3 r - *3*1 j£
interposition of a word. s^)>IW ^.5*4^' ^■•-■oJ' O^ j<** 5»*~* >>'
ij-lf* j^ 'Abu 'ObZida Ma' mar ibn el-Mutanna, by client ship of C
the tribe of Teim, (namely) T>im of Koreis.
92. In the proper annexation, if the second noun be indefinite,
the first is so too ; but if the second be definite, so is the first
1 3
likewise. For example. »iXJLo 0-0 is a daughter of a king, a king's
daughter, a princess, Fr. une file de roi, Germ, eine Konigstochter :
,3* 1 3
but <iAJl»JI wUj is the daughter of the king, the king's daughter,
Fr. la file du roi, Germ, die Tochter des Kbnigs (either his only D
daughter or that daughter of his who has been already spoken of). —
If we wish the first noun to remain indefinite, whilst the second is
definite, we must substitute for the annexation the construction with
the preposition J (§ 53, b, rem. c) : e.g »iU*JJ c~o a daughter of the
king; »-l ^J OU a brother of mine is dead (whereas ,«*.t oU
would mean my brother is dead, that is to say. either my only
brother or that one of my brothers of wham we hace been speaking).
w. 11. 29
226 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 93
A —There are some nouns, however, of a wide and general signification,
which may remain indefinite even when followed by a definite geni-
tive ; for instance, alio, «>a*J, */JaJ, [«S**£], something like him or
■^^jo^ j o^ * * *io j t *
it ; i\jlii\ ^jasj some pom- people; j->U^JI ^aju a cave ; (see § 82, c,
0 j j s £ j o j
/ [and rem. 6], #) ; [^Aj^t some one of them; oi>&. a />ar£ 0/ iY;
a£U a i^/re? o/ & Likewise we find ^Idl J^l and 4*^5 J-iil used
B in an indefinite sense*].
/»J» - «» J o£
Rem. In such phrases as Loj 3^£.t j-ol, a matter of this life
and the life to come, the indefinite aJI ±J\Jx4 shows that the
JUu is to be regarded as a single part, some one matter, etc. In
such cases the genitive may even be virtually definite, but never-
theless it does not take the article, in order to preserve the govern-
- »» J Oi
ing word from becoming definite ; Loj Zj£.\ j*\ is in fact equivalent
in meaning to LjjJIj 5^.*^ I j^«\ ^e j^l. The same remark
applies to those indefinite annexations which supply the place of
compound nouns or adjectives ; e.g. «iJUU j-a.5, a royal castle, nearly
^5^> J J 0 SO' Zl , }', 0
the same as *iU*oJI j3-°-* O-* J-^ > [^W"*** *'j-*' may be a barber's
wife and £/ie wi/e o/* a [certain) barber, though in the latter case it
• 2 • 0^0 ^ £ *> jc^ o
would be better to write )>^-woU>..a»Jl lj-o^&U»^. Sl^ol. D. G.]
•Of 0 0^
93. Nouns of the forms J*«il, JU*, etc., used as superlatives
(see § 86), are construed as substantives in the singular masculine
D with the genitive of the word denoting the objects among which the
one spoken of is preeminent. The genitive is at times indefinite and
explicative, at times definite and partitive!. Examples of the indefinite
* [I owe this observation to Prof. Noldeke. D. G.J
t [Such expressions as <\j\^\ jj-^3l ^Jk he is the most excellent of
his brethren, or <ola>^gl j*±. jA he is the best of his companions, are not
, j „ ^-' „ 0 0/0 J * ot *J
exceptions to the rule, for they mean yk (l>jjjt O'^***^' ,j-ajl >*
0 1 J * t
^oAj^t. Though Hariri, Durrat, 9 condemns them strongly, they are
not rare. D. G.]
§ 93] The Noun.— Gov't of Noun.— Stat. Construct. & Genit. 227
genitive : J*.j JJsJi\ y* he is a [or the] most excellent man ; ^a A
is »*> * , ti » ' i ' i - > £ ' ■»
St^ol J-ost &fe is a [or the] most excellent woman; Cxr^-J J-**' W*
they are two [or £ta tfiro] thos^ excellent men ; %\~J J-ail ,>* ^#
artf »ww£ [or the most] excellent women ; Jail*. j*±. dJJI GW is the
2 Ostiils-is-oisi ..
best preserver ; ^UU c-^.j^.1 5^1 j**. j^£* ye are the best nation
Ma£ Aas 6^n created for mankind; Jj&\j j*)\ ^Jl jJ>13 J-a3l aiAJI
juol5 learning is the best guide to piety, and walks in the straightest B
S ss $ s it s- sis , *■ &***• 0 1>* - 1 s»* * s- '
of paths ; ^.ilUfc ^i Uaj ju»aJ I j J^i~J W J^-J I oLej he described
the Jews as being avaricious and envious, and these two are the worst
- - - -? 1 s >i s
of qualities. Examples of the definite genitive : 6l— Jl J-ail ^
2 Ox^'jo i s oi i 5 s- s
she is the best of the women ; '»»*»• ,>-Jju)I J-oil i**j and Maiya is
the fairest as to neck of all beings (^J*)3&\ means mankind and the
e •.*,» i * ei si
ginn) ; >»yUt J-ail 1*a ^jjg £ico are the two best of the tribe; C
* «? J , 0 C
^-JjLcJI JjjloI '-0-^1 j/0 £#r0 are the most truthful of the truthful;
.- o , _• , s- s *■ * .5 J - .- J, 2' (Jd/( 0 1 1 0 I si
2l+~a)\ jiyj ^Uk* ^.U ^L>j5\j ^1 ^-^.b ^^bj-i.1 "nJI / will tell
you who are the dearest of you to me, and who of you shall have the
, s ! i His- ss s
nearest seats to me on the day of the resurrection ; u^j^^ ^nr>^sf^3
\ s s s ~ *
S^-*- ^s- ^Ul and verily thou wilt find them the greediest of men
si s ai ils*> 11 *
after life ; lyJ^L^t j>«^M ^-*» the best of things are the mediums (or
0 s 1 s i s 9 s 2 sO W s
means between two extremes) ; d^e. ^>jjJ ««-oju wsAju o-« ^Ul j^> D
the worst of men is he who changes his religion for that of others;
ja» ...M wJjj w>LiJI 9-j^i Ol3j*i)t J-^Jl the best of times are early
youth and early morning. Compare in general § 86. Here must also
tit 9 —
be mentioned the indefinite genitive after J^l, first, and j±.\, last,
these words being (as already remarked in reference to the former,
§ 86, rem. a) really superlatives ; e.g. ^JJJ ^UU x^j c~o J^l ,jl
ZSLj the first house (tempk) which was founded for mankind, was that
228 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 93
A m Bekka (Mekka) ; j>$i Jjl <>* t^>*3' ^5^ c/~* *' J^»-~~« « mosque
which, was founded upon the fear of God from the first day {of its
existence) ; J^m-»- ^ Jj-> *4' >»•' V chW^ Cw' 0*> (^ *s stated)
on the authority of 'Ibn 'Abbas that this is the last verse (of the
Kor'dn) which was revealed by Gabriel (lit. with which Gabriel came
down). Instead of j>yi Jjt it is, however, very usual to say j*y£\
J_5^)l. — On the construction of a positive adjective, used substantively,
with a definite or indefinite genitive, see § 78 (at the end [J*-^
B &&»]) and § 86, rem. b [J&1& j-»ji].
Rem. a. If the genitive be definite, the governing adjective
may also agree in gender and number with the object or objects
spoken of; as gL«JI jJLoi ,Jk she is the best of the women;
0 , »aj , , ■ ei s j % m i ' if * J
j*}*) I ^Lail 1©A £Aese too are the two best of the tribe ; ^Losl ^oJk
>ejiJI, or^o^i)! J-i'il^o-*) ^e# are ^ie ^e^ of the tribe; OuLaJ ,JA
fL~UI, or 6L~dl jj-ai ,J>A tfAey are iAe 6e,s< o/" ^Ae women ; *yj**»j
C ly-i l_$j£«J ly^a*-* jJ^»' AJj-5 J^» ^5* UU». and similarly
We have placed in every town its greatest sinners to plot in it ;
lS^Hi.1 ^eXwl^-t rfAe best of you in moral character ; •j^w'^l^ i^a*UJl
Ohj-* L5*^ SJ**-C' the Lessener (Yezld 'ibn fel-Welld, so called
because he lessened the pay of the troops) and the Scarred (le
Balafre, 'Omar 'ibn 'Abdu l-'Aziz) were the two most just of the
, , o at j ^ (5 £ - at
7?<?m7 Mar wan ; ^JU jJl*. Jjkt jjtit C-Jl <Aow ar£ //te greatest poet
of the people of thy colour (words addressed to the negro poet
1) Nosaib). In these last two examples, however, many grammarians
say that SJj^tl and j*wl are not superlatives, but stand for *^lft
and j^lw.
Rem. 6. In such constructions as sJ^-j J-^!, >»>} Jj'> *■«' JtH^t
^IfLli. ji, iuL J^.U; ^*-Ujf^ir ^U, and J&&=> jijz,
the genitive is explicative (as in jl^xij <Ujj*-*, {5 95), and not, as
§ 94] The Noun.— Govt of Noun.— Stat. Construct. <& Oenit. 229
might at tirst sight appear, a substitute for a temylz-aceusative A
(g 4J.? ey J«a.j J-^it is not = >».j J->a9l most excellent as a man
, , 3 Z '3
(tres distingue en tant qu'homme) ; for we cannot say ^*ail U-*
(Jjfcjjl, as we say ioLUt %i^o l^A ^<?y are both long of beard,
t , 3 , * 'j
instead of «LaJ ^j*}U^l? l©Jk, but, on the contrary, we must say
3,3*3,31,3
94. The substantive that denotes the material of which anything
is made, is put in the genitive, definite or indefinite, after the B
, 3 3 , 3 , ,
substantive designating the thing ; as jij&- *->y « silk dress, _^o
wsAjJt the golden image (see ^ 76, 77, 80, and 92). Frequently, how-
ever,— and this is the older construction, — the substantive denoting
the material is put in apposition to the object as a determinative of
kind (^Lj), both being either definite or indefinite. For example :
wJbJJI ^~a)\ the golden image (not wJbJJI ^~att) ; «u**Jl ^^t
^ s(7(^' cap; ,y--aJt <L-JUaJ-JI M<? porcelain (or china) dish; Q
3 , , 3*3 J X i i - , , , f 3
wJLaJt ^jULflJI rfo wooden crosses; tju~*. *$*^£. a calf of red gold;
l*.Lji b^j JtfwJI fo made a dress of brocade; Lij*. <slLwj ,»i <*°f33
, , 3 3 i , 3
ILUx-e UUi.j a»«? ^g found in the centre of it a sarcophagus of marble,
with a cover; [ajl>j*o] «>»Lj ^j%j-« ly-J^.5 and beside it art two [square]
, ,3*3 3 Is 3 3
posts of teak- wood [§ 136, a, rem. e] ; jujks*Jt ^ji <*-Jt J-*»-' carry
* ^ _ J J ,3i, , , 3«* 3 s s% 3 3, 3',,
to him my iron coat of mail : L»Uj «j— Jl^ >jj»»JI ajWj *-* 1$*^** ^
^*£JI ^>-« a«o? they stripped off from him his silken garments, and
& ,3 33*3 ~, 3,
clothed him in garments of hair ; j^lt^Jt l\jJd\ mantles of Burtdst
i _ -- 3 - , ,3,
(i.e. of fur from the country of the Burtas) ; ^j^-cJI ^LaAJI porcelain
(or china) bowls or plates; ^jU*JI w>W*M robes of (the stuff called)
3d ~ ,3,
el-'Attdb'i (manufactured in «LolI*M. one of the quarters of Bagdad) ;
230 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 94
A ^^^^-j.01 ^— XJI cloaks of (the stuff called) ed-Darglnl (manufactured
in Dargin in North Africa) *.
Rem. a. In this case the construction rises from the particular
to the general, from the individual or special to the generic ; but
o s * o * *
the reverse may hold good. For example, instead of JJa*-w ^ul^c
0 - * 00 J 0 *
an old worn-out turban, JUa. }jj an old tattered garment, wjLj
0 * 0 t 59 , 0*0 J
Jfi^t, old tattered clothes, }jc*. S>jj a thread-bare old garment,
o t oo-
B iJ-o~j <*£«Ja.3 or jjt^wl *->$$ an old worn-out garment, we may say
„ '. ** -J. • ' . oyi**j*oi
i-ol^c J>a».„» a worn-out old (thing) of a turban, j>jj JJ^»-, Ji*}^'
0^ * J O r* * J * 9 J3*» ^ d • ^ 0 ^ £•
vjorn-out robes (<uLo dirain. of Sp-^^) ; jj^^L-^J I JU ,J-« U jOc ^^J
_- *0*> I J» ^ 2
<U.Ja&) I ojj* ij^. *$\ £/*ere is nothing in our possession of the
property of the Muslims but this thread-bare old garment.
Rem. b. Different from the above are such constructions as
0 0*00* _ _ 1 * * 0«» } 0*0*
C *~*4j *J*K) a P'int °f olive oil, ^ol^s*.)! C**JI the sacred house (temple),
j * * 0«J i *o *o* J j j 0>o J j o i o*
jiSjA^S «Lx£}| the holy Ka'ba, jojaJ\ j-^*^\ the sacred months,
'' ' ' 2." " ■ o Z >° J J 2 *
w>!^». *Loj*-« a ruined or deserted city, l$~-)\ jj^pl the bad man.
0 0 * 0 ** O * *
In the first of these, Ooj is not a ijto, but a Jjij or permutative,
instead of which we may employ a temylz-accusative (Ujj ^J-kj)
»^ J» ,. 0 * * 9 1 i 0 * *
or a genitive (C~>j J-»;) ; in the others, j»\j*-, plur. jaj^., «—>!/**>
and gyw, are adjectives of both genders (originally infinitives), [see
§ 136, a].
D Rem. c. Similarly, in Hebrew and Syriac, Dunlin *\T$3T\ the
brazen oxen (2 Kings, xvi. 17), (^201 J |;~L-i) a golden dinar.
iO * 4*0*
* [It is not improbable that in the words of the Kor'an U~o SjJL^,
s*
is to be considered as a substantive meaning a land that lias not
0 0* 9* * 9 * *
yet been brought into a state of cultivation (for C~j* jJL», as >Z*\yo
0 * * 0 Ot 0*0*
is used for Ol^-o ±joj\), and put in apposition to SjJIj as the material
of which the tract of land consists (comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 672).]
§ 95] The Noun.— Govt of Noun.— Stat. Construct. <t Genit. 231
95. The genitive construction is also often extended in Arabic A
to things that are identical, the second of which ought strictly to be
in apposition to the first*. This remark applies :—
(a) To nicknames in connection with the names of persons ; as
jjis jk*xw Sa'ld (nicknamed) Kurz, i.e. wallet, =jjh> ^ <jSi\ j-*->
5jJ Jls Kais (nicknamed) Kuffa, i.e. dried gourd : 3Jaj j-jj Zeid
(nicknamed) Batta, i.e. bottle.
» i » -
Rem. In such cases as jj^ jlju the use of the apposition is B
equally correct, nom. jj£s J^*-». gen. jjss j^jl*. ace. \jj^ \j~x~>.
If the name is defined by the article, the apposition alone is
allowable; as jj^s £>j—i\. The same thing holds good, it either
word is a compound (e.g. aJUl ju* 'Abdu Uah. or SiUI ^iil cameVs
j * j ; - it
nose); as jjSs aJJI jl>c. SiUI oul «x-*-». itu aJUI jut ii5 juj ^jt.
Some, however, allow the nickname to be put in the accusative,
when the name is in the nominative ; in the nominative, when the ^
name is in the accusative ; and in either case, when the name is in
the genitive; as iSLJt sju\ Jujci IjJk (scil. ,5-^' / mean): C-j1j
iSUJI oul ljuxw (scil. yk ^JJh: iSUt oLil jl,j« — > ^.j-8
(6) [To specific nouns, when preceded by a noun designating the
genus, as 0>*iP' j**" fhe olive-tree (= OV^iP' j»-**^) ; j*-1— " w-ia.
teak-wood ; {j\$*a)\ S,U^». fint-stones.] J)
* [Excepted are the definitions of measure, number, weight and
colour, as also those of the genus by its species, of the whole by its
parts. It is not allowed to say f~>\j* a*»*±- Sjjj-e*.
U-j. ^1^1 (J-0* which ought to be -i-~ Aji 4».0c» Zj-ij-*'
ia* j > , 9 .. ,
/ire parasangs in extent, U-j ^j^...0a. Sju-a5 a ^)0<?m q/" ,/?/ty verses,
9 , »C « . S - '
O'V c£o feathers of divers colours, as a jJjiJ or permutative : comp.
Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 552, ii. 33 seq.]
* + »
an island
232 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 95
A (c) To the names of towns, rivers, mountains, etc., when pre-
ceded by the words for town, river, etc. ; as at jJu <Ujj^ the city
of Bagdad (^*\jJu ^a ^jJt S-OjLoJt) ; oIjaM j^J M<? mw Euphrates;
J-j-JI j^fcj //^ river Nile; &+~-«> j>b mount Sinai: tjLfiu*) ^v*
#/>? month of Ramadan.
(d) To words, regarded merely as such, and governed by a word
B signifying wd, such as a^J^s or liA) ; e.g. O^ *■+& the word
kana (see § 78).
(e) To nouns governed by other nouns, when the governing word
signifies something to which the object designated by the governed
word is similar ; as gU-" 0***J the silvery water (lit. the silver of the
water), = l\+i\ $*> j^JJI O*^1- i p- D**-^1 J^6 >* iS^ *UJ'.
Here the aJI ^.cu* is the primum comparationis, and the wiLct*
q the secundum comparationis.
(/) To adjectives defined by the article in connection with
substantives not so defined; as u^jJL<^\ c~o the Holy Temple (i.e.
Jerusalem), =u*jJLal\ ^> ^JJI *^~-JI, or, shortly, ^.xLoJI C~>JI ;
j-ji-oJI w>b ^ foYtf/e gwte (as a name), =j-i-oJI «->UI ; Jj^l £*Jj
£Ae ,/??•.«?£ RabY, and >a^l ^j ^ last (second) RabV (names of
D months): J^' >olc /as# ye«r; ^J/**' w-^1*- ^ western swe,=
■ e^ill wJUJI ; s-«taJI j^....« //^ congregational mosque, = jia»,~.»M
9.As*J\ ; £U<^JI aJLaj the foolish herb, purslane, iiL^»J\ iUJt ;
Sja.^1 jb ^ o^r world, the world to come, = S^-^l jtjJt. In these
and similar annexations some grammarians see an Jj-e>oJI iilol
aJLcJI ,Jt, or annexation of the thing described to the descriptive
epithet, i.e. of the substantive to the adjective ; but as such an
annexation is impossible (see § 78), those grammarians are correct
§ 95] The Noun.— Gov't of Noun.— Stat Construct. & Genit. 233
who regard the adjective as having been raised to the level of a A
Z. - ISO J e-
substantive. Strictly speaking, ^ jJLoi I c~o means the house of the
f j / j a a ' 5 '
&>/y ^/ace (taking ^jkio, if we like, as rumen loci from ^jJ to
sanctify, Vol. i. § 227) ; Jj*i)t £*0> ^ ifafo' 0/ ^ first place, first
i» order ; etc. On the other hand, in ^j^M 5^L» the annexation
is an ordinary, proper one (aJLJL*. iiLil*, the word acL», hour, being
understood; ^J^ 5^1o=^)j*^l <LcLJI 3>Lo, i.e. icLJI ^y SyLsJt
^3^)1 (see § 77). Similarly, some grammarians consider ^Vj^' v^W- B
= Lp>j-kJ\ (j'oC^JI wJU., *-©UJ' J>a. o = g-«U>Jl ^j'oC^JI j^a. .<,
or **laJI wJt^ll j^.^o. cU^aJI dJJb = £U«*»J I 2*oJ I SJUu , and
S^fc.^1 jl^^5^fc.^l 31-aJI jb*. Here too the constructions JJai\
* [Accordingly too «jLJI ^j is explained by Zamahsari (Fdik i.
163) as ajLJI ^j-JJl j*y* o?i tfAe cfa?/ o/" the seventh night. The real
explanation, however, seems to be that we have in ^jJLoJI w-o. C
j.+k*si}\ w>b, etc. the first instances of the omission of the article before
the qualified substantive, which is prevalent in modern Arabic. The
end-vowels of the word were generally not pronounced in common
speech, if no misunderstanding could arise, according to the rule
a j *j j j* j a j // ut' - - e j ^ ^ ^ - e oo j i * i * -
jj^£* dju \3X^J y3 ^^IfeU. til jji**^£s ^j v'j^' ty <*.;■■■•» ^
^p^oISs lil ofo ?io< ?««&£ use of case-endings in your speech, when you
address people, but employ them in full in your letters, tchen you
correspond. This was called rt-.jLJL.JI and deemed elegant (Fdik ii. 94). D
Hence this omission of the article caused no difficulty whatever, till
the grammarians attempted to find a place for these abbreviated
expressions in their syntactical system, comparing the Kor'anic ^>j,>
i^*iJI for A^jiJI iUJI ^>Ji and Sj^.'s)! jtj for 5^.^)1 SLaJI jt^.
The grammarian el-Leit ibn Nasr disapproved of the use of ji^ t- d
>u«lajJ1, etc. which he called a mistake. D. G.]
w. ii. 30
234 Part Third.— Syntax. [§96
A J*fc.j, djjth J^.U, ^£A£=> Jj>c, etc., find a place (see § 78, at the end,
§ 86, rem. b, and § 93).
Rem. a. This sort of annexation is called by the grammarians
(So J/ / Jw bCt-e 3s s bs
j+~J£}\ Ailol, or jxjj**Ju)\ 5iLe*j)l, the interpretative annexation, as
- - £ s" s g
ssbfO 3 s s 3d ssb** 3 s s bs
also ("iLJI SiLil, or <LJLJI diLi's)!, <Ae explicative annexation.
The special sort mentioned under e is named A^JJt dilol £/te
comparative annexation.
B [Rem. 6. It may not be superfluous to mention here the
s b*9 vi s s s s 3 btO mi s
genitive by attraction, called jt^^Jt j**. or Sjjl&^Jt j&. (genitive
s *l s 3 b 3 s 3
of proximity. Comp. Hamasa, 38, 1. 16), as in o^a. w~o j***** >*
this is a deserted hole of a dabb (a large kind of lizard), instead of
<S s sb3b*3 3sbsb*o sbs vi P s
; ^J^j-fti t O^^CaJ I ^Jjx ijlib (i£ is) as {/" the woven web of the
spider, instead of ^J-^-oJI, though Oj*£ic is of the fern, gender.
Other examples from poetry have been given by Jahn in his notes
C to Slbaweih i. 185. D. G.]
3. The Numerals.
96. We have already mentioned, in Vol. i. §§ 319—321, that
the cardinal numbers from 3 to 10, when placed in apposition to
the tilings numbered, agree with them in case ; but when placed in
s j5
annexation before them, govern the genitive plural, as JU^-j <£•» six
s s 3 I s ' V < b 3 3 s s bi
J) men, jl>»- w*U three girls, U1U we three (women), _^ju;I the four of
them (men). The genitive must, in every possible case, be that of the
broken plural (Vol. i. § 300, b, and §§ 304, 305) ; and if the substantive
has a aXaJI *«>a. as well as a 5j£tt\ %+**. (Vol. i. § 307), the former
s bi 3 s b s * bZ 3 s s s
ought to be used ; e.g. *->\y\ <L~»+j». five pieces of cloth, £j>».t ^U^
^ " b 3 s s s 3 bi 3 s\s
eight sacks, A^Xt ZjJLs. ten slaves, t^Ji t aIU three fels (a copper coin),
' 3 s b s 3 3 3 s s s s b 3 s s s 3 3 3 s\'
not w>tJ «L~fr»., w>^ **J^, O^*^ *>**>*> cr»>^ *£U. — They are
§ 96] The Noun.— The Numerals. 235
o : 9*3*
very rarely construed with the accusative }~*r^ (§ 44, e) ; as ^..-»a> A
? • op ^ o £ j • o ^
bl^jl, instead of w>'^j! i-^/*.*.
Rem. a. The word ajL© forms an important exception to the
above rule, being always placed after the governing unit in the
- Jl -•
genitive singular, as SuL^Xj three hundred. Only a poet can
.. j I ^ oop
venture to say ^jJLc *£JJ. [On the use of the plural forms of ^Ji\
see Vol. i. § 326, rem.]
2 o«* JO'
Rem. b. Should a dJUU t « 0r- be little or not at all in use, the g
^0 ^«o J 0 ^ J J J'1 '
3jJ&) I n0a. must of course be employed ; as pj—w itU f A ree shoe-
; / »c 5 j o p
strings, because cl— il and *-~wt are rare or doubtful. Even in the
3 3 ' '• '
Kor'an, however, we find e^S iiLj ^ree menstruations, instead of
jl^3t or jjil.
[Rem. c. It is perhaps superfluous to remark that the pluralis
'- JO, ,J-.
sanus is used in cases where no broken plural exists, asOU J*-— » lyjt
2/te verses of this sura are seven in number (pi. of <ul : ^t is a C
',^J0, «", .. JOy
quasi-plural); OljJu *.w seven cows (pL of Sjib) ; (.j^—i ^^-^
fen. years; Oto C—> sia; daughters; ^>i>ljt». i£U ?/*ree smiths.
If, however, the word is properly an adjective or participle (<Uu©),
0
we ought to employ the preposition ^yo, or to put the noun in
apposition to the numeral, or rice versd, as ^-y^o^oJl ^^-e iUAj
, J OJ S'l* 5,l< - J OJ - aj J-;l< 0 - 50^
or ^j^«.<^.c tfUJJ itl3 ^j^.oj.o), not ^j^o^e <UJU : ola».& a^w
■» J 0 ^
seven, lean (cows) not o^*-t ^i—'-j D
* [In Arabic, as in some other languages, a cardinal number may be
^ 0 3 *}
followed immediately by the next one, in order to rectify it (^)\jjk^*jJ ;
comp. § 184, 6, rem.), as jjLwjJUl ^>*o a*%w iiw six seven (i.e. six, or
20' ' 0' ' ^ OP J ' 0
it may be seven) horsemen; L*jj ^j,....^^. ^oujl jljJLo a sa<m o/ forty
fifty (i.e. from forty to fifty) c/a^s. D. G.]
236 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 97
° ' ° ' £
A 97. Of the two words *x»-lj and jl»-I the former is more com-
monly used as an adjective, the latter as a substantive ; e. g.
a*- 1 j Jj»-j a «'^/« man, one man, j^t^JI dJJ to the one God;
^Ul jk».l one of the people, *£JJL)I ^J^-t one (fern.) of the three,
b j j - i s *■ £
^aj^I owe o/ tfAem. j^t is used absolutely in negative and inter-
rogative phrases in the sense of any one ; as jljJI ^ j>»-\ *$ there is
no one in the house; j^-\ ^el». U no one came to me; \^£\j j^-\ J-*
B I a* J£« Aas aw?/ owe seew the like of this? As applied to God, the two
words are interchangeable, j**.IjJ I yb or j^1^ t 3A ; and also in the
compound numbers 21, 31, etc., 03J~£,3 **•"' or OiJ-^J ju^-lj, etc. —
,jUjt, fern. (jU^jt or O^-^ is n°t unfrequently placed, as an adjective,
after a noun in the dual, to express the idea of duality more strongly ;
as O**^' L>s^i 'jJ^^-5 *}) efo not take unto yourselves two gods;
O-uSt O^fSJ J^ O-* W** *£XXwli on'??<7 z'rafo iV (the ark) of every
C {species of animals) a pair (lit. £«;o individuals, male and female) ;
* b fO * 'bi vi s btO b ' b Z ' * w fO J s *■ Js ' * * £jfO*
%'&ȣ Saldho'd-dln (Saladin) has assigned him in lieu of the tax levied
b - b/o b - b * j b J - -
on the pilgrims is 2000 dinars; O*-^' O-ij-^ ^-° 0*-?J^ dwelling
- b by b-o b^ s -■
{in it) for the last two months ; ly-U ^>~j I O^^o ^Xc at a distance
lbs ' J ' bZ* O * b * ' S'brO 0 ' * '
of two miles from it; [U^j Oj*Ols *~»-»*-j o'^'' J*5t t-*-^ two
hundred five and forty days]. It is very rarely prefixed to the things
D numbered, and then requires the genitive singular; as fjSaJ^. Uij two
colocynth gourds, = JJau*. U*». (&*». grain, berry, being used, like the
Persian ajIj>, ddna, in counting fruit). See Vol. i. § 321, rem. c.
98. When the numeral is followed, not by the noun expressing
the things numbered, but by a collective designating the whole species
or genus, the relation between it and the collective is indicated, not by
§ 99] The Noun,— The Numerals. 237
the simple genitive, but by the preposition ,>« : as o-6 **o' •**-* A
^-Ut fafo ^« /o«r birds, = j*±M O-* J^9 **0' : <f-V t>? A****^
wiwe of the people, = lajsyi ^>o jni SI aa-J. Sometimes, however,
the collective itself is put in the simple indefinite genitive ; as
hdkj 4*-J ijjuoJI ^ O'-^J ^re ^^ tn *"€ c'^ nine persons ;
jiu ajuj\ js*} and they were four in number*.
o
[Rem. The construction with ^c is also employed when the
noun expressing the things numbered is properly an adjective or B
participle ; see § 96, rem. c]
99. The cardinal numbers from 11 to 99 take, as already men-
tioned (§ 44, e, rem. b, and Vol. i. § 323, rem. b), the objects numbered
in the accusative singular ; as ^^-j j*-* *j*$>j thirteen men ; £— j
l\^\ ZjJLs. nineteen icomen ; *$-»■) 03Jt^-'3 **-^ seventy-three men ;
Aa..?J (j^jt-Jj *-J ninety- nine sheep. They are very rarely followed
by the accusative plural; as W*t U»L-jI S^i* ^^jI ^^UxLij and C
we divided them into twelve tribes {or) nations. — As to gender, the tens
(03j*~£,> etc.) are both masculine and feminine, but the units conform
to the gender of the noun denoting the things numbered ; as j£s- j^-\
L^^£s eleven stars ; iSU 03*-i^3 i^-o^- forty-five she-camels.
5 a s a -
Rem. %~zu (also >*~fiu) is construed Uke the numerals which it
represents (Vol. i. § 319, rem. b, etc.), but does not vary in gender,
according to the best authorities, when unaccompanied by another D
number and signifying from 3 to 10; as JU-; jugu, Sa~J *~cu.
" jo zjs**ys*a 'is a >o +* a * * a * j\ * * e * ?
v>~^~' f-<su. but "^fc-j j-i^ ia-iu. i\j*\ ZjLs. *-«a->. 0>**^i is-s_>
^>-^L— oJI ,^)»© some thirty, or thirty and odd, of the Muslims,
z * * * }, at* e »
ii~» Oy^jh £"£■? some forty years or forty and odd years.
o - - *a *
* [This is not allowed with jJ^j and ^eji, according to Fdik ii.
384. D. G.]
238 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 100
A 100. If an adjective be appended to the noun denoting the
things numbered, after any numeral between 11 and 99, the adjective
may agree either grammatically with the noun, or logically with the
cardinal number ; as bj-eU tjUji OJL>^ twenty dinars of M-MMik
en-Ndsir (where bj-oU agrees grammatically with iJUjj, accus. sing,
masc), or ajj-oU JjUji Oj>^c (where *bj-ob agrees logically with
O^j^-i as representing the broken plural j-olo, which requires an
B adjective in the sing. fern.).
101. When the object numbered has been already spoken of,
the cardinal numbers from 20 to 90 (the tens) may be construed, like
• • • °" J °
substantives, with the genitive ; as juj _2>t»c ZUd's twenty (camels) ;
' j " '
^ijSyj your thirty (servants). Compare § 108.
102. The cardinal numbers from 11 to 19 may also be construed
in the same way with the genitive of the possessor (except jJis. \Xj\ and
Q its fern.). In this case they remain, according to most grammarians,
indeclinable, as *t)j£s- £.....»£., fern. -iU^c L>l.<», thy fifteen (nom.,
5 J '
gen., ace). According to others, the js*s> or latter part of the com-
pound is declined ; as ^ijJ^e. o^^., gen. $j.J*& a~»<,±., ace.
^)jJuc ; [or both parts are declined ; as -iJ^c <L~©a., gen. $j£jz
acc. ^)jJi& £«««».]. Others still admit the declinability of the jj~e
0 ) s
or former part of the compound, and put the J**-* or latter part in
D the genitive ; as ^)j*»£- £..*»£., gen. ^)yi£- £,..>.»£., acc. ^)jJi& a,...^^..
103. The cardinal numbers a5U a hundred, and s—sJt a thousand,
and their compounds, are construed with the genitive singular of the
noun denoting the objects numbered; as J^j <i5U 100 men; U5U
jC»» 200 asses; *^=> *5U^5 300 dogs; *Ujju> UA\ 1000 cities;
w>U£> UJt 2000 books; jLj o*# iitSjf 4000 men; jLjj oUI jii J^-l
11,000 dinars; J»-J ^aJI iSUoiii 300,000 men.
§ 105] The Noun.— The Numerals. 239
o:t
Rem. The accus. sing, or genit. plur. after i5Lo [and oUI] is A
i * a** s,:*? * * *
very rare; as L»U ,^JjLo ««IaJI ^U Ijt u-hen a man has lived
- - - i .» a » - .> ^
£u?o hundred years ; ^>~w ajLo wJLj ^yiy^ ,-9 l>*^5 anc^ ^i6y
tarried in their cave three hundred years (where others read 4jL©.
and regard j«Li as a J|ju or permutative apposition to ajLo w*L»).
104. If a sum be composed of several numerals of different
kinds, the noun denoting the things numbered falls under the go vera -
//tj s* * s— ' a* s - a ao * »'
ment of the last numeral ; as ,-cuio ^s. j>$\ ^>*jj S^a»^J I ,j-o B
£'•• « 3 + tit* * a * * it+* s~ j - - :'~ So* a>e , sZ. *o
iw Oj*0'.3 ci'*x*'i-5 *^ ^-'J «*^' **o' 5*jlj-aJt Slj^Jt beticeen
the Higra and Adam, according to the Hebrew Pentateuch, there are
4741 years; l>-*.j^0Jt jLl£.l ^JLt S^a^JI O^J O— *^' J^M C>*^
O**"*' ^o'j ajUoJUjj «^j*i)t aj^U beticeen the confusion of tongues and
the Nigra, there are, according to the assumption of the chronologists,
3304 years. The substantive may, however, be repeated after each
numeral; as a*jj1j jLoi ^_aJI a5Uj jUjj \Jd\ Ult lyj^ ^./"J' C
A.j.it...^. IjUji Oy^3 j^-* ^' Oy-^jh fne revenue of (the province of)
el-Garblya (in Lower Egypt) is 2,144,080 military dinars. In large
amounts, consisting of millions, hundreds of thousands and thousands,
the word \Jti\ must be repeated after each numeral ; as <^Ji iL»».
S^^oe- o# , tai _ ) * * * 4 * * it* Bi * it,' ai *— j' a
ixjjlj ^jU5Loj UJI ^jjJtoJj *»Jjlj oUt a5Lo— &»»3 o»JI *-i^M Sjt-J
IjWi O^^i ^e total of this amounts to 9,584,264 dinars.
105. The higher cardinal numbers, as well as those from 3 to D
10 (Vol. i. § 321), may be placed in apposition to the substantive
denoting the objects numbered; as i£JU*-o ^j^M ,JI ZSLJJ\ ^St*.
0*"-**'3 a^»j 5jU 5/-*^ ^o~» ^ (7?^?^ r^<? net to land, full of large
* a ,\z& j * a£ j jj a * *
fishes, a hundred and fifty-three ; juc i£U)l -*~y> ^^\ w^^aw C-Jl^>
^ L>effi^'J3 O^*-*' O**-^' J'-t'M ^ nations sprung from the three
240 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 106
A sons of Noah were, at the time of the confusion of tongues, seventy-two
0 ° *
in number (the substantive denoting the things numbered, w-*w, is
repeated here, because the last numeral requires it in a form different
in number and case from w»^fci).
106. As regards the agreement in gender between the cardinal
numbers and the nouns denoting the objects numbered (see Vol. i.
§ 319), the following rules hold.
(a) If the plural of the substantive denoting the things num-
B bered differs in gender from the singular, the numeral agrees with
the singular ; as ij_*-^— » *-»-w seven years (sing. <Li, fern.), but
j>\$£-\ *-*-+-*» id. (sing. >oU, masc.) ; OLcL^et. 2J?%3 three baths
9 S * - w - ■> ■> Z t 0 & ' J
(sing. y&Lp-tt., masc.) ; OtjcX a^o ^ six volumes (smg. >xa.tw^>,
masc). This rule holds even when the substantive itself is sup-
t * o s j to j m £it * * o *
pressed; as £~*©a. c**-o I fasted five days (i.e. j*\j\ £....■»£-, from
glz # 0 - J 0 # „ *s * 6 *
jbji, masc, a day) ; U^». O^w / travelled five nights (i.e. JUJ u—o*-*
Q from 5JU, fern., a night); %jj\ ^^e- ^j^i O** ^n** among them are
creatures which walk on four feet (i.e. J.»-j' £Jjl ^■^, from JU-j,
fem., a foot) ; ?-'j-«>J' ^-^ **jjW Li''5^^ £-W-«s> J^> J^ ^Jy> O-tP k
0 eye of mine, weep every morning (*-lfO in rhyme for ?-W-») 5 shed
copious tears over el-Garrah (lit. weep with the four channels for
tears, Qj^uJI a*jjW, from the sing. o^> masc, or with the four
D corners of the eyes, 0**J' wJ'j-** **o^, from the sing. wJU., masc,
a side).
Rem. This rule is often disregarded by modern incorrect
writers and copyists.
(b) The numeral follows the grammatical gender of the sub-
stantive, when the objects numbered are designated merely by a
J Of J - I •
noun of a vague, general signification ; e.g. ^>vw.*1 o£U three persons,
§ 106] The Noun.— The Numerals. 241
from ^^uiJrf, masc. : O**' wJj *£ree human beings, from 0**> fern. A
But if another noun be annexed to this, which determines the real
gender of the objects more precisely, the numeral agrees with the
ij * \ * a ioi t - * i * * * , ,
second noun ; as ^^-j-.* wJj ^j&\ C>S ^>* ,jj,> ^«a.*o ^jb3
>*a***5 OW*^9 <*w^ so w_j/ shield against those whom I feared tens
9 * * a i
three persons, tiro girls and a young woman (>^*£\£a and ^oiu are
i i
used only of women, Vol. i. § 297, c, rem. b ; u0}"* *' is here
employed by the poet, through the exigency of the metre, instead of B
lit 1 a 1 _ ._ « a -> t , w -
^^uJ^il, § 96 : j*cjla stands in rhyme for j-ax*). Again : b^lL^ ,jli
a ^»<o ,» J"' • "' r it* 1 at 1 a - I
j-£a)I lyJ^Li ,j»« ijjj^j c-JI^ o-^' J-*** *•** ^** (frife f>/) iT*7«6
//as fe» branches, but thou hast nought to do with its ten branches
(vJJaul is a plural of ,>lsu, Vol. i. § 304, rem. c, which is masc, but
the numeral takes the gender of the feminine substantive
i -**
which immediately follows in its plural form Jjti) ; and in the
s^c * - a * ** a * a * , s*e ii rtm+*
Kor'an, ch. vii. 16<>, \+*\ U»U— .1 IjJu. ^Z£\ ^Lxlaij and we divided C
* ' at * a
them into twelve tribes (or) nations (J»U~#1 is the plural of iu-*, masc,
Hi
Heb. tonfc?, but the numeral agrees with &ot, which follows in the
v " « A
plural form^o^l). Sometimes, however, the numeral agrees with the
real gender of the objects numbered, even when the grammatical
gender of the noun used is different ; as ^r-AJl SJJJ three persons (of
the male sex), where *£U is masc, although j^Ju is fern., because u-AJ
is here equivalent to jjl«J1 or J**j. D
(c) If the substantive be suppressed, and its place be taken by
an adjective or other word expressive of its quality, the numeral
agrees in gender with the understood substantive ; e.g. sU. o-»
.. .. » i 1 S , Is, r , * 0/0
lyJliol jLs. aXi rt;„,aJb ta «rfo </<#>$ a good thing, shall receive a
tenfold recompense for it, lit. shall receive ten (good things) like it
i a - m *a $ , ȣ
(^£p is fern., because JJU, plur. JUUt, though masc, is here only an
epithet of oU-* understood, the plur. of 4^,..^., which is fern.),
w. ii. 31
242 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 106
A (d) When the numeral is connected with the substantive by the
preposition ,j-o (§ 98), it agrees in gender with the substantive ; as
^o»i*Jt ,j«o %jj\ four sheep (j^ being fern., Vol. i. § 290, a, e) ;
JxJI ^c iiXj three ducks (Iso being masc. [by form], Vol. i. § 292, a)*.
This is the case even when an epithet follows which fixes the real
gender of the objects numbered; as j$£>$ ^xiS ^c jujI four sheep,
males; «i>UI JaJI ^yo iitf ^r«e ducks, females. If, however, the
B epithet be placed between the numeral and the substantive, the
numeral must agree in gender with the epithet ; as ,j-o jj£»i **o'
^*)t, JaJt ^c *t>Ul *i-sX5 [comp. § 96, rem. c].
(e) The numerals as abstract numbers (Vol. i. § 309, &, c) are of
the masculine gender ; as iiw w«^ij *&U, or aZ-JI >JLoJ itUl, #/w^
?'s the half of six.
(f) In the enumeration of several groups of objects of different
genders, the following rules hold. — (a) The numerals from 3 to 5,
C inclusive, must be repeated before each substantive, and vary in
gender accordingly ; as (j*\) ^Ul t^~**.j jutl <L»+i. .J / have Jive
male and Jive female slaves, (/?) From 6 to 10, inclusive, they are
not repeated, and conform in gender to the nearest substantive ; as
(jt\) %\-*\$ «x*£t «KJl*j ^ I have eight male and (eight) female slaves,
or, transposing the words, ju-^l^ (v»l) '*<-*[ ^yU^ ^j}. (y) The
compound numerals, from 11 upwards, are not repeated, and take the
masculine form, when the following substantives designate rational
D beings ; as i»jl».j I jl*c jJLz a...^^ ^j^ / have fifteen male and
(Jifteen) female slaves, or, transposing the words, jJ^c- *«.>■»*. t^juc
ljucj ^ij^f. But when the substantives designate irrational objects,
,, j , el
* [We may of course say also^o^iJI kj-o (or dUi) w>U»ju %Jj\ and
§ 107] The Noun.— The Numerals. 243
the numerals take the gender of the nearest substantive ; as j^jut A
iSUj *$**»• y^£- rt,,„»^ / have fifteen male and (fifteen) female camels,
t , , * i , , * , a , , a - a
or, transposing the words, '^••j i$L) "i^Ls. ^^o*. ^juc. If, however,
in the case of irrational objects, a vague, general expression, such as
j>*j U (g 67), be interposed between the numeral and the things
a
numbered, the numeral is always of the feminine gender ; as ^jut
* * , * , * a* y ,, a , * a *
ASljj J-»*» 0-& ^* Zj^c- t^*». / possess fifteen camels, male and
- , * a* , ** a * * a , a
female, or, transposing the words, aSO ^><o U ijJLs. ^m+a. ^juc B
107. The cardinal numbers become determined or definite in the
same cases as substantives ; viz.
(a) When the numeral is used to express an abstract number,
and hence contains the idea of genus ; e.g. ii-Jt lA-aJ itUJt three
(ever}- three) is the half of sir (every six). The article is here C
employed U»^,U. to indicate the genus [Vol. i. § 345, rem. a]. It is
3 » * ' »
not, however, essential, for, regarding the numeral as a ^">*e* ^JLc
(Vol. i. £ 191, rem. b, 5 a), we may say with equal correctness
J 0 J ^ I ^
(b) When the objects numbered have already been mentioned,
or are supposed to be well known ; as *-jjo ^yt-— Jt £^">* an^ the
seventy (disciples) returned with joy ; ^^-ouj*^) I jk*. Oj^l*. jJ^ since D
i * * - at i*
I am already past forty, scil. iw years (observe ^>**0'^' DV poetic
* - aia- a - >
license for o*3Kj'^')- The article is here used j^jcU, to indicate
previous knowledge.
(c) When the numeral is in apposition, as an adjective, to a
j ^ a * a^ j * * *
definite noun; as 3— **JI Jl».jJl the five men (ol avSpes ol ttcvt*,
see Vol. i. §-321).
244 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 107
A (d) When the numerals, from 3 to 10, precede a definite noun
in the construct state (see § 92) ; as JU-jJI iitf the three men
(lit. ^ ?n«rf of the men); «L*X*JI S^c £/^ ten slaves; i^j'^jaJI j-*^
l-ttoio j * ti ' ai e*> i * a *
the ten female slaves; j^-S^J *->ji £/^ four houses; jW-**5" a»»»^
the five spans ; ^15^)1 w*U M# tf/wee stones (on which the cooking -pot
rests). Sometimes, however, the numeral too has the article ; as
, a I :& i , a - a- * * a j a*> * a £ a** } * e Z *
^>\yi*^\ <L~+a*J\ the five dresses; SjU^-oJI Ol^-a^l aj^UJI the three
B selected airs or tunes; ^jcoJI Cs-JI ojjb ^ese m? cities*. — According
to the later and now (but without case-endings) usual construction,
the article is dropped before the substantive and appears only prefixed
'QC-J^'Qi-O*' ?J JO'S*
to the numeral; as ^U*.! **Jj"}H the four-fifths : ij>5 ^^^aJl the
, ) ,\Z * a , a, -5 ,
five villages; JU.j «UO the three men (vulg. JU-j 5j^UJI)t. — The
same remarks apply to *5U and oUI, with their derivatives and
C compounds; e.g. jUjjJI i5lo^U ^ 300 dinars, .^jjJI »-**}) I a^j
tfo 3000 dirhams; but also jUjjjf aSUiiJbt, ^AjjJI iJ^I &12m,
and in more modern Arabic jLjj aSUj^UM, ^Aj,* o^)l a£U)I (vulg.
o .- ay a *S>* a ,a a ** a s * Z> *
jto> A5l0j'}UJt, ^.Ap vJ^I Aj'iUJI). — Those numerals which take the
objects numbered in the accusative singular, must have the article
* [The grammarians of the school of Basra disapprove of this
construction. Nevertheless Zamahsari gives, in his Fdik, three in-
.. .; -.-> , - a** * a * * * a*
J) stances from the Traditions, as i. 61 seq. *U5LcJI aSLoJIj SjJLJI AjloJt
the hundred cows and the hundred sheep; i. 313 j«JUjJI ax*.. J I the
seven dinars (with a var. a**»J! ^-Jb jJlj ; ii. 381 ^jUJI a5*jU)I <Ae <A?*ee
persons. Comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. ii. 52 seq. D. G.]
t [Relatively old instances of this construction are Ibn Hisam 331,
, , , , a* , i rr
1. 14 aSU aSUJI J^li <A«< / way <7e< the hundred camels ; Aydnl xv.
e* - a * * - * i
147, 1. paenult. C**J UuaJI jl».l Ae completed the halfverse. Comp.
Fleischer, 1. c. 49. D. G.]
§ 108] The Noun— The Numerals. 245
prefixed to them to render them definite, as ^»-j ,j^x...>H ^/^ 90 »#tfw .- A
and in the case of a compound of tens and units, the article must be
prefixed to both, as "ilU*. ^jyu-Jt^ iau-JI the 77 camels. The
compound numbers from 11 to 19, however, according to the best
grammarians, prefix the article to the unit alone, without making
any change in the termination, except in the case of 12 ; as i^sUM
SUfc j£a the thirteen camel*. But others allow the repetition of the
article, as i^. jiiJT iiUM ; JijJf ^J>j\ j*»\ ^l^ajf JJb J~S
the grave of James the apostle, one of the twelve. B
Rem. The peculiar construction of the numerals in modern
Arabic, is analogous to that employed by the same dialect in such
nominal compounds a^ jj^WJI (vulg. ij^UJI) rose-tvater, for the
classical jj_$JI *Lo : ^)ULaaJI frankincense in grains, for La*.
^jlJUt : JU-iP' ^4<s capital or principal (in speaking of money),
for ^JUqJI ^^Ij : ^juA^Jt $/*« tamarind (lit. fA« Indian date), for
108. The ordinal numbers are often construed with the genitive,
especially of the month (on the omission of the word for day, compare
§ 101 and § 106, a) ; as ^Xjis. J~*\L the fifteenth of them ; jC J^j
ia^aJJ next the sultan proceeded to 'Azaz, and laid siege to it on the
third of Dul-Kald<i, and took possession of it by capitulation on the D
i, » , * , , ,
eleventh of Dul-Higga ; jy+j (J^-^* O-*^ sJ^i ,lnd >f "'(ts th?
twenty-eighth of Temuz (in this example ^>*tf is in the construct
state before \£y*-*, lit. the eighth of the twenties*, and so also in
* [This construction has supplanted the coordinating of the units
with the ordinals from twentieth to ninetieth bv means of «, according
246 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 109
A the following ones, in which, however, the modern form £nj£*,
gen. (j^ic, ace, ^jjjJLs., is used instead of the classical }j&*, gen.
and ace. <J>£ft ; just as in the noun we find On*** instead of y~»
and ^y>, from 0>^, plur. of ill, a y«ar, Vol. i. § 302, rem. d) ;
<£r^ O-ij*-* l£-^** >* it is the twenty-first of Tisri; wJlS .J
, ,00 , j o
SjaUJI^ \^>y <^ij^ on the twenty-third of this (month) there was
B a proclamation made in el-Kdhira.
109. An ordinal number is not unfrequently connected with
the genitive either (a) of its own cardinal, or (b) of the cardinal
which is one less than its own.
(a) In the former case, the ordinal expresses indefinitely one
of the individuals designated by the cardinal ; as O-iS) S ji& jJU
*2\j wJU aJJt (jl tyiS eerily they are unbelievers who say, God is
a third of three (is one of three) ; t>**^' ^>\5 hj*^ CH*^' ^^j-4**' i'
C when those, who were unbelievers, drove him forth a second of two
(one of two, with a single companion) ; 2ju~> *jL» juj p-j±> Zeid
went out a seventh of seven {with six companions). With the numerals
from 11 to 19, we may either use the whole ordinal number, or (which
is better) suppress the second part of it, in which case the first part
, - - 0 ,0-o , , , , , , , , 0 ,0iO ,
becomes declinable ; as j-Lc ^j£\ jJue. ^15, or jjLc ^ji3\ ^\j, a
0 , ,OiO ,, 0 , , , , ,, 0 , 0 ,, OiO J ■
twelfth of twelve, fern. ojJuc ,JU5l BjJut i-itf or SjJJi i*^' a*j^j;
D jJ~z iib yLs. iJU, or j-u.fr iiU »iJtf, a thirteenth of thirteen, fern.
SjJLt *L>*$J jjLt 3J3\j or 5j-o.c £>*^j a^Hj ; etc.
to which jj-oU in J^o-J ^/*^3 0-*^> 0^3 would be in the status
constructas before jy*J, as in the cases mentioned $ 78, rem. b.
Comp. Fleischer, A7. Schr. i. 697. Hence also the use of ^yUJM
CrtS**, Crtj*-*- «l-Jt for Ojj^h iV^J'. Olf^**^ **U\ (Vol. i.
§ 330, rem.) D. G.]
§ 109] The Noun.— The Numerals. 247
Rem. Compare in Old German selbe vierde, i.e. mit drei andern: A
zuo riten sdhen einen ritter selben dritten, i.e. mit zwei andern ; der
grdve selbe zwelfte in eine barken spranc, i.e. mit elf andern.
(b) In the latter case, the ordinals from third to ninth are in
reality nomina agentis (compare § 86, rem. a) from the verbs w-X5
to make (two) into three, %^j to make (three) into four, etc. : as
,^>~ol <£JL> 3* he makes a third, lit. he makes three of two. Hence
they may also be construed with the accusative; as aj^j xj\j ^a B
he makes a fourth, fern. U*}b ajuIj ^a. — With the numerals from 11
to 19, we may in like manner sayj-ic ^.ol^ic wJU yb fo makes
a thirteenth ; S^it 0*}U SjJLc a*j!j ^ -*^ makes a fourteenth (where
the cardinal number is in the accusative) ; though many grammarians
wholly disapprove of this construction [allowing only j^- ^jI wJU yb
and 3^<ie O^ aajIj ^a, with suppression of the ten]. — With the C
numerals compounded of units and tens, only the unit is put in the
construct state, and the ten is suppressed ; as ^jjjJlc^ £LU «-> Ij yk
he makes a twenty-fourth ; or, with the accusative, Ij*}U **j'j (*a
^jjjLs.} she makes a twenty-fourth.
Rem. a. Examples of the ordinals used as nomina agentis, with
»jj - /j - *\ - - o , a j j , ,
pronominal suffixes, are : ^y*jlj ^A ^)1 ilU L^^-3 O-* U_>^ *«*
£Aere w «o private converse of three, but He makes the fourth ; D
i a , a i ia * a j j - * - a - - i j , , a 3 ja , »jj - « - 1 .; .. j j ^ ^
U*»y ^ffy^1^ ^Y-ol-' i-~o^. oV>*i^ ^v-f^3 ^v*^!j *~^ OV.***-'
a j ja * a j j ++ % * a * * 33** a * a*o
^f.t<X=s ^yJ**\jj <uuri ^^Jyu^ „_^iJL> M^y jvi// sa^/, ' Three, their
dog making the fourth'; and they will say, ' Five, their dog making
the sixth,' guessing at the secret : and they will say, ' Seven, and
their dog making the eighth.'
* 3 a
Rem. b. From £)}jj*£. twenty is formed a [post-classical] quad-
riliteral verb, the nomen agentis of which may be used in the same
* * ' « - a s a , j , 3
way as the ordinal number ; e.g. jJLs. ax..J ^jjJLaut yk he makes a
248 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 110
A twentieth (lit., if we may be allowed to coin a word, he twenties
* ' * "
nineteen), from ^jj-^£- to make {nineteen) into twenty. [Similarly
i>a-^w t° make into seventy is formed from p****** seventy.]
110. In stating dates, particularly when reckoning according to
the Muhammadan era, the cardinal numbers are employed instead of
the ordinal. They are put in the genitive after the word denoting
year, but agree with it in gender ; as ^J^A+jj O^ **** C5*
jj^SLi*^ i5U ^yU^j in the year 888 of the Alexandrine era;
B ajUjUJj ^jlJj^ *Z*~' &*~> cd^o^j then commenced the year 396 (of
the ffigra) ; 0*A». aXJ SjJis. i*Z& O^*^' J*yi U»<*> ^o**-e i<*V
S^a^JI ^o S^4c ^jk».t iJ Jj^l /*-*J> jv^ O-* ^ (t,ne Prophet)
cfoW ear/?/ iw £^e forenoon, on Monday the twelfth (lit. twelve nights
being passed) of the month of the first RabV, in the eleventh year of
the Higra. But if the years of a life or a reign are meant, the
ordinal must be employed; as jjL*£ v-5^w^)l >z)Xc ,j»o 3-oLJI <u-JI ,-j
C ?'» £/^ £2*atfA year of the reign of el-lisraf Sa'ban; &JUJI iU-JI ^
*&>• O-* Os^j^'j *w ^ forty-second year of his reign.
111. The Arabs have two ways of stating the day of the month.
They count either from the first day to the last, as we do, e.g.
^jLatw ,j-« ^ojj Jjl the first of Sa'ban ; w**>-j >*-* O-8 >^* /y!P' -*W
Me fourteenth day of the month of Regeb ; ^UM ^e^a-Jl j»^i
I) yo^-oJ ^j*jOIj (9w Thursday the twenty-second of Muharram ; or
they reckon by the nights of the month, the civil day being held by
them, as well as by the Jews, to commence at sunset. To illustrate
this, let us take the month of Begeb, which has thirty days.
1st of Regeb, s^Lj *>* *XJ Jy), or y^j o* %li*. a$J,
one night of Regeb being past*.
* We may also say w-a-j S^i) or w-».j o^i. (from 3j£ fA« 6/aze,
§ 111] The Noun.— The Numerals. 249
2nd, v^>j O-* '*•**• O^-MJ ■"■
3d, w^.j ^ o^- ( jQ »£-&) £>*& ; and so on up to the
, * a , a , * a *
* * a a********** * a
11th, w**>j O-0 wJ^ (*M) •j-i* (^J****^ ; and so on up to the
'*• : ;*,',$, * *a£
14th, w*.j jj-o CJU. Sj£fc *-»j*^.
* * a a _ ..- ,» * <■ _-.-- - /jj
15th, w*»>j ^>« ouaJt i<9, oj w*a>v< >-JLa^J I (<i. or oLtfu«,< ^?
w-»-> *« ^ middle of Regeb.
* * a a * * i * a* " a + + *■ ai
16th, w*j j^* c^Jj (iL3) IjLs. *~>f$ fourteen nights remaining
of Reg^b ; and so on up to the
* * a * * a * * ,* a , a ,
20th, w-»-j v>« (o**^) ^^*-.' (JW j-^*J) j~** ; and so on up
to the
27th, w4-j 0-« tS**^ «£»$b.
28th, w^j ,>» UJb O^MJ- C
29th, w^.j ,>» C~*J *JUU.
* * a *a* ~
30th, w-».j ^>« 5JLJ ^*.*^ on the last night of Regeb*.
Germ. Blasse, on a horse's forehead, the nevj moon). The word sj^jm.^
9 -
(from J^Ha (he new moon) is likewise frequently used to denote the
first of the month, and more rarely J*iLyiwl, J*}H*1, Jv*> ^*' an(^
Ja; e.g. ^jj<£* {J% jJ^T £^j Jyil^ ^ ^.yTiljujT o^» D
4X« jLs. l*jUJI 2/*e disease began on the first of the first Rabl\ and he
(the Prophet) died on the twelfth of that rhonth.
* * a * , * , a* * , , , o j
* Or »^«».j ^J-J, or w»y •-'^-JN), or w*»y -iJL— ^J. The words
j1j»«» and jj-rf, more rarely jl^-; and jj~t, are also employed to denote
the last day of the month.
w. ii. 32
II. THE SENTENCE AND ITS PARTS.
A. THE SENTENCE IN GENERAL.
1. The Parts of the Sentence: the Subject, the Predicate,
and their Complements.
-d 112. Every proposition or sentence (*!*»., plur. J-o*-, « sum
or total of words) necessarily consists of two parts, a subject and a
J ' * ■**'
predicate. The latter is called by the native grammarians ju~ <JI
£Aa£ w^/c/j leans upon or ?s supported by (the subject), the attribute;
0, 1,0 10,
the former, aJI ju.>^J1 that upon which (the attribute) leans, or by
which it is supported, that to tvhich something is attributed. The
1 , 9 0,
relation between them is termed >Uw^l, properly the act of leaning
(one thing against another), then, as a concrete, the relation of
C attribution.
Rem. a. Some grammarians [e.g. Slbaweih], however, call the
subject JU...J1 or jU^^Jt, and the predicate aJt ju— .©Jt.
[Rem. 6. An indispensable member of a proposition is called
Sji^c (lit. a support), whereas a dispensable member, as, for instance,
the objective complement of a verb, when the suppression thereof
9,0,
is not detrimental to the meaning, is called dJLoi (lit. a redundancy).
D Comp. § 44, c, rem. a.]
113. The subject is either a noun (substantive or expressed
pronoun*), or a pronoun implied in the verb ; the predicate is a noun
(substantive or adjective), a verb [or a preposition with its genitive =
0*40, <i s - Oi
an adverb] ; e.g. j^s- jl»j Zh'd is learned ; *Jb^» wJI thou art noble ;
ii , e«j film, t 9t , , , , ,
JiaJI yb aJJI God is the truth; juj OU Zdid is dead; OU he is
[See, however, § 48, f, rem. a.]
§ 113] The Sentence and its Parts.— The Subject & Predicate. 251
dead (in which last example the pronoun yb is implied in the verb) ; A
[Jjhy UaU here is a man]. — Every sentence which begins with the
subject (substantive or pronoun) is called by the Arab grammarians
iUo-rft aJU*. a nominal sentence. Whether the following predicate
be a noun, or a preposition and the word it governs (jj>»~«j jW-
attracting and attracted, § 115, and Vol. i. § 355), or a verb, is a
matter of indifference ; OU juj Zeid is dead, is m their eyes a
9 - 9 »' m 9 »'
nominal sentence just as much as^Jl* juj Zeid is learned, or ^ ju»j B
>».»■«. M 2T&V/ es mi the mosque. What characterises a nominal
sentence, according to them, is the absence of a logical copula
expressed by or contained in a finite verb. On the contrary, a
sentence of which the predicate is a verb preceding the subject
(as juj OU Zeid is dead), or a sentence consisting of a verb which
includes both subject and predicate (as OU he is dead), is called by
them «uUi iX^». a verbal sentence. The subject of a nominal sentence
is called tju**JI that with which a beginning is made, the inchoative, C
and its predicate j-jfcJt the enunciative or announcement. The subject
of a verbal sentence is called J*UUI ^? «#£/?#, and its predicate J**JI
^ action or wr£>.
Rem. a. lju**JI is, according to the above translation, an
elliptical form of expression, for <u Iju^Jl. Compare Vol. i. § 190,
rem. b ; [where a similar elliptical expression occurs, viz. j^t.-g}\
and ^^cu»Jt for <xj j-j^-aJI and aj ^^.o-qJI. Likewise Jf^L^oJI to J)
pyyrov is used for «u J^JaU^J!, jl^jvqJI for aJLc ji^jtoJI </«e relied
upon, JjJL.t.o for a^i jJjJ^L* shared in, and (in later times) i**Vt
for aJ^ J^iJI (§ 133)].
[Rem. b. The difference between verbal and nominal sentences,
to which the native grammarians attach no small importance, is
properly this, that the former relates an act or event, the latter
252 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 114
A gives a description of a person or thing, either absolutely, or in the
form of a clause descriptive of state (§ 183, a). This is the constant
rule in good old Arabic, unless the desire to emphasize a part of
the sentence be the cause of a change in its position.]
114. The place of the subject both of a nominal and of a verbal
sentence may sometimes be supplied by an entire sentence compounded
of a verb and one of the particles ,j\ or U (called ajjjuo^JI Uu^aJI
B the particles which supply the place of the masdar or nomen verbi,
§ 88) ; as j^ j*±- l^-e^-eu ,jt It is good for you that ye should fast
or to fast (l^o^oJ ,jt -j^^yo) ; <d*f.j±. (jl ^«*a..ct it pleased me
that thou wentest out, or thy going out pleased me (o^.a. O'-
«sV^5jrfk) ; jf%~>^\ CUjjU U JU» thou hast long been hostile to
el- Islam (C*j*U U = ^tjl**).
[Rem. Instead of a sentence compounded with ^t, sometimes
i * * 6 i a go * .a j - joo s , t ,
Q an oratio directa is used, as dtp ^jt ^»« j-^ ^ji-ji^Jb ^J
thy hearing of the little Ma'addi is better than thy seeing him;
0 Z' i ^J tJt .»« J 1^
feeder <kn my being emir ; ^t, ^)t ws».l ^ov**6 UUufiJI ^JLi
LJL5 ^j»« ^Jb ^t and that the breach of faith proceeds from them
pleases me better than that it should proceed from us ; aJI %+~i\ ^JUi
.J! j-~~> ^)l ^>* iJ] «^*«^t anc?, saio? he, rather will I march
towards him than that he should march towards me; and in the
I) predicate Ua..»< l*«^» L5*^ -*' J^' -** 4"*A >^' >»>^' j^j* J^*
sleeping hardly at all, his principal object being to obtain his blood-
revenge, or to meet an ironclad warrior (ffamdsa, p. 245). D. G.]
115. The predicate may be, as mentioned in § 113, a preposition
with its genitive; as »xa. ....«,>> ^* juj ^»/c? /,s iw ^ mosque; i)j~s- j^jj
Ze~id is with thee or m #% house; aJJ ,j**j w^ «re God's; sj^ Ul
^-JiUfiJt / rtwi one of those who speak the truth ; CHU ^y* / owe
§ 116] The Sentence and its Parts. — Tlie Subject & Predicate. 253
same money (lit. upon me there is a debt, see § 59, c) ; aXjuu ,jl «iU A
thou mayest do it (lit. it is to thee that thou do it). When the subject
is placed first, these are nominal sentences (§ 113); but when the
predicate precedes it, their nature is doubtful, most grammarians
holding them to be transposed nominal sentences (in which case
\^s' m Oi> (^5^ w a j»<*±* j~± or predicate placed in front, and
5 i i- i e- * * 6 j
Oi> a >*->• I ju*-« or subject placed behind), whilst others regard them
as being in reality verbal sentences, with the verb suppressed (so that
^jAfi is equivalent to ^jX* j*^--i there rests upon me, and ±>jz is the B
* '
J*li or subject of this suppressed verb). A sentence, of which the
predicate is a preposition with a genitive indicating a place, is called
by the Arabs 2uij£> i****. « &*•«/ sentence (see Vol. i. § 221, rem. a) ;
and if the genitive indicates any other relation but that of place, it is
said to be A-ipaJI ij>»~« *i£*p &-*+ « sentence which runs the course,
or follows the analogy, of a local sentence. As, however, the expression
^jJ» is often used in the general sense of m*~*$ jU. (§ 113), any C
sentence commencing with a preposition and its genitive as the
predicate may be called <CM> iC». (see § 127, a).
[Rem. The difference in signification between those sentences
in which the predicate and those in which the subject precedes lies
in the fact, that the logical emphasis always falls on that part of
the sentence that is put in the second place (comp. § 36, rem. b) ;
«>^""frN ^ *>-ij Zeid is in t/ie mosque (not elseichere), but ..i
j*>j >>j». "■«■)! in tlie mosque is Zeid (not any one else).] D
116. When the predicate is a preposition with its genitive [or an
adverb], and the subject is an indefinite substantive, or a sentence
at
compounded of q\ and a finite verb (§ 114), the predicate must
necessarily be put first ; as Jlj i) juc a man is with thee or in thy
house ; l\j*\ j\ji\ ^ a woman is in the house; 4JL*i3 ,jt JJ thou
mayest da it; and not Jju* JLj, j\jS\ ^ 5lj.il, ilj iUl5 £,1.
Unless the indefinite substantive be accompanied by an adjective,
254 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 117
A expressed or implied, when either order is admissible ; as Ja*.j ^jjjs.
j&ij^i or \^£j^s- jtrij^ J^j> a noble man is ivith me or in my house ;
o o - j * * a , , b oo * j
sj^c^j U>a^, or Ijjuc J-ja-j, there is a little man, or a mean-looking
fellow dj^j =^*fco J^j or j*£». jJj^j) twVA ?^ or at our house — [or
unless the sentence expresses a wish, when the indefinite subject comes
* o* * o - * e- oa *
first; as >&As- j?%*, jup Jjj (§ 127, e). In case of inversion, the
subject must be defined by the article, as >OLJI yiLXe-, J-»y **iP]-
B 117. This inversion of subject and predicate also necessarily
■ O J
takes place in a nominal sentence : (a) when the tju** comprises a
pronoun which refers to a word in the j-**-, as ly***^- (J** >*** what
an eye loves fills (or satisfies) it, ly*»-L» jljJI ^j? its master (or owner)
is in the house, not £>*£■ ^Lo ly****-, jtjJI ^J ly-^.Lo ; (/?) when the
r' ' »
Iju-^ is restricted by Uil or *$\, as juj jljJI ^ l«j| o»/# Zeid is in
the house, joj ^)l jljJt ^ U #/^re /.? ;w owg but Zeid in the house,
C I****.! cUjI *^l W U we have nothing (to do) but to follow 'Ahmed
& »o go* * j3
(Muhammad), not jljJI ^ juj l*Jt, which would mean ^?'c? ?s
only in the house [comp. §§ 115, rem., 185]; (y) when the j-^. is an
s 0 i 0 s , \ , OB" - Oi
interrogative, as C-Jt ^yc who art thou! tJJk U what is this! j>jj (j-d
0 B - *0s
where is ZVid! jj-o-e- <-M» how is 'Amr !
Rem. a. With the particle *j)l under /? we find occasional
«• 0 .» ^ Si B * * B B , , syBilBiiO' it 0 * <* ' "^
exceptions ; as viA^lc *$ \ ^Jjbj ^y-^ l5^-Lh J**** ' ^ ^i iJ"* Vj ^
T) lJ>*-o^ I 0 wiy Lord, can victory over them be hoped for save through
Thee ? and (on whom) can one rely save on Thee ?
Rem. b. The inversion likewise takes place when a nominal
proposition is preceded by an interrogative or negative particle, the
transposed predicate agreeing with the subject in number*; as
J r Bi >Z ,1 0 , Bit J i 'I
* [In the words j>U j>\ a**l JiUull (Tab. ii. 1973, 1. 7) 2u+\ has
the sense of a collective : are the house of Omeiya rvaking or sleeping ?
D. G.]
§ 1 19] The Sentence and its Parts.— The Subject & Predicate. 255
^^L»yJI ,jUjU> U the two men are not standing: Jl»»jJ' 0>»^ w^' "
j * * * 5 ^ £
or ^J'jfcyJI >»W*'j rtre ^ w^ra standing ? See § 121.
118. In verbal sentences the subject or agent must always follow
j , j - , } ii * * j * i
the predicate or verb; as j+e- OU 'Omar is dead ; oy>\ OU j+s-
'Omars father (lit. 'Omar, his father) is dead (see § 120).
119. When the noun (substantive or pronoun) stands first,
and the verb second, the former is not a J*l* or agent, but a B
or inchoative, of which the latter is the j~±. or enuntiative,
the whole being not a verbal but a nominal sentence (see § 113).
A sentence of this kind, consisting of an inchoative and a complete
verbal sentence, the agent of which is contained in the verb itself
(§ 113), may be called compound; e.g. OU juj Zeid is dead,=
yh oU juj ; wJi Ut / have said, where the agent is C> in C-Ji.
In such sentences, the pronoun which is contained in the verb takes
the place of, and falls back upon, the noun which stands before the
compound verbal sentence and constitutes its inchoative. — The dif- C
ference between a compound nominal sentence, such as <oU juj,
and a verbal one, such as juj OU, is this. In the former, the
inchoative is always (tacitly or expressly) contrasted with another
inchoative, having not the same predicate but a different or even
i , j , J , , , s»^
an opposite one ; e.g. ^j*. /♦&} oU juj Z^id is dead and 'Omar
is alive, = ^j*** j-o* Ul^ C>Ui juj Ut ; whereas in the latter, in
which the logical emphasis rests almost solely npon the verb, such a D
contrast of two inchoatives is not admissible. Even when the verb is
put into the background by the emphasis falling with specialising or
contrasting force upon some one of its complements, the very fact of
the emphasis so falling at once sets aside all question of a contrast
of the inchoatives; for example: ,j»j»i-J ^^i]j •*■**■> «^W thee ice
9 » *
~~J-2
worship and to thee we cry for help ; w>-®3 ' J^*'j '^•j ^ij
Ot-^>^ O-a^j J+* Zeid struck one man, and 'Omar struck two men.
256 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 120
A 120. Those sentences are also compound, which are composed
of a noun and a nominal sentence or a verbal sentence, consisting
„ , 0 - - J 10-e 0 0-
oi a verb and a following noun. For example : (j-~». &ij\ J*ij
Zeids son (lit. Zeid, his son) is handsome; oy>\ OU juj ZMtfs
father is dead; o^».t JI5 juj Zeid's brother has been killed;
w>U^j aJI i^af. juj a letter has been brought to Zeid (lit. Zeid,
there has been a coming to him ivith a letter). In compound sentences
of this sort, there is appended to the subject of the nominal or verbal
B sentence, which occupies the place of the j**., a pronominal suffix,
called Jajl/Jt, the binder or connecter, which represents, and falls back
upon, the noun forming the lju~«. Such a sentence is said by the
o , i , j - o - a j
grammarians to be jj-jy».j Oli ^X^^., a sentence with tivo faces or
aspects, because, as a whole, it partakes both of the nominal and the
verbal nature.
Rem. a. The pronominal suffix is sometimes omitted in cases in
C which the sense is perfectly clear without it; as^Ajju Ol***-0 O-****"
the ghee is (at the rate of) two mands for a dirham ; ^j^i—J j&\ j+i\
* '• . . " '
l^Jbp the wheat is (at the rate of) sixty dirhams per kurr ; i.e. ijty*o
J 0 J 0 Z JOs
4JU two mands of it, x^c jj3l the kurr of it.
L' . °' '
p \j is not required when the j-i. is
0
* " a >
J) wider or more general in its signification than the \ ju~o ; as
is*.-*, a <j a,
jJ^fcjJI jqiu j*ij Wliat an excellent man Zeid is ! Nor when the
I ju** and j-*»» are perfectly identical in meaning ; as aaM iJ^oJ
r.n^r- wiy utterance (is), God is my sufficiency ; aJJI *j)1 aM *n) ^^
w/ta£ / say (is), There is no god but God.
121. (a) If a sentence consists of a verbal adjective occupying
the first place, and a noun occupying the second, it may be regarded
as a verbal sentence, the verbal adjective being looked upon as a verb
§ 121] The Sentence and its Parts. — The Subject & Predicate. 257
)' s
and the noun as its agent. E.g. w»y) ?+> >^*-*» the Banii Lihb are A
skilled (in augury) : yfi^t ^LM juc j*J ^^-a-9 ««</ £0 ?re ar* footer
Mrt« i/ow in the opinion of men (where, according to the analysis of
a
the grammarians, j««*> and j+*. are the tj£~«, and yJ and (J-**-5 are
each a ^^aiJI ju^ >L» ,J^l9 or agent supplying the place of the habar) ;
^«»c a**>U w>jLi> juj Zeidts slave is beating 'Omar (where j^e. is
the J*l* of w>j^*) I *>«^* O— ^ ' J-ij ^^f- there came to me Zeid, B
whose slave is handsome. — (b) The same is necessarily the case, when
the verbal adjective is preceded by an interrogative or negative
particle, and put in the singular, without regard to the number of
the following noun. E.g. juj ^5151 A* Zeid standing? jua 3-Atj U
Hindis not going away (where ^513 and 2-Jkl3 are the tju*«, and juj
are each a >-aJ 1 ju~« jL» J^li) : J^P' ^5^1 ^/v ffo ##« q
and
J - -c 5 „ -
standing] \S^°f^ ^^ ^» ^ ^"*0 w^" «>"£ >^ standing; ^^1
J-»j «l>jt are Zeids parents standing? (where ^5li is a transposed
j+±-, o\y>\ its J^l>, and juj a transposed tj£~< ; -iiy^i ,.^-i-o ,jjk
«
«■>».» C//tJ .1 - J—/
are My sa/w beaten? (where wJJjj"**0 *s tne '•**j-°» anc^ >»* a w^
j-jiJI ju~« jL> J^li or deputy-agent supplying the place of the j~±).
Similarly : ^*^>\ W ^J^\ O* ^l *r-*'j' ari fnon 9oxn9 fo forsake ft
my gods, 0 Abraham ? \+Z>\ ^$J^*j ol^ U ^JLJ^. my tico friends,
ye do not keep your compact icith me; aj c~£jj tj^^ ^L>l Ja,^1
will ye fulfil a promise on which I relied? *-jb\* Jl«xc *M ^-*
^yJJ) ^ enemies are not in play, so do thou leave off play (where
»*iJ ^ = »^J U. i.e. ^)j-ol ^JjU U). But if the verbal adjective agrees
. with the following noun in number, the sentence is regarded as
nominal ; e.g. O^^" O^^ ^° ine tu'° men a™ not standing (where
w. ii. 33
258 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 122
A O'-o-'^ is a jejJLo j+±. and 0*^P' a j*-y° '•****)• See § 117,
rem. b.
O 0 y « i»*S
Rem. In the case of a singular noun, as juj ^5l3t, a double
o
O ^^ Z * s 0 J 4 6*
analysis is possible ; ^£\.i may be regarded as a lju~o, of which juj
is the >^*aiJ I ju-»« ^U» ^J^U, and this is the preferable view ; or
^0^15 may be regarded as a transposed j+±-, of which juj is the
0
B transposed I,
122. The Arabic language, like the Hebrew and Syriac, has
no abstract or substantive verb to unite the predicate with the subject
of a nominal sentence, for O^9 *s n°t an abstract verb, but, like all
other verbs, an attributive, ascribing to the subject the attribute of
existence. Consequently its predicate is put, not in the nominative,
but in the adverbial accusative (§ 41). The same remark naturally
C applies to the J^=> Ol^i.1 (§ 42).
123. If a definite noun (substantive or pronoun) and an indefinite
adjective are placed in juxtaposition, the very fact of the former being
defined (no matter in what way) and the latter undefined, shows that
the latter is the predicate of the former, and that the two together
form a complete nominal sentence ; for an adjective which is appended
to a noun as a mere descriptive epithet, and forms along with it only
one part (either subject or predicate) of a sentence, must be defined
D according to the nature of the noun. E.g. u^ij-* *-*~>ji Joseph (is)
O ' J ' » & - _ > 0 - - J J it
sick, u^-ij-* cA-k-*— ^ the sultan (is) sick, u^ij* >-*~>5i ^, Joseph's
father (is) sick, u^s* i<^ my father (is) sick, u^-ij-* >* he (is) sick,
ua>ja IJub this man (is) sick ; whereas ^Ajj-oJI IJufc would mean either
this (is) the sick (man) or this sick (man), and ^jZuj^S ^jUxLJl the
sick sultan.
124. When both subject and predicate are defined, the pronoun
of the third person is frequently inserted between them (see § 129),
§ 125] The Sentence & its Parts.— Subj. & Pred. J-oiJl j-*-*. 259
to prevent any possibility of the predicate being taken for a mere A
apposition. This is done even when the subject is a pronoun of the
first or second person. For example: j>y*&\ cr*-" .** *^' ^°^ u
the living, the self -subsisting, JaJtj S^oJI ^a <UJt God is the life
and the truth, 9>}&\ }*> ^ta5';*,' tne (only true) wealth is contentment,
j&T i^Sj ^k JX23\ these are fuel for the fire, Ut I* JL^>\ iUj that
man is I, i$l 1>j$ >* Ut / am the Lord thy God, Jij&\ ^a Ul B
S^oIjTj JU«JIj / am the way and the truth and the life, 01 ^a ^>*
who am I*? [The insertion of this pronoun takes place also fre-
quently, when the predicate is a comparative, as £y* J-iit >* J*>j
jj^ft Zeid is more excellent than lAmr.] This interposed pronoun,
which is equally common in the other Semitic languages, is called by
the grammarians J-aAJI j~o-a [or simply J~e*M] the pronoun of
separation (between the tj£j-9 and the _/-*-), s\+*)\ j~t*>e [or simply C
iC*JI] the pronoun which serves as a prop or support (to the sentence),
or simply £*U jJt ^« _prop or support.
125. In the case of a definite subject in the accusative after
,j'> 0'> etc- (§ 36), the J-a*)l j-^o is not required, because the
predicate is sufficiently marked as such by its remaining in the
nominative, as iiU wJU aXJI ^j\ verily God is one of three ; whereas D
a mere apposition would be in the same case as the subject, viz. the
accusative. A pronoun may, however, be inserted, provided it be of
the same person as the substantive or pronoun after jjt, etc. ; as
jtjiM jb Lj* It^y ' Oi ver}sft *'- world to come is the everlasting
* [This insertion of the pronoun of the 3d person after the
pronouns of the 1st and 2d person, is post-classical ; comp. Fleischer,
Kl. Schr. i. 588 seq.]
260 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 126
j ; '$*> s ii - 2 t s Its si ^t
A abode, w>U>yi OJI <iXJl Tlwu art the bounteous giver, >Ajj Ul ^Jt I am
thy Lord. Very often the predicate after (jl, etc., is introduced,
for the sake of greater distinctness, by the particle J (§ 36), as
2<C •^ bs 3s s vt *o £
^LJI lAc ^J-oi ^JJ olUI ,jt wn7# 6»W is good towards men; and
." s 3s sit iO Cl
even here the pronoun may be introduced after J, as ^J <»JJl <jl
J s 5*5 3 sbiO 3 s sOlO s3s s I ut
jxfimJS J-ijJti\ verily God is the mighty, the wise ; \jo*cji)\ y^ IJjfc ,jl
Z s a<o
JiaJt verily this is the true narrative.
B Rem. The noun governed by ^j\, etc., is not regarded by the
5
S s sO 3 ul 3 a
Arab grammarians as a Iju^-o, but as the ^jl^wl, the noun o/'inna,
etc. See § 36, rem. a.
126. When both the subject and the predicate of a nominal
sentence are indefinite, but the former consists of several words, no
doubt can arise as to whether they form a complete sentence or only a
part of one, because the subject, being cut off by the words annexed
q to it, cannot possibly form any one portion of the sentence (subject or
predicate) in connexion with the noun which is separated from it by
s 3 s Bs s s s 0 0 » s Os 0 s s 0 3 B s <i » s
these words. For example : V*~»> aSjuo ,j~6 j~±. S^ifcoj v-ij^a-o Jy>
iCil kind words and forgiveness are better than alms folloived by
t 3 Bs s it Os s s B 3 0 0BsQst3 9slss
injury ; ^£z+a>-£\ ^ 2&j<Lo ^c j-j*. &U^« i*^ and verily a female
slave who believes is better than an idolatress, even when she (the latter)
pleases you (more).
j) 127. The inchoative or subject of a nominal sentence cannot,
according to the Arab grammarians, consist of an indefinite noun*,
* Indefinite (5j&) is here to be taken in the sense [not only of not
being defined by the article or the genitive of a defined word, but
wj 3 s s
even] of not having a genitive after it, for such phrases as jj y)~ȣ
3 s <SBs^ss3Bs
O-ij-i a pi°us action or good work adorns (a man), j*m. icU ^Jjcc
j^Jit otM oCe £yt an hour's justice is better than a thousand months'
§ 127] The Sentence and its Parts. — The Subject & Predicate. 261
or one which is not qualified by an adjective, or an expression equi- A
valent to an adjective (as U jUp j»\j& I ^>e J**, there is a man of the
9 ' 9 1 r . . n
noble with us, =^,ij^ J*-j a noble man) ; except in certain cases, of
which the following are the most important.
(a) When the sentence is of the class called i-ijJsJI iC»oJt
(taking this term in its widest sense, § 115 at the end), and (a) the
predicate is placed first, as J**j jljJt ^y there is a man in the house,
mfj^i t*-»lj CaJ under my head there is a saddle, S^J juj jjs- there B
is a leopard in ZeifTs possession ; or (/3) the subject is preceded by an
9i- O-e i i -a 9 j A-
interrogative or negative particle, as Sj/-«l j>\ jtjJI ^ J**j^ w there
a /?i«« Mi ^/fo Aoms?, or a woman \ j'jJI ^ O*-— '! J-* & ^'^ «»y
person in the house7, ^ii ^i JJk >V there a young man among you?
jljJI ,-i jl».I U r7#;-0 is wo o«« in the house, UJ J^i. U we have no
friend, «iJU-o j-»». »*».l U ^/we is no one better than thou art. C
(b) When the subject is preceded by the affirmative J ; as
^513 J>c*-j) certainly there is a man standing.
(c) When the subject is a diminutive, because the substantive
then includes the idea of the adjective vJLc small, or ^-i»- ctw-
worship, Jamj ^) .ilLto one like thee cannot be mean, are quite J)
admissible, and yet the governing noun is indefinite, according to § 92.
The inchoative may, however, be an indefinite verbal noun, provided
that it retains the government of the verb from which it is derived ;
e.g. j~±. jt^-i I ij> «My a desire to do good is good, ajjuo o^j^oj j*\
9 ' *■ * /9J 0 * 9 » "
iSjco j&*q ^j£- ^yjj to order what is right is an alms and to prohibit
what is wrong is an alms. In both these cases, however, there is
evidently a sort of partial determination [L^--n-^ " ; comp. § 75,
footnote].
262 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 127
• - a 5a .. j
A temptible ; as U^ic tjs^-j ^<?/'0 fcs a mannikin (or a Traeow fellow) at
our house (see § 116).
(d) When the subject is a noun of a general signification, such
as J£» a/£; as <j^ J^> <^ joen^ ; O^j J^ «W dfe; because J^
Zi *> & ■> * £ £ j
is here equivalent to ^Ul J^> «// mankind, or jk».l J^» ewfj/ <w,
and is therefore virtually definite (see § 82, a).
B {e) When the sentence expresses a wish or prayer ; as ^*Xt jt>*$~)
O s 04/
peace be upon you ! jujJ jJ-jj woe to Zeid !
(f) When the subject is a word which contains the conditional
meaning of the particle ij] (/"> such as O-* (§ 6) ; e.g. ax^> ^3) ^su ,j-o
if any one gets up, I will get up with him.
(g) When the subject is preceded by the JUJt jtj or waw
which introduces a circumstantial clause (§ 183), or by the conjunction
• a - ^- - a.a **■ a j • *-•£ a - o a • - • a - -
C ^ (/* "°^> or by the st>aJI eli [§ 187] ; as *x*i sLil jj^^jj Lj^
JJjlw (J^ *^o ^^Ai.! ^JLate.^ \j>> we travelled by night, after a star
had already shone out, but from the moment thy face appeared, its
light obscured every shining star (Jijli in rhyme for JijUO ; "^V
, £ j * as- o * a *>
dJLo ^£'i J& {3*3*$ jM**«' w^ & "^ /o** patience, every lover would
die ; iaApl ^ ^*ai j~>c w**6 ,jl if a wild ass departs (i.e. if a chief-
tain dies), there is a wild ass (another chieftain) in the tribe.
jy (h) When the subject is the answer to a question, its predicate
- , a o *
being suppressed ; as when one asks .i) juc ^j^e who is in thy house ?
o i , a
and receives the reply, J^j a man, soil. ^J^.
(i) When the subject is an adjective, agreeing with and taking
- a 9 9* 0 i J
the place of a suppressed substantive ; as j*^ O-* jt^ 0-*>* a
0 t J 0 » «
believer is better than an unbeliever, i.e. »>*>« J>»-j a believing man.
(j) When the subject is connected with another subject, which is
§ 127] The Sentence and its Parts.— The Subject & Predicate. 263
definite or accompanied by an adjective ; as (jU^^ J^jj J^j Zeid A
^ . s
ff/M? a »ia» are standing; jtjJI ^y J^j.3 L5?*?3 a Temimite and
{another-) man are in the house, where L5*->«J =jtn^ .*»■' (p- 260, note)
5 ..«.», 2 10 9 * " 9is a*' 9 1*
or l^o-^j J*.j (above, i) ; jtjJI ^y iL»>» Sl^-ot^ J*.j a man and a
tall woman are in the house.
[(k) When two or more indefinite subjects are put together anti-
thetically or synthetically, as U*Xc ^>>j UJ ^j one day is for us, B
x ^ « fl^- , * 9 a,*
another against us; J15 vajij — J13 >sy>j ^»/^ say — offcrs say.
d tip
(/) "When the subject is in the accusative after ^!, o'» e*c- (§ 36),
as w'JL'kjj w*>i A-ej^i O^9 '>^l Oi a ll0n had a irolj and a fox for
companions.]
In all these different sorts of sentences, there can be no doubt that
the words form a complete sentence, and not merely a part of one.
Rem. a. The subject may also be indefinite in some cases in Q
which a strong emphasis rests upon it ; as dL» t\». «£ something
has brought thee, meaning ^b cla. ^^.Kc ti*2> something great or
a , 2 , ~ , ,
important, or equivalent to *_£ ^)l ^JU si*. Le nothing has brought
a * 2 ,* 9* **
thee but a thing (of importance) ; O^Jbu S^Ju a» ox Acts spoken !
Rem. 6. European grammarians have often erred in their
9 * 9 a * * a *2 * a*
analysis of the phrase J.jo^ j--ai in the Kor'an, xii. IS, wJ^-» Jj j)
s ^ 9 a - '* at a j j tai a >*
Jjlt» ^--ai l^o t ^CjuI ^^J. This they have translated either /ta^,
your minds have made a thing seem pleasant unto you (and ye have
done it), but patience is becoming ; or mais la patience vaut mieux ;
or ergo pati (patientem esse) pulchrum est; according to which
**' c «■ * a i 9 , 9 „ _
translations^**© would be an indefinite tju«o and ^pr its »*»».
Still worse is it to regard the words as an exhortation, therefore —
becoming patience ! (also — geziemende Geduld .'), which would neces-
* - ta * ,
sarily be *}L^». b/**ai (§ 35). The Arab commentators are right
. s^' 9 a , at*
in regarding the words either as a compound j*£», i.e. j+*o {Jj*\*
264 Part Third— Syntax. [§ 128
J«j*». cmc? therefore my business (or f?w££/) is {to show) becoming
0 ,
(//ij j ^ it. j * e C <5 .- 5 » ^ ^
patience, or as a compound lju~«, i.e. (J^l) v^«o^l vjjcq* X*0^
and therefore (to show) becoming patience is more seemly. The
former of these two views seems to be the preferable one. [Comp.
Slbaw. i. i«.]
[Rem. c. In such sentences as Lo jtyA I ,j~5 ^o^aJ I ^ JJ Oi
LoxJ I jp/AJ verily, before to-day the staff was struck for an intelligent
B man (i.e. he, being heedless, has been called to attention) ; J^S 0-*3
Otw^j ,»i j&^j* to and before now ye have been remiss with regard
to Joseph ; jcjQjJ to I j^j and to-morrow ye will see me, to is not
pleonastic, as it has been called by some scholars, but forms with
the following verbal clause the subject of a nominal sentence of the
class mentioned under a. Comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 479, ii.
390 seq., where many examples are given. D. G.]
Q 128. When both subject and predicate are definite, but the
former consists of several words, it is also clear, without the insertion
of the J-aiJt jfo^>, that the words form a complete sentence; as
J * 0 0*3 til /G s 0 J yi *
j&J*$\ aJUt j^c O-jjJI the {only true) religion in God's sight is
el- Islam; C-IJ1 i»-w JJ^fe aU\ J-*- ^y^Jt^ol O***^! CH^1 J^9
Jjllw «.*-» the likeness of those who expend their wealth in the path
(or cause) of God, {is) the likeness of a grain of corn which produces
D seven ears.
129. The J-aiJt jiro^ is also not rarely omitted in sentences in
which both subject and predicate are definite, but the former consists
of only one word ; as aJJI Jyj j^oj>~o Muhammad is the apostle of
God; aXjT Jp ^U 'All is the friend of God ; Jr*k*$ f Ji^T iui
this is the great felicity (el-Kor'an, ch. ix. 90, but in verse 73 we read
^JiaJI jyJI y* iUj). Here a doubt might at first arise, as to
whether these words form a complete sentence, or merely the compound
§ 130] The Sentence and its Parts.— The Subject & Predicate. 265
subject of one ; in which case we must only examine whether the A
words that follow can be taken as their predicate, without doing
violence to sense and grammar, or not.
130. From the ^J-aaJI j~-o*°, or pronoun of separation, must be
carefully distinguished the pronoun which is appended to the subject
a- __
to give it emphasis and contrast it with another subject (ju^UI j~<-i>
ju£»$Jt y) ; as w~-JI yb tjub ,j\£s this was the reason ; ,j\£> Oi
Jjuc ±yt> J^Jt yk \jjb (/"this be the truth from Thee; Of** — •J' U^» ^
«• e j a*> } i
jUaJt ^oJb ?fo Muslims (and not slaves or mercenaries) formed the
army ; (j-j^JUsJl ^ t^ilib »>~3 but they waer« ^ (ftttrs of wrong. —
This pronoun is also frequently appended (as in the other Semitic
languages) to a pronominal suffix in any case, to give it emphasis
0 0* • ■» i *0 ' a£ * 0 J
[comp. § 139, rem. «] ; e.g. ^y^z w~5p' w^' C~^ thou art the
#a^ 5 ^ t ** *** fie -* j j jt/ • ^
watcher over them ; U*£ j^».l JjUu ^)l yk <sulj O^ HIS opinion teas
f^a# ??o oh« should take anything ; JiJI IjJb ^^ Ul ^gcLi jjjli C
lis,,}, 3-o * \ a -
where then is my sAare of this booty? O"3*^ ^ «->^' '•*■* O-oJ «'&>se
^ i a * jot - j - - - -
is this book? Ours; ^X3i o-* ^*^' U£*«u U what prevented you two
from doing that? IjJjj *^t« *2Al* J^' Ul Oj-5 Oi if thou thinkest
that I have less wealth and (fewer) children than thou : and more
rarely to a noun in the accusative, as o**WJ' ^a <Qp ^X*^.^ and
we made his offspring the survivors. The emphatic J is sometimes
prefixed to it, as ^>oJLaJI ^>a*-J Lib jjt if we fo ^ righteous. D
[Rem. In the preceding quotations from the Korran some read
& * a<0 * j - j Ct to } i t , * * s ^ , a L ,l *i
J^JI yib. (j^^JUsJI^A, IjJjj ^)t© «£J*U JJI li I, taking these words
as nominal sentences, which form in the first and second case the
' ** £•
predicate of ^l£». in the third the second object of ^!j. just as in
* a 6»/ ^j ;«/ iji
^U-» ^-jfc, yk tjuj (J>A»I, / f/iinA; Zeic? ts better than thou art, the
^asa^^j £-
words JJU-e j-«te. yb are the second object of v>b.]
w. ii. 34
266 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 131
A 131. If, however, in a nominal sentence, a more precise indication
of time and mood be necessary, the Arabs use for this purpose O^*
J J " •
or one of its "sisters" (§§ 41, 42). The imperfect O& nas m tnis
case the usual meanings of the imperfect (§ 8) : whilst the perfect O^
admits of four significations ; viz. (a) of the historical tense or Greek
aorist (§ 1, a), in which case it has, according to the Arab gram-
marians, the sense of ^U? to become ; (b) of the actual perfect (§ l,b);
j } * «- -
(c) of the actual imperfect, as it were a shortening of 03^i 0*^>
B which also occasionally occurs (§ 9) ; and (d) sometimes, especially
in the Kor'an, of the present, but only by giving a peculiar turn to
its use as a perfect (has become by nature, -n-icfrvKa), as O^ *^' Oi
UjSj^LJ* verily God is a watcher over you (Sura iv. 1). The perfect
,jl£» expresses the present in particular after the negative particle U,
and the interrogative particles, such as I ; e.g. ij>^> ^«*»- O^ ^*
ouju ,j-o ^JJt (^Jjuaj 0^3 it (the Kor'an) £s ??o£ a story invented
C (by Muhammad), but a confirmation of what (i.e. of the sacred writings
which) preceded it; ,j^a51». *j)l Us$A».ju O'^o-ir^ O^3 ^** ^# cannot
enter them (lit. ^ is not to them that they should enter them) but with
fear ; aJJt (jib ^1 O-cy o' u~*^ O^3 ^ wo sou^ can believe except
6?/ £/*0 permission of God ; L5/-A-J >a O^ '■* ^g *s n°t (^ie man) to
0 J ' * * J 3 li V -- •
efo ms «»?/ harm; ^&LojI ^*-aJ aJJI j^ U GW ?'s incapable of
letting — lit. z's not (the one) to let — your belief perish (i.e. go un-
D rewarded) ; ^^v^o Jj*-j ^1 ^^»"3^ o' W* l^^ O^' ^s & a
wonder to men that We have made a revelation to one of them 1
132. The subject of a sentence is frequently not specified, either
because we do not know it, or do not choose to mention it. We have,
however, the option of expressing ourselves either personally, by such
forms as one says, they say, people say, Germ, man sagt, Fr. on dit ; or
impersonally, either by means of the passive voice, as it is said, Germ.
es wird gesagt, or of the active voice, as it rains, Germ, es regnet, Fr.
§ 132] The Sentence and its Parts. — The Subject & Predicate. 267
il pleut. The Arabs too express themselves in both ways (with the A
restriction stated in § 133, rem. b). If they wish to use the personal
form, they employ (a) the third person sing. masc. of the verb with
its own nomen agentis, denned or undefined by the article ; as
Jjl3 J13 one said, JjUJI J13 id. (lit, he who, or every one icho, was
in a position to say, said); JjUJI Jyu one says, is wont to say
(lit. every one who is in, or gets into, a position to say, says). The
determination of the singular subject by the article expresses in such
cases a distributive totality, (b) If the undefined subject is one of a
number of persons who are known to us, the sufiix pronoun of the B
third person plural is annexed to the nomen agentis to indicate these
persons ; as ^yJ^5 J^5 om °f tnem sa^- (c) ^ there be several
indefinite subjects, the third pers. plur. masc. of the verb may be
j - * * * . . .
used, as tyi5 they say, 'j-o^j they think; but it is more usual to
employ the verb in the singular and its nomen agentis, defined or
undefined by the article, in the plural, as 0>^* J^ some said ;
«£Ui jj-e <j— ».l £w Jai ,jyt«LJI %^w U no one has ever heard
anything more beautiful than this (lit. those who can hear have never C
heard etc.).
Rem. a. Instead of the nomen agentis, defined or undefined,
such words as >J**.j a man, Sjj^t a woman, and the like, are
occasionally used, with or without the article (compare 1 Sam.
ix. 9); as J4-J Jl5 = j5ll J15, J^jjf JJS = J5UJ7 JJu, etc.
s fl -
For the nomen agentis with the plural suffix, the word ^*;
e j j a - * * sjj »/ * ,
a part, some one, is often employed, as ^^j J13 =^^13 ^{5. J)
[Rem. b. A peculiar manner of expressing the general terms
somebody, something, certain ones, etc. is to use the relative pronouns
^yo and to with repetition of the verb, as JjJ ^j** IjJLa! ^j^ J&3
there came down from its inhabitants who came down, i.e. some of
them ; ^jLLcl L© ^JlLtl he gave me what he gave me, i.e. much, or
little, or something between the two, according to circumstances. It
268 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 133
A is specially employed j^SjCJI^ ^J&jCM to magnify and multiply,
if an impression of something important or mysterious is to be
conveyed, e.g. Kor'an liii. 16 ,<£«-> L© SjjuJI •*£•*-> it when that
covered the sidra-tree which covered it, i.e. hosts of adoring angels.]
133. If the impersonal form of expression is to be employed, the
Arabs use the third person sing. masc. of the passive voice, whether
of a transitive or of an intransitive verb, [which, however, may never
B be used absolutely like the Latin itur, Jletur] ; as ^*JW v**^ &
has been written, it is written with the writing reed; JjtjJ^t i^\ jf
- J 9 J
there ivas a travelling, they travelled towards 'Irak; <*** o&£.t it
has been disputed, there has been a dispute about it ; ljujui |loJ» U-«J
there is vehement thirst felt, t/iey thirst vehemently ; jujj j* there
9 o* - ^ el
was a passing by Zeid ; ^r^Xt Jjj\ a revelation was made to them;
~ 9* s ' J
\j aJs- ,**>£ he fainted (lit. there was a covering thrown over him,
I 9 s - & ^ 9 ,9*
comp. S ?ynrt), whence <uic ^ta^JI the person in a faint, fern.
ly^Xc ^Lk^\ (in later times incorrectly t^J^ i-^i^JI, and, without
dl S *9s J^ S^V
the preposition [§ 113, rem.], ^■u.i^Jt, fern. <ui>«-»3i). [Similarly
«ju ^ iaXw Ae repented (lit. £for« was a falling upon his hand), and
hence »ju ^ h^su^> *a Ag is repenting; ly^c ^v*^' S^w^Jt £/^
forbidden tree ; jv^t^- ^»*--oJ' ^ benefited ones ; \y^ Os~© s/<e was
D fe/fc ow orphan, or a ividow.] Verbs thus used are always of the
masculine gender, which the Arabs frequently employ where we should
use the neuter. The neuter plural of adjectives and nomina agentis
and patientis is, however, always expressed by the feminine plur. sail.
or the plur. fract. ; as oU~aJI beautiful things (not <jl~a*JI, which
means handsome persons), Ot-JaJt good (things not jj^^-JaJt, which
J .. } 9 *9,
means good men), Ob^*.^*)! existing things, Ol*.iyi necessary things,
C>U£o«frJI possible things, jut juDI afflictions, calamities, w^t^Jt exciting
§ 133] The Sentence & its Parts.— Subj. eft Pred.; impers. passive. 269
causes (from w*cb), «JI^JI hindrances (from £^-«). [The sing. fern. A
must be used for the neuter of the numerals, as *t»*iL> three things
or qualities, and may be used for that of the pronouns, as «.** these
things.]
Rem. a. The passive of directly transitive verbs may be used
either personally or impersonally ; as w-*^ it (a book or letter) teas
urritten, and <A« act of urriting was performed. In the former case, B
the direct object or accusative of the active voice [or the sentence
that supplies its place, § 23, rem. c] becomes the subject of the
passive (J^UJI ^olLo^Sli); in the latter, according to the Arab
grammarians, the subject is the nomen actionis of the verb itself,
which, however, can only be used if qualified, as will be seen
hereafter ; so that, according to their view, the impersonal passive
becomes really personal. If a passive, which is, according to our
ideas, impersonal, governs an object by means of a preposition (as
aJs. <<<ilc), this object becomes virtually the subject of the passive Q
voice, just as it was virtually the object of the active, and con-
sequently if the nomen actionis be expressed along with it, it must
* e - e, , 5 »■>■
be put in the accusative ; as \jir, <tJt ^-~> (not j-~»), from the active
* o - a* * -
\j+~i aJI jL» he journeyed to him (a journeying). In either case, —
« £ - t ** *
whether the passive be personal or impersonal, — it is ^-~j ^J lo
a -
dJLcli, an act of ichich the agent, i.e. the acting person, is not named
(Yul. i. § 74, rem.), not even by means of a preposition, as with us
(for the subject of the passive voice is, as we have said above,
* J ' '
merely the du J^jjul* or object of the active voice*, converted into t_)
the subject, and so J^UUI j>Mut> ^#515, or ^^c-UtJ t w>U« w*5li, w*5U
jJ^UJI £>£, supplying the place of the agent). If the agent is to be
5 3 » - % m 6 -
* The «u fJfxSLc, or object, may be either ?->j*o pure, i.e. the
accusative, or p-ij*o j*s- impure, i.e. a preposition with the genitive
270 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 133
A named, the active voice must be used*. — As stated in § 26, b, rem. b,
the accusative of the nomen verbi (JULL-oJI iJ^slL0)\) can be changed
into the subject of the passive voice only when it is qualified or
specialised by an adjective or a substantive in the genitive. We
cannot say w»j-o w>-£, j-*~> j-+~>, because such an undefined masdar
adds nothing to the meaning of the verb (<ui Sjuli *$) ; but we
0 .- 0 0 ' - J .-0/O JO'- Q * 6 ' - J
may say juJuj >->j-e ^j^j **s5>*" j-s~> j^r'i [and even 2uj*b *-jj-o-
B In expressions such as Oj^. o*-»- »*$ and J^i >iU3 ,-i Jw>3 j^s
the words o^a. and ^h^S are not to be considered as masdars, but
as substantives, the meaning being something was feared and
something was said about it]. The op» can be put in the nomina-
tive also, but only when it is capable of inflection and adds
0 - - * j
something to the meaning of the verb. We cannot say ja ...» *-*£=>)
from j~, ■■• w~==>j he rode early this morning, nor ^) j*i& ^j*. L». from
3) jU£ l^*J* ^e Sa^ beside thee, nor C-s5j j-j~> ; but we may say
C ^»0-h,' I jt>yj j*~> Friday was travelled, ,jLa-oj yrt^ Ramadan was
O 3 0 '
fasted. When a passive verb is connected with a aj J^juLo, and a
JiXic* yJjSULo or jjusue, a Op?, or a j3j**~c3 jW-> the ^ U3***0
alone can, as a general rule, become the J^UJI ^j* yjl) ; e.g.
d»l> ^ j-***})l >©UI aa^aJI >ojj Ijwjw L>-i juj wJj-o.— Since
the Arab uses many verbs as directly transitive, which in our
idiom are only indirectly so [§ 23, rem. b], their passives may of
course be employed in both of the above ways ; e.g. not only
D aJI £,$»■ (impers.) means ventum est ad eum, but also simply *■<*.
(pers.). In the former case, only the third person sing. masc. is
used, tig^ *L5^" a ^n9 was brought, imperf. %^J^> 2l»-» ; in the
* [In modern Arabic the agent may be named with the passive by
means of the preposition ,j-o by : see § 48, /*, rem. b and comp.
Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 91, 599, iii. 68, Spitta § 173, c, Noldeke, Zur
Grammatik, p. 54.]
§ 135] The Sentence & its Parts.— Subj. & Pred.; impers. passive. 271
latter, all the numbers and persons are employed, sing. 3 p. m. A
■• a, , a a - "
i^Bf, i- OJL^., 2 p. m. cJU>., etc., as %^-i skfc5»- something was
brought to him (act. £,«^ «el»» he brought him something).
Rem. b. Our impersonal actives indicating natural phenomena,
such as it snows, it rains, etc., are always expressed by the Arabs
personally. They say either »~U)! ?»JLj the snoiv snows. jJa-»J I j.h*
the rain rains, or iLo-JI C-,a.,U *Ae s&y snows, iLo—J' Opx* ^Ae sAy
rains. In the latter of these two forms of expression the substantive B
lUo-JI is sometimes suppressed, leaving only the verb in the 3d pers.
sing, fern., CsaJJ, OjJa-e — [In like manner they say C-A...tfl
7 was in the morning, where we should say it was in the morning ;
ii * + t> i o ,»* a *
,-—. 6 1 I am in the evening for it is evening ; Oto ^jt w*-J»j ^ A«
tarried not long that he died for it was not long before he died,
etc. D. G.]
Rem. c. In the case of words like j>awj i£ is allowed, w*aw-> ^
'a' . a * .
?£ is necessary, (<*--o t£ behoves, etc., followed by ^jl with the
subjunctive, the subject naturally is the following clause, and
therefore the verb does not come under the head of impersonal*.
134. The complements of the subject and predicate are annexed
to them either by subordination (the accusative or a preposition with
the genitive) or coordination (apposition).
135. When the pronominal suffixes are attached to a substantive
in the accusative, governed by a verb, or to one in the genitive, D
governed by a preposition annexed to a verb, they may refer to the
agent of the verb, and consequently have a reflexive meaning, for
* [On the impersonal use of \J& see § 56, c, footnote. Comp.
_ aia^ i, * ,
also Noldeke, Zur Grammatik, p. 76 seq. who adds j^*^\ .ji aJ Iju
his opinion changed as to the matter, jJjUUI ^9 t,j^ l^ii ichen it teas
next year, etc.]
272 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 136
A which the Arabic, like the other Semitic languages, has no distinct
pronominal form; as aJU JUjI he has spent his (own) money; 1^15
^f1/j\^.*^ they said to their (own) brothers. But a suffix attached to
* * &'
the verb itself cannot have a reflexive meaning : to give it this, the
word v-su soul, ^j^s. eye, essence, [or a».j face,] (and in later Arabic
f3j spirit, ^'i substance, essence, or Jl»- state) must be interposed ;
as <*— aj Jj:5 Ae /h7fec? himself; &~Ju <su j^ console thyself therewith ;
> 3 O - i ( ill 0 s j o * o (
B (^5^-Jj ^*^*' / ^flW0 destroyed myself; [<UJ ^v».j C**X*t / resign
myself to God ;] except in the case of the verba cordis (§ 24, b, /S),
when the pronominal suffix is the first object and the second object
******
is either a noun or a whole sentence ; as bLa* aJU. he imagined
himself struck; lj-o^ j**ju «\j he saw himself (in a dream, it
appeared to him as if he were) pressing out wine. [A suffix attached
to a preposition annexed to the verb may have a reflexive meaning,
0 as l/a*fe ^L* **■« jtj*-' ^ took a large amount of money with him ;
, *, a - j ■> j - * * * * ' 5 - j a i j * a * £s *
AJj\j~*\ j-U 6i*f3-i **■* w**J J~A* C-*s»-V *W>*" U«^ «W<# tt^tfW
Nebuchadnezzar had laid it (Jerusalem) waste he carried off with
him the principal men of the Benu 'Israil ; ^1 ^j\ C-«-o«o I drew
my son to myself. This however is allowed only where no doubt can
arise as to the meaning of the suffix — which in this and the former
case happens oftener with the suffixes of the 1st and 2d person, than
with that of the 3d pers. — and even then the interposition of u*^. etc.
D takes place frequently.]
Rem. Compare the use, in Heb. and Aram., of &£} I • ^ ^
soul, D¥5? or ET)S, P^KV bone, anf* Wil. body; and in iEthiopic,
of C^|*|: (re'es) head.
136. The complements which are coordinated with, or placed in
apposition to, the subject or predicate, are called by the Arab gram-
marians ^^, sequentia, followers or appositives (sing. £>ty, and the
J JO ^0-
word to which they are placed in apposition is called c$*I©JI, that
§ 136] The Sentence & its Parts. — Appositives; the Adjective. 273
which is followed (by some word in apposition). They are generally A
connected with a noun, more rarely with a verb.
(a) With the noun is thus united the adjective, which, like all
other words in apposition, follows the noun, and agrees with it in
respect of determination or indetermination, as well as of gender*,
number, and case; e.g. jtri^=* J*rj a noble man,^r>j&\ J*-jJt of the
noble man,j9ij£\ tjuj the noble Zeid (ace), >£>*)! ajU£» His glorious
9 *Z* J 9 * ' ' - ' ' 'i' 0
book; **->y> Sj^lS a square pedestal ; jjUU-~». ,jL>tj»«l two handsome
is , <■ i J 9, , o , 9 , ,
women; ZfJ&> \jy& great treasures (ace); 4-«»tj JW»-, or oL-Jj, B
,, 5 / 58/ •"* J 9 0 *
or ^hI^j, firm mountains ; jtrtj£& j>$* \ or iU^^jS, a noble tribe or
family, [qja~i\£ jo^S wicked people. As the preceding examples prove,
the adjective following a collective noun denoting rational beings
(Vol. i. § 292, b) may be put in the singular and agree with the
grammatical gender of the collective, or in the plural sanus or fractus
according to the natural gender of the persons indicated. The
pluralia fracta, even when derived from a masc. sing, are construed
with adjectives in the fern. sing, or plural (sanus or fractus). They C
can have an adjective in the masc. plur. only by a constructio ad
J » J 9 '
sensum, as has been remarked Vol. i. § 306, for instance ^y^oyc J^j
believing men. This is also applicable to the names of Arab tribes, as
- i - a i o*o o a - i
^)yoj^^\ u~J>5 the noble Koreis (comp. § 147). The collectives
mentioned Vol. i. § 291, a, e may be joined to an adjective in the fern.
9 ' ' 9* * 5 ^ ^ 0 ^ '
sing, or in the plur. fern, (sanus or fractus) as a^z^^e or oL^tj^o-ic
pasturing sheep or goats; those mentioned Vol. i. § 292, a] to an
g e - j i - ia*> a * * a*
adjective either in the sing. masc. (as £*«•), e.g. JJ^Ja^J! ^el^aJt 1)
the ring-necked doves ; or in the sing. fern, (as icU».), e.g. J-**-* j^-^'
<u^l^ trunks of palm-trees worm-eaten and empty ; or in the plur.
*0& ~ * 0 J 9 j ,
* [Exceptions are <<£il ft© feminine, i.e. soft water: iJ^»- J>*»j
a hermaphrodite. For an exception to the agreement in number
see § 100. D. G.]
w. ii. 35
274 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 136
9 * * 0 0 ^
A sanus fern., as Oliwb J«»-J wry ta// palm-trees ; or in the broken
plural, as JU3I w>l»*~JI the heavy chads; (3jV ^W*J' the dusky
white doves. A noun may have two or more adjectives connected
J * 0 i 0*1 J *l& >o J s 0 '0* I >io ill «• 9
with it ; as j^^^M ^^Jl wibyOl ^ bright red star ; yj^M.ji\ <*JJI ^»— j
^^c^ayJI /» £/>g wame o/* (too7, the compassionate, the merciful. — Sometimes
o o o * -
a substantive is used adjectively ; as jSJ ijjl». a young woman (who
B is) a virgin (TV?)r\^, TXlV^) 5 *•** ju>.L~« « number of mosques ;
t : T-:r ' '
S*xc JW-rs ck>** i«** J-o^>3 gg contains a number of horses and men ;
\$js- ^>~w a number of years ; 3,>lc JiX*. <u-o ^Jlij and this is a usual
* * * *
custom of his. This is especially the case with nomina verbi ([ii-aJt
jJlclqJ U] ; see Vol. i. § 230, rem. c) ; as S^i JU*.j ^jk tffore aw
plenty of men with me; U*. L». JUJI ,j^*»^jj and they love wealth
C with a great love; a5U ^s. juj j^jl* ^o-^'j «w^ ye are a band of
<i 0 , 0 J .. 9 » ^ Of ^ 0
wore tfAaw a hundred; j>$*o J^.j a fasting man, Jjs- Slj-ot a ,/ws£
i O 0 * <i a ''•>»' <i t> '
woman, ^-ej J*$* people with whom one is pleased, 0*^*3 J** tO~°
j3u* ^-cjj jZJ a cleaving blow and a violent thrust and a burning
shot*. Compare, in Hebrew, ^SDD Wfy Num. ix. 20, fcy& DTON
T ■ . . T - ; • T -•
Nehem. ii. 12; and in Syriac, (LiQXD p-t many gardens, f Y 1 o
| LiQjCO |A±^o ?b«hi/ sons and daughters.
X) * [It is sometimes a matter of taste or use, whether the qualifica-
tion by a genitive (§ 80), or by apposition is to be employed ; for
6 .. O J - r O * * 1 * »/ »( 0 '
instance some tribes of Keis say %^> j^j, 0'*>w O^W-> l^y^ JW*>
O * lis 0 * ' ) s 0 < 1 -
instead of the usual %y»i J^.j, %y~> *%*-y %y JW-j) and a tradition
has ;*£)l JJU &5-J1 u.>»,Xa.,)i ^JjLo a bad companion is to be compared to
a blacksmith's bellows (Zamahsarl, Fdik i. 372 seq. ; comp. the Gloss, to
Ibn al-Fakih s. v. U-). D. G.]
§136] The Sentence & its Parts. — Appositives; the Adjective. 275
Rem. a. A noun in the dual or plural may, of course, be A
followed by two or more adjectives in the singular, if a contrast
o * Sm jo j ot*
between the objects mentioned be intended ; as ^>j*KP' *-*i'j
^ *0»9* * *OiO
J>>^.J 1^ j*ij& ' / s«w *Ae 'm'O Zhids, Vie liberal and the stingy ;
* 0* * * * * * J 0 * *
**->j2 j~a3j \M^° \J^*H "-^JJ-* * passed by {three) men, (one)
tall, (one) short, and (one) of middle size.
Rem. b. If an adjective in the dual be connected with two
singular nouns, whose regents (J-«U) are identical in meaning and B
****** S3- - * *
government, it agrees with them in case ; as JiJJaJt j juj w-Jfci
* * &*tf 40* o * ,.*-.- z * * * j o j * o * j o * *
jjUjjJOI 3j»*c, or 0~*ij&\ jj-»* ^jXc 0>».j ^jJ^ Oy-o. But
if the two regents be discordant in meaning or government, the
adjective is put either in the accusative (supplying i*-^' / mean)
«
6 - * (//)J * J
or in the nominative (as the j~±. of a suppressed I j£«-o. viz. L©Jb) ;
0 * *o-o h o * * * * * r,o * w* * * * a a jo*** o * jo**
t* *0*o * 0 * * *itO
^*JUCJI \j+z or ^jLjUCM.-— If the two singular nouns be connected Q
with only one regent, as subjects or objects, the same constructions
*>" 9 0** 50* * *
of the adjective are admissible ; e.g. ^/}IL5lxJ I jj-0^3 Juj j»\£ or
: , .-..- o * *:•? i o * * ZO* J oi* * *0-a
^JlSlxJI: 0**jj£JI ^J-**-} '*^J *— *}'j or U^»iP^'- -But ^ the one
be the subject and the other the object, the construction varies
according to the relation of the regent to each in respect of its
*0-e so, 9 0* * * *
meaning ; you say ^"i^l*J I t^-^c juj *->;*&• ^'here the relation is
5 *
different in respect of meaning (for Zeid alone is w>jLo, and 'Amr
6 J 0 * 0* '0* S 0 - SO* * * *
alone is wjjj-iu*), but V^>JLSUJ I l^c juj ^-o!^.. where the relation D
5 * j
is the same (for both Zeid and 'Amr are at once ^^pU^-o and
« * * j
Rem. c. In later times a noun in the dual, whether masculine
or feminine, is sometimes construed with an adjective in the
. . *2 »*o * s
singidar Jemmine ; as <Ua..>jii (j'i)U« two European miles (J~c
* 0* i*_ * * J * J * * i* * * j
raasc.) ; jjUauafcJI i-iLaio L^AtjIj iio^lLL* their two houses are
276 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 136
A contiguous, the walls touching each other (j\$ usually fern.). [For a
third example see § 94.] This construction has become the rule in
modern Arabic.
Rem. d. It is always possible to break the natural connection
between a substantive and its adjective (*JsJUI), when the latter is
yt *& &' b £ >Os vt vt lOy b y b ** *0*o 0 ' J b * *
employed ^AyJI^ ^LuJI^ voJJ I j «- j^Xi ; as^^Ol jujj djj**, or
j j
, s tie , b bio , J
ws**aiJI, or ^SL^i\, supplying, in the case of the nominative, yh,
B and of the accusative, 15-cl (see § 35, b, 8, rem. a).
Rem. e. The pronoun U is often used in apposition to an
i £ *b bio ,
indefinite noun, with a vague intensifying force (<LwolyJ*j)l L») ; as
L> jjwwls some {small) number or quantity ; U U»U— » Lkfil </iw us some
a ot - 0
book (or other) ; \*e> j*o*$ Ov«a. thou art come because of some matter
* * t * j * Ct t * s * b * b £ b * b s >- ' vi & w
(of importance); l^i A^a^su Lo *}LL© «jj^u ^1 i^mmZmj *$ <UJI ^jl
lyl^i verily God is not ashamed to invent (lit. strike, coin) some
Q similitude (or other), a gnat and what is above it (in the scale of
creation) ; L© ^mJ, nearly equivalent to ^ ^1, what a man !
b,i * J * w 9 j
^jj.5 ,-U J-jlS Le jJ-mIS i«Aa£ a man to have been slain was he whom
the Benu Koreim have slain! [Another mode of expressing the
.- - j - - *j
same idea is the use of (<<*) ^A U ((<*) >* after a verbal noun,
' ' J "
of (i*a) 3A l* after an adjective or an equivalent expression such
Ct bto * Ct b*o * *j *
as SAiUI ,JI = SAiUt ,J| J^L* (§ 51, a), in the sense that a person or
a thing possesses a quality in a certain degree, either between the
Si b*> j b -
j) two extremes, /xerpiou n (iUU I ^L-liu), or in an indefinitely high
- j ^ "b-0 * b d ie j * bt
degree. Instances of the former are y& Lo ^LJI ,Jt |JLJ"^' J^J^
* J * Zi bio ,
bright of colour, verging on white ; y*> Lo aJIaJI ,J1 rather few than
, l s > , b i * * , 9 * -
many ; yh L« >y~t\ blackish, etc.; of the latter ^A Lo ._* 4^.1^.
a very great need ; ^-fc L* A.t>^. <u». a very dangerous snake ;
*,},bi*Z*>*
j-A Le Vj"*' cJU-^JI 15JI much more to the north. (This use of
§ 136] The Sentence <£ its Parts. — Appositives; dem. pronouns. 277
1* U is not to be confounded with its use in such phrases as A
ylb Lo j»*$ he is in the way which oxight to be pursued, sc. vo^-ol* ;
, > , , i , t<e it -.■!.> .> o ^ 77? 7 • i
or yb U jL^aJI ^>l jk».lj J^ v-5^ju everybody knows what is the
meaning of hamd "praise"). D. G.]
(b) As regards the demonstrative pronouns, which are looked
upon by the Arabs as substantives (Vol. i. §§ 190, d, and 338), either
they may be placed in apposition to the substantive, or the substantive
J *»# , \ , ' t 9 9 -
to them ; as .iUloJ. IjJb this king, lit. this (person), the king; t«x* **Jj B
Zeid, this (person), i.e. this Zeid or ZMd here. In both cases the
apposition is a qualificative one, whence the first word in each is
J JO *B*
called by the Arabs «J>j-ej»oJl that which is described, and the second
* * — '
AioJI the description or descriptive epithet. [The pluralia fracta are
construed with a pronoun in the fern, sing., unless they designate
rational beings, in which case the pronoun may be in the plural, as
JU.jJI s^)>a. This last is also applicable to the collectives, as C
It'tiO v/JI »»'J t * 0 - J
jafi)\ s*$yib, and the names of Arab tribes, as 6^)Ja lAo-*-] As the
demonstrative pronoun is by its nature definite, the noun in apposition
to it must of course be definite likewise. If it be defined by the
9 J >'
article, the demonstrative usually precedes, as fy~^>. very rarely
9 * Jji' /I * I J J w *
follows, as *jU ; e.g. J^jJ' tJub ^/s »*««, seldom tjjk Ja.jJI. But if
the substantive be definite by its own nature (as a proper name or
a mere word, § 78, and Vol. i. § 292, c), or defined by having a genitive
after it, the demonstrative always follows ; as tjub juj this Zeid (see D
10' . t * £ S o 3 * j j o ^o^
above)*; ojub ,j3l ffos (word) idan : »Juk ^jJI ,jl ^*~JI j-i j^JLoJI
%* l^*-oJ it is well known in grammar that this 'ila has the meaning
of ma1 a; £*i)yb ^jLc these my servants or these servants of mine;
* If the proper name has the article, IJuk may possibly precede,
because it is to a certain extent a common noun defined by the article
J I 0<» , I .. I J 10'
(see above) ; as £>j*J\ IJdk, or I Jut. -£^s»Jt, this el-Hdrit.
278 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 137
\j& Ul5j ^Jl ^o £/«$ time or a#g o/ otws; J-Jj»JI IJjb ajU& £A&
famous book of his. On the other hand, in such a phrase as a$U ojjt,
ijl^XJ aJJI the words aAJI a5U are the predicate (>*£•) of «JJk, and
aj! ^£) is a circumstantial accusative, this is the she-camel of God, (as)
a Sigrw w?ifo 2/o «. [Likewise, in the saying w>WW j»>^* J*ij '•** the
words vWW ^r>{* **4) must be considered as the predicate of IjJb,
seg this is (= S00 £/je;*0 is) Zeid standing at tlie door, in ^>j j-«* IjJk
B ou-Jb labw^Lo w>Ua,a»J t here is 'Omar the son of U-Hattab girded
tt>&'£/* ^ sword, wjLkaiJI ,jj j^ft is the predicate, (J*Jb U»-^L»
a circumstantial accusative. D. G.]
137. J^», >*«»., and less frequently a*Ip, totality, are often
placed after the definite noun which they might govern in the genitive
(§ 82, a, b), in which case a pronominal suffix is appended to them,
0 } Z ) I S + til - id*
referring to that noun ; as >ov^* tr»^'» or ^xry^-o-q- i»h^', a^ men
C (also l***»- (^*»^l, § 82, b) ; V^* *****"» or V*^»**- *-W*^> ^ wAo/g
ut J J *■ J ' ' 0' J J ul * JO / 0/
tribe ; i>y».£ o g> Olju^l a// ^ Hinds ; aI*U ^gaJl ^ wAo/^ army ;
OjJi / jJ/3/
^o^iolt ^ejiJI £Ae wfo/le £;v'6e or family. If the noun be indefinite, this
construction is inadmissible, for the pronominal suffix, being by nature
definite, cannot refer to any other than a definite noun. There is,
however, one exception, namely, when the indefinite noun indicates a
J ii 1 0 0 * *d J «* *
precise period of time ; e.g. *X£s j^> a whole month; ly^s 4-w a whole
B year; w^j *^ J>*" SjtC yi-^ ^ ^ would that the number (of
months) of a whole year were (all) Regeb ! Words of a vague signifi-
9 0-9^9 92 J
cation, such as c-ij, 0-*j> »>**•> *»*■•> fo'me, a space of time, etc.,
cannot be thus construed. — After J^» and its suffix we often find a
second apposition, agreeing with the preceding substantive in gender,
J , 0 t ~ , 0 ,
number and case, namely, the adjective ^♦»»', fern. *U*»., plur. masc.
J , o t _ > s 1 r * t I
,\, fern, (see Vol. i. § 309, a, 8) £*•• (the dual masc. ^U^^.t,
§ 137] The Sentence & ite Parts— Appositives ; J£», £^. etc. 279
* ' • ' .
and fern. o'j^**»-> are not admitted by the great majority of gram- A
marians) ; as ^j}X+*.\ ^X£s 2£ZX+)\ j^....i and the angels all (without
exception) prostrated themselves. Sometimes this word is used without
J^ ; as v^**^*-l jvris&*$ verily I ivill lead them all astray ;
.1 Jul jJkjJI cJULb o^i in that case I would pass all my time in
>/ti * - o £ * * » t t a * i * a *t-o i + o *
weeping Q«o» 1 in rhyme for *-*»-t) : l*-»»-' bj^> <>£JI Oj*» jJ ^
pulley creaked a whole day.
Rem. a. Instead of using the pronominal suffix, the noun itself B
is occasionally repeated after J^ ; as in the verse of Kuteiyir,
^i) b ^LJI ^J^ ^UJI <su£l b 0 ^A<>u most like of all men to the
0 * 1
moon (in beauty), instead of ^^Jl^s.
Rem. 6. A peculiar use of ^£s as an appositive is exemplified
by the phrases pl^-uJI J^s cla>..»)l ^Jk /*e is a £r«« hero, ^bJI ^Jk
^bJI ^J^ Ae w « thorough scholar; tyiiS ^J^ i***" C*5l ^o?t
ar£ a reaZ man. Similarly, according to §z-ZamahsarT, ^JbJI tjdk (J
*•»<» i ^a*» a «■ 3
^bJI .xa.. or^UJ! Ji»., ?Ais rs a thorough scholar (j**. toil, effort,
\'
pains ; Jio. truth, reality, fact). [Comp. § 82, b, rem. footnote.]
j .. o £
Rem. c. To *»«a»1 are sometimes appended other synonymous
words, which form their fern. sing, and masc. and fern. plur. in the
J - a i j - :i j/tc
same way; viz. *I&I, %*oj\, and *Q1. The usual sequence of
these synonyms is exemplified in the phrase «■ 0,it- * a\£=» u-*s*^ ' * V-
j /t£ i - oi i , a J
jCjI *»ojI «.I^1 <Ae entire army came ; but the order of the last D
} * ii i ,a;
two may be inverted, *-cul *Z>\. They are scarcely ever used
singly and without J£s ; as ^ytZ£»l^ejiJI ^sb*. *A<? wAofe friie,
or people, came to me; l\iiji\ L-;JL»a>J lx*j^ L-^o ■>l-l.^ ,^,) b
\%&>\ *^)^». 0 would that I were a sucking child, whom ed-Delfd
(or she with the slender nose) would carry for a whole year ; bj>Jji
280 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 138
■ o j o * /tj * o ^5<«.
A LUauisI A£jj ^jj ^>1«jUj U^AJtj^jljJJI ^/iey turned their backs upon
us and protected themselves one and all by (seeking refuge from us
behind) tn-No'mdn ibn Zur(a.
3 - ° £
[Rem. d. p-*^ is also often connected with the noun to which
o - 0 i ~
it refers by means of the preposition w>, as jXn,g»c>.L> lj*U» ^Aey
ca?«,e a^ o/" them, all together. Likewise ^>*c (§ 139) and the
words j~i\ (properly a thong of untanned hide) and S*) (a worn-out
0 i J 0 J OOC-lOs**
B rope), as dj-^U ojk*. take thou it all ; ^j-jb j>%&\ ?l». tf/ie people
w J 0 d -e o- ^ ^ ,.
came altogether; aIajJ g^_ ^Jt aJI «i.» Ae </ave /tim <Ae ^m^ aZ-
together ; aZajJ &l-^JU «^JU*3l / have brought thee the thing altogether.
Similar corroboratives (§ 139, rem. a) are given by HamadanI in
his Kitab M-*Elfaz, Beyrout ed. p. 214. D. G.]
138. Like J^ and its synonyms are used O*^9, fem- O^^*
O 0 , 0 0
both (§ 83), [t^a*J a part] and ^JusJ a half. They follow the noun to
C which they refer, and take the appropriate pronominal suffix ; as
l-o^JL^ wwjJaJlj ^o^fcoJI ^ I the teacher and the physician, both of
* 0*0 6ss ** *0*> ss - J 0 *"
them; l^-JJL£» <u2LJL«j -~.~~.<J\ ^Jisu+kj o-i-ot / believe in the two
J 0 *0»O ,* *
natures of the Messiah and His two wills, both of them ; [j*y*l t ^^
o } j o ,. j j o 3 o * o*
^o^-aaj a part of the people came to me] ; aa-aj jjl^aJI half the army.
Rem. &*$& is very rarely used in apposition to a feminine
.- 0 ■- OssOZl'O 'Oi & J*
D substantive, as l^^JL^ ^y^jjji] ^j>aj ^>-oJ thou favourest (me)
with the proximity of the two Zeinebs, both of them.
9t/ 0 0 * . . .
139. um*">, soul> an(l 0^> eye> essence (of a thing), are often
employed in the sense of ipse, self (compare § 135). They are then
not seldom prefixed to a noun, which they govern in the genitive ; as
O'W' O*^ degradation itself, utter degradation; ^-jSs^iJI ,j>*£ ^
„ . o*> jo* ii *> S * <)* * *J
star itself; Jj*i)' Ch* **? ^y^' U* SjW*1 >* ^*s « aw expression
9 a -
§ 139] The Sentence and its Parts. — Appositives ; ,j*£, i^Ju. 281
for that wherein the second (term) is identical with the first ; a-JLS C*jIj a
I have seen himself; a~Ju ^>c Jv*?^' *^!ii ^ removing of ignorance
s
//ww himself But more generally they are used, like J-&, as
appositives to a definite noun, and are followed by the appropriate
pronominal suffix ; as a— aj juj jU. ^«W himself came ; >-~^>) OsU*.
Ij—aj ZeuM herself came; *~Ju Ij^c Col; / saw ilra/- himself
If the noun be in the dual or plural, the plural forms u-Ju) and
,jUcl should be employed, as U^—ajI (j^./*-*^' ^*i|; -^ saw the B
two amirs themselves ; U^— ajI ^ju^JU Ojj* / passed by the two
Hinds themselves ; j^ — hj\ l\jj^i\ aL3 the vizirs themselves killed him ;
L'iW*'ji uW*' «■** £fos« are thy dirhems themselves]. Some authori-
ties admit in this case the use of the singular or the dual, as
U^ ■■>*■'» 0'*HP' *W-, or UaLJu, the two ZVids themselves came;
[comp. Vol. i. § 317, rem. d]. These words are also often connected
with the nouns to which they refer by means of the preposition C
«-> ; as (Uio j^^ eW. the 'amir came in person ; <uaj OIm-"
degradation itself ; ^r-Jul) ,jjjlii»j o^'j rtW<^ "^ they are choosing
in person; yCcb ^-^1 ^'i*)l the 'aivafi (spear-shafts) are the
spears themselves ; AjjjiJ jj^jLcb 5^— J I j'NlJjb ^ ^ yb ,j£) ^-Ju
fo swears that unless he restores the women themselves, he icill assuredly
attack him; [<u**j, etc. after an indefinite noun means a certain, as D
j^o\yai\ ^j^— j oUj*j £-«>« v^-Jj i**.UI ^o-fLi j^o\^d\ Ulj *£7-
Awdsim is the name of a district, there is no place of this name].
. 6 a *
Occasionally, too, ,>*£ is appended in the form of an adverbial
accusative, or by means of the preposition ^, but without any suffix ;
as (O**?) *-*** }*> ••**, ^ W ^ t'^ry person (or thing). — ,.^-iJ and
,>*c may be put in direct apposition to a pronominal suffix in the
accusative or genitive ; as 2l..jL> »iJb Ojj-«. a— iJ aj o^, <^UjIj
w. ii. 36
282 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 139
0 • J JO £-
A jl~JJ. a-mAj aIjIj. But if the pronominal suffix represent the agent,
as in the verb, the insertion of a separate pronoun is a matter of
necessity ; as a~Ju jA wA$ he went away himself, ^a *3J*mm »*"
^o^-~AJl ^Ae people were present themselves; *zL~Ju oJt %Z++.9 thou
thyself stoodest up ; j<£~Ju\ j£>\ t>«>$ stand ye up yourselves (whereas
we can say^»&£> '>•>* stand up all of you).
Rem. a. The words J^, **«►»., icU, £»o*.1 etc., 0^=* and
B ij\Zk£s, UueJ, ^-su, and ^>*c, form one division of that class of
»-
appositives, ajI^UI, which the grammarians name j^*£»UJI (or
j e a ,• , _ j »i £ it,
ju£a*Ht), <Ae strengthening or corroboration, and ji^^©JI £/te corro-
borative, because they strengthen the idea of totality or of self,
already contained in the py^-o, by the addition of their own. This
class of appositives is designated by the special name of ju£»^Jt
^3«i*<JI, £/*,e corroboration in meaning, to distinguish it from
C .JajUJ! ju&^JJI, <Ae verbal corroboration, which consists in tne
emphatic repetition (jjjSS)) or jljXJt) of the word itself ; as in the
0 to 0 *o * J a *o , ,?. * ,s. * 0 * j * v> 10 * bi. s * oz^
verse ^^^.t ^^-^.l ^^i»-'^JI j)\j\ JUI ^iU-j 3U»*dt ^jj\ ^jJt ^u
whither, whither can I escape with my mule ? The pursuers are
0
come up to thee, come up to thee ; halt ! halt ! (^^-^.I in rhyme for
^^m^.1). So also in answers, ^xi ^xj yes, yes ; *$ *$ no, no. If
a word is governed by a preposition or other particle, both must
, , i a* * a *
D be repeated ; as ȣJb >iJL> O^-o / passed by thee, by thee ; j\ jJI ,-S
0 »- a «» ««^a«o, a
juj jl jJI i»5 .£e«/ is in £/i<e house, in the house ; I juj ^>l I juj ^jl
^15 ^eic/, ^eicZ is standing up. A suffix pronoun may, however,
be strengthened in this case, as well as in others, by the cor-
, et « j » * *
responding separate pronoun [§ 130] ; as wJt «iXj Oy-o / 2)assed by
, j ,1 ,0, » 1
thee, or ylb <xj by him ; lit f.iZcj^s) thou didst show kindness to me;
J Uulj <Aow sawest us; C-JI O-^S thou stoodest up; [or by a
§139] The Sentence & its Parts. — Appositives; the Adj. ii-oJt. 283
construction with U, as jLj] &J\j I saw thee (Vol. i. § 189)]. A
Only a poet could venture to say ^As*j ^>j£)' ol 0\ indeed,
indeed the noble man is grave or sedate.
0 9*
Rem. b. Besides the ju£s^3, the Arab grammarians acknow-
ledge three other classes of f->\yi; viz. wjeJt or <ia.oJl, 2Ae description
or descriptive word, qualificative, adjective; ^JjuJt, <A« substitution
or per mutative ; and ^jLJt oUa^, £/t« explanatory apposition.
(1) The C*aj or <ul« may refer to the fy~-<> either directly ]}
(in which case it is a simple adjective), as ^j*~ »• J^-j icJ«^« ^«re
cawie £o ?>ie a handsome man ; or indirectly, in virtue of a following
word which is connected with it, as a^.\ ^....cw tj^j ic^^- £/*ere
cawe to me a man whose brother is handsome. In this latter case
3 5 - J
the adjective [called >_...; ....-qJI the connected] belongs, as a prefixed
J - i
predicate, to the following noun [called y^>JI the connecting],
which is its subject, and the two together form a 4JL0, or Q
qualificative clause, of the preceding substantive, with which the
adjective agrees in case only by attraction*; as U...». *ke*j C-olj
3 3 i *J) 0 * £ * * £$* &*o 3 OS-'
09A.I / saw a man whose brother is handsome, lyyt».j U,,». Sl^-ot Oolj
3 & 3 * , j - 3 * * *
I saw a tooman whose face is handsome, dj j^c /«*£* w^J^ ^-JJJ^°
t it + + * J * 3 S , *■
I passed by a man whose enemies are many, <su»1 ^ ^ .. o— ^J-a*j*> ^jj-*
I passed by a man whose mother is handsome. If the following
noun be in the dual or plural, the adjective is still left in the j)
singular; as LoJkl^jl £y~^ ^^Jt^eLt Oj^-a I passed by two women
a j j j j ^ * * i a * *
whose parents are handsome ; ^yAj^wj rt ; ...a. ^J^j-j *-*JJ* I passed
by some men whose faces are handsome, ^t%^\j\ \+jj& ^)l»»j "^'j
* [Also when the preceding substantive is only understood, as
lyjlbjl ^j^a>, ;J1 ^03 (sc. fJjLi}\) and from the tribes that are
domiciled in Negd (HamdanT, p. 118, J. 11). D. G.]
284 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 139
A / saw some men whose fathers are noble ; though, if the noun be
J OZ-
plural, the broken plural of the adjective is admissible, as C*j|j
djul \^jj£s *$>&-}, or djbl LoljJs, / saw a man whose forefathers are
noble. If the preceding noun be defined in any way, the adjective
takes the article; as Ay^J Q — a— J 1 ljuj <uAj / saw ^eia7, w&ose
yace is handsome; oj^sj j»jJu+J\ ^^i^jti] ^y^i I ^jI ,«£»• ^^*
'l-Futuh el-'Iyli, who has been mentioned before, narrates ; J»»»p' fU*.
«ljjt (J-iUJI the man came, whose parents are excellent; ?$—£ A*-
ou**Jg <LLoUjI Jesus came, whose two natures are perfect, ^)^L^\
0 J J 0 i vi * * 3 b*o 5J^,
^oAj£»j J*J>*Z*1 1 £Ae kings who have been mentioned before ; jJjjS
^o^j^Ai <Lw UUJ ?#oe to those zvhose hearts are hard ! The Arab
grammarians assume that every adjective contains a pronominal
agent within itself, when no other agent is expressed, and they
therefore call the adjective J*A)I <Uw, that which is like the verb.
0 - - 0 J - * j 0 - « SJ' « 3 -
Consequently ^j~»*. J^,j is with them = yb SJ~». J^-j = J^-j
J J c 0
(3A) ^—.».; but oj^t ^....». ,J*»»j, where another agent is expressed,
is-ojxi.1 ,J— j*. <J*!-j'> anc^ s0 w^h the rest: <u>t «U»u». ,J*^ 0)j»o-=
jwc a ^ j ^ j ^ j a * * 6 j I.*,* t , 1 , j oi* i+ J »i'
a*\ C**»»»i sj-cf'jl ^JJ*' vO^jW U^/^ *^^j ^» *ib = 1^W^ ^"^'j
a •> ^•"" - J - JJ « / »• * * »x> ;»/ j e£, j j 0 * * j * wxji f 0 ^ j £?«•
etc. In such cases the seemingly nominal sentence is in reality a
verbal sentence, serving as asuo to the preceding substantive. On
j) the other hand, if the substantive precedes the adjective, as in
O-****" *yil \J*f-j ^^W") the second substantive and the adjective
which follows it form together a really nominal sentence, of which
1. ' - 0 j
the substantive is the \j<L~o and the adjective the j-». ; and
consequently both must remain, under all circumstances, in the
nominative, and the adjective must agree regularly with the
substantive, as ^j— ». 03/i.l *jl».j Culj, iu«». 4*1 J*^ ^jj-*, etc.
X JS/O j , ,
(2) The J ju, or permutative, is of four kinds, (a) JJCJ I J jy
§139] Sentence & its Paris. — Ajypositives ; Permutative. JjuJ'. 285
JJCJI ^^o 7A« substitution of the whole for the wlwle ; as j^c lV£ • -^
jj^t 'Omar, thy brother, came to me/^Jk^j^Ss a^jjlqJI js>y* lVc^
» W«o x j ^
_^AjU*-£j i/i6 people of the city came to me, great and small;
all I k\j*a jjfJiZmmA k\j*o ,JI to a straight path, the path of God ;
4J&l£. <L»5l^ i*-«U iL-oUJU UJi...^ TPe in7£ seize and drag (him)
j Z # s - j lis j a - -
by the forelock, a lying, sinful forelock; obt ljuj wolj, Ou*
do juJJ. A noun may be substituted for the suffix pronouns of
the 3d pers., as tjuj <^'j, J^j *4 ^-"JJ*' IjJl*. ojj t^'sii Aim, Hdlid, B
^Jla»^ lyJl^ Cy-° *^ ^^J*^' ^j' l*^ notwithstanding that th°,y —
the times — are all become marvellous ; but not for the suffixes of
the 1st and 2nd pers., unless a plurality of individuals is distinctly
referred to, as tJ^bj Wj^ ' J^ ^ OL>^ (which) niay be a festival
for ns, for the first of us and the last of us. We cannot say
Ijuj >2XZj\j, juj *£b Ojj*; nor even ^Cn.^.M [UIJ ^ [Jj^I]
woe to me, the poor ! J9ij&\ ^JLJLc oh ?A«e, <A« noble*. In such cases (J
as i)bl <ili>lj, those are right who regard ,i)b1 not as a Jju but
as a J~r=>y> (see rem. a). [To this kind belong the permutatives
that indicate the parts of the whole, the species of the genus, the
definitions of measure, number, weight and colour (§ 95, f oot-
id }»>e , a -0*> » * +
note).] — (6) J£) I s^yt> ^oxA t J ju the substitution of the part for
) , 3 > - fi«» j o - £
the whole ; as a£U ouipi C-J^l I ate the loaf the third part of it,
ox I ate a third of the loaf; jlJI aJL5 £iss Aim, his hand; D
i^j^fj >»*b*j)lj Q'* *W ^J^jl ^ threatened me, my foot, with
the prison and fetters, (c) JLjJw^)l Jju <A€ comprehensive substi-
tution, i.e. the permutative which indicates a quality or circumstance
* [In the former case we ought either to write jj-Jw^JI as
,t ' '
predicate of the emphatic Ul (§ 130), or to use the accusative of
specification (§ 35, b, S), which must be used in the latter case.]
286 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 139
A possessed by or included in the preceding substantive ; as L5^a».fr<
J jO 40 , , ) * , ,0 s oi
•x^Xc jjtj Zeid's learning filled me with surprise ; ^JLe*^£» ,_J£*a»£l
* * i o o * oi *
thy speech filled me with surprise; ULa^ ,_oA». ,-UJLJjJ! Lo thou
6 , * * ,
hast not found my understanding lost (or thrown away) ; O^i^ij
s * * * o* * } t *
lySl* ijj juaJ and she called to mind the coldness of the water of
Taktud ; 4*3 JUS^ol^aJI jv**^' O-* &>^\~~ i they will question thee
about fighting in the sacred month, lit. about the sacred month,
B (about) fighting in it. (d) The fourth case is where the per-
mutative (Jju^Jt) is wholly different from the *Uo J**** or word
for which it is substituted (d-i* Jjcj^JU ^L^JI JjtJI). It is of
, 0 0*0 J * *
two sorts: (a) wjIj-£*n)I jJjiJ the permutative of retractation (from
.. • a £ »» -• ^ao j -• ^
w)j-ol, to £wm aivay from), or 6I juJ t ^Jju ^Ae substitution of a new
opinion, something one ivould like to substitute for the original
t 0 J } 0 * t
statement ; as, for instance, when one says jj>*»» cJtfol / ate bread,
but then, preferring to state that he had eaten meat, adds the
i 0 * to* to > } a * i
Q word l0t» I (l«*J \j~^ cJLS»l). Here, to use the words of the
J vt tO J ' 0 J ' ' 1 JO sbfO J * 0 J
grammarians, juUJI JwcJu l*^ c^l»)l Juoaj £/*e metbu' is designed
as well as the tdbi1; and this is what distinguishes it from (ft) ^jju
^jL.>«.*3tj Ja-liJt the permutative of error and forgetfulness, in which
o j o »■
the &>**•« is uttered merely by mistake, and the correct word
C , , 0 - J 0, -
immediately substituted for it ; as when one says ^ji sr^j £jjj-»
* 0 OiO J * *
I passed by a dog, (I meant to say) a horse. The wjI^^JI jjju is
D equivalent to the use of the particle ^ (U^J Jj ]}*»• C*A£»I).
(3) The (jLJt Uuftfi or explicative apposition is the asyndetic
connection of a substantive with a preceding substantive, which it
more nearly defines ; as juj ^)j*.l i^JsU*. <% brother Zeid came to
0*1 0 * it U * ' ' Ot si i
me; j+s- ^aa*. yi\ aJUb ^o-J>l 'Abu Ilafs 'Omar swore by God
(j-*£- in rhyme for^c); J»-jJto jU ^j*c i«**^ ^te «^a^ 6e given to
, * , > - - - 0 J j J
drink water, watery humour (or matter) ; a£s>jL*o oj^Jj ^-o ^>y.
§ 140] The Sentence and its Parts. — Verbal Appositives. 287
iijljj {which) is lighted with (the oil of) a blessed tree, an olive. A
.• j * * *
This apposition is equivalent to the use of ^Aj, l<*3> e^c- (e-»-
9 0**3* * it ~ *
juj ybj £)j±.\ j-jglfc), and, being asyndetic, is opposed to the
Jt— J I otbcc, or connection of sequence, which takes place by means
, 2 J Z * oi oi
of connective particles, such as j, ^J, ^j, ^j**., j»\, and ^1. [To
this kind belong the appositives to a vocative (§ 38, rem. f), those
that denote the material (§ 94), the nicknames (§ 95, a, rem.), etc.]
j * *
Rem. c. One verb may be substituted for another by the ^jju
hi 30*9 * _ .• " -.- J * * 0*0 3* 0 * * J t *t * 0 * • I 6^0*. 0 ^
JiCJI ^>* J&l, as w>IJut)l <d utcUu Utfl JJu JUj JjUj ^ B
whosoever doeth this, shall find a recompense of sin — his chastisement
t 0 * { * * 0 * * * 2 1 r l - * *
shall he doubled; *$}*?. LJn,rw »va>j ^jW^ lj' W vo-*^ ^^ 15**
when thou contest to us — visitest us in our country — thou shalt find
* 0 *9 *3 3 * * * 0' 0*3*
firewood in abundance ; or by the Jl^Iw^M yjj*>, as UJI ^J-cu ^o
0*3 * 0 * 0 *
^jju Uj ^jjC-~j whoever comes to us (and) asks help of us, is helped.
Rem. d. The word to which a jSsyo is annexed is called by the
3 2 t 30*
grammarians j*£bj^JI that which is strengthened or corroborated; C
. *' 6 0* J J 0 * 0* 130*0*
that which is followed by a aJus or O^aJ, \mfij*oy+i\, or OjjU^JI, #A«?
qualified or described ; that which has a ^Jju after it, <uu JjJ^JI
£/i«£ /or which something is substituted ; and that to which a
**OiO 30 * 0** 3 3 0*0*
,jLJI oikfi is appended, aJLc o^Jajt^JI Me wore? to which (an
explanatory word) is attached (by means of a virtual conjunction).
0*0330*3***
Rem. e. In phrases like ^^utJ^^-aju I^JUUJ, they fought xoith
0*0330*
one another, the words ^axJ ^-cuu are a permutative of the agent D
0 3 " j * * *
jt*, contained in the verb \jX3\Ju, and serve to strengthen the idea
of reciprocity belonging to that verbal form. The J^UjT *Jj& J>*$
o* ***-**
in (»>a*-J, which supplies the place of the accusative, is dependent
3 * *^ 3 * * *
upon I^JJIS, they fought with, contained in b^JUUb.
140. One finite verb may also be put in apposition to another.
In this case either (a) the first is the preparative act, introductory
288 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 141
3 ' s s , , *
A to the second, as a) >*%-> j>\l he arose (and) prostrated himself before
^'w, dbt dUjo ^o-UI >J~ij\i then he sent (and) informed his father of
this, 0%x5j ^a)I O^Uj and disturbances broke out again ; or (o) the
s - i * * -
second modifies the first, as JU&I jia....* /^ continued long prostrate,
* s t l it'
yj*~*J\ L5^£ he sang well. In both cases the older and more elegant
form of expression is to insert the conjunction o : aJ j»f~mi >oU>,
Jl~i *\e- he asked again, JU»U j^-w. If the first of the two verbs
B be a perfect, the second must be so likewise, for the imperfect would
be a [Oj^*-* or] j**** J^*- (see § 8, d, e), and, as such, would virtually
stand in the accusative [comp. § 44, c, rem. a] ; as ^Aju J->jl w/^Y
nuntiaturus, he sent to inform. If both verbs are in the imperfect,
the second may either be an apposition [§ 139, rem. c] or a jjJLc Jl»»;
as ^oJaj (J-*1.^ ^ s^wdis (a«(?) informs, or mitt it nuntiaturus, he sends
to inform*.
Q Rem. The later Arabic construction, without the conjunction,
„ ' .7 7
is very common in Syriac, e.g. 01,~kj| 5,_» Ae senf (awe?) seized him,
7 7
Q 1 Q rme^rr} they rebuilt ; and also occurs in Hebrew, e.g. fQISJ^
•?|3N3f nyiNt, Gen. xxx. 31.
2. Concord in Gender and Number between the Parts
of a Sentence.
D 141. In verbal sentences, in which (according to § 118) the
predicate (verb) must always precede the subject (agent), the following
rules hold regarding their agreement in gender and number.
142. (a) If the subject be a singular substantive, which is
feminine by signification (Vol. i. § 290, a), two constructions are
possible, (a) If it immediately follows the verb, the verb must be
* [In this case also the conjunction ^j may be inserted, as
djj^.13 ^«»*1 / will come to take it, Tab. i. 1526, 1. 13. D. G.]
§ 1 42] Sentence and its Parts. — Concord of Predicate & Subject. 289
put in the fern. sing. ; as jU* OsL*. ///«rf came, jij*i ' 5 t^l cJU> £Ae A
w(/« o/" el-Aziz said. But (/?) if it be separated from the verb by one
or more words, the verb may stand in the sing, masc, although the
fem. is preferable; as i\j*\ ^-il*)! j-oa. a woman came before the
judge; %y~> jA Vi^k*».'^l jJj jSi a bad mother gave birth to that poor
U-Ahtal; Sj^lj v>£u oji. \%j*\ \j\a man, ichom one of you (women)
has deceived. [As to the collectives mentioned Vol. i. § 290, a, c, see
§ 145.]
Rem. a. The form of expression ii^li J 15, So-and-so said, is B
mentioned by the grammarians only to be condemned.
[Rem. b. The concord remains if, in negative or interrogative
sentences, the subject be preceded by ^>-o, as l\j*\ yj^c Osl». Le
.. 3* 3 0 ' * B * O *
no woman came, iLJ ^e C-.,«a-o j3 ^£s how niixny nights have
gone by ! T>. G.]
(b) If the subject be a singular substantive, which is feminine
merely by form or usage (Vol. i. §§ 290, b, 291), the preceding verb
may be put either in the masculine or feminine, whether the subject C
immediately follows it or not, though in the former ease the feminine
is preferable, as u~o->.tJl c~«JU» the sun rose, iiJJI o^~^ the brick
was broken, rather than ^-^1 *lb, iuUI j--&. In the following
examples the verb is masculine : £>-t^ <u3l£ O^ o»-£» tjj-^;g*
^o^M O* aw^ s^ tr^«^ was the end of those icho preceded them ;
4a.A.^£JLg ^UU ^>£> ^ M«£ ^ people may not have any pretext
against you; <uj £yo ikc^-a «jU»- <j-oi and whosoever receives an D
admonition from his Lord : <us>La».^v-> jjl£» ^3 even if there be in
them poveHy or straitness.
(c) If the feminine subject be separated from the verb by the
particle *$\ , the verb is put' in the masculine ; as 3U5 *$\ \£sj U
~*,3& 3>o
s$»*)\ yjjS no one was innocent except the maidservant of'lbnu 'l-Ala
w. 11. 37
290 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 143
A-5'6''"'
A (i.e. j**\ \£=>j U). The feminine is, however, admissible, especially in
poetry, as in the above example, ^Jl C*£»j U (i.e. SUs).
(e?) The verbs ^qAj and ^-^ (Vol. i. § 183) take the masculine
form in preference to the feminine, even when the subject is feminine
by signification; as >-— iJj Slj-oJI ^sj Zeineb is an excellent woman!
0 , 0
rather than
B 143. If the subject be a plur. sanus masc, or a plur. fractus
denoting persons of the male sex, the preceding verb is usually put in
the sing, masc, particularly when one or more words are interposed
between it and the subject; as 03^^^ J^ the believers said;
a£© \^ya Jt^) j*$i Oli t\et. there came one day (some) men from
> a <
•** s VI •*> , ,r , s } f. )Z
Me^kla; ilyA-JI ^>*l U£» o-*P' shall we believe as fools have believed?
But Sbj^JI cJIS narrators say ; ^y~c l\j*JJ\ ^5*^* t i Uj and what is
C it pray that the poets want of me ? *2U*i ,j»o J-jj >z+jj£s jJ6 apostles
have been accused of falsehood before thee.
Rem. a. A similar construction may be found even in Old
German ; as do wart genuoger ougen von heizen trdhenen rdt ; uns
hazzet liute imde lant.
Rem. b. Oy^.i sons (P^- °^ C>^')> and other similar words
(Vol. i. § 302, e, and rem. d), are exceptions, being treated as
plurales fracti (see § 144), and therefore admitting the verb in the
I) fern. sing. This remark applies, however, to £)£*! only when it is
*' • ' c
used to denote a family or tribe (compare § 147); as yXj c-JIS
' "" *
jJ-Jtj-wt the Benu ' IsrcCll (Children of Israel) said.
144. If the subject be a pluralis fractus, no matter whether
derived from a masc. or a fem. sing., the preceding verb may be either
masc. or fem.; as «iXJi jju \^y> j£>£* Cs~.»v then, after this, your ilii
hearts became hard (from s^X3, masc.) ; 9-^0 ^Jo veLaJI O^ ^5**
when the tents are (set up) at Du Toluh (from «*-«*•, fem.). See § 143.
§ 146] Sentence and ite Pai-ts. — Concord of Predicate & Subject. 291
Rem. The remark made in § 142, c, regarding the particle A
*^t, applies here too. An example of the fern, is *$\ ws-aj Uj
1 <■ * StO 1 J i jO
^wl^aJt cjJLoJI and nothing remained but the loic rugged ridges
of hills (from xJLs, fern.), where a prose writer would have said
C5^ **> scil- l^r1-
145. If the subject be a collective of the class mentioned in
Vol. i. § 290, a, e, like^o"*^ sheep or goats, j~b birds, or one of the B
collectives or other nouns mentioned in Vol. i. § 292, the preceding
verb may be put either in the masculine or feminine, though the fern.
is preferable, if the subject be feminine ; as j^jLaJI oJ~J j>yJt cJll
\s* L5^ ^ie ^eirs &'#> The Christians stand upon nothing (have no
* © „
foundation for their belief) ; J^13 tj-». ^-^j Jiji ^U*-' ^'j' lc5!
Ai« j-JaJI / saic myself (in a dream) carrying upon my head (some)
bread, of which the birds were eating. C
146. If the subject be a feminine noun in the plural number,
whether plur. sanus or plur. fractus, the preceding verb may be put
either in the masc. or fern. sing. ; unless the plur. sanus refers to
persons of the female sex, in which case the fern, is decidedly to be
J ***** J M ■>/ , 0*0
preferred. Examples : oU-Jt ^£5jU. U «mu ^ after the convincing
proofs hare reached you ; j^ytj^ C~i£» '-o-« because of what their
hands have written; t^-o^ U OlL*-> ^^Ujli the evil consequences of D
S J <■ a * *+ ++,
what they did, came upon them ; \j>J»<) a* £ if?** L5*"** an^ mif
- 3 - *i *, * a s lit
daughters lamented their misery ; lyjIjUl j^o jJ *u^) because its signs
have already appeared; ioj^t ^ 5^-J J 15 (some) women in the
til*, , j , , i , » *
city said ; ^AjUJ ^ — I ,jljdk y^i had it not been for these two,
their women icould have been taken prisoners; but such instances as
a
1 , C 33* 3 3 ~ , ,
oU*fr«J 1 ^s sU. 131 , when believing women come unto you, are com-
paratively rare.
292 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 147
A 147. The names of the Arab tribes, which are mostly of the
feminine gender, take a preceding verb in the fern. sing, (see § 143,
rem. b) ; but a following verb may be put in the plur. masc, because
such names have the sense of collectives ; e.g. j»*£sj J-*** C«*»%j
aJjjJI \Ju~* ^J»«^0Via»J-» U t^jibluJj (the tribes of ') 'Okail and Koseir
assembled and complained to one another of what was being done to
them by Seifu 'd-daula.
B 148. In general, when once the subject has been mentioned, any
following verb must agree with it strictly in gender and number ; as
J W Ml >" 0 ' '
oj^>jju ^Xs yJ^~J\ ^ji ytt>^ Lois jtf^-A ^ej^JLs Oj^W*3^' At^e- Trj^"
the hunters came out (sing.) against him and he fled from them, and,
whilst he continued on level ground, they did not overtake him (plur.) ;
^olo^JI r-^ Ol^-^iri ^<& OVj^*-^' ** ff^id those parting are
moved (sing.) by it as they are moved (plur.) by the mournful cooing of
C doves; s'xr" ***~! ^j^ ***** *** O^ there was (masc.) upon it a
cupola, known (fem.) by (the name of) t/ie cupola of the air ; Sjli^j^
jJ-oJt (^jXcl ^Jt \^y^+*-* 0^<^3t^Ai3 -/o-^W-'' j'jjp' ^j+i j-a^J' and
the pilgrims leave (sing.) their baggage at the cave of el-Hidr, and
ascend (plur., jtjjJI being a plur. fract. denoting rational beings)
two miles to tJie top of the mountain ; jt£-*? (J^sUuj S^j'^Lo aJJ GW
has angels wlw watch over you in turn (plur., for the same reason as in
D the last example); w^aj ^ajIjjI^-^JI JU»i awe? the herd wheeled
(masc.) and guarded (tlieir rear) with an old buck (v>**jl fem.,
because, with the exception of the single buck, the rest of the herd
were does) ; eLc'jt oV^ O^*^3 •>** \c-\3j a-u jjj\i and he took out
of it scraps of paper written with (ink of) various colours (where
C%*l£> might also be used). — If irrational or inanimate objects are
spoken of (for example, in fables) as persons, the plur. fractus may
be followed by the verb in the plur. masc; as l^j'-et Zy* w**}^
§ 149] Sentence and its Parts. — Concord of Predicate & Subject. 293
%+~t jJL». once <?« a time (some) dogs found the skin of a beast of prey ; A
i _ -- , s , oi i * * a* * a j a - «• o jj j * *
dJUt Uibul I^JIS I.UL* ^5 j^ ^J ^oA^jJLaJ tyiSj tfW ^<?2/ £/*«// say to
their skins (members), Why hare ye borne ivitness against us? They
shall answer, God hath made us speak.
[Rem. When the subject in the plural denotes irrational or
inanimate objects, the plur. fern, of the verb is preferred in classic
Arabic, if their number does not exceed ten, the sing, fern., if it be
more, as tJ^A*- >t>*$J2 and cJL». SjJ^c ^j^^) (§ 111). The same
rule applies to the pronouns that refer to them, which in the B
former case are ^jJb. ^>A, in the latter ,-A and Ub (as a suffix).
Comp. Fleischer, A7. Schr. i. 695.]
149. If the subject be a substantive in the dual number, the
preceding verb must be put in the singular, but must agree with the
subject in gender. Examples : oW** Qa ....)! <**« *J^*3 and two
young men went into the prison along with him; 0*^*?y" {j^j^ ^
after the two men disputed with one another about me; ^J^=> U jju C
^jt^a.'^t (Jjwj ^) U j-o*i)l ,j-« tuo a/fer something had taken place
* a * a*> j - ?^ ^ -
between us, which brother and sister do not do; ^j\j*a*}\ w*Ju ^
<£** - - a j at "' - s^o-^ se-
U-»eJ U l^jju (j' 'f^9 '^i *^J -**! ^ ^00 fo"»M», day and night,
when they seek (to effect anything), are never long in attaining what
they aim at; o^^-j^ aljuitj «1ju O^o->j and his hands and arms
j - - * a * j a , s *
and feet were pierced with nails ; oUjJ wsxkJ ^j^j <suw like one
5 - a - j * a ' * j a*, z „ s a , „ , g,
whose feet are cut off'; ^)U£» <z-Lsu U J-e^ *jj lj \j*o\»- jju ^^ V D
/fad Bedr been present and 'Ibn Hamel, thy hands would not have
a * * * * ~ sii*> j a } *a* a i** -
been branded (J-»»» in rhynie for J-**-) ; s^-^l J>k O-* alus ol3> ^
w«?/ 7^5 e#&? ?*eiw cease from constant weeping ; i*^- «2JUjLw ^^* Jui.
jJLic 3^*5 ^_5^»- «^J>J 0-*3 ^ 3^*3 cut your moustache till your
lips can be seen, and your dress till your heels can be seen (compare, in
294 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 150
A Hebrew, Micali iv. 11, Sfltyg |VX3 Tlini) ; <J& c£>i^ iJUJiaj
UojI Jl^JI ^i ,jUjLUI and thus these two words (viz. taiy3 and D7J?)
«re alike in their application to men also. — A following verb must, of
course, agree strictly with the preceding subject in number as well as
gender ; as %£Ju ,jl ^Cu ^jU&jUs o^a >1 when two troops among
you were on the point (sing.) of behaving with cowardice (dual). But
if it be a collective, designating rational beings, the masc. plur. is
admissible; as U-v*^ l^a*»Leli I^JJLISI (j^^u^oJI ^o ^>U«jlb jjlj
B and if two parties of believers fight with one another, make peace
between them.
Rem. Sometimes, however, a preceding verb is found in actual
agreement with a following subject in the dual or plural, or even
G ' 0 J } //»t 0 s *
in virtual agreement with a singular collective; as jut~o di.©JL>l j3^
^^■o.a.j after both far and near (after every one) had abandoned him
(>»»»*■ in rhyme for j0if^».) ; ol-Uc ^j-o^-' his eyes were red;
Q olju \Zcj his hands threw or shot; .-ojUj »**$ »»^-^Jt .JtjiJt (J>jIj
the women saw the white hairs which glittered in my whiskers;
,-XaI jJ^swJI gtjjiwl ,-i j-o^ojJj wty family abuse me for the
purchase of the palm-trees; ^Aj-o^j OjJJItli i**>$* £)jj*oj my
people aided thee, and thou becamest powerful through their aid.
The phrase *£**£t^JI ,-JjJl^l, the fleas devoured me, is generally
cited by the native grammarians to exemplify this construction,
D [which, they say, is peculiar to the dialect of the tribe of Teiyi'].
150. If the preceding verb has several subjects, it may be put
in the plural, as C-JI3 lit L£*. thou and I are come ; or it may agree
) J* , J J \ J 0 J s
iii number and gender with the nearest subject, as «>^3 OiL/* **■»"-.! .3
a~i\j (JLc>njjLjl and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon
his head ; ^^y> ^ 03^3 ^rij-* >^©-*£> Miriam and Aaron spoke
about Moses. — If the subjects precede, and are either three or more
§ 151] Sentence and its Parts. — Concord of Predicate & Subject. 295
singulars, or a singular and a dual, the verb is put in the plural ; if A
they are merely two singulars, in the dual ; as 1^-slaJ O^^P'i O-^'
the belly and the two feet disputed with one another ; j-**^ 'j >>-*-"
U-sULj the cold and the heat disputed icith one another : j^*JJ\ 3 ^^-Jlj
(jlj^...^; a«(/ £fo plants and trees icorship (not Oi ***?■ ....» , because
^»a*Jt and ^a..£)l are not individuals but species); c^j'^' cJ^»»-j
Sj^U i£»i lx£»jk3 JLaJlj r<w<? {when) the earth and the mountains
a 2 j
shall be lifted up and dashed in pieces at one stroke (not C-^j or n
* » J j - a*
£>££>*. JLaJt being a plur. fract). If the subjects be of different
genders, the verb is usually put in the masculine, as in the first of the
above examples, or in j-£aJI C^j^ij *JJI O-* O'***^ J*yA\ sx^=>3 J — ^'
indolence and excess of sleep remove us far from God and make us
heirs of (reduce us to) poverty.
151. The verb frequently agrees in respect of gender, not with
the grammatical subject, but with its complement (the genitive C
*•» it 1 a i a ~ * a* ,
annexed to it), which is the logical subject; as «L»I J^^yJzU*. ^
j - - a ,
even though every sign should come (be shown) unto them ; J^»--> j*$->
f * a j a * a a * * .. a * w j
\jjtr*. o j+±. y^* ci«c U t^-su J^» on the day (ichen) every soul shall
find the good it has done present (along with itself before God) ;
- - :i j - a * 0*0 j a< a * j
^Loct >.p^ wsdyJLwl all my limbs were relaxed ; ^joju C-.T.k'S
A3uLo\ some of his fingers were cut off; ,>uu 'y-aaj *^« ^jXJu
some of them ransom themselves from him icith others (by giving up D
others to him) ; Lliyc> )j.-.,;...JI ^^uu 1^1 when some years shall have
gnawed at us ; ^UU c«a^l iol j~±. ^b ye are the best people
that has been brought forth (created) for mankind ; Ojifcl l»ib
j*~i}^\ JT^y J-0 Vs^' c»yfc..J ?>-^j ^^ walked as spears wave, the
a ^»*» j* -
fo/« 0/ ?r^<?rt are bent by the passing of gentle breezes: JJuUI SjUl
296 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 152
s ^ e - o i o ,
A ^5* ^3^°"i wi>»*»C« Me brightness of the intellect is obscured (or
eclipsed) by obeying lust. As the above examples show, this agreement
of the verb with the logical subject most frequently and naturally
takes place when the grammatical subject expresses a subordinate
5 J O - 9 0s 90s
idea, like j£>, £*«►»-, u***-> andj-ji (see § 82).
[Rem. The verb sometimes agrees with a subject that is to be
supplied from the context, as <LJL£a, SJLaJ, etc. Examples : C-*JLi
it *> ' 1 ' 0 s s - -
g 4JJI J^~»j */m (threatening) reached the Ajyostle of God ; ,-9 *->'>*
• ^ * s vt *o 0 *
lyJaLA^-j juwjJt ^/-ii <Ais (saying) remained in tlie mind of er-Rasld
and he kept it in memory. Comp. the phrase <iU lyLp^a. ,J O^ '*•
he is not the man to forgive thee this (deed). D. G.]
152. What has been said regarding the concord of gender and
number in a verbal sentence, is nearly all applicable to a nominal
C sentence.
(a) When the predicate [being a verb, or an adjective] follows
the subject, they must agree strictly in gender and number (see § 148);
unless the subject be a plur. fractus, in which case the predicate may
9s s J J )0iO* J 3 1 0& * 0 *
also be put in the fem. sing., as S^bU 0***^3 V.*^*" LS^ the
hearts are blind, whilst the eyes are seeing. This latter remark applies
s 0 - 0 * J s -
also to the names of the Arab tribes (see § 147) ; as S^>$i u-*^ y~>3
sssO'Os'9's ,
ajuxo jjj y\s- ^> ^i aJjLJ and the Benu 'Abs were at that time
D dwelling among the Benu 'Amir 'ibn Sa'sa'a.
(b) When the predicate precedes the subject, as happens in
negative and interrogative sentences, then (a) if the sentence be
nominal (see § 117), the predicate and subject must agree in number;
but (/?) if the sentence be verbal (see § 121), the predicate is put in
the singular.
(c) If the subject be a collective, the predicate may be put in
the plural ; as 0>*^5 ** J^9 "^ are obeying him. Similarly, when a
§ 1 52] Sentence and its Parts. — Concord of Predicate & Subject. 297
0 e- * I .
verb is placed after a collective subject (see § 148) ; as j2&\ 0^3 A
yjjjSLLj *$ j^UJI but the greatest part of mankind are thankless;
/ ; ' / ; / j ^ .' j : 5 - i j e j
^Ul ^)|aj>..i ^gy^ J^O-* «■ jww< o/" ^<??w «;v afraid of men : [l^i=>pl
j^^s^j U ^JjJI &£ £fo Turks alone as long as they let you alone ;
»** j , a , Si
t^CLb duL^et. jj*^ because his army had perished].
(d) The predicate frequently agrees in gender, not with the
grammatical subject, but with its complement, which is the logical B
subject (see § 151) ; as O^-JI i£5l3 ^^Ju J£s every soul shall taste of
death; as^jxa ^ajUp (JL**.!^*)! ^31 the committing of crimes is held
•I i j
laudable by them. [Less frequent are such expressions as (jil J»£-»
jib\j {j^c yj^sj «-«L» every ear is hearing, and every eye seeing.]
[Rem. In the words of the Prophet JUj j»* J»& <j| *$\
^Jbk ij^jJ Co>J .jyi aJLaI^JI ,-i wJl^ SpUj verily, whatever
claims of blood, money or privilege there existed in the time of C
Ignorance, are under these my feet, i.e. are abolished by me, the
fern, form of OJli=-> and ,-yi (replaced in "Ibn Hisam 821, 1. 6 and
^ 0 - • mi J J J
Tab. i. 1642, 1. 9 by y^i .jSju), is to be explained by VJ^ having
the sense of icLo_». totality, just as in the verse of Gamll SjLjJI ^jl
_...»«o»JU verily the visiting is easy for the loving one, the
predicate has been put in the masc. gender according to the sense
(^jiiteJI ^^U), SjLjjJI being =jt>eJI, and in ^^J O* e^^—5 O^
lyj t^>_5' -i>it^4»Jl ,jt3 anc? i/" fAow as& me about my locks, lot the D
vicissitudes of time have taken them away, the verb agrees, not with
i * * a, j ,,, , a,
»£ol^-»JI, but with its equivalent ^jUj^swJI. In the words of the
tradition (Zamahsarl, Fdik, ii. 490) JLo+^tf^ aJUl J-~~- ,ji jJJJUl
efea^A <m the path of God is purifying {from the filth of sin), the
predicate is according to some interpreters fern., because JJJUt has
**_*■£*■ <i * a -
the meaning of o}[y*D\ martyrdom. Others say that <Uoii» a
practice is to be understood. Neither explication is necessary,
w. ii. 33
298 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 152
A for the nomina actionis are of both genders (Vol. i. § 292, d).
. OsDlsOZllOS *>*
Other examples are Tab. i. 2185, 1. 9 seq. Sah-clo} Z.9j*o j>y*o)\j
f s s 6 * * *
and fasting makes iveak and feeble ; Lebld, Mu'all. 33 S^lc wol£»^
ly^ljkSI Ojkjf ^A lit iiU-o and it vms his wont, to let her precede,
when she drew back, where also some interpreters say that the
predicate agrees with a*ojjl$\ =js\j£*$S ; Faik i. 246 JLSt ,-fc UJI
jb>tj <Ats is only an advancing and a retreating (comp. e). D. G.]
B (e) If the subject of a nominal sentence be a personal or demon-
strative pronoun, and the predicate a feminine substantive or a plur.
fractus*, then the former is generally put in the fem. sing., even
when the preceding substantive, to which it refers, is of the masc.
gender ; as S^JJ o Jok ,jl this is an admonition (Germ, dies ist eine
il x> 1 11 * 0
Erinnerung, Fr. ceci est tin avertissement) ; aJJI ^j«x». dUJ such are
God's ordinances (Germ, dies sind Gottes Regeln, Fr. ce sont-la les
regies de Dieu) ; JIaJb ^^ 1*>Lj aAJI oLjl «iUj s?/c/e are GW's
C signs, which we repeat to thee with truth. [In like manner, if O^
or one of its "sisters" be used (§ 131), this may agree in gender with
the predicate, as ^j*.*i)l c-Jl^ ^tj a?ie? «/ ^ contrary should
0 sirs til a * , 0 ' s
happen; *->>*" ^ **~* ^ Ojlo j^5j a»<# /£ has become a custom
Qii 1
of mine with the Arabs (*E1-Mubarrad, 279, 1. 4 with the variant <Uw);
I^JIS ^1 *^l ^^yUJLi ^^£3 ^ j£ then sJiall no other e.rcuse be theirs
but to say (Kor'an vi. 23 according to some readers) ; wJtfS ^a^*^^
* j * * *
jy^Ltrij* and they bore down upon them and this was their defeat ; see
D other examples in my note on *E1-Mubarrad ii. 1 08. This is also the case
0 , , , il 0 , , 0 ,
after the interrogative pronouns o-o and U (§ 170), as «il*l oJl^ ^>o
who was thy mother ? *it^.l». (OjLo =) Osl*. U what became (or was)
thy want ?
* [The word ojJb, in the expression ^Ap »JUI ojJk (am is a thousand
i .. -• i
dirhems, is explained by the grammarians as standing for^^AljjJI ajUk.]
§ 154] Negative and Prohibitive Sentences. 299
Rem. In order to express the neuter this, it, etc. both the **■
masc. and fern. sing, of the personal and demonstrative pronouns
* 2Z - j " s - .- - '~ *i
may be used. Examples of the latter: »iJbt ^>aJJt C~ot ^JOI
j * ai* -a i- a i -•? , a , * a j
v-t?t''j lyio^^ZAl ,-J! ,£UJj 15-^J ^ Aai?e heard, mayest thou avoid
imprecation ! that thou hast blamed me, and because of this I am
, 2 * a , , *
anxious and distressed ; IaIjI OJl^j and so indeed did it happen
* j j a'*,
(Tab. i. 2951, 1. 1); U^JJlai ye have done it, it is your fault
(Tab. i. 2755, 1. 12); H.i, cw lAjJl**. jJ they Jiave made it to be
treachery, such as was committed against *El-Hosein. This is
2 a*o "i. ' -c 3 *
applicable also to the 4.«aiJt or ^LuJI j^-o.«s>, which is masc. or fern,
according to the gender of the subject in the following sentence.
j < a ia-o * a * * ,2 +
An example of the fern, is Kor'an xxii. 45 jLaj*}M ,y«JU *$ Vyjli
ybr i£ is not the eyes that become blind. D. G.]
B. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SENTENCES.
1. Xegative and Prohibitive Sentences. C
153. The negative particles may, as in the Indo-European
languages, deny any part of the sentence, — the predicate, the subject
(e.g. ^,-^aJ 1 iJL» *$, § 39), the object, the kcil or circumstantial
expression, etc.
154. The negative particle sometimes immediately precedes that
part of the sentence which it denies, at other times is separated from
it by some other part ; as J»a»Jl ^^..Jl j>jSL* •$ the liberal man does D
not respect the niggardly ; l^-tj IJub U this is not a human being (see
% 42, rem. d) ; tjJb J15 U he has not said this.
[Rem. If only a part of an affirmative sentence is to be
strongly denied, the negative particle must precede that part
£ * * * t * • 5 a ^ ** *
immediately, as L^b *^ l£»-Ls> •$ juj sU. Zeid came neither
laughing nor weeping. If to the affirmative part of a sentence, a
300 Part Third.— Syntax. [§155
A parallel negative is to be opposed, the latter must be preceded by
i 0 - * 1 t> ' J Sis
the negative particle without a conjunction, as \j+£- *$ Ijuj wsjlj
/ have seen Zeid, not 'Amr.]
155. The predicate of a simple declarative verbal sentence,
which is neither asseverative nor optative (§ 1, e and f), may, when
denied by ^, be put either in the imperfect or the perfect, (a) When
put in the imperfect, it may be rendered into English by the present,
the future, or, when connected with preceding past tenses, by the
B Latin imperfect (§§8, 9) ; as J*si~Jt ^aL-JI jsjSJ *$ the liberal man
does not respect (or will not respect, or, under certain circumstances,
did not respect, non honorabat) the niggardly, (b) The perfect can
properly be used only (a) when *9 is repeated twice or oftener in
clauses connected by j, in which case it may be translated by the
perfect or the past (§ 1, a and b), as ^^ ^3 Ji**** ^ he has neither
believed nor prayed, or he neither believed nor prayed; or (/3) when
*$ is connected by 3 with a preceding negative, such as U, ^i, or UJ,
C and merely carries on the negation of something past (see § 1, e, rem. a,
and§ 160)*.
156. The particle ^ (a contraction of <jl *$), which is construed
with the subjunctive of the imperfect (§§11 and 15, a, a), is a very
strong negation of the future, not at all, never ; as »>Jj \jXxsu j^ ^i
jUJI \ysuiJ \^Xmu and if ye do not do it — and ye will never do it —
then dread the fire (of hell).
D Rem. On^ and UJ see §§12 and 18.
157. The particle U, when joined to the perfect, denies the past;
when joined to the imperfect, the present (see § 8, e, rem. a).
158. The particle J>! [Vol. i. § 362, /] is often found with
negative force, in verbal as well as in nominal sentences (see § 42,
rem. e), and that before both the perfect and the indicative of the
* [Comp. § 1, e, rem. b.]
§ 158] Negative and Prohibitive Sentences. 301
it i j o j a* (
imperfect. For example: aU *j)l^£»Jt &\ judgment belongs to God A
«&>«£ (lit. is w<tf &rc0/?£ to GW) ; jjy^ ^J> *i)l C>»^' u] ^ ""-
believers are in utter deception (lit. «re ?jo£ except in deception) ;
^jjjJai j^JJt ^jlft *9l l£^*' Ol & w /^r ^i7W «^>"^ &> reward me,
«#&? Aas created me ; lil—*.] *j)1 Ujjl ,jl aJJU jj^il^j ^j'U*- ^
^» they will corns unto thee, swearing by God {and saying), We
a sit ^ j * * a£ a ***»* +
intended nothing but doing good ; v>* j>*-\ ^>« l*^£— «1 <jt Ulj ^yi^
ojuu ««c? i/" £^# (heaven and earth) should quit their place, no one B
could withhold them after Him (if He, i.e. God, should withdraw His
- : j a* - s>si a 5 J -■ " -
support); (-«..»a>Jl *))l lojt ,jl ^>iAa.-Jj aiu? wri/y £&?y iritt swear,
FFe meant only what is best ; ,jiaJ! *9| »J>*t*i Oi ^# merely follow
their own fancy. In elevated prose style, as well as in poetry, the
negative U is often prefixed to this ,jl ; e.g. |U* ly) >ai;.j ,jl Uj
but her pains were (all) of no avail ; <cu yXu *^t c^j"^' t^~»i Oi ^* C
only one shoulder of his touches the ground ; ^UJI ^i^yJ wolj jjl U
*^UU1 £fow Aas£ /wwr s#?n (««#) //£« them among men (^U«1 in rhyme
for *})UUI) ; aa^j c-Jt *tta5**^ w^l Oi ^ ^<0M hmt never done a thing
which thou didst not like.
Rem. a. This ^j\ (called by the grammarians i*iUt ^\ the
negative 'in) is not to be confounded with the conditional particle
of the same sound (iJs^iJ! ^jt <A<e conditional 'in) : for («) it admits D
of a nominal sentence after it ; (b) it does not govern the jussive ;
(c) it lets the perfect retain its past signification ; (d) its predicate
is sometimes put in the accusative, like that of t« (§42, rem. e) ;
and (e) it is joined, as a corroborative, to U. It seems rather to be
connected with the Hebrew negative V{< px and occurs itself in
that language in the form Q}$.
[Rem. b. 'Abu Zeid, Nawddir, 60 seq. gives au instance of *^
302 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 159
A being prefixed to ^j\ instead of L», apparently because a relative U
precedes. D. G.]
' »,
159. The verb i^~J (Vol. i. § 182) is used (a) as the negative
sometimes of <uuJt o^ (§ 41), e.g. jjct 0^^3 cJ1**^ ^t*^ u-rP
>»***M «^>H ^ /°'* him who is healthy in mind and body, there is no
excuse for neglecting the acquisition of knowledge ; at other times of
J ' ^ Si *3 Z s ' 0' * ' 0'
iciSUI (J^ (§ 41), e.g. UJlc k^-J, or ^i^o ^^J, he is not learned.
B [It has always the meaning of the imperfect, mostly in its sense of
the indefinite or definite present (§ 8, a, b).] But it is also employed
(b) as an indeclinable negative particle, stronger than *$, to deny some
part of the sentence to which it is prefixed ; e.g. ^5 c-sil». IJkyJ t^J
w^-ftl IJkyj thou wast not created for this, nor bidden to do this;
j * 0 j ' ' - & j * 0'
iljju Oli U JJs ,^-J nothing tliat has escaped us can be overtaken
C (an opportunity once lost never recurs) ; J^»J I u~+) ^jZki I ijj>»»-j U-Jl
it is only the man that makes a return, not the camel (J«fr»JI in rhyme
J ' ' 0* / »J B i ' 0 ' ' 0 ' , O'i
for ^J-^aJI) ; ^ySujo jjt C*j>> j>* \j~J\ hast thou not formed the
intention of setting me free ? In connection with an imperfect, it
.- 0 y ««» J ot JO'
expresses a strongly denied present or future ; as vj-*^ ' •*-<**' o*«J
" 0 'DM ' 0 i JO 0 '
<Lx£J I j> jjk*9 Os^th. ^ I do not intend to make ivar (upon you), but
'Si j i ' i a.' j " ' 0 '
I am come to destroy the Ka'ba ; l^JJu ^ji*. j*S\ JUJ c~J ?/o« ?#i7/
j ^ » j ' 0 "t
D »ew attain greatness till you humble it (your spirit) ; ^)±j3 c/~^
J i *> St ' OtO ' 0'
jUM «UaJI jju /or the fire (of Ml) is never entered after (one has been
0 ' M' ^ e j ' 0'
a dweller in) Paradise; ojwUJ {tjaf.jJ u-^ no good is hoped of thee
0 ' *" ' >" '
(«juIa) in rhyme for SjuUJ). It may even be governed by £){£>,
ui Zi o *
so as to express the negative imperfect of that verb ; as ^^^ O^9
'0<o , ' .. .- ' 0' ~
^^--ft^W *$3 \My^^ v~tJ j9*l~° the Prophet was neither of high nor
low stature.
§ 160] Negative and Prohibitive Sentences. 303
160. When to a clause containing one of the negative particles A
U, j^, UJ, or ^ji, or the negative verb u-J, there is appended, by
means of the conjunction ^, another dependent clause, then, in place
of repeating the particular negative of the former clause, the general
negative *$ is used, because the special kind of negation has already
been sufficiently made known. For example : ^yJI^-ot ^y^ 1^5**^ O^
\LJii dJJI ^6 ^»*i^l ^ neither their goods nor their children shall
a-ra*7 ffojw aught against God ; ULp <sd J^aw^J ,j«*JI .iAJj jj' L^l) B
^^bb^^) <u jjji ^ //*> 5«?t' £^a£ fAts body was not created for him in
jest, nor connected with him for any vain purpose ; j££-o aJx JJ-j^i
remained for him no difficulty in the (divine) laic which did not
become clear, and nothing sealed up ichich was not opened, and nothing
obscure which was not made plain ; ^...aJi wJL5 wJUUb ^cl c—J
aaj^*»J ^ ^JJI p-^Lp' *^5 I understand by the (term) heart neither Q,
the corporeal heart nor the spirit which dwells in its cavity. [Comp.
§ 180.] If, however, the second clause be conceived as independent
of the first, and the connection be merely an external one, the
- tit, a*, t*$ai*j»*
particular negative is repeated ; as Us» '■>$»•>« JtH ^ j^ }* J-*
•>»»y O-0 a»»>^v»«w»J' «uu..^i j^$ oU-» is it a thing ichich has never
ceased existing during the past, and which a period of non-existence
has never in any way preceded? [But if the connected words have
not the character of a dependent negative clause, but that of a simple
continuation of the preceding part of the sentence, only the conjunc- D
tion j is used, as ?%*A\ j^jJaJJ 3]^ iy_j it Ucj*. U we did not despair,
when they fled and when the fire (of war) burned; \3jj jJti ,jL»J *9
y a , ,
js. jjuj do not keep food for to-morrow and the day after to-morrow.]
Rem. a. When ^*c, ^j, ^j^, etc. (see § 56, rem. c) require to
be repeated, their place is supplied by *9, which is followed by the
304 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 161
A genitive governed by j*£, etc. ; as sSsk* ^ z',',.a,.4 j-ji lijalii cmd
he slaughtered them without their being shut up or bound ; j+b yh
v«g«*>-& "^J vi/* ^** ?,s neither strange nor wonderful (see § 82, d,
rem. a) ; jL». *$j w— ^ *^L without honour or shame ; sj^e>. \J$}
Jjji *^ without cowardice or fear.
Rem. 6. ^j is sometimes repeated emphatically after a pre-
B ceding negative, and requires to be rendered in English by even;
as Jj>.\ ^j **§ ?io£ wen owe ; jk».l^ ^j ^ffv*^ &->*■ O' c£>' *^-3 ^w* ^
cfo not see that there has come out even a single one of them.
161. In oaths and asseverations *$ is followed by the perfect
with the signification of our future (see § 1, e) ; as ^/j CUc-ac *j aJJIj
by God, I will not disobey my Lord; w>LJ' Ijjb £**»& ^ aJJI^
by God, I will not open this door ; liyA ^^^a.jA. *>) Oo^ *X**J
C by the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not quit this place ; <LJb <uXc c~Ie ^
tj^-frfc I will never reproach Mm {again) during the remainder of my
life. In blessings and curses it is followed by the perfect as an optative
(see § 1,/) ; as \j£ Oolj *^ may est thou never see (suffer) evil ! O^3 ^
,jl£wl *^ may he not be {may he perish), and never come to life!*
162. When verbs signifying to forbid, fear, and the like, are
0 i # *
followed by ^1 with the subjunctive, the negative *$ is sometimes
0 i H i H
I) inserted after &\ (*>) ,j\ or ^)l) without affecting the meaning (see
- j a , a * , * , ,
§ 15, a, a); as ji^ .....*> *n)1 -iXs^o U what prevented thee from worshipping
(him) ? 0JLi^ ^ \$Lo ^rAj 3 J *&*+* U what hindered thee, when
* [,jUwjt in this sense is of rare occurrence. The old expression
was ^$£> *$j) O^ *$' ^n ^ne Chrestom. of Kosegarten, p. 16, 1. \2seq.
we must read with Dozy wU&~/t *^j C^A *^ would that I had never
come to life ! D. G.]
§ 162] Negative and Prohibitive Sentences. 305
thou saitest that they had gone astray, from following me? ^k*. ^j\^ A
* * ,o,o i » , a ...... . 7
j-«UJI ,-i »jU ..■■•; *s)| rtW(7 j/^e «/•£ afraid of being unjust towards
Me orphans (but if we read t^Ja-Ju, "^ is no longer redundant : if ye
«r^ afraid of not being just, etc.) ; j^l aJjou ^)l .^Uj ^i jbj L5VJ «>ij
«wrf Ziyad forbade concerning this matter, that anybody should do it.
Rem. In accordance with a curious idiom of the language,
whereby an oath or execration seems to be regarded as a virtual
negation, the negative particle may be omitted in denial by oath, B
and, on the contrary, be inserted in affirmation. For example, in
- si aiiio i o i ^„i , j 5 - rj'tt* * oi it *> i » ^ ai
poetry: ^JLojl l/«j^' <->P Ji/iJ ^y^ V^'j tyJLd aXJb w*o~. 51
by God I swear, I trill not give it (to others) to drink, nor drink it
(myself), until the dust of the earth separates my joints ; ^«J C*JI3
lyj U AaJD U^l? «iWbk l-JLc. and so I swear, I will never mourn
it *> * - j a j ,
/br one dying, NOR osA: a mourner what ails her ; aJJI v>**j O-Jxfl
IjlcIS p-^1 flwwi / s«i<f, -6,</ GW / swear, I will not cease sitting
(see § 42, rem. 6) ; and in the Kor'an, sJuj^j j,£>j3 ^Jju 4JUL3 by C
6W, fAoM toilt never cease thinking of or speaking of, Joseph.
Conversely, in the Kor'an : ^i ^-JU AJt^ _Aj^ :tt *il^-oJ ^—31 ^13
^o-Jslc ^^-oJjij an/7 / swear 6?/ the places where the stars set, and
* i «*» a - j ol
verily that is a great oath, if ye (only) knetv (it) ; «L»*JUt >o$-o^~.3l ^
,,»«» ,| j ol ,
I swear by the day of the Resurrection ; jJUl |Jlj_» ^-Jt ^) / swear
63/ £/m town. [As to the latter case, many interpreters say that N)
is the denial of a preceding objection that is to be supplied, so that D
we must translate : no ! (it is not as ye say), I swear, etc. In the
former case the omission of the negative particle is allowed, because
no misunderstanding can arise. For, when affirming, we ought to
say L^jjl^j \^Lxl^j JS\^ (see §§14, 19). Therefore the negative
particle may be omitted even wnere no oath is expressed, as in the
old verse (Noldeke, Delectus, p. 65, 1. 14) }j+s- b C— «t ^ ,jji
* * St 1 ȣ
\jj[j Ji£sjj\ and if my life be spared, 0 'Amr ! I will not cease to
w. 11. 39
30G Part Third.— Syn tax. [§ 168
A seek vengeance for thy blood, and in that of Abu Nowas (Tab. iii.
705, 1.1) .JlJI jJLc Uo^laJl U j**-j J[p we shall never cease to be
in good condition, as long as we keep the fear of God in our heart.
See two other examples § 42, rem. b. D. G.]
163. The prohibitive *$ governs either the jussive or the
energetic. See §§17, b ; 19, b ; and 20.
B 2. Interrogative Sentences.
164. The Arabic language ignores the difference between a direct
and an indirect question, in so far as regards the arrangement of
words and the mood of the verb. Every interrogative clause, even
when dependent upon a preceding one, takes the direct form.
165. A question is sometimes indicated merely by the tone of
the voice, both when it stands alone, and when it is connected with
C another question by j*\ or jl ; as £w «£L~aj ^0 L~U ^Z-^-3 lyUi
j e ,
*>L».lj^ol ^J-ixil \*£=>\j is it better to cast the stones (one of the ceremonies
of the pilgrimage to Mekka) riding or on foot ? &\j ^£j*\ U dJj^jd
^jl^Ju j>\ j-o-aJI O-**) f-r-l ^jb CvS by thy life, 1 know not, though
I am knowing, {whether) they pelted the Gamardt (see the last example)
with seven (pebbles) or with eight ; C*»-jt (j-e jl C-^-; ^j-o yk ^jjl *$
I do not know whether it comes from rohtu or from 'arahtu. In
D general, however, a question is introduced by one or other of the
interrogative particles mentioned in Vol. i. §§ 361, 3G2.
166. The simplest interrogative particle is I, which may be
prefixed to the word &\, and to the conjunctions y v-i, and^»5; as
„ , S ^ 0 , 0 >o : t > t it
slo-J1 ^ O-* >»**^" are ye safe from Him who is in heaven? O-*^'
ilyi-JI ^>«l l*^ shall we believe as fools have believed? U^j \XLc IJul
^ 0*> J 0 .
and they said, Dost thou fear any evil to us from thyself? jU-^J I
ec j * oc
§ 166] Interrogative Sentences. 307
yjy^j^i L5t UUxftj \j\jJ when ice are dmd, and become dust and A
bones, shall we indeed be recompensed {for our deeds) ■ wJ*^ «iU5!
3 3 3 ^ 1 - - 2 1 J// «J/ / J /J /S
uu^j art thou really Joseph] ^J\*pA \££j U^5 ,jjJJUJ ^)l will ye
not fight a people who have broken their oaths I <*JJt ^yc ^a» .:..."> Ul
art thou not ashamed of thyself before God ] «utj ^£X^jl jSL> y>\ Jl£i
^ I ^ ^ _ ^ , a * *i
I Jjk jjk a/jd J16m i?#£r sgm'<2, J./-e? ye a// 0/ ^/s opinion ? ^»l*»..^t
£• <• 2 3 ]i
lj-j». "^t J^it Aas£ £&?m ^e« heard me saying aught but good] B
- i J - 3sas'li-oZti - .> - » ^ //J
Ojli-"^ U^oJju aJJI ,jl (J^oJju ^t efo ^ey «o£ £/20W that God knows
*■ c«<« 'ssis it «• *' 3 0 - - 'i
ivhat they keep secret ] (Jj^) I Lii-J^o *j)l (J-jIs^j O-3*-^ ^' rtrg w'g ;M?^
«• : - ~ a **i
then liable to die save our first death (in this world) ? ^)l Ij^j ^Jj'
£^£ ,j-« aJJI Jii»- U /iai'g ^ey /w£ looked at what God has created]
du ^J**\ %3j U Ijl ^jt wAen /£ /a/fe («/x>?i you), will ye believe it then ]
ai £
If another clause be connected by>ol with the one beginning with I
(in this case called aj^—JI S^jk, ^ hemza of equalisation), there C
si/ at , * a si/;
arises a disjunctive or alternative question ; as ^y-^s- >»' ,£)jU£ jujl
is 2T£m? in ^y Aouse, w 'Amr] JfjJI ^^°' <■£!— f> a^jUJ! ^1 ts ^y
date-honey in the jar or in the skin ] \Jj~a j>\ \±*}sf.\ U~U i\y* it is
all the same to us, whether we bear (our torments) impatiently or with
a j a a 1 a * ai a i ,a , aii a a * * ~, *
patience; ^AjJuj ^J j»\ ^yjjjull ^y-le t^y it is all one to them,
a * j a j — * * a»o * ,
whether thou hist warned them or not; ,j-o w-^-fc w-jUjiJI 0-*3
jjij j , 2 > * a * ai & Z s i 3 it *a * li 6 - * 3
o>^c ^ola^j \Jl^ ja\ ^lLH\ j»\ jcjuJI ybl JJkl*. yk one of the strange J)
things is the self-conceit of him who does not know whether he will be
ai
saved or damned, or how his life will end. Instead of j>\ we may use
ai 6 a, ai * *a *a*i a33 * a
j\ ; as 3^-o.c j' ^)jup jujl is Zeid in thy house, or 'Amr] ^yS'iUi.t
a * ai ,a ** & * a a * j£ w^ a*o *
*j**£ j' tjJjJI ^9**-> u—^ O-* 5*' i^aJI ^o-s«J ^jj ^A«/r difference of
opinion in regard to the delights of Paradise, whether they are of the
same kind as the delights of this world, or of a different kind.
308 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 167
A Rem. a. The interrogative particle is frequently omitted at the
beginning of an alternative question; as ^JLol jl ^*^> <^-W til
I am king, whether ye like it or not (for^lwt t'j-"')- ^ both parts
of the sentence be dependent upon the same verb, it is placed
between them; as t^Jii jl O^* ^**^ whether he be rich or poor
(for Lie!) ; i\~~<> _/>\ At*. lo-L«3 whether he comes in the morning or
in the evening (for l»-U-©l). See § 6, a, and § 165.
B Rem. b. It is said that there is a difference of meaning between
os- ot o o * ot * * o 0O'£
jl and jt>\. The question 3j»*£ jt ^JjUft jujl implies ignorance as
•i a , oi .. , o oo 'Z
to whether either of them is there, or not ; but jj-*c >et ij j^s. jujt
implies the knowledge that one of them is there, and asks which
it is.
oZ is , 0 ) i
[Rem. c. j»\ (ojdaJU^JI j>\ the unconnected 'am) signifies often
°"
or rather, nay but, serving like Jj (§ 184, c) to denote digression or
*»«•«£ <> * s a
C to rectify, as *lw j>\ (Jj*}) Ijil verily they (the animals seen moving
'6 £
at a distance) are camels ; nay but are they not rather sheep ? This
is also its meaning in alternative sentences after ^Jjb ; see § 167.]
167. The interrogative particle Ja introduces questions of a
more lively sort; as $y^\ w^-*»« «^l J-* hast ^l0U heard tlis tale
of the armies 1 ^\ ^\j>£ O-* ^W-^ sj^ i^* ^^ J-* shall I
direct you to a merchandise, .which shall save you from sore torment ?
, .. j oZ , 0,0* ,0,lZ ■> ' oiti »,
j) -Ut w^.U> vj O' O-ij^3 J* ^k^' I (§ 84, rem. a) ; ^>ju ^>\ Ja
(^^•.Lo ^J (§ 90). It may be preceded by j, \J, and ^ ; as
^~iy> w->J^»- «iJ^' JU3 awrf Aa^ £/w story of Moses reached thee?
^3t« p-jlj OJI J^i £l— <JI ^1 C-soil ^1 //' I stay till the evening, wilt
thou go with me! — Ja cannot be prefixed to a negative clause (ex-
cepting >*, § 169) ; nor to a conditional clause ; nor to <j]:> 3> *-*> an(l
^j ; nor, in general, to a nominal clause of which the predicate is a
§ 168] Interrogative Sentences. 309
finite verb (§ 119); as oU juj J* [except in poetry].— It may be A
at o£ .
followed in an alternative clause by^el or j\, with the former of which
particles JJk is [mostly] repeated ; as j>\ j>)jZa o-* Mj*^' ji^ J-*
^oA>> jut» jl jJI OvSjX ^jjk ^«fe ^ /w<<tfs &/£ any place to be patched
or pieced (any decaying ruin to be sung of).? Nay but (I have
something to say :) hast thou recognised the abode (of thy beloved) after
* a * » * at j *e*>* - e £ o>» - a - a -
doubting (regarding it)? [^3^-3 J-* >»l ^,..a.,)1j ^^t^)t i^Jy^-i J-*
J i *o* > - J L s m
jyMj OlpJUnJI «/•# ^ 6/«na? ««rf £&? seeing equal? Or rather are B
darkness and light equal?] CJLw Ja j>\ ^y-i &J& J^ ***-'' sj^-f
* sis 0 s $ ' *?
lyJIJb ,j*o ^^jJI osl; ' Useiyid whether I have taken my blood-revenge
on Wail, or {rather] whether I have cured my soul of its grief;
*^a*j jt ws-» 3I ji»>t ,^^0 w-w JlA rf/rf //<? rm/g any one, or was he
reviled, or was he avaricious?
Rem. a. Some grammarians say that JJb is originally equi- C
valent in meaning to j3, and that its iuterrogative force is really
i
due to the particle 1 understood. The two are sometimes combined;
as^£»^)t ^3 eUUt «> ft,.,. i Ujlj ,jjkl c/ic/ £/tey see us at the loioer end
of the plain with the hillocks ? j\) w*Jf£ JJkl 4-JLJ UsU^o Jlii
ly*j jJUo jju <±kJL.Lc and he says, addressing himself Hast thou
recognised the abode of thy beloved, after thy doubting regarding it ?
* * - * a -
Rem. b. On the elliptical expression IJl& ,-i -iJU Jjk, see J)
§ 53, b, rem. e. When followed by a clause commencing with
it
tjl, the preposition .^i may be omitted [comp. § 70, rem. g], as
j»\jj ^j\ «iU Jjb dost thou tvish to go to sleep ? — Similarly, .J I 2ii ^)Jb
j-£»p ^jt wouldst thou become pure? scil. i«^p O' 15" c^**° *^ «J**
Aos^ <Aou an inclination to becoming pure ?
168. The compound negative particle ^)l, nonne, is often used
to draw close attention to the certainty of the following assertion, and
310 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 169
A hence admits of being rendered into English by truly, verily, certainly
(compare in Hebrew K7n = TX2T\), in which case it is frequently
w , a tie } , , * si.
followed, as a farther asseverative, by ,jl* ; e.g. ^*)l JW •>) *j)l
<U— j *5l certainly thou wilt never attain learning save through six
things (lit. is it not sol thou wilt not, etc.) ; jijjJ *j) Sjl^xaJt ^1 *^t
iw% 2/o?^A ofo^ /2<?£ last for ever ; llyA-JI^A^o^Jl ^M verity ^se art;
the fools ; V^ljj O-0 J"*****"—* '-H^ L5^fr L5^i J**^' f-V^' 'i W *^'
B 0 £/wm £/*a£ barkest at (revilest) the Benu 's-Sid, verily I am ready to
fight to the death in their defence, though they are far away. It is also
used as a corroborative before the optative perfect (§ 1, /), the
'*»'j2i-0'*s si-
imperative, jussive, and energetic ; as <^v*?*J 4-^' ?"** ^ ma1l G°d
disfigure thy face ! Here L> is often inserted; see § 38, a, rem. h. —
The synonymous particle U! [also, before an oath, written j>\] is used
/£ /JO// //Ow// 0/ wj *"/ /£
in the same way as ^)t ; e.g. &&& I^jju ^ aAJIj Ul verily, by
God, hudst l/iou transgressed it, I would have put thee to death;
C jWI oj^u j4*~j j-+±- ^ ajI Ul verily there is no good in prosperity
which is followed by the fire (of hell) ; 0-°3 JLf* O'J^ OLasljJIj Ul
i i a j j o s » Z 6 " si Oio * a * St *■
\£^& L5* *^*" ^j-o-1*' «**J «^'j*i" 0*-«**^ L5^° ^ ^ galloping
camels at Ddt 'Irk, and by those who pray at Na'man abounding in
'ardk-trees, (I swear that) I have treasured up love for thee in my
heart.
169. ^1, %*>, ^)>J, and Uy (called by the grammarians Ojj^-
J) uaj*l\j ^iu-aa^JI the particles of requiring with urgency, or with
gentleness), are used before the imperfect to incite one to perform
an act, and before the perfect to rebuke the neglect of it ; as s^i^sJ *$\
jjbpl ,-i UU& why dost thou not compose a book upon asceticism?
equivalent to compose one, pray ; but jJfcjJI ^ L>L^ c^-i-e *i)l why
* [And also by ,jl^ and by 3 ; see the Gloss, to Tabarl. D. G.]
§ 170] Interrogative Sentences. 311
• 0 • »C - '
hast thou not composed a book upon asceticism? ^-.^Act *** »% A
«•• • el •o^ • • • - 5-o j i'
didst thou not inform me (of it)? a~U Jpt ^y bj*£> CH^ J^*t!
*0 t>° *? those who do not believe, say, Why has no sign from his
Lord been sent down to him ? £\ UJLi jl lti\ L^LC. ^y why does not
GW spraA- to us or a sign come unto us ? cub ,j! *£!+} W ^^ l^
jj-^^LajT ^ why dost thou not bring the angels to us, if thou art (one)
of those who speak the truth ? In later times the simple U is so used ;
as^i5 U dost thou not stand up? or thou dost not stand up! equi- B
valent to pray, stand up.
Rem. a. *})1 is used in the same sense as *^1, but with less
force ; as j*^**} \y£> Uy> ^j^JUUj ^1 why toiU ye not fight a
people ivho have broken their oaths ? ^£J aJJ! j**j O' 0>?'a*"' *^'
10% do ye not like that God should forgive you ?
Rem. b. Sometimes the verb is suppressed after these particles,
• i e i a • £ •
and a substantive follows in the nom. or accus. ; as ^Xi) ^c Ij-ji. *}Lfc
why not better thaii this ? scil. Jjuu dost thou do, or j*±. ^L* C
• I 0 • 0 • • J * J J J0&* J ~ • - "* Z. '
«£|J3 y^c, scil. «£U* (J^ was from thee; p-L—o w>^JliM^ >ojJi3l *}>Jk
• • t^
?t'Ay t/irf* ye «o£ cfo so before, when our hearts were sound? scil.
) it * Z -o , i S • #■ • gji -i • • 5 • - -<* - » • ' J J-
• 3 • Jdx» A -- - -3 •Ox ••Ox • 0 J Ox ••of
UJLeJt ,«*£J1 'iiy ^jjis^o ^J*> ^jkM ,^-ail i/e reckon the
slaughtering of she-camels your greatest glory; ye sons of a good-
• w J • «5 •
for-nothing, tohy not the helmed warrior? scil. ^jjuu, i.e. *}L*
• £ • JO^ * • ©** 0 •O^ • • SJ/
*iLoJI ,**£)l j-i»»H ^>* O^***^ u'hy do ye not reckon the helmed D
warrior something glorious ?
170. The interrogative pronouns »>« who? and U what? may
stand in any one of the three cases, nominative, genitive, or ac-
• o£ o • oe o • j o
cusative ; as wJI ^>-o who art thou ? cJt ,j>* C— U if^ose daughter
0, • 0 •
art $om ? cJj:3 ,j-e ?r^o?» ^«*^ ^Aom slain ? ^lu^o iUJ U what is
312 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 170
) ) * * 6)6)*
A that in thy right hand? J>£> U what sayest thou ? ^>&* ^nfi in what
(state) were ye ? Even when they ought, strictly speaking, to follow
another word in the genitive, they may be put first in the nominative
absolute, and their proper place supplied by a pronoun which falls
«.».- 0 .- t>* *)))'* * » * 0 1
back upon them (juU or £»-'j); as %^t> J£> 0$£U «juj ,>« J3
e * *
(instead of ^j~c juj) Say, In whose hand is the kingdom over every-
0 - *
thing ? But no such pronoun can be used, unless o-* an(l ^ precede
in the nominative absolute. — To render the interrogation more lively,
B the demonstrative pronoun t3 is appended (like the Heb. H?) to the
interrogatives ,j~© and L«, even when the subject of the inter-
rogative clause is introduced by the relative pronoun ^JJt ; as
) )* * * ) ) * 5«5 - *
J^aj 13 L«, or J>aj ^JJI 13 L-«, what is it (that) thou sayest*?
j-«! j^JJI ^^j or j-ol ^JJI 13 ,j-o, M'Ao is i£ £/$«£ has given orders?
^)\ * *******&&*'**
U^A ^J| <&&*** j*ju 0*Jj 13 UJ (pron. &'ma da), why dost thou run
aw)/ a/iter thy coming hither ? — The pronouns ^a and U are always
C used substantively, but can neither govern a genitive nor be followed
by another substantive in apposition to them in any case (nom., gen.,
*■* t * 0 * o *
or ace): ^-^3 o-*> u*j^* 0-°> do n°t mean rts dvyp; quisnam vir?
quis eques (est ills quern vides) ? but quis (est) vir ? quis (est) eques ?
<>-6 being the subject and the following word the predicate. For
j ) Zti ) o t * b * ) * ) o * o*> *
example: w-jic ^J\ C-^Xi. ^» &* I^HS jt>^ii\ I3t when the tribe
2 e t »*> * * »*
ask, Who is a man ? I think that I ammeant ; U« oU*;)! ^J> O^ V
* ) O * ) d O )* * O * O ^ O * * * 0 *
D IjV*j o\A ^o^*" cHj^ O-* '>*»** J^tj if there were one of us among
a thousand, and they cried out, Who is a horseman ? he would think
<o ) S * 61
(that) they meant him (Li>i«J in rhyme for ^yju); aXi\ j^t ail ^yo
I L-aj ^^^JL;, lit. ?r/w (is) a (706?, beside the (true) God, (that) could give
* [We find not unfrequently 13 L« Jl>*3. 13 t« oJjo what host thou
* * w ) ) *
done? 13 l«« (<--• J^}^** «wrf w/ta/ rfo yow wish from me? D. G.]
§ 170] Interrogative Sentences. 313
3/om /?^£ ? the words * l*-iu ^jJLj forming a relative clause in con- A
nection with the indefinite substantive <*JI (see § 172). Even such a
t a - a - a-e^
case as is represented by the words ljuj ^>*, jljj ^^«. in no way
violates this rule. One person says tjuj wolj / have seen Zeid;
another, repeating the exact words of the former speaker (ijl£&Jt),
# 0 * 0 ..
asks ljuj ^>« ?r&> is (the person meant, when you said " ra'eitu
J 0 ^ *•
Zeidan," by the word) " Zeidan" ? Similarly, in the genitive, Ojj-o
»*jJ-» I passed by ZZid, juj ,j>*. In general, however, the i»b£». B
(imitation, citation or quoting of the exact words of a speaker) is
neglected, and the questioner asks juj ^>« wAo is Zeid? in the nomi-
native. The *ubC». is allowed only when the word quoted is a proper
name, and ,j-o is not preceded by any connective particle, such as j.
.^ 9 a * a * * m a , j , j a -
We can only say juj ^^^ and icho is Zeid? ju_j j»%i- v>« who is
the slave of Zeid ? The word ,j-o may be used by itself alone, in
reference to an undefined substantive, with the inflections mentioned C
in Vol. l. § 352 ; e.g. J^.j ^sl*. there came to me a man, ^U who?
y^j ^-*j'j / saw a man, U« whom ? J^>J ^jj* I passed by a man,
^^5^-9 ivhom ? — As interrogatives, j>* and U are construed with the
masculine singular of a verb, but occasionally admit of the feminine,
* - - a * * a *
when the predicate is of the feminine gender ; as ^Ut <^j\£s &* who
was thy mother? [see § 152, e\ — If inquiry be made regarding the
nature, qualities, social position, etc., of a person, U is used, and not D
a * * ai * * * * a * *
jj-a ; e.g. C-JI Lo aJ UISj and we said to him, What art thou ?
jj-s^JUJI w>j U what is the Lord of created things? «£Uy> ^j£- ^i^-i.1
^ * * j * a * a * a & * £ * * a * * a £ .- a ^ £ .0 • a * at* Z* * *■
a io *■ _ a£e .. ,
* O' O"* ^J Poetic license for ^jl ^o, and OIjJl*. in rhyme for
w. ii. 40
314 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 170
A dSlc jjtil ^& ^ wa.Ic ^«-«J J^>* jU*« ^^ cub J13 ^»1^
fe// m# «&om£ £% verse: " ^4wrf a/lter s/^ descried the cavalcade of the
Numeiri, she turned aside, and they were on their guard against
meeting him " ; — what were ye 1 He said, I was upon a lean he-ass,
and with me was a friend of mine upon a she-ass like it.
Rem. a. The <LA£^ of a proper name is inadmissible, if the
name be qualified in any way, except by ^jj\ in a genealogical
b, , b ,b, s bi, , b , b, b ,
series. If one says 3j-»£ £y, Juj CUjIj, you may ask £yt juj ^j-c
©^ , ,b>o ib, j bi, ib>o , bio tb, j bi,
B 3j~*e- ', hut if one says ^J-SUJI Ijuj C-ulj or j~c*$\ ^Jj\ ljuj Csjtj,
.- ^dA» £ a / b , ib>a , b*> 4b, b ,
you cannot ask ^JiUJI ljuj ^>o or j-+-c*$\ (J-»l ljuj ^^-o. In these
cases the nominative only is allowed.
» - S -
Rem. b. From £>* is formed an adjective ...U [Vol. i. § 352,
s ,b< 1 ,
rem. c], which is used in asking questions regarding ^o-lsJ I Olio
or OL~~iJI (Vol. i. § 249). E.g. juj ^J^W- #&«? came to me;
j-^oJI o/* which tribe ? to which the answer might be ,-£yJUI of
C Koreis, as distinguished from ,*£a3I J>jj Zeid of the tribe of Taklf ;
[jJb ,<wo, C-Jl j«-w6 of which tribe art thou, is he? instead of the
usual jJ^yJI 0-«-*]-
Rem. c. The interrogative U is very rarely used of persons ; as
, i , J , , b. Jib,, , J , bi , J vi J , , , b iviii wl 1 ,
but I tvill point out to you a man amongst us, who is better able to
carry out what ye have asked me to do ; and they said, Who is he ?
D IJjb U CJlii Ojl-o-2* \J^-j 15M Opsu she saw a man pretending to
". ° '
be dead, and said, Who is this ? The conjunctive (relative) ^0 and
, b , b j b
Uo (§ 172 and foil.) are more frequently interchanged; e.g. ^j-c ^^
, bi ,, b ,
<ftjjl i_jJ* ^.rlej among tlcem are creatures which walk on four
j i j , b , b , , * ,, i , , , * j b , b , , ,b>o , b I
(feet);jJo\ Ooyk j>$ ,>o ^3t ^jLd a».U».^3u ,>© Jjk UaiJI w»^wl
0 covey of katas (a sort of bird) is there one (among yon) who will
lend (me) his unngs ? Perchance I might fly to the one whom I love;
§ 171] Interrogative Sentences. 315
jL-JI jj»« ^aXJ w>U» Lo l^a>C)Li £^erc marry what women seem good A
to you ; tjjJj Lo ^JJjUIj I^aJo to ^..Jl! ^Aose whom they married
{their ivives) were {doomed) to captivity, and those whom they begat
j a *Bio , ^ * a & * a * * * ,
(their children) to slaughter; J|yi3l ^jl^ d-o*}Hlfcl ,J UiXi L»i
<£JUy> <ui a/tf/ (as to) those about wJwse virility we are in doubt, the
- a - , * ' ' - £- s <• £ J
decision shall be as you please ; dJjo-»» .* ^j^ to .tjoa l^c ^ja^J^oJ
<Ae?i fo ordered all who tvere in his presence to retire and leave us ;
*43>3 *0^' O-* *■} uA-*si*~l I* *J^3 an^ a^ whom ne had about him B
of his friends and relatives* .
Rem. d. On the shortening of U into^o, see Vol. i. § 351, rem.
2 £
171. Regarding the interrogative pronoun ^1, of which we
have spoken before (§ 87), there are here two remarks to be made.
(a) ^1 [when followed by a noun in the genitive] is used, not only
instead of the fern, ijt, but also instead of the plur. ^y,\ ; as ^1 ^y> C
OJ! iL«i «?/ ?rA«£ tfrifo or* #Aok? O^-oJ fu^j' l5^ u-*-5 lS;*^ ^3
and no soul knows in what kind it shall die ; OJI ^Ul ^1 ^yo of
what people art thou I [when prefixed to a fern, pronoun, it may be
2 J lit
masc. or fern. ; though Ov*i' is the more common ; see Vol. i. .§ 353].
(b) A nominal sentence with a nominal predicate, of which the subject
I//9JI/ 3 c
(lju*-oJt) is ^1 with a pronominal suffix, may, as a whole, without any
* [In reality, the above examples form no exception to the rules. J)
In the two first the question relates to the quality or position of the
man, not to his name. In the others Co is used in a collective sense.
But as in many cases the interrogative what is he ? and tuho is he ?
* a *
the relative what and whom are equally admissible, we find Co and jj-o
sometimes interchanged by different authors and in different manu-
scripts. Comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. iii. 14 seq. D. G.]
t [The reading ^ijl 4-»b is compared by Sibaweih to an equally
rare form, viz. ^j^X£s.]
316 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 171
A change of case, supply the place of an accusative to a verb or of a
genitive after a preposition ; as jtjJI ^ ^jS O-i^c / know which of
L^c ^^ wi7/ we £a#e /or£/i from every band those who have been
stoutest in proud rebellion against the Merciful; ^->l j^J lyi-a*
*^X*a\ he bit them with his teeth in order to see which of them was the
J - 0t OJiit * s 0 ul * ' - * * - r *
hardest ; ,J-ail j^S ^s- ^X^J ^XJU ^j C-wJJ U Ijl when thou
B meetest the Benu Malik, salute him who is most excellent amongst
3 £
them. In such cases, however, ^l may be put alone, without any
suffix, in the accusative or genitive, the vacant place of the subject
in the nominal clause being supplied by the pronoun of the third
H tO s 3 Zit J 0- - 3 i
person; asjIjJI ^ $*» IjI oi^*. In the former case ^t is treated
as an interrogative, in the latter as a relative pronoun. We may also
Ct x? ,- j o t ^t j o* ^ £*» Sis- ) b s *
sayjIjJI ^£ ytt y^/A c^.c, and evenjtjJt ^ \A <£*jj&.
Q Rem. a. ^£\ likewise serves to express astonishment, in which
case it may always be put in the masc. sing., and the noun which
it governs in the genitive is undefined. If the preceding noun, to
3 £ & p
which ^1 refers, be indefinite, then ^1 agrees with it in case ; as
j * w £ j .- -a
\J**-j L^' *J*?"J~t L5****J* thou hast brought me a man, (and) ivhat a
vi t w£ is b*0 } 0* *
■man ! — what a man thou hast brought me I [(or ^S) 2u\ Sl^b ^jj-*
Sl^-et I passed by a ivoman, (and) what a woman /] But if the
* . . Sf
preceding noun be definite, ^1 is always put in the circumstantial
j ^ ;J £ o a • *■ ,
D accusative or hat; as yj^j ^\ juj ,-3sla. Zeid came to me, (and)
what a man (he is) ! The reason of this is, that the interrogative
and exclamatory ^1, being by its very nature indefinite, can never
3 £
be in concord with a definite substantive. Instead of ^1 we also
find UjI [LoJLj t] ; as J^.j l^jt Ja.jJ ^j^Z-*., J-e^j UjI J>ij ^J*W-,
z, . s o*o s St£ 0'£* o«s j o • • ^ ^ ^ *Zii vi *o J 't I
S ' ' 5 /' ^- > ^ȣ,
handmaid of G'ud, (and) what a girl is she /] tia. et©j| OLojli
§ 172] Relative Sentences. 317
:► ^» ^ ^e.
j-XJ U^jI jZ+». U*c dJUi jJIaJ a«(/ / gave a slight wink to Habtar, A
and how keen (see § 53, b, rem. e) were the eyes of Habtar, the noble
youth ! — The substantive which constitutes the object of wonder
may be understood, when it is virtually contained in the verb, and
j^l must then be put in whatever case that substantive would have
stood, had it been expressed; as ijliu ^t l^iwl how they have been
* * st ^ < » ,,3
tormented ! i.e. «ul& ^1 <ubu t^XiJl.
£ - -
[Rem. 6. From ^1 is formed the relative adjective ^.A ; see B
Vol. i, § 353, rem. c]
3. Relative Sentences.
172. There are in Arabic, as well as in the other Semitic
languages, two kinds of relative sentences ; namely (a) indefinite,
i.e. such as are annexed to an immediately preceding indefinite
substantive, without the aid of a conjunctive noun (Vol. i. § 316) ;
and (b) definite, i.e. such as are introduced by a conjunctive noun, C
whether substantive or adjective, which is definite by its very nature.
9 -
A sentence of the former kind is called ii-o, a descriptive or qualifi-
er
cative sentence; of the latter kind, iL©, a conjunctive sentence; and
the conjunctive noun itself is called J^oj^JI ^~»^l, or simply
J^oj^JI. Examples of the first kind : j»\i-i J^j ^jj* I passed by
a man, who was sleeping ; iSL> ^jjXi ^UU *^j c~*j JjI ^j\ the J)
first temple, which was founded for mankind, was that at Bekka
* a*> ill * } « , s 3 i 5 '-•
(Mekka) ; w>U£M j*\ ^>a oI^m Obi firmly constructed (i.e. «m-
ambiguous) verses, which form the basis (lit. are Mtf mother) of the
<j , , , , , £S-> " . Si/ - 04/
Scriptures; apUw ^j iX». ^ <sui s»o *) j>$i a day in which there
s&m fo «o bartering, nor friendship, nor intercession ; ^S3 ^i «L-o
traces of an abode, which speak not {^Si in rhyme for ^J&j) ;
ijV tU-J <J*j •** j±-\ u~^*-« ^i ^*j ^fi w»re removed to another
318 Part Third.— Syntax. [§172
A room, which had been sprinkled with rose-water. Examples of the
second kind: Jjuu ^JJI ^U^jf the, king who is just; ^f (^^O
^^ oJl£» my s/*op, w/mcA Aae? belonged to my father ; ^ JJl^ jl
*ij* ^^ j* or (hast thou seen) tfie like of him who passed by a town 1
SJ/ /Of - 1 CI «- 2*
j^S^cS (J3***i CH**^' those ivho spend their wealth (in almsgiving) ;
d-©~>l ly^i j^J*i o' O-0 *^' ju»»l-»wo *^-o ^>«-« ^ffJJ3l jS^j awe? wAo
B #00$ a greater wrong than he who hinders the temples of God from
O * i 0 1 - - 1 0 * -
having His name mentioned in them? 2.J* ****' O-* ** l**^ O-**
foj£ ^0 to whom anything is forgiven on his brother s part ; \k^js'
<&jZj U £#***} he let me know all that he was leaving. — Sometimes,
however, a noun defined by the article is followed by a qualificative
sentence, when that noun indicates, not a particular individual
(animate or inanimate), but any individual bearing the name*; as
* i o i i a *a* *
i&if+Lj ^J^-jJJ L5***i ^* ^hat which beseems the man who is like thee;
vj ljU~>l ij+a^-i jl^aJt ^yLo^> like the ass which carries books ; j^aJl^
iUJJI .J ?-*o5i like the coal which is put among the aslies. In such
phrases as C-wjlj ^l^'vo*-5, what an excellent counsel thou hast adopted!
the substantive i^ipt is the first nominative after the verb of praise,
and the clause wolj the second nominative, standing for C*jtj U;
so that the expression is equivalent to <£btj ^1^ [comp. Vol. i.
§ 183].
tv Rem. a. The Arabs, like the other Semites, have no relative
pronoun which they can employ when the antecedent to the relative
3 i
clause is indefinite. Further, it should be observed that ^1 and
jCjJ! are always definite, whether the latter be used substantively
* [The article is then employed u,..>aJI \Juy*2> to indicate the
genus (Vol. i. § 345, rem. a).]
§ 173] Relative Sentences. 319
or adjectively ; whilst jj-o and Co, which can only be used subs tan- A
tively, are either definite or indefinite, as eU» jj-« he who comes or
one who comes, .J Co that which I have or something ivhich I have.
When employed indefinitely, ^yt> and U are not regarded by the
Arabs as conjunctive nouns, but as indeclinable substantives (equi-
* • " * ' . •
valent in meaning to ^^i-w .* , a person, and l^ti, a thing), to which
the words that we regard as the complement of the relative
pronoun, are annexed as a qualificative clause, virtually in the
same case. We even find, though very rarely, a single adjective so B
annexed to yj** or lo, and actually agreeing with them in case
[e.g. £ymm*j» O-^i **->jJ* I jiassed by a generous person ; L>j *— 'jj-0
" a J
«5JU y>^u / passed by something pleasing to you]. When thus
used, ^o and U are said to be di^-cj^. [Comp. Vol. i. § 353, l.J
Rem. b. The pronoun in the qualificative clause, which falls
back upon the antecedent (jubJI or **.'jJt [§ 173]), ought, strictly
speaking, to be of the third person, even when the subject of the C
qualified substantive is a pronoun of the first or second person. In
practice, however, the one is usually brought into agreement with
the other; as ^j^Xyt^J j»^3 j£j\ verily ye are a people who are
foolish; iw ^JJLSJt ^£jj Lo js^a) 01 verily ice are people who count
it no disgrace to be slain; ^J>}\j£- JW-jJ' J^* J^l ,c>t verily I
am a man whose hostility (brave) men find (to be terrible). Compare
§ 175, rem.
[Rem. c. Among qualificative sentences may be reckoned also D
the qualificative clauses mentioned § 139, rem. b, (1).]
173. The qualificative sentence necessarily contains a pronoun
(juUJI or £e>.ljJI), referring to the qualified noun and connecting it
with the qualificative sentence. This pronoun is either contained in
the verb of the qualificative sentence, as its nominative, e.g. «l». jJo>g
a man icho came; or, in case of its being a nominal sentence, is
expressed by a separate pronoun, e.g. ^j^iJ^ 5* J*-j a man who is
320 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 174
A my friend; or, lastly, appears as a suffix in the genitive or accusative,
e-S- j**v 6&\ J"*^ <~>jj-* I passed by a man whose father was asleep ;
n-^J .Sj-o* O^ SI^-oU ^SS C*».jj I married my son to a woman,
wtfA wte f^4?wr was iw /ow; [V^j-^ *-><«=> a striking wherewith he
was struck]. The suffix is, however, not unfrequently suppressed,
when the sense clearly indicates the connection between the qualified
- . . OsO*> S3, ~s, tJ/i/C &i * s
noun and the quahncative clause ; as j^t J>k$ %\Xi j^^aS ^p\ Uj
•d IjjLoI JU>ol and I do not know whether distance and length of time
have changed them, or wealth which they have won (for ajjlol) ;
C*-^J \£s jj*. 4jj~e> aZ)j«£ I struck him a blow at which he fell like one
dead (tor \i j*»); vLw ^^aj <j^ ^-aj l£h**-> *^ '-•^ l**-^ and fear a
day, in which a soul shall not make satisfaction for (another) soul at all
(for <ui ^j^J).
C 174. The conjunctive noun ^JJI may be used either substan-
tively or adjectively. In the former case, it includes the idea of a
person or thing, that is to say, it is equivalent to the substantive
,j«© and U, when they are definite (jtiyoy*), he w/io, that which. In
the latter case, it agrees, like any other adjective, with its antecedent,
which is always a definite substantive, in gender, number and case,
and thus markedly differs from the relative pronouns of the Indo-
german languages; as u-J^lj O^M ^c U*}Ls>1 &jji\ Mj' show us
D (those two) of the ginn and of mankind, who led us astray, scil.
Ij^-^l cH"^' (j>iJlla.*^JI Ujl show us the two devils who led us astray,
viz. Iblis and Kabil or Cain ; <5**-~» U* CH-*^' L5**^ u~»-' l>* ^
t-alutw.,* ve^ J I ^^Jai (^5^*3 ^ ^w w/w sawest my two little sons,
who were my hearing and my sight, — my hearing has to-day been
snatched away ; \yJ»$ Oi^ jLoj'n)! ij^ tyU ^SM\ v>*X».jJI ju*.l ,j\
> o j o s i
ojLtLw yjj srii* AA*i-JI ^\ one of the two men of the 'Ansar (or
§ 175] Relative Sentences. 321
Helpers of the Prophet) ichom they met, when they went to the porch, A
was 'Oweim 'ibn Sd'ida; ly-i J*-> 5%© J-^y ^j i*.^ w~-el j*>
C^lic ^JLt ^>ljJI ^>Il*^>jJt *5l M<?/* Gerega was slain, without having
prayed a (single) prayer in which he prostrated himself, save those two
rWas by praying which he became a Muslim ; ^-jjj-aJI j^> JJ Uli
AJnj>^. v>c UoJbUjjj ^>jJJJI ««c? we sfo/W (wow) </Mote tffo £?ro «>«^
(or airs), which we hate received from Gahza; sj*SX0)\ ^ycj ^i
* j i » - C * *■ a ' ~ *
l«Ay£»i >ojcij ^>j-^' ?/2 ^ ^'»?e o/* £fo tfiro kings, ivho have been B
already spoken of; ^\ L>* ciV*5 ^5* °^** O^J^' ^J^s u' ^
J-e^-oJI JW»- rt«» ^'5 fatfo sons, who had murdered him in Nineveh,
fled to the mountains of Mosul.
Rem. Somewhat similar to this is the attraction or assimilation
of the relative in Greek and in the older forms of German, as dusint
punt des allir bestin goldis, des die wouwen tragen woldin.
175. As the case in which the conjunctive nouns stand, is C
iudependent of the conjunctive clause, they cannot express the
syntactical relations of our relative pronouns. If they stand (as
always happens with y>«, U, and ^1, and frequently with ^«xJI)
as substantives at the beginning of an independent sentence, they
s
form its subject or inchoative (lj£~o), and are consequently in the
nominative ; and the same thing occurs with ^jl\, when it is annexed
as an adjective to any such subject in the nominative. In every other
instance, they stand, it is true, at the commencement of the con- D
junctive sentence, but are in whatever case the preceding governing
word requires, be it noun, verb, or particle ; that is to say, they are
in that case which, according to our idiom, pertains to the demon-
strative pronoun implied in them, or to the substantive antecedent to
which they refer. The syntactical place of our relative pronoun is
supplied by a pronoun in the conjunctive sentence, which falls back
upon the conjunctive noun and agrees with it in gender and number,
w. ii. 41
322 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 175
3 «> *0iO 3
A This pronoun is called by the grammarians \J\ (*».tjJI) Jul*) I jt+>iM
3 0 sOtO
J^o^oJI, the pronoun which returns to, or falls back upon, the con-
junctive noun, or simply juUM or *«*.tjJI.
(a) If this pronoun stand, as the subject, in the nominative case,
it is represented, in a verbal sentence, by the personal pronoun
> O - S - it I t ,..
implied in the verb; e.g. Jj^u j>* ^*».l / love him who is just;
-D ^LJ| ^j^x.^U..> {j^ jtrv*^ among them are some who hearken to thee;
s s 0 s J 0 <■* 0 * * * 0 J *
(jLa^Ja^aj wJi Lj ,j-« J^o ,j£i (if so,) we shall be like those, 0 wolf
, St lO 3 1 * StO -OXJ - 3 * i
who are comrades; ^Ul ^J-lsu ^j)) «iU<JI ,>© JU.I / am afraid of
the king who oppresses the people. But in a nominal sentence, it is
expressed by a separate pronoun ; e.g. jj yfc ^a he who is pious ;
<i * * * 3 St 0 * * 3 SttO ' S Si A? 3 0 3
J^Lc jA U-* of that which is error ; u^ij* >* l£^' j****^' 0**c
/ have visited the old man who is sick. In nominal sentences of which
C the predicate is an adverb, or a preposition with its genitive, depending
upon the idea of being understood, the virtually existing subject of the
substantive verb suffices to connect the clauses, without any separate
pronoun being expressed; as^^j ^,>oJ "■-'jj"* I passed by him who is
* j * 0 0 * * si So, , l Ct & 0*3*
there or those who are there; *j) ojut ,^-03 u^j^'j Ol^o-JI ^» ^yi> a)
** 0**3 0*0*
Aj^Lfi ^js. ^2y£l~j to Him belong those who are in heaven and upon
earth, and they who dwell with Him are not too proud to serve Him ;
s vis vis w s J Os sCtt- d • /% •
D &£*_> ^JJJ ^LAJ jfc.03 c-s*j J3I jjl verily the first temple which was
9 -*
founded for mankind is that which is at Bekka (Mekka). The julc
may also be omitted in a nominal sentence of more than the usual
CI 0i0>o * 51 •»< St to St-o *3
limited length, as <*JI uof$\ ^j *M sU~JI ^ t^JJ' yk He it is
0 ~* St>° *i *
who is a God in heaven and a God upon earth, ^JMS t^JJb 01 U
ILj siXi I am not he who says anything to thee; but this omission is
o * * * 00** 0 * O10 * 0 3 0 *
rare in short nominal sentences, as <uu> U^ iS^i *$ jU*»JW £>*i C>-«
he who cares for praise, does not speak what is foolish.
§ 175] Relative Sentences. 323
(b) If the juU be an objective complement in the accusative, A
it is appended as a suffix to the verb ; e.g. <Q'j O-* he whom I have
seen; ali^c ,j^ cJjX I know him wham thou hiowest ; ^JJl J>jl.JI
0*« 3 *- * .
^yj I aJUS ^ £^i<?/ w^om wy son killed. The suffix is, however, not
0 j j } ai * a * * - 0 j^-
unfrequently omitted ; as ^C Jul ^^J U 'y^vo^j and yours (shall
* O s 1 * a*
be) in it (the future life) what your souls desire (for <Uyl£J) ; w>L£)t
<cUt Jpl ^JJI ^ book which God has sent down or revealed (for B
<Opl); [1>>^» ^JJl£» Uy> ^jx^jj ^j\ vetj^t ^--c tV way fo £Aa£ £mw«
lis 0^ ^ J ^
wrc7/ restore some people to their former state (for oyl^ or <uXc l^jUb)].
(c) A pronominal suffix also supplies the place of our relative,
when it stands in the genitive, dative, etc., or is governed by a
preposition ; as t^ju* jjj\ ^JJt w«*JaJI the physician whose son is at
my house; jJ^s JU a) yj* he who has great possessions ; ^a^cjJ U q
aJI tffotf to which thou callest them. If the governing word be an
active participle of the form J^li, referring to present or future time,
- * ai * a*e,
the genitive suffix may be omitted ; as ^15 oJl U u«a3Li doom then
what doom thou wilt (for 4*^15). If the suffix be governed by the
same preposition as the preceding conjunctive noun, the suffix and its
^ ai 0 - * 0 *i
preposition may be omitted ; as OJI ,j-« jjs. Ul / am at the house of
the same person as thou (for ojjs. wJt) ; (j>«^w j-* t5«*^W ^jj-* D
I passed by the same person as Suleiman did (for <u j*) ; {+* w>*~»3
* J * a * j« / j/t/ - 0 j 0 - -■
tjyjj^j and he drinks of what ye drink (for aU Oyfj^*) ; c-*^ jJj
*Jb OJI (^JJW ^* O*^ T—^ ***»■ el>o-» ws»- ^*a^» £&>« o7<fe£
conceal thy love of Semrci for a time, but now disclose what thou wilt of
it (yj*$ by poetic license for £)*$!, W*-* Q/" ^" = Vt** i>* of love of her,
and *-5b for aj ?-jW)- But this is not allowed when the preposition
324 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 175
A is used before the suffix in a different meaning from that which it has
before the conjunctive noun, nor when the preceding verb is a different
one ; as juj ^e. «*>> <Z>jj~c ^ JJ b Ojj-« / passed by him on whose
account thou didst pass by Zeid (where w> in ^JJL> is ^LaTiU, whilst
in <su it is Ajw-JJ, § 56, rem. d) ; *ui c~£) ^JJ I ^ OjJbj / Aaw
had no longing after that ivhich tliou desiredst (not *Z-+£j ^JJI iJi).
<3 „ , u,
B Rem. a. The juU after ^JJI originally was, and, strictly speak-
ing, ought to be, a pronoun of the third person, even when the
preceding subject is a pronoun of the first or second person ; as
■, , 0 J , Ot , ytlO J O ,
l».Uol ijdfc :-ol O^**^' O*^ *' *s we w^° arose early. More usually,
however, the julc is brought into agreement with the word to
which it refers (compare § 172, rem. b) ; as ^yt>\ ^jZ*~> ^JJt U1
°" ' * '
Ojjk**. /am &e wlwm his (lit. my) mother named Haidara [Lion)*;
j J j J , CJ*o ,£
C ^9*1)5^-*° Lj* ,<3jJ^-; ^JJI ti' /am Ae whom they find (a choking
j , , j , , o ,i
morsel) in their chests or throats (i*J$«X*>-j for ^*jjj^-j) ; CU«J1
, , o , , , j , o ) Cito // g« o*> , o --o*o
tjkib jub$+j U-*tp CUAfe ^JJI i5~>^)l jL**Jt ar£ 2/iow wo£ iAe
negro slave, who used to attend upon us in such and such a ^?ace ?
0 , } 0 , ,
[Rem. b. Ibn Malik alone permits the phrase £>*+* C~>j~o
,0s ,0,0*10*'
<Z+*£j for «ui C-s*cj (^j-* C^Jj-o T beat him whom thou desiredst
(see Lane s. v. ..5), while some other authorities sanction the
0 'J/ 0 , , , 2 0, 0 , 0,0
J) following likewise jjiwj ^^ (-lc U^j Jia».j ^i ^j\ if, some day,
0, , J Si, 0 ,
he fails to find one on whom he may rely, for <x*Xs, ,J£*; ^>»o (see
Lane s. v. ,Jlc). D. G.]
o, St,
Rem. c. On the occasional use of ^1 in the sense of ^JJI see
Vol. i. § 345, rem. b.
* O^o-* by poetic license for ,-U^w, and Ojju». in rhyme for
5jjuj».. Another reading is .-«t .-£*-«>.
§ 177] Copulative Sentences. 325
4. Copulative Sentences. A
176. We have already spoken of the difference between the
copulative particles j and <j in Vol. i. § 366, a, b. To what has
been there said, the following remarks may be added.
177. If to the subject implied in any form of the finite verb,
another subject be appended, the former must be repeated in the
jja^, ,Zi3,s
shape of a separate personal pronoun ; a? w>^1*jj lil o^-o*. / and
Ya'kub {Jacob) were present ; ajU^oIj ^a ^jI he and Ms companions B
came; <&>j} wJI w**ili go therefore, thou and thy Lord ; C-JI ,j£-»l
»*> - J 3 .
I «iWjj^ do thou and thy wife dwell in the garden ; j^=> juU
- - 3 J l-"*- - 0 J it
J*}Lo ^^g^jbtj^jl verify ye and your fathers have been in
clear error. Exceptions are very rare ; as, in a verse, oJLSI jl
<J^y* J^JS I said, when she and (other) fair (women) advanced with
elegant gait (^1^3 for ^J}(y2) ; [*** Crt^h J& h* and those who
were with him said (Tab. i. 2419, 1. 2)]. If, however, the verb has a C
pronominal suffix in the accusative, the repetition of the implied
subject in a separate form is unnecessary ; as j^Jj >Uj^£>t I and
~v., - * * * O s, ,, 3 J i, 3, J it,
Zeid have shown thee honour; ^JLs (j-oj lyJjJL».ju ^jjs. O'^.
gardens of everlasting rest, into which they shall enter and those who
are righteous. — This form of expression may be varied by repeating
the verb after j, but even then the separate pronoun is still usually
employed ; as «->>£*j j«nr».j Ul o^a*.*. t\
* [Sometimes there is hardly any difference between this construc-
tion and that with ilx^Jt jlj (§ 37), e.g. 'Ibn Hisam, 318, 1. 11
Ch**".**^ ••l£**v" 'Vj^ ^ bla^-olj U^j ice and some of our comrades
who left the right path became like two parties, where Aali L£»
UJ w>la*-otj would convey the same meaning. R. S. We may add
here that it is usual to say ljujj C>-» rather than X>]y but
2j+*3 J*ij j*-» rather than 1/**$.]
326 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 178
A 178. If a substantive be connected by j with the objective
pronominal suffix of a verb, the suffix may be repeated in the form
ot a separate pronoun, but not necessarily ; as ju*i ,jl ^o^ ^-u^-lj
y • o £ 0^
>»Uc^ I and keep away from me and my sons our worshipping idols ;
1 , t , s J s B t
a-o>5j o^.ef\ he made him and his people emigrate. But if a pronoun
is connected with a substantive or a pronominal suffix in the accu-
sative, it must be suffixed either to the word Cl (Vol. i. § 188) or to
the repeated verb ; as Ubl^ aXls, or V^Sj <xX3, he killed him and
B her. If a substantive object is annexed to a pronominal object, the
verb may be repeated or not ; as Ij^j3 <^»>Jj I saw thee and Zeid ;
6i 0 J y * s - 0 * , J ' s -
aXaI £y> <x3u> (J^ 0-c3 *^* he hilled him and those of his family
who were with him, or ^J! &-*3 3-fc <lL5, or ^Jl ,,>« J**^ <t^**-
179. If to a pronominal suffix in the genitive there be joined a
substantive in the same case, the governing word is usually repeated ;
C as ^fr£5W VjJ j£*.) y°ur and your fathers' Lord. The form »ibU£»
B y - s oi
J*ij3 cJl, thy book and Zeid's, is of rarer occurrence, except with the
suffixes of the third person, as A*»-tj y»> as\su\ his and his brothers
agreement. If a substantive be connected by ^ with the pronominal
i -
suffix of a preposition, the preposition must be repeated; as <u». *j)j ^J
to me and his brother. This rule is occasionally violated in poetry,
D scarcely ever in prose ; as Ukj-ot-»j lyj ^^H O-** v'** »■*** an^ balked
is he who is scorched by it (war) and its flame ; j&i*$\ 5 <&> 1*3 w**iL3
v^,c jj^ 60 off then, for there is nothing strange in thee or the times.
Rem. If a genitive belongs alike to two or more nouns, it is,
in classical Arabic, attached to the first of them, and represented
after the others by a pronominal suffix; as ouUjj -iU-o-JI y^ the
king's sons and daughters. On an exception see § 78, rem. b ; it is
common in later prose writers, as j>)\ jU^lj j^l j-£~>J*> j^>«
§ 181] Copulative Sentences. 327
Moses mentions (by name) the sons and grandsons of Adam, for A
0}\Jl*.\j j**\ i^)jl ; <Uji jJL^Ij VJ»I a most pleasant and sweet
slumber, for Ifc'iJl^.lj i*jj «y*a**^
180. The negative particle ^, when it follows _j, connecting two
nouns, supplies the place of a preceding negative sentence (see § 160) ;
as ^o\ *^j ^1 Ji*j ^»J neither my father nor my mother remains alive,
B J t~'~
where ^ is equivalent to J-j^Jj ;vo^»^W ^j^Jl '>oJ*>^oJ ye have
not known, nor your fathers ; OjL>l *^ U£»^wl U aJJI jU» ^ if God B
had pleased, ice tcould not have given Him companions, nor our fathers.
If the two nouns be both separate words, ^ is sometimes prefixed to
the first also, notwithstanding the negative which precedes the whole
sentence ; as j»%£* ^3 JUS ^ Uu-j %s$ U there has been neither
combat nor dispute between us. — Similarly, if two verbs are dependent
upon another verb, which is preceded by a negative particle, the
second of the dependent verbs usually takes the negative ^ with the
t Bi , * Bi ** *B « * * at B i ' - Bi , ■ t
conjunction 3 ; as jj*l *iaSI ^3 Uw J^cl 0' yj~£*\ ^» it was Q
impossible for me to do anything or to conclude anything, where ^j
is equivalent to ^1 L5~£«' Vs-
181. When two verbs, connected by 3 and referring to the
same subject, precede that subject, one of them (in general the
second) agrees with it in gender and number, whilst the other is put
, *'B*,*sB ie* , , * * B *o* * * *
in the singular masculine; as «£Mju£ IjjucIj i<*J, or ^jutlj L*j
.y'jufc, thy two servants acted insolently and with violence ; Q^a^-j D
i)tol jjW— i}, or «i)W ^4^5— i3 ^jU,„.^fc.» , thy two sons do good and
evil. This involved form of expression occurs, however, but rarely in
classical Arabic, in which we usually find Ljjutlj i)lju* ^jj.
t— J - * * BiO J B J jj ,£/
tj'-s— j j ^)UjI ^...ah.j. It is called by the grammarians ^^-9 PjUJI
J-o-*-", the conflict in regard to government. Some further illustra-
tions of it are given in the remarks.
328 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 181
A Rem. a. Sometimes a noun belongs to two verbs as the subject
of the one and the objective complement of the other. (1) When
this is the case, if the verb to which it is the complement be placed
first, the noun is expressed only as the subject of the second verb,
3 0' '
and the first verb is left without any complement; as C-sJj-i
00' ' ' ' '
J^tj ^■^j-'S'j I struck (Zeid) and Zeid struck me. Some Arab
grammarians, however, allow the first verb a pronominal com-
0 0' // /^ JJd/ / 0 ' ' 0 J * 0 3 ' 0 3 '
plement ; as juj (e-yj-^j &Zjj~o ; *_-*»-Lo s£JL*sjj j t-t^jJ C«*£> tit
B when thou satisfiest a friend and he satisfies thee. (2) If the
verb, of which the noun is the subject, be placed first, the second
verb takes a pronominal complement, and the first verb agrees
with the noun according to the rules laid down in § 141, etc.;
00' 3 30 ''y ' ' ' ' 3 v> & 'i30''y ' ' '
as juj <CL>j~e>j (-oj-o, \^J%ef^\ \^Lij^a^ l*,**!j~0 ^ie two men struck
me and I struck them. The omission of the pronominal complement
0 0' 30''' " ' '3vi*O30''' " ' ' ' '
is rare; as juj c-sJj-oj ,_;j^o, 0^*hpt OOj-oj ,-Uj.o ; [.-Uwlj
3 3 30X3 3 0'" _ 0 3 ' ' 3
ijj-SJI C^frwUg the apes were akin to me and I to them~\; \m***j \o\Sau
CO 3 ' 3 3 " 3 3 ' ' 2 lO
At Lai ^a^-oJ ^c* 'it ^>jjJ»U)I at iOkdz the sheen, or gleam, (of
3 ' uj '
weapons, «-^LJt) dazzles the eyes of the beholders when they look at
it. The noun may also be made the complement of the second
verb, and the first verb, which has now no subject expressed, must
f 0 ' 3 0''' 'X '
agree with the noun in gender and number; as tjuj Ooj-ij (-Uj-o
0' 3 Zi *3 3 0''' " '
(Zeid) struck me and I struck Zeid, ^-J^pt C-o^.05 ,-jUj.o the
3 0''' 3 ' '
two (men) struck me, and I struck the two men ; C-0^03 ^j^tj^b
D yj-j^JUaJt they (the evildoers) struck me, and I struck the evildoers.
All these involved forms of expression occur but seldom in classical
* 0 ' 3 0''
Arabic, the usual and regular constructions being tjuj C-Jj-o
_ ' ' ' ' 3 30 ' ' ' ' 3 Z *> " ' 0 3 30''' ' 3 *1 lO ' ' '
^j*°3i W*?j-»s l/^-J^ l^^' "T&J^J (Jj-^^1 l^J""*'
' ' ' ' 0 ' 3 vt *> 3 0'' 3 ' ' ' ' vt to 3 a ' '
■ jjljj-oj £xX*.j}\ C-sJj-i, {j->±>.j*03 yJ>*^JUaJt
Rem. b. In the case of a verb which must be connected with
both a subject and a predicate (such as <jk£» or j'-o), if the
predicate be common to two propositions, it is expressed only once,
§ 181] Copulative Sentences. 329
being either entirely omitted the second time or having its place A
■S
supplied by b! and a pronominal suffix. For example, we may
* - SO- - - - j a t
translate I was sick and Zeid teas sick by Laj^-o juj O^J
* -S0----JW JflJ S / $1/ / / /
or Lcu>-« juj <jl£»3 «L»I C«S, or lastly Lcu^a juj »J^.3
•L»l, the first of the three forms being preferable. These involved
forms of expression likewise occur but rarely in classical Arabic,
* - so- - - - * - j oj
the ordinary construction being biuj-o juj 0^*J ^ij-0 C«^», or
JwSO---, J 0 J 0£ - -
abl juj jjl^j. [An example from poetry is CU^> j*ob j-JL&j B
* - - - JO
Ujjj i^jJ'jj a^-9 /i« accused me of a thing of ivhich I and my father
were innocent (Sawdhid el-Kassqf 31 1). D. G.]
Rem. c. Almost the same thing takes place after the verbs
jj-b to think, believe, w*"^ to think, reckon, suppose, etc., which
take for their objective complement a clause consisting of a subject
* - * 0 - J 0- -
and a predicate (§ 24), as LJU Ijuj OvuJ» / thought Zeid learned.
The predicate of the clause, which serves as complement to the 0
0 -0/0 J 0
wJjUI ,Jjt9, may belong to two different propositions, and con-
sequently refer to two different subjects ; whilst the noun, which
0 -0/0 J 0
is the subject of the wJUU t Jjti in the one proposition, may in the
other be the subject of the clause which is dependent upon the
0 -0/0 JO
wJJUl J«*$. When this is the case, we may, in accordance with
rem. b, translate such a phrase as Zeid thought me learned and I
£ - 20-J0--- w - 3 Si 5-
thought him learned by bjJlc Ijuj O-^-bo, lyUlp, or obt i**-^
CjU Ijuj >zJj&'3, or lastly abj Cjlc Ijjj ojubj ^ylk The D
first of these modes of expression is the most common, but all three
* - so- s-
are rare, the natural and usual construction being LjJlc juj .j^il?
J £ J J 0— -
obi dJUJgj. If the subjects differ in gender or number, the pre-
o- - £ * o - - #o- 2 £ 3 j - - it s i
dicate must be repeated; as ^^£.1 tj-o^j tj^j l»-l .JLisuj ^jjit
/ think Zeid and lAmr two brothers (of mine), and they think me a
brother (of theirs).
w. ii. 42
330 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 182
A 182. The Arabs, as well as the other Semites, often connect
single verbs and entire sentences with one another merely by means
of the particles j and o, where we should employ particles of a more
definite meaning to indicate the precise relation between them.
They use _$, for example, where we would prefer a disjunctive or
adversative particle ; as ^j^Xju *) ^lilj ^^Axj aJJI God knows, but
ye do not know. In such cases, however, j has in reality only a
copulative force ; the adversative relation lies in the nature of the
B two clauses themselves.— The Arabs also use 3 and o with a separate
verb in some cases in which we avail ourselves of a subordinate
modifying expression ; e.g. JU»ti j*.a«w he prostrated himself and
made long (his prostration), equivalent to he prostrated himself for a
long time, instead of i^rwJI JU»I, as we may also say (see § 140).
183. The particle 3 in Arabic, like its equivalents in the
other Semitic languages, often serves to connect two clauses, the
C second of which describes the state or condition either of the subject
or one of the complements of the first clause, or else of a new subject.
This takes place in such a way that —
(a) The clause descriptive of the state is nominal ; as juj >el3
j)[j ybj Zeid rose up weeping ; p^suaut, 3-*$ ^)l ^U he returned to me
beaten; a*^W vW*M i5^»« ^^ ajuc ^yo OsU. she came from his
liouse with her clothes in tatters, crying ; £yo oQ/* **fs ^5* u°j*J\
^a f&j ^*tJI two generations of men passed away in his time, whilst
D he still lived ; VAiL^ ^* ^i3^ \j*>3 ^j-5 ^j^ J-* lS*^1^ ^e ^im
who passed by a town, falling down upon its roofs (in ruins, its walls
falling in upon its fallen roofs) ; ,j^©Jju ^i lj ^Itj^ ye lied,
knowing (that ye did so), ye lied wittingly, in which example the
nominal circumstantial clause has a finite verb for its predicate ;
JJU jj-o*^3 <±ij w**3 Zeid went away, whilst 'Amr remained;
lyjL^j ._* j-t^^s j„5J^I J>*3 and sometimes I go forth early, whilst
§ 183] Copulative Sentences. 331
the birds are (still) in their nests, where the circumstantial clause has A
a distinct subject; JA^..j 3j-o*3 »*ij *r**3 Zeid went away, whilst
'Amr was busy, where the circumstantial clause has a distinct subject
and a finite verb for its predicate.
Rem. We sometimes find a nominal clause merely appended
to the preceding proposition, without j, as j js- ^At..) ^Cahi l^ixJbl
get ye down, the one of you an enemy to the other ; o ju juj zU*.
Awlj iJlft Zeid came ivith his Iiand on his head; iwj *•«■»■ aA& a~&} B
/ />te£ Aini wearing an embroidered coat ; [^^yJ «iJ»— oJI £~s. t^»-lj
£&?^ returned, (wh ilst) the perfume of musk clung to them] ; and
even without a pronoun, as ^Ajju j~&5 jJ b ^j/-8 I passed by the
tvheat, (whilst) a bushel (of it was selling) for a dirham (for
J ° * '
<sU«^ji5 [§ 120, rem. a]).
(6) The clause descriptive of the state is verbal and affirmative,
the verb being in the Imperfect Indicative, preceded by »»ij ; as C
■ - 6
knowing (as ye do) that I am the apostle of God unto you ? If the
particle jJ> be not employed, j must also be dropped, so that the
circumstantial Imperfect is outwardly unconnected with the previous
proposition; as <lX»~Jaa juj Aa*. Zeid came laughing ; j^t^S «U*.
*4<M O^ w-jUaJI aUu the emir came with led horses preceding him
(a very common construction, see § 8, e). D
(c) The clause descriptive of the state is verbal and negative,
a' -
the verb being in the Imperfect Jussive, preceded by ^Jj, or the
Imperfect Indicative, preceded by L03 ; as w-$j ^$ ^1 ^•^ JU> jt
l^jii aJI or has said, 'Something has been revealed to me,' whilst
: ; - : zi Z. r 3 * t * * *
nothing has been revealed to him ; OiLJ**"^ ^J^v****-*' *$[ O^^^Z ^°3
but they deceive only themselves, without knowing it. In this case j is
often dropped; as ly-> ^n,-.-.*.* ^ J-^j *^\ O-6 *-o*^ I>*UjL»
332 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 183
A and so they returned, (laden) with favours and benefits from God,
without any harm having touclied them. Where the negation is
* - * Bio z a * a £ a*
expressed by *}), the particle 3 is rarely used ; as cUjj'n) U$3 ,jl ^
1 * 0 l * * * a * * * , Zi *> ) , * * *
w-a.,^-1 *$ lylX».> gLo-JI I^Aio dA**5 if any persons entered heaven
because of distinction of tribe, I would enter it without being hindered.
(d) The clause descriptive of the state is verbal and affirmative,
the verb being 111 the Perfect, preceded by jJ>j ; as j>i_9 Ia^Uc IJjb
13 C-w^wl swcA ?&• /«e;# singing, now that she has grown old; ^pUu ^1 U U3
LSUjIj UjLji ^jjh Ua-jji.1 jJj <*JJt J->*-j ^s «W «?/»/ should we not
fight in the path of God, since we have been driven out of our dwellings
and (parted from) our children 1 Sometimes j^Sj is omitted, and,
<• 0 * 0 i a j 1 1 > a * s a j * * oi
less rarely, either j or *x5 alone; as O' ^o-AjJ**-0 O/ *n*» j&j$*f 3'
• ■»■»'•»
^s^J\JL> or they come unto you, their hearts being reluctant to fight
C against you; \£Z$ U U^tUal y IjjuiSj ^>\^.*^ I3JIS O-Z^ who,
having remained (at home), said of their brethren (who went out to
battle), 'If tliey had taken our advice, they would not have been
killed' ; ja+j *$ V^-J C>3> C*Aj£j ^ov5l~J JiJLc 1*1**^ O^* ^
what can it boot me that their women say, ' 0 do not perish ! ' when I
have been slain fighting for their husbands? O^S »Hp j**-5 *** *Wj
ojj^cf. fJ*e- ice saw him enraged against Zeid, who was in command
of his army.
D (e) The clause descriptive of the state is verbal and negative,
the verb being in the Perfect, preceded by Uj, or more rarely by U
alone ; as v^j ^J **4j £^ ZMd came without having ridden ;
ayA jXl Uj juj Aaf, or oyi\ jXi U, Zeid came without his father
having stood up.
Rem. The _j which introduces such a circumstantial clause, ia
called by the Arab grammarians ^JlaJI jlj, the lodw of the state,
§ 184] Copulative Sentences. 333
condition or circumstance, and £UL>^t ^3, the waw of commence- A
« £ - 0 - 3 J
ment. The clause itself is called iJl». aA»o-»--
5. Adversative, Restrictive, and Exceptive Sentences.
184. The principal adversative particles in Arabic are ^, Cr?
Si 0 *
or »>£), and j^.
(a) *$ is opposed to a preceding affirmative proposition or a
command ; as JaU. *$ ^Ic juj Z^'d is learned, not ignorant ; B
faAre Z01W, ?w£ ilwir. [In comparisons ^ has the meaning of but not,
as *iX3U^» ^ l^9 a man but not the like of Malik (ibn Nuweira) ;
- •*
,jtjuuJl£9 *i)j l^j-0 kS^^^ *^3 *^* wv/fc/' — but not so good as that
of the well of Sodda, pasture — but not like the sa'ddn. In later times
*^3 was very often used in the sense of even more than, as *})j Ojj^t
w>l^iJI gtjucl / rose ear/y, eren earlier than the crow does ; C— oi J^j ^
ju?£ O^ J/-*6, ^J *^ a,ld verily t"°u luist dej ended the cause of God
better than even 'Amr 'ibn 'Obeid; jjU*Jt ,jl£w ^j^. ^)j l^-^j
they were silent, even more than the inhabitants of the sepulchres.
In reality, neither *$ nor *^j have an adversative force ; the adver-
sative relation lies in the nature of the two clauses themselves, as has
been remarked in the case of j § 182. D. G.] D
(b) sj£ or sjSH (also, especially in Magribl mss., 0^=>^, O^3*^)-
which is often preceded by 3, is more particularly opposed to a
preceding negative proposition or a prohibition ; as yj& j^>j ^>^*f
t**~i jt^ It** Zeid came to me, but Amr did not come ; *->**■• *$
'j-o* O® '-^j d° n°t beat Zeid, but Amr ; 1^Jl£> ^i^ U^Ai? Uj
334 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 184
, - J 0 ^ 0 j , } oi
A 03-<>-^*i^*-~*-5' ail(t they did not injure us, but they injured themselves;
L5^5 V**^ 0&3 ^5*** *^J Ji»Xo *iU /or he neither believed nor
prayed, but deemed {the truth) a lie and turned away ; ^J ^.J^o^L
J " 'vi J 0 2 1/ s s s 0* w J
*****) V*** O-* {f**®3 L5^'-** L5^ ^^*" w# reproachers blame me
for loving Leila, but I am deeply smitten with love for her (%£++£■
9 - 1} •*,* 0 I J) *s * 0 J * rsO * - 6>o !>
m rhyme for Ju^c) ; ^i <uulSj ^SJ oj>I^j ^-^-J "n) dsjj ^\ ,j\
o jJa^.j vj-*^ ' no errors of sudden passion are feared in 'lbn Zarka,
but his onslaughts in battle are looked for (with dread). When
introducing a nominal clause, »>& requires the subject to be put in
the accusative (see § 36), whereas o-£ leaves it in the nominative ; as
I_$ja£» Ch^W^' 0&3 O^-**^ j-*^ ^*3 and Solomon ivas not un-
believing, but the devils were unbelieving ; ^s ja^J\ ,j^JUaJI {j£i
C C>«-* <J*$~*> but the evildoers are to-day in manifest error.
Rem. ,^£J and ^jSi are said to be used ^Jljjklw'^JL) fo rectify or
emend (the previous statement).
e' .
(c) Jj is opposed either to a preceding affirmative or negative
proposition, a command or a prohibition ; as jj-o-t ^ JkJj j>{* Zeid
<i o * o * oo * , , ,
stood up — not so, it was 'Amr ; jj-o-t ^Jj juj ^eU U Zeid did not
f o - o * so/ * o
stand tip, but 'Amr (stood uj>) ; Sj^s. ^Jj ljuj vj-^' ^^ Z#/c? — no,
10* 0' to* 0 0 * -
D Amr; tj-o* <Jj \j*ij *->j-*£ *$ do not beat Zeid, but (beat) Amr;
, * 0 lit! * 0 * 0 * 0 s Os s 0 3* s s s
,j_o3lfbj/<r£dsu Jj jj-oi £yt> \xAs- jjti ^jj U we do not see that ye
are in any way superior to us — nay, we think you liars ; Uj>1>* 1^1*
0 0 > jirf JJ/// 0 ' 0 0 J
^bjiSLj <UJI ^rr&i jJj oUc they say, ' Our hearts are uncircmncised' —
J * * 0 } 0 , l , *
not so ! God hath cursed them for their unbelief; *ZxX±. out- l^xA*.
I , 0*>
S^aJI >~>y>5 J^ they stripped him of his dress, nay, also of the
* * 0 ' - '.£.» 1^1 - 0 ' ** ftir 0*0 f- rt > - * Oli
garment of life; ^£*^yo L> Sl^l J-» cJlii o\j*«\ j»\ A+*j C-Jlt art
§ 186] Adversative, Restrictive, and Exceptive Sentences. 335
thou a man or a icoman? And she said, A tcoman (lit., not a man, A
but a tcoman) 0 my master. Sometimes it is strengthened by the
addition of *^ ; as «**jj >»-* ^**w ^i'j \Jj *$ ^Jj^Js Uj and I hare
not abandoned thee; no, on the contrary, separation and distance have
increased my love. [In the answer to a disjunctive question Jj *9
and Jj deny one member (the first), as *$ Jli ojuu j»\ ^JUj ^1
ojju Jj whether in my time or afterwards? He said: Nay, but
afterwards ('Ibn Hisam 10, lines 5 and 3 from below, 11, 1. 1, Tab. i.
912, 11. 3, 4, 9). R. S.] B
Rem. After a negative proposition or a prohibition, Jj is said
to be used ,*)ljjilw'}U (see above, b, rem.) ; after an affirmative
proposition or a command, wjIj*£*^U to denote turning away, or
digressing, from what preceded (jjj^t O1*)-
185. The particle UjI is one of the most important in the
language as a j~o». \Jj*-, particle of limitation or restriction. It
stands at the beginning* of a proposition, and the word or portion of C
the proposition which is affected by it, is always placed, for emphasis'
sake, at the end (compare § 36, rem. b, d) ; as ^yj^Lm. © ^ LjJl
we are on^y mocking (at the?}i) ; t\jJudi OlijuaJI lo->t ^« obligatory
afow are only for the poor ; yj~5\ jl Ijl».Ij ^>^c J£> ^J ^jjJLJ l^jf
^<w a/res£ fo'r^ in £% it-fo/e ///"e to o«/y one or two; J~l> lS£-±-\ C5t
^iaJJ I fear the overflow only of my own streamlet; [^» by I L^Jt
££-— dl verily, usury is in the delay of payment]. D
186. (a) The most important of the exceptive particles is *J|,
compounded of o], (/*, and •$, no* (see Vol. i. § 367, «). The exception
(2U£*^I) is considered to be of three kinds: J-^yT **"—$!, [n
* [But not always; comp. Fleischer, KI. Schr. i. 508.]
330 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 186
A which the thing excepted (^;i£«^f) is joined to, or of the same kind
as, the general term (oU« ^.^^Jl tf/fotf /row w/«cA ^<? exception is
made); ^Lk^iS i\xl2*>*$\, in which the exception is severed from, or
wholly different in kind from, the general term ; and £>&»H l\£LS$\,
or the exception made void (of government)*, in which the general
term is not expressed. The rules for the construction of the exception
are as follows.
(a) When the thing excepted is placed after the general term, and
B the proposition containing that term is affirmative, the exception is
put in the accusative ; as I juj *n)I j>$s& I j>Kl the people stood up, except
Zeid; I**jJ *9l j»^^> ^jj* I passed by the people, except Zeid ;
jvir* >*** *^| «*-i-» IjJj-^ «wc? tfA^y drank o/* /£, sai1^ a few of them.
(/?) "When the thing excepted is placed after the general term,
and the proposition containing that term is negative, or interrogative
implying a negation (^^aJI ^5^**^ vol^ilwl or e&l&l velvet)!, the
C exception may be put either in the accusative, or in the same case
with the general term (as a Jj*j or per mutative, or more specifically
as a <u* ^y^I-^oJI ,j-o ^ Jju, § 139, rem. b, 2, b), but the latter
construction is preferred ; as juj *i)l *x»-l <*j?^ U (or ljuj *s)|),
j-jj *n)I ^x©*^ Ojj^ U (or I JUJ *N)I), JUJ ^| JU».I ^^AJ *s) /^ W0 0rt0 sto«^
wp pw/ Z^'a7 (or tjuj *n)I), juj *^)l **».U ^jj"< J-* ^«s£ £/>om passed by
t a , £ «jo o - Z 3 > , ,
D any one but Zeid (or ljuj *$\) ?vOV^o J~X3 ^)l ojAxi U they would not
oo i£, saw a few of them ; <UJI *$\ w>^JjJI j**j ^j awa* who forgives
s«'ws saw GW.? [<»-Ul ^)l 4JI *9 tffore is wo cifeiYy o£/^r than God],
Sometimes the place of <*x« ^XZ»^i\ is occupied by a preposition and
* [Comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. ii. 96.]
t [Also in sentences like Uju~A3 aJUI *N)t i^JI U^o O^* V § 4, a,
the proposition implying a negation. D. Cr.]
§ 186] Adversative, Restrictive, and Exceptive Sentences. 337
its complement (jsj-s^-c3 jW-) or tne like, wnicn does not however A
affect the construction of the exception ; as juj ^1 »x».l ^>« ^s^. U,
*i e 5 si sa- 2 *i a j ai* , 'i a
where j^-\ ,j-« = «*»-l ; Ijuj ^1 j^-l O-* »^b ^> where «*»-t 0-* =
9 * i 2 to , i, a j * ta - £ a , s a - - a- » - 5 a - *
4j L*j »nJ fj^ •v)!, Zeid is nothing but a thing of no account;
jJss- ly) CwJ tju *nJ] jk*j^I-J ^j^J ^yjl ^ i?£;^ Lubeina, ye are B
wo hand but a hand that lacks an arm. — On the contrary, if the thing
excepted is wholly different in kind from the general term the
preference is usually given to the accusative, in accordance with the
dialect of Sl-Higaz ; as tjW»- *$\ J**-I j^W- U no one (i.e. no person)
came to me, but an ass ; tjU*. ^M j>^\ >»U> U the people did not
stand up, but an ass ; but the Temimites [and some others] adopt the
permutation, as jU*. ^1 _>o^i)l voli U, jU-»- *$\ j>s&^. ^jj-* U.—
If the general term is not expressed, the thing excepted is put in Q
whatever case the general term would have been, had it been
« a ^ 5 — ^ - i a * ay - j a * * *
expressed; as jljj *$\ ^sU*. U (not Ij*-»j), jujJj *9I O;^* U,
* o^ £ a a - a ^
' ju j *^M «->*^! ^oJ (for had the general term been expressed, we should
s ^ £ »» ^ « , i i a , , * t , i a a - a - a , a **
have said jl».I sU*. U. j^-b Oj^-o U, and lj»*.l w^-su^J) ; jju ^oJi
^^j j^!«>J' i^[ a^Ls. U c^^,«» U <UJI *^l and none but God knew
what (feelings the thought of) her tattoo-marks excited in us on
the evening when the abodes (of her people) were far away. J)
(y) When the thing excepted is placed before the general term,
it is invariably put in the accusative, if the proposition containing
the general term is affirmative; asvojJUl ljuj •$! ^>\l. But if that
proposition be negative, the nominative is also admissible, though the
usual construction is the accusative ; as i**w Ju^».t jf *^l ' J l^i
v**-* ti*^' w>»^ *i)t ^ U3 / Aow no helpers but the family of
'Ahmad (Muhammad), and I have no way but the way of truth;
w. 11. 43
338 Part Third.— Syntax [§ 186
A llrc^s ^j U lino n)I ,>tj Ui £w£ conversing with her only doubled
my pain (lit. wA«£ was m we) ; but ^ til ^liw <su* O^^hJ voir5"^
j**3i2ioSiOJ* < i\ •
«.ilw (J>tM^I *)[ i>& and they expect from him (Muhammad) inter-
cession, wlien there is no intercessor save the prophets; *$\ ^*} U
0 * * J i * ul 2 *
j»oU ^3^.1 I have no helper but thy brother; instead of v>**~i)l and
iJU.1.
B Rem. a. If several exceptions are specified, the following rules
are observed. (1) If the general term, from which the exception
is made, is not expressed, the regent (verb) affects one, usually the
first, of the exceptions, and the others are put in the accusative; as
b-U % +>) 4\ JM U \£i •§» 1>-U *5t jtfr $\ ^JjjU U. (2) If
the general term is expressed, and the exceptions precede it, they
are all put in the accusative, whether the proposition containing
2 0* .2 20 * d * *
the general term be positive or negative; as \j^£- ^)t \j*ij *})I>15
j>$&\; j»^i\ ()£> *5] tj-o* *5l tjuj S)l js{$ U. If the exceptions
C follow the general term, and the proposition containing that term
is affirmative, the exceptions are likewise all in the accusative, as
2 0* w 20* 2 20* 2 J 0 *0-a * *
\jSJ *$\ l^o* ^1 ljuj ^1 j>$sd\ j>\.s; but if the proposition be
negative, one of them (usually the first) is construed in the
ordinary way as a permutative of <sU-o |c**w»»ll, and the others
^ & <■ a & t> * m so / cj o s & s ** *»
are put in the accusative, as \jSL> *^t \j+£ *j)l juj *$S ji^l >oU> U
2 0*2 " .
(but ljuj *n)I in the accusative is rare). (3) If the exceptions be
different in' kind from the general term, the ordinary rule is
followed for all ; *%*L «s)t L,Ji •J I lJC»» *$\ X^\ j\s U in the
D accusative is preferable to the permutative in the nominative.
Rem. b. If the repetition of *§\ be merely emphatic (ju£»^JJ),
it exercises no influence upon the word following it, which may be
connected with the preceding exception, either as a permutative or
* * t a o * w * t j o * * *
by the conjunction $ ; e.g. ^JL^t *$\ ^>j *$\ j^»-b ^)j-« I* I passed
by no one but Zeid — but thy brother, meaning but Zeid thy brother,
£ o ->- a ■■'&*- i- o *- a j o . >>-••
.1 Juj *9t ; \j^£- *^l tjuj *n)I ^e^iJt >el5 the people stood up,
§ 186] Adversative, Restrictive, and Exceptive Sentences. 339
except Zeid and except 'Amr, only slightly more emphatic than A
ij^ij tjuj *J| except Zeid and Amr; *3tj Uj^Jj iLJ ^M ^AjJI J*
*? j j j
UjLc^oJ ^ q- M PjJ-b is Time aught but night and its (following)
day, and {aught but) the rising of the sun (and) then its setting ?
where the second *^l is a jiU or superfluous word, which does not
j j - £ 0 j - - £ - o - o - - *
count in the construction; a^*->j *$\ &L&& *^l ^ i,w ^j-e «£JJ Us
dJU. ^|^ thou hast nothing from thy old camel but its toil, (nothing
JJ/// 3 3 - 3 3 * * £
but) its jog and (nothing but) its trot, for d-Lejj *♦»*) **«£ *$\ B
~ a * - - - - o -
by license for >iJLa.lw, but others read ^la»-w).
Rem. e. The exception after *^l may also be expressed by a
/ !</ I ( -O - Of -
sentence, which may be introduced by j. jjj, ^jl, etc. ; as ULvjl U
^5 w io* w - c-Orf --o£ - O * £ £ - - 0 X*C _
6l^-fiJlj £L;yb lyJUkl UJl».I ^1 ^J t^yo 3ujS u* We have never
sent a prophet to any city without our afflicting its people with
-j-}- £ ^- - o j }a, -
adversity and trouble; ly^Xau *$\ Sijj ^yc h.i...J Lo no leaf falls
j o so- so- £ s - e j o£- -
fru< Z7e knows it; <U*o ^*^ Juj ^1 tj^.1 OsjI; to / Aaue seen no C
x J 0 3 0 JOfc - £ £3 J - - -
one than whom Zeid was not better ; ^j^0.L.,.«^qIjlj *$\ vjJ^0J ^JLs
do not die then unless ye be Muslims; ^-ij *$\ f,-i -iLJUS ,_$ Lo
i : ) * a i o -
d^«p=)l ir!^ tfAere is no emotion in thy heart but there is a stronger
: - * .- '~ o - - - - £ : ' - J 0 - -
one in mine ; wJLil »*i i^jW-J *$l w»J' ^oJj «"<^ -^ ^^ not waited
0 0 0 »»- 0-- m JJOs --
&m<7 fo«£ my grir? came ttpy «jUc ^j-o OsL*. jJj *^t jjtwl L>3 and
before I teas aware (of it), she had come from his house ; lyJJLL>. l^i
3 J S t9 + ** 0 ^^ fi
J>»^JI w-Ai «Oj ^)l «w<f before I had unloosed it (my foot), <A« »wm D
, ,»& - -j tji> jj/ [/ oj ; / jj t< o-
was gone; >oL>iJI ^>-» JJJi ^i aJJI ^^y-Jb (jt *j)l ^jJxo Jjb
ca« <A«y expect but that God shoidd come to them overshadowed by
clouds? The phrase cJUi NJI (<UJb) aJUI JUjuiJ / beseech thee
* - 0 £ -0 J 2 * s '
by God to do (it)*, is explained by JULni n)I »£JLu C*JLk> U / 6«^
- £ a* * £ *o * JO--
* [Properly / remind thee of God, therefore ^o*yJlj aJUI .jUjuLj
/ remind thee of God and the ties of relationship is often = / beseech
340 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 186
■ t> o ' J 0 <■ »c
A of thee nothing but thy doing (it), equivalent to *$| ^XlXc Co»»JH
C*Xxi (compare § 59, rem. a). [In this sense *^l is often replaced
by O ; see Yol. i. § 367, I]
Rem. d. *^| is sometimes strengthened by prefixing to it^yJUl
j t*> j ^ , * a £ 5 5 j i ^
0 Cod / as £$j»Jt jU jJl> (jjl *^l ^ryJJl unless indeed the fire of
hunger be kindled. [Comp. the footnote to § 38, rem. a7.]
Rem. e. *$\ is very rarely used in poetry with pronominal
B suffixes ; as j-eli o^Jt u^^6, iJ U-* «wc? / have never any helper but
Him ; j\*>* J)*$\ Ijjjla^j *$ ^j\ tJjla. Cwfe U t^t UJLc U^ a»(i ii
zs nothing to us, when thou art our neighbour, that no one is near to
us but thee.
Rem./! The exception is sometimes suppressed after *j)l, as in
the phrase *n)I ^^^J (compare j.*& u*Ji and j+& *$, § 82, d) ; e.g.
*n)| ^^J w-woZlAi *}\^. U^ tjkt lo Uls as regards ma 'ada am/ ma
C hala, ^Aey are used with the accusative, not otherwise; j^»»t_3 jJ^UJt
a ■'*•'
*n)| ^^wJ ^e agent is one (in kind), no more.
i d £ y !> -
[Rem. g. ^j\ *^t and ^J\ j^e- are often used in the sense of but,
even if the preceding proposition be affirmative. — On the phrase
a £ Ct - j ^
^j\ *$\ 3-fc Uo to, see the Gloss, to TabarT.J
0 '
(b) j*£ (see § 82, d) is often used in the sense of besides, except,
but. It is construed with the genitive, and must itself be put in the
D same case as would be the thing excepted after *$\ ; e.g. j»^*i\ volS
0 • • 0 ,. £0y £ 0/ JJ/ 0 -- £ ^ • s 0 0* d
juj j-ji (= ljuj n)|) ; juj j»ji jw».t >els U (=juj ^1), better than
itAee 6y Corf £o think of the ties of relationship, as SjGjJtj ,£UjuLj
/ beseech thee to give us the increase of pay (lAganl xiv. 120, 1. 16 quoted
by R. S.). The words cJLai ^1 are properly an elliptical phrase (§ 6,
^ e _ ^ o 0 .* ^ 6 c »«>.• * Si >o f J 6 .» *■
rem. 6), as cJlsi ,jt ?io4 to do (*£), e.g. <jl >ot»-j*i)lj <*JJt .iUjuiJ
L5^a»-cii 7 beseech thee by God and the ties of relationship not to
disgrace me. D. G.]
§ 186] Adversative, Restrictive, and Exceptive Sentences. 341
^.j j-jt (= i juj «9p ; ^»j >** ^ i* (= «*u ^J) ; j1*^- ;■** •**■' >°b u A
(= IjU*. "Sj), rather than jC»-^ (-jC*» 5j).
Rem. a. *^)l is sometimes used as a *j!j, when we should rather
have expected ^-ji, and is then followed by a substantive in the
same case as that which precedes it; e.g. ^1 iyJI U^*i O^3 V
..A- s ' ' '
Ujc.a.) aJUI (/" *Aere Aac? fteen ire lAem (heaven and earth) ^oc?s
besides God, they would certainly have gone to ruin; oJUlj wss^-ol B
ly*lij *^l Ol^-c^l lyj (J-J^ SjJb JJ^i SjJL sAe tvas made lie down,
and laid her breast upon a tract of ground in which there icere
3 1 ' J £ li J ^
{heard) few sounds except her own murmured cry ; dijU-o <i-\ (J^j
^\j3jJti\ *$\ <il*jl ^^o*' «3».1 and every brother is forsaken by
his brother, by thy father's life, except the two (stars called the)
Pointers. The noun which precedes ^1 is in this case usually an
J JO
indefinite plural or its like (<iy*£), such as a substantive defined by C
0 0
the article used ^^UaJU.
Rem. b. The construction of ^y (see § 82, e) in the sense of
besides, except, is similar to that of j^t ; as juj t^y-* ja^ii I jXi
Os 'd' * 0 JO/0 ' '0' &"
(=juj^*c); jjljjcall ^j— » J!-J^oJj and there was nothing left but
violence (=sj\^j>*i\ j^i).
(c) The verbal clauses *}L». U, w?^a£ is free from, and lj^e U,
ic^a£ gws beyond, are often used in the sense of except, but, and D
govern the accusative; as l~>Lc *il*. U^Jk^jJli and they made them
alight, except 'Abbas; JJ»b aJJt *$>*■ U t^w J£» ^t verily everything,
* 1 * 3
except God, is vanity (in rh)Tue for JJsb) ; j+±. ^ j^'i U g**^
a// £^«£ /$«s fo^re said regarding the habar of the mubtada', as to its
kinds and states and conditions, holds regarding it (the habar of 'inna),
342 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 186
• , , *, o , oxj * ' oi J £J
A except the allowability of placing it first ; \js- U £I^UJI c.\$J\ c**j
i^a^a.Jl / have tasted all kinds of sweetmeats, except the habis. —
When U is dropped, as is frequently the case, %±. and \j& may be
construed with the accusative or the genitive, though the latter is
, , 1,0, ,Zi *£,**> , , , *# JOo -> " J ' *
disputed in regard to I js. ; as J^.*3 IjJl t\jsA\ *jl»- O****^' *-*&<X«3
* o, , , , . ...
c>~J J-o-c and the opinion of the Kufis, except el-Farrd, is that it
, o j o*> , ^ "* _ , o ' " * * . "
governs in the same way as leisa ; (j>^0X.^.0Jt ^>« o^l £....»£■ J>»- ^°3
B >SJj^"j eCl*JI '«** ^x^'j aJjWIj «»d «6om* 5000 Muslims and
Metdwila and Jews, besides the women and children; *$ <UJt *>>>»•
^\^> 3^.jl saving God, I have no hope but in thee; v~! W C*~*J
jl^-Jt '^ S^UUI / Aave worn a^ sorfe o/ splendid garments, except
black ; j~3L*ai\ JaJDIj 6lk^iJt Ij^c l^wlj %Z$ ^rvs** l-a-^ w^ 0°^ ^i9
£/Wr £n£>0 to slaughter and bondage, except the grey-haired woman and
the little child. — These words may of course, like *j)t, j*£, and ^>-«,
it 0 £ 0 2 Z , ,
C be followed by a clause commencing with o' or O' 5 as Oi O' *^
i. , , , o , , o o *> ,00^1,0, >
LoU ^lib (jt^ JLAiw1^ JaaJI JjfcaJJ except that (the conditional)
'in turns the verb into a future, though it be (in form) a past;
# - io, a , o , t>& , , a -o i , 6 iia,,iC>i,,
it is not elegant to make an indefinite substantive the permutative
of a definite one, unless an adjective be annexed to it. This is
, o , , e ,
also the ordinary construction of j^-> (rarely *»-*-•), used in an
D /fcJaJU* ll£l~>\ ; as J^-j *Jl J*> JUJ' j~£=> *H) Zeid is wealthy,
0,1 o vo£ ,o, Z ■*> ,, , o , i ,ot ,£
but he is stingy; J~-ij* v>* c5^ **^ >^W tP3-5 O-* ?— *^' lJ'
0, 00, -JOOjOa^ >€
Ju ^yj jia-j (««iJ t*5 Cou^lj 1 have the purest pronunciation oj
the letter dad, but I am of Koreis, and I was put out to nurse among
the Bhiil Sa'd 'ibn Bekr (words of the Prophet).
(d) ^l*" (lit. he excepted*) or l£l»., rarely ^1*. and ^-^, is
* [That i*wW- is originally a nomen verbale, and not a verb, as
§ 186] Adversative, Restrictive, and Exceptive Sentences. 343
j 3 - 3 i
construed with the genitive [or with J] or the accusative ; as c-i—*-t A
i£«£jT jJi-U. ji\^)V^ j>\£=>*V> ^l I have benefited the high and the
low, except the family of Barmek ; O* ^-o y oi OkP L5v' ^^
JiLfij SUjUjT except Abu Taubdn, — verily he is sparing of abuse
and foul words; j»%->^ *i*fi lJ* j*&* **" O^ ^ij3 t^1*"
Oi^h except Koreis, for verily God hath given them the superiority
over all creation through U- Islam and the (true) religion ; j*£\ ^v^' "
ilo^jT CYj ^\LJf\ ^ji-U- £^—j 0-**3 J ^ **od, Pard°n me and
those who hear, except Satan and Abu 'l-Asbag. It is rarely preceded
by U; as i«i»li (or u-^-) ^^ ^° \>Jl wr»WI w^-l i«LJ Uscima
is the dearest of mankind to me, except Fatima (words of the Prophet);
*i)lai ^yJLoJI \Ja^> Ulj IA»>5 IwU. U ^LJI Uii «/?</ as regards
mankind, except Koreis, ice are the noblest of them in deeds.
[Rem. aJU ^^^ in Kor'an xii. 31 and 51 is an expression of C
it * * - jj
wonder at the power of God, like <*JUt ^jla» «...< ; used by later
A- ' ' - - *
writers in the sense of aJUI 3lx*o God forbid ! God keep us! jJlil*.
or iJU ^Ui means saving you, you excepted.]
(e) j^lJ and *j£± ^ are ^^ occasionally used; in these forms
only, as equivalents of ^1, and are followed by the accusative ;
as tjuj ^-J vft^Ut j»\3, or Ijuj 05^ *^- Here the grammarians
3 1 1 3*
suppose an ellipse of the subject, ^o^-oju. With pronominal suffixes D
we may say ^■...■J and ^5— *J (as well as ^£^i\ u-*1*- ^-e^» etc.
[comp. Vol. i. § 182, rem. a] ; e.g. ^j—J ^o'j^3l j»$tt\ w>*i it si«c«
the noble have departed, except me; ^£jj *) ;y£ J-JJI l«x* C-J
L*5j («^a»J *i)j ^^[s L^^i *-^ W>* *e* would that this night
the school of el-Kufa taught, has been proved by Fleischer, XL Schr.
i. 405, 462 seq.]
344 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 186
A were a (whole) month, during which we might see no stranger, but only
me and thee, and might fear no spy ; £.Jjkl»J I ^ j.*-\ ^) ou»j U
*£X~J iicJI jjo aZjIj *n)I >©'i)-w'N)l («5 AijUi no one was described to me
iw ^e (ftTrae q/*) ignorance, whom I saw (afterwards) in (the time of)
M- Islam, but I found him inferior to the description, save thee (words
of the Prophet to Zeidu '1-Hail).
(/) CI* *s) especially, above all (see Vol. i. § 364, e), may be
° ' * " "
B construed either with the nominative or the genitive ; as <**»*& j^Aj
f*jj*i\ ^Jwo U-w ^3 ^<<rJa.*Jt «ulc ^jLaJI ly^iiju and it is a church
which the Christians hold in very great reverence, but especially the
kings of the Europeans; jJj^A*. SjIju ^j lo-w ^j 6w£ especially a
day in the valley of Gulgul. The word ^y is the accusative of the
3
noun j^w an equal (see § 39), and, if the construction with the
C genitive be adopted, U is regarded as redundant (compare § 70,
rem. /). Often a preposition with its complement, an adverbial
accusative, or a circumstantial clause introduced by j or jJj (compare
a, rem. c), [or a conditional (temporal) sentence introduced by oi or
lit], follows U-l* *^ ; as ^Uj^n-w.) l.o*~> ^ especially in thy presence ;
glyi-JI ,j^ l^Zw ^ ^)Ca»~^W As-^J ^a^ care to 6ear insults patiently,
especially from fools ; a-jUj &*JUJ) iCj ^ c*ilj U^-» *>) especially
D s£wc0 £Aow ar£ «w £^0 gr«r& o/* £/^ caliph and his dress ; j^j l»^ ^
v»*l)LlaJI ^^ v»ij^l especially as the shadow of darkness has fallen ;
[ULa<© aLJI (or l>!) ,jl U-j~> ^j ^>& I AJj 0\ verily ZVid is generous,
especially if thou come to him whilst he is engaged in prayers]. Later
writers incorrectly use Ww, without ^ ; as ajL-».I .>*>>* *.« I*xa
6*5JLi3l ^>*j ,-» U^w aJI ^/i/s, notwithstanding his excessive kindness to
him, especially in time of dearth.
§ 187] Conditional and Hypothetical Sentences. 345
6. Conditional and Hypothetical Sentences. A
187. To what we have said above (§§ 4—6, § 13, and § 17),
regarding the use of certain moods and tenses in the protasis and
apodosis of conditional and hypothetical clauses, we must here add a
few words on the use of the particle o at the commencement of a
conditional apodosis.— This particle is used to separate the protasis
and apodosis of a conditional sentence, [or of a clause introduced by
lit], when the conditional particle of the protasis either cannot B
exercise any influence upon the apodosis, or is not required to do so*.
This is the case —
(a) When the apodosis is a nominal sentence ; as IJuk <^X5 ,jl
.. -»<« ^ .. at*
^jjjiUOl yj*o c-Jli if thou sayest this, thou art one of the unbelievers ;
i* o o - - - * a m # jSx j , o * a
a) Jj>J \SaA 0\ lf he be disobedient, woe to him ! ajU t^l*£J ,jl
^£j J>>~i if ye do, it will be a crime in you (lit. attaching to you) ;
o j ^ a- - £ + a *»io - a* ui j o
^o^>UiJL». Uli wsaJ I ^y> w-jj ^b j^j£=> ,jt if ye are in doubt about C
the resurrection, verily we have created you ; ll+~/*$\ aXs I^cjJ U bt
■ g^M.^ll by whichsoever (name) ye call (upon Him), His are the best
names. [J*-***- <*JJ^j gl^j J£i a^ojs- j»^Xi\ sj^<> ^J-i ^ ^oJI li]
when a man's honour is not sullied by meanness, every coat he wears is
0
becoming to him.] In this case, after a conditional oj or '*!> we mav
substitute for o the so-called «LjU**JI lit (see Vol. i. § 368, rem. e),
* i ,a* >j / t ai o - £ ^ - f/ii/ cjo j a -
as (J^K^j^qA lit ^^j jut C*ojJ> I^j aS-^^^^clJ ,jtj «wrf if evil befcd J)
them for what their hands have previously wrought, lo they despair ;
provided always that the nominal sentence does not partake of the
nature of an imperative (as in the ?bove a) J-!V), and is not intro-
a
duced by a negative or ^1.
* [When the protasis is deprived of its conversive influence on the
verb of the apodosis this is called £li)t. Comp. Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i.
545.]
w. ii. 44
346 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 187
A [Rem. The o is sometimes omitted in poetry, rarely in prose,
*b*o .:. *bto jo* j j * b s * j ~Z d i * o so** 0 j * a* o * *
whoever did not die to-day, the snare of death will certainly lay
, j o s a j j - * s *
hold of him to-morrovs ; ^jj-ksu ^fA Uyoc \* l>l^ and when they
*i , a i ^ ^ -• a ^ t * , i o * s * ••
are angered, they forgive : ,,31 ^.».l *n)j jjj *n) l5U£» 0^*»J jjlj
j^g-.J anc/ i/ / escape on equal terms, neither condemned nor
rewarded, lo, I shall be fortunate.]
B (b) When the apodosis is a verbal sentence, but the verb is a
*>-*W- u°{* or defective perfect (without imperfect or masdar), such
as t^-J he is not, ^-^ perhaps he is,^su how good is, and the like ;
e.g. u~tM ^J"° cJj' L5^ rt"° j k *.* 6» 5^« oUI jju a^Jbuu ,^>£j ^J ^>-e
^JjJt J«*U /?0 wfose reverence {for his teacher) is not the same after
(seeing him) a thousand times as after (seeing him) for the first time,
* Ci - , , Ci o j a i a
is not worthy of science ; jjA '.©A^i OlSj^JI tjjoi (j! if ye give alms
C openly, it is well.
(c) When the apodosis is a verbal sentence, expressing a desire,
wish, command, or prohibition ; as ^JjaJLs aJJI 05***^ j*~^* 0[
if ye love God, follow me; J^swJj %^a. <*JUI ^^a*-; ,jl jU» ^a
■^a. S^rs)i i^ aJ^J whoever wishes to attain his desires as a whole,
let him make use of his night, as of a camel, to overtake them.
[Comp. § 1, /, at the end.]
D (d) When the apodosis is a verbal sentence, preceded by one of
the affirmative particles ^, ^Jy, and j>.*, or one of the negative
^ 0 s /0/ 3 0 s 0 J/ Of //^ 0**00*0
particles U, ^jJ, and u~J ; as J-i ,j^> a) »-l Jj-w jJH Jj— j o!
if he steals, a brother of his has stolen befoi'e (him) ; ^ ja*Z~J ^1
^ aJUI jsJu ^Xi if th<m askest forgiveness fo?- them, God will not
forgive tliem.
§ 188] Conditional and Hypothetical Sentences. 347
Rem. a. If the perfect in the apodosis conveys a promise or A
threat (§ 1, e), the use of k^fi is optional, as the verb really refers to
future time.
Rem. b. With the negatives^ and *9, the use of ^fi is optional.
If o be inserted, ^ requires the imperfect indicative after it
(§ 17, C, a).
(0) When the perfect tense in the apodosis is intended to retain
a a j a - j j ' * * s
the signification of the perfect (see § 6, c) ; as ^>« jJ> jJ* <^a^0.i O^3 Oi
CJEjuai J.^5 (/* fo's shirt is (has been) torn in front, she has spoken the B
truth.
[Rem. The apodosis of the temporal clause introduced by LoJ,
is, sometimes in old poetry, frequently in later prose, preceded by
^9 (Vol. i. § 366, b, footnote ; an example, Vol. ii. § 3, a), especially
if the protasis consists of many words, or is separated from the
apodosis by a circumstantial clause (comp. the Gloss, to Tabarl).]
188. The particle ^ (Heb. y?), which forms hypothetical clauses,
and the particle oi (Heb. DX), differ from one another in this, that C
the latter simply indicates a condition, whilst the former implies that
what is supposed either does not take place or is not likely to do so ;
as j£$ 1^-ila.^wl U |yfc»w >3j jj£si\£.} Ijj^o— j *$ ^a^cjJ ,jl if ye
call t/iem, they will not hear your call ; and even if they heard (it),
they would not answer you.
Rem. a. ^J is sometimes used optatively (compare !p O si,
0 vi s s * J J 0 ^ ' 0 * '
titi7iam), as ^ovO ls^* 'j**3 ^ LSP 3^3 an^ tf thou couldst see
(=coiddst thou but see) wlien they are set before their Lord! D
[^oy^ b/**-** 5^3 UJ ^j\ $) had we but a return (to life), then
i * , , Zfo i , $ , a, ,
xvould we keep ourselves clear fro-n them /] \^ji£s ^jj JJI ^oJLxj ^Jj
jLJI ^4VA>^a.j ^c ^j^sSLj *^ ^>*»» and if those wlio disbelieve knew
(=did those who disbelieve but know) the time when they shall not
(be able to) keep off the fire (of hell) from tlieir faces /* Especially
* [According to el-Beidawi, as Trumpp p. 351 observes, ^J has
348 Part Third.— Syntax. [§ 189
,-»e jS/J a, a > i s s.
A after jj to toue, wish, like ; as 2-Uw oUI j-^ju 3J ^Aj^l i^j one
*s •" 0 a *
of them would fain be kept alive a thousand years ; ajuMa C09
^J^Laj ^ w>L£)t Jjbl ^yb a party among the people of the Book
would fain lead you astray.
St t 0'
Rem. b. Before nominal clauses ,jl jJ is [generally] used
instead of ^ ; as lyto-j ^Uil <jl £ if the people had heard;
* \ 0 , * 0 , , zz t> *
^* Jt£ L5^ L5*^>C'5 ^' ^ tf ^oii hadst asked me to do something
B else than this ; t jcou I ju>\ <Uuj ly.Uj ,jl £ >£ it (the soul) would
be glad if there were between itself and it (the evil it has done)
a i j ' d "
a wide space. [Examples of the omission of ^j\ are Olj ^j
o , , , ,
ic^loikJ j\$~t and if a bracelet-wearing (lady) had struck me ;
l->j i*».j CPL^*' Oj^-^^o-*^ 3J {/" 2/0M possessed the treasures of
my Lord's mercy, .]
C 189. Sometimes the two particles o! and >J are combined
(compare the Aram. )?tf a_£\) ; as j-w«l Jjl»- V Oi LiJi-**^-3
»£jJlil£o jj-U^^oJt «»<i &y my £//e, (/* the Commander of the Believers
sought to recompense thee; 3J <jt >&jij U-Jjj «^Ji J>5$ jt^^> *)
\jJs O^ we do not concede the necessity of this, for it is necessary
, m - , , a, 0 1 *a>e i* its*
only if it be thus {and thus) ; ajU^ ^Jb ^ O^3 £ C)\ w-^' ^ >^i
because of which (longing) the writer would fain be in the inside of his
D own letter.
190. The particle J is prefixed to the apodosis of hypothetical
sentences (see Vol. i. § 361, c, y) like o to that of conditional seu-
tences ; as^ov***^ t^-^w^^v-^ t^«»WI O^ 5^ //'«// mankind were
here its hypothetical meaning, the apodosis t^Jlsw,*X.wt L*) (oerily
they would not ask for speed) being omitted (ij 4, rem. a).]
§ 190] Conditional and Hypothetical Sentences. 349
my slaves, I would set them free*. The employment of this particle A
is, however, unlike that of <*£, quite arbitrary ; and it is only in the
case of a long protasis that it is never omitted, in order thereby to
mark the apodosis more distinctly (compare the German so). The
same remark applies to J before a negative apodosis of this sort
introduced by U, as *$££ lyJ Oj^.j LoJ^JlS^M *«*». ^JLc w~£Ji ^Xs
and if thou didst search all climes, thou icouldst never find any one
like her; but it is never prefixed to ^J, in order to avoid the B
cacophony produced by the repetition of the letter /.
* [Sometimes J is preceded by 131 then, in that case, e.g. Koran
xvii. 102.]
PAET FOURTH.
PROSODY*.
I. THE FORM OF ARABIC POETRY.
A. THE RHYME.
A 191. Poetry (jjiuJI) always takes, during the classical period, —
that is to say, from the earliest times down to the fall of the 'Umawi
dynasty (a.h. 132, a.d. 749 — 750), — the form of short poems, rarely
* On this subject, more especially as regards the oriental doctrine
of the metres, the student is advised to consult the following works :
Samuelis Clerici 1*^5*^3 u^j^aJI j^a scientia metrica et rhythmica,
seu tractatus de prosodia Arabica ex auctoribus probatissimis eruta
B (Oxonii, 1661); Freytag, Darstellung der Arabischen Verskunst
(Bonn, 1830); De Sacy, Grammaire Arabe, t. ii. pp. 615 — 661;
and the more recent grammars, e.g., Lagus, Larokurs i Arabiska
Spraket (Helsingfors, 1869), pp. 354—376; Palmer, A Grammar
of the Arabic Language (London, 1874), pp. 291 — 376. Also:
C. V. A. Van Dyck, 5-iUJIj ua^J.x^\ ,^+Xe- ^y SpljJI ia.-o*-o w>L£>
(Beirut, 1857) ; SpljJI aJsJLS, printed as an appendix to the »-L-o-o
C „_JlLjl of Butrus Til-Bistanl (Beirut, 1854), and to the p^+a*** w>L£s
^JjjjT (j>^ (V wO^M <>f Naslf eLYazigi (2nd edit., Beirut, 1869);
* ,0iO 0 * } *
and Ibn Keisan's .JI^aJI s^JJJ w>U£», in my Opuscida Arabica
(Leyden, 1859). [A very able treatise on Arabic prosody was
published in the Journal Asiatique for 1877 by M. Stanislas Guyard,
§ 193] The Rhyme. 351
exceeding the length of a hundred and twenty verses. Such poems A
are called kasidas, Sju^lS, collect, jl.^5, plur. juLaS ; whereas a
mere fragment, consisting of only a few verses, is termed a*Ja3,
plur. %L3, also Obtkio. A poem, the special object of which is the
9 - 3 - - '
eulogy of an individual or a tribe, is named *-****, plur. £~>J*** ;
* * 9 2 ol & 'Z «"5 S'a* '
a satire, fl»Jk or **»-*t, plur. ^jft-vfcl ; an elegy, fb|, or t^j*,
plur. <LAy> ; and a poem in the metre ragez (see § 201), 5J^»-j', B
j ,i 9JZ el it ^i
plur. >-»-'j'. Verses set to music are termed 4~£1, plur. ^tel.
Rem. Rhyme without metre or measure (ijjj) does not con-
• • ^
stitute poetry, but merely rhymed prose, Jta^.
192. Each verse, wn-j (lit. feȣ, house), plur. C>Lj1, consists of
9*0 9 * a
two hemistichs, termed p|/-a-» or cr*a«o (owe wa//* of a folding-door),
> , , 3 * ■> 90 * 9 3 1 93 ei
plur. *jjLa-o and p^-a-*, or^Jxi (a half), pi. j>l*-w and jJxwt. The C
3 o a -
first of these hemistichs is called jjucJI (the breast), and the second
3 3 ,0,
j^»M (Me rump).
193. The rhyme, 5-iUUI, plur. ^»'_yU', labours under peculiar
restrictions, for, according to ancient rule, the two hemistichs of the
first verse of a kasida must rhyme with one another, and the same
rhyme must be repeated at the end of every verse throughout the
Theorie nouvelle de la metrique Arabe. Compare, however, Prof. D
M. Hartmann's Essay, Metrum und Rhythmus (Giessen, 1896). In
1879 Dr A. Gies (Leipzig) published a dissertation on modern metres :
ax**JI lljyiii\. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss sieben neuerer arabischer
Versarten ; Prof. Hartmann, in the Actes du dixieme Congres inter-
national des Orientalistes, session de Geneve, 1891, Hi. pp. 15 — 67
(" Ueber die Muwassah genannte Art der Strophengedichte bei den
Arabern"), made some excellent remarks about Arabic metres, and
announced his intention of soon publishing an exhaustive treatise on
the subject.]
352 Part Fourth. — Prosody. [§ 194
A whole poem. The rhyme may be of two sorts, Sjui* and
It is called oj^JLc or fettered, when the verse ends with a consonant,
5 .- - 0 J
and diLL* or foos^, when it ends with a vowel.
194. The essential part of the rhyme is the letter called i^jjJI,
which remains the same throughout the entire poem, and, as it were,
binds the verses together, so as to form one whole (^Jjj to bind fast).
Hence a kasida, of which the rmvJ is the letter / is called oj^as
B 2u**$ ; r, <u5lj ; t, a*5U ; and so on.
Rem. The letters I, j and ^ cannot be employed as rawl, when
they are (a) long vowels, e.g. Ij£, ..jU^ ; (b) inflexions of the
feminine singular, the dual, and the plural of verbs, e.g. .-Xziu,
*}L;iu, t^JLS, t^JUSt (unless they form a diphthong with a preceding
fetha, e.g. \$*j, ^-cj') ; (c) inflexions of the dual and plural of
nouns ; and (d) the final letters of the pronouns ^A, .^A, and tA.
The same remark applies to the tenwin, and to the letter ^ of the
C second energetic form of verbs ; as also to the letter o, when it is
not radical, as in d^a.j for Ao^-j, <suU£s for ajU^, a*jU^ (pausal
form for ^jI^s or .-A*^). The s of the pronouns a and I A
may, however, be used as rawl, if preceded by a long vowel ; e.g.
195. The loose kafiya (see § 193) terminates in what is called
aJLoJI, the annex or appendix to the rawl, which may be either a
D long vowel (i.e. I—, ^J—, or j_), or the letter «, preceded by one of
0 , 0 0 1
the short vowels (a—, a_, a_).
Rem. a. We say "a long vowel," because the final vowel of a
verse is regarded as being followed by the homogeneous letter of
prolongation, whether this latter be written or not. The vowel-
letter I is invariably expressed, but ^ and ^ are frequently omitted,
even where they are always written in prose ; e.g. juj, for {JJo^,
and my hand ; ^*o, for yC~e> or \j*J~o, they made.
§ 196] The Rhyme. 353
Rem. b. If the letter » has a long vowel after it, as in the A
suffix pronouns U, « (= ^jh), » (=>*), the letter of prolongation,
3 J j *'
!, ^ or i£, is called ».j^aJt, ?Aa£ which goes beyond {the silo) ; as in
JJf/J JJd/J 0^ 0^ "J 0 -
aJUju (= A^JLXaj), 4-oju (= <«,-«3AJ . U-rsj-e.
Rem. c. Both «7a and horug must accompany the rai#7, without
the slightest change, throughout the whole poem.
196. The raid may also be preceded by one or two letters,
which form, to a greater or less extent, a necessary portion of the B
kafiya (whether loose or fettered). These are named ,^-2-jU!, J-«wjJI,
and o:>pl.
' -» to*
(a) j^-^UJI, or ^ foundation, is the name given to an ! of
prolongation, preceding the rawl, and separated from it by a consonant,
which is called the J*»o, stranger or grates*. The former is invariable,
the latter variable ; but the vowel which separates the daJul from the
rawl ought, strictly speaking, to remain unchanged. For example, C
0 '
in a verse ending with the word j*Xi, the j is the raid, the long
vowel t the ta'sls, and the jt the daJfil, whilst the vowel which
separates this last from the rawl is i ; but the next verse may
terminate with the word jjI^jJI, where the dahll is ^, though the
other parts of the kafiya remain unchanged. The same rule holds
when the kafiya is loose, instead of fettered, as in j*\* and j^V'
(where the duh'd is in the one case^», and in the other O), or albb D
0 > * ,
and aXoJS^j.
•a
(b) The Oij, or w^atf rides behind, is the technical name given to
one of the letters of prolongation 1, ^ or ^, when it immediately
precedes the rawl; as in the words <jl**.L**., aJlyj, V^jLJI, V*U.j,
* * * *t
£-jy>, w)^. The long vowel a remains invariable, but the poet may
use I and u indifferently ; »j^5 is regarded as rhyming with ?->»»■,
»y«.««.« with w>^jJ», a5^j with **ijJ.
w. ii. 45
354 Part Fourth. — Prosody. [§ 197
A Rem. a. Strictly speaking, the rawi and the ta'sls should form
parts of the same word, but exceptions are allowed in the cases of
the separate pronoun l*A, and of a pronominal suffix preceded by a
preposition, as U), UJ (for .J or ^J).
Rem. b. When the kafiya is unaccompanied by either a tasis or
a rid/, it is said to be Sj^.a*^e, naked or bare ; otherwise, it is either
2Lm~*yA or ii.jj-0.
B 197. The vowels which accompany the kafiya are also designated
by peculiar names.
(a) The mtgra, jjjjsl-oJI, is the vowel which follows the rawi
in the loose kafiya ; e.g. a in ljL> (for jLw), i in u*3**, w in !>£*-«' or
w~UJI. It is, strictly speaking, invariable.
(b) The ne/dd, jliUM, is the vowel between the letter o, as ^7a,
and the horug (see § 195, rem. b) ; e.g. fetha in K^^syo, kesra in
C A-aju (= Ljy-oju), and damma in aXIju (^^JJju). It is, of course,
invariable.
(c) The taugih, a**.^!, is the vowel which immediately precedes
the rawi in a t^ya*** **^5, e.g. fetha m j~«wi (for ^-aJ), and kesra in
jil (for jil) ; or separates it from the tt/ in a i—w^* &J13 (see
§ 196, rem. 6), e.g. kesra in j-«U (for j^>tf) or ^l^lj. The latter is,
however, more frequently distinguished by the special name of cLw^M.
D The 'tebd' ought, strictly speaking, to be invariable ; whereas, in the
taugih, the vowels damma and kesra may be interchanged, as in jil,
ittJJOJJ
for ji\, and j+*o, for j~o (compare the case of ^ and ^ as rid/,
§ 196, b).
Rem. The taugih is absolutely necessary in a fettered kafiya,
unless it be Ziyj.* (as cUm, ?»~!>$, J*JUl) 5 out it is not necessary in
0 - JO JO^
a loose kafiya, as jjJ>, j-«Jt)l.
§ 198] The Rhyme. 355
(d) The rass, u<iP'> lii the vowel which accompanies the letter A
preceding the tasis (see § 196, a). It can, of course, be none but
fetha.
J 0 - B*
(e) The hadw, jJia*JI, is the vowel which accompanies the letter
preceding the rid/ (see § 196, b). It is either fetha, kesra or danima,
according as the rid/ is I, ^ or j ; but the vowel fetha before j or ^
0 .- 0 -
( j— , {£— ) is also included under this name.
9 '
198. The last two quiescent (^>£»l->) letters of a verse form, B
according to the preceding sections, the limits between which is
comprised the rhyme. Hence the Arab grammarians divide vhe
rhyme into five kinds, according to the number of moving (j)ja*Z.*)
letters which come between these two*; viz. ^i}\fZc, jj\yLc, ^Jjlju-o,
S ^-J 9 " 1
yAlj^, and ^jUj^j .
(a) The o.>tji« is where there is no moving letter between the
two quiescents, — in other words, a fettered kafiya, in which the raid G
0 ^ ^ - 0 j - 0 -• 0 05 ^ 00^0^
is preceded by a rid/; as (jl^-L^., J>»-j , f-ij*, \J*m, C^V- I* is
of comparatively rare occurrence.
(b) The ^lyu is where one moving letter intervenes between
the quiescents; as ^AJ» (=^^^0^), ^^ (=jj^-»), ULw, J»**».
(=>W»»)> l^^-
* " •» .
(c) The ^)jlju^ is where there are two moving letters between J)
* The reader should bear in mind that the grammarians designate
the vowels by the term Ol^.^, motions (sing. Sib^*.) ; whence a
consonant, which is followed by a vowel, is said to be jU^ "^ 0r in
motion, and one that has no following vowel, to be ^^L>, at rest,
9 J J
inert or quiescent. Hence too the gezm is often called i^j*S>~i. See
Vol. i. § -1, rem. b, and § 9, with rem. a.
•356 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 199
the two quiescents ; as J~» L«JI (^^JL/L^JI), Ia,^jj, J£*a (=L5JbCftA),
(d) The w^l^ is where there are three moving letters between
the quiescents ; as 15^3 ^3, ^-ij ^At (= ,«*-©$), j»x~». jJ>.
O .. - J
(e) The ^jICl* is where there are no less than four moving
letters between the two quiescents, as in the half-verse OijJ\ j**- j>»
a * y -■ J - Oa>
B j~*J> d^)*i)t God has healed the (true) religion, and it 1ms become ivhole.
This sort of rhyme is of rare occurrence.
199. A violation of any of the rules laid down in §§ 194 — 197 is
regarded as a fault (w***)- Of these faults the grammarians reckon
five, viz. *\11S\, l\^3*$\, iUfe^l, llLj'ji, and &**Jd\ or ^»JJ3\.
q (a) The sindd, jL-JI, consists in a certain change of the vowels
j 0 & * j * a o* 1 a - a*
called «u».yJI, cl*i^l, and ^JoJI. (a) In the taug'th, kesra and
damma may freely interchange, but the use of fetha to rhyme with
either is a sinad (see § 197, c). 'Imru'u l'Kais, for example, commits
this fault in rhyming ji (for ji) with-it and j~e. (/3) In the 'isbd', the
same fault is exemplified by rhyming ^-Jl». with ^JUwJJ, or cjtyULi
with wljuJI. (y) In the hadw, I may be interchanged with u (see
D § 196, b), and ai with au (e.g. ^v may rhyme with s^-ij-i) ; but to
'11 •> 0 S ' 0 s J
rhyme U»^*». with l&*e or t^jj.5 is a sinad. In the case of the
taug'th and 'isbd', this fault is but a trifling one, and not seldom
committed even by the best poets.
Rem. The name of 3U-JI is also applied to cases in whieh a
word, having a rid/ or ta'sls before the rawl, is rhymed with one
j a * a - a - - a -
which has not ; e.g. A*oyi and «uaxj, ,, 0,». and i*-^, i«vL«J
and^UJI.
§ 199] The Rhyme. 357
—* a a-
(b) The 'ikwil, *lyhM, is the name given to a change of the A
* S , &* Z* 3 1 - • - ' ' 3 1-
vowel called »J>»~oJI (see § 197, a) ; e.g. jj>« and j>^t, or j^-j
and jjlP- Though this fault is considered a serious one, the older
poets not unfrequently allow themselves the interchange of kesra and
damma (compare § 196, b, and § 197, c)*. If, however, the ratal is
followed by the letter o as sila (§ 195), any alteration of the megra
* * t * t i } a 3 - a z - , I
is exceedingly rare ; to rhyme lyjjj with \yjy&, or oloUUjI with a*L»1,
is condemned by all the native critics. B
~, a a,
(c) The 'ikfcl, lU£»*j)l, is the substitution of some cognate letter
a aS * t a a , ai a a -
for the rawi ; as when one rhymes J-JJ1 with ^-JLit and O-*^, or
»jj # a j j - - * - - j--'
cjuo with **-©. or Uxwj with tjU«Jt. This is a very grave fault, and
carefully avoided by all good poets t.
—* a a*
Rem. Many authorities call this change il^i^l, and apply the
term lU£»*>)l to the alteration of the megra, (see b).
(«?) The '7£«, iUau^l, is the repetition of the same word in rhyme C
in the course of a kasida. However, not to impose too great a
restriction on the poet, this repetition is held to be allowable, provided
there be some slight shade of difference in meaning, even if it be only
to the extent of the word having the article in the one place and not
in the other. Many authorities, too, permit the repetition in the
same sense, provided at least seven verses intervene.
(e) Each verse of a poem ought to be independent in construction
9- a j
and sense {ij**). That two or more verses should be so connected D
* [The reason is given in the 'Agdni ix. 164. The final vowel was
indistinctly enunciated in simple recital, but prolonged in singing.
When en-Nabiga came to Yatrib and heard his own verses sung, he
perceived his fault at once and corrected it in many places. D. G.l
t [The most common is the interchanging of mlm and nun, as
i * , -333 , i „ » ,
ij-^o and^^j-oJUl (Fdik i. 89), lyij— ' and V»JJu— j (Lisan i. 137 seq.).
D. G.]
358 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 200
A with one another, is regarded as a fault, and technically named
tadmin, ^>*^-oJI, or tetrnim, ^o-s^JJt. It is not, however, a serious
defect, unless the one verse be wholly destitute of meaning, if
separated from the other ; as when Sn-Nabiga says
They water their herds at the wells in spite of Terriim, and they are
the victors on tlie day of 'Okdz; verily I — which is unintelligible,
B because the habar of (jl is unknown, till we hear or read the
next verse :
/*atv3 sgg;i £^w .$7^ »w*"j/ # gwe? fight, (for which) I reward them
with my heart's whole love.
B. THE METRES.
C 200. Every verse in Arabic poetry consists of a certain number
of feet, called individually J**a5, plur. J-xUj, but as constituent
parts of a verse, ij*. (a part), plur. 2}>»»1. A certain collocation of
5 o - s j at
feet constitutes a metre, j**.* (a sea), plur. j^»->l. To sc«m a verse is
expressed by the word »ix3 (to cut into pieces), infin. xJaaj. [The
last foot of the first hemistich is called u^3j^, that of the second
O 0 *
D [Rem. The constituent parts of a foot are called w*-— > (cord)
0 ' 0 ' '
consisting of two letters, either v^i.ft^. ww a movent letter followed
by a quiescent letter, or ^J-Ju w*j."» £«>o movent letters, and juj (/>e</)
0 J « ^ 0 ^
consisting of three letters, either Oij-*-* -KS <M,° movent letters
0 J » ' 0 *
followed by a quiescent letter, or ^jj*-* jJj o/ie movent, then one
quiescent, then one movent letter. Three successive short vowels
followed by a quiescent letter, are called ^jUjjJL* <jU~»» e.g. U&»
§ 201] The Metres. 359
# J s * 3
in ^JUUio, two parts each consisting of a movent letter and a
* ) a * ** * a - a j a 3 a - a j
quiescent letter ^jlSjji.0 jLw e.g. oil...,* in ^JlaiJLwo. The
common name for w~-w and juj is xJaJLo (Gr. xo'/x/xa).]
201. The metres are ordinarily reckoned to be sixteen in number,
and are exemplified in the following composition, made up partly of
verses, either taken from the poets or written for the occasion, and
partly of sentences from the Koran.
0 * >o 3 j oi
••• 'j^«^ j*-£ *z~> i«*3 j*£J' j**^ B
i - ai 3**2 *>* i. 3 , ,Z 3 .. ai 3 i 3 a * * a a*e > .. 3 *
oU_9t j ; <\ ,7 M3 ^>1>i *->'*' d,>*1 ^-^ O-* uIh^' ij'-^ J^
3 ^8<a j ; -- j ; , j.
ijj 'C at 2, a , a*> - * : : ,
* 3 a ,a.
o* a 3 * a ,
•.• Uo-wl—. I^L-j d-jAc I^Lo o^-1*^ o-Ic-Ul* o-^^
j - e*» j _ jj 3 a ,a*
360 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 201
J s sOtO J £ >o j 0 xOx
oios3 s >Ct/0 x tJ/H si * tjl x
o i 6*3 ^ «^ (2 c / oj , - o j x x
s s x x
J x i -o J i ^ J J X»x
.V »»pl JuLJI JA~JI
j x o i * x x»x» * o s j ~s o i 5 x .< » .» j » x »*> j x St s
j e «» .» x«» - £-' ^is ^ a j 6s o j o j z - o i 6 i 6 s 6 i
■:■ \^j^o\ \y^c\ ^jjjJ\ lyjt L> ^jXjU£~*o £)XmjlL*a £)XxJlL**a
*3 j 0 x»x
f 0 J b*o* fOjOytOyif *■ w (V 0 6 £ 6 ,-> y
j & *& j a & j o *■&'
0 * s 0" Of f f 0 vi f Of 0*0 J f f Of 0 f J *
X XX ^^ X ^^ X X ^"" X
a ^ 0*3 *o*» j o * - \ e j s e j 6s6joj6s6j
J s6J6fO J /W J 0 /6/
J XX s 10-O - a J xx 9 S JXC0X9 J x x .1 - «3 J xSJ
Jx x Jx«Jx OJx xx 0 J 0 - C j Is i S 0 0 J
0*3 J 0 xOx
xxxxx xOx S x xx »/» J»£ J»xS 5x Sx
x xxx xa£«Ox0x W 0Jxx«>0x6J0Jxx
J x J6«0 xxx X w v» J 0 xOx
0<o i j si J j - o > - '
—
§ 203] The Metres. 361
j ^ x j:^ * * * ^ * ; *? j 0 ^ ;
* * t .. s , , ~ , aj'Oi'Bj'Oi*
■:■ UgJlf UJU ^eU UsU. ^>U'J ^-Itli ^Jlcls v>Ub
J *^ J 0*0 * + * * - *? J - ^0^
o^l^aJt l^jl w~— - >-.— . ' L*J oLaxJI ^»- J^>-» Vj^
•:• 6j£sji\ iy>lj o^X^aJI 1^*jJI Jjxs c^y* O**** C^^**
202. Instead, however, of following the system and arrangement C
here laid down*, we prefer to adopt that of Ewaldt, and to treat of
the metres in the following order : 1. j».ji\, 2. *jj-JI, 3. J^tflt,
4. ^iiyi, 5. L$\, 6. 1>j&£\, 7. JiJoS\, 8. cjliOX 9. tyS^Si
10. i»- — Jt, 11. £-j-i«JI, 12. w-.fi, ,7 i0M, 13. J-ojJI, 14. Juj^l,
J ^ 0^ i / t J)/
15. ouiaiJI, and 16. ws^-»JI. Among these, if we leave the ragez
out of account, the favourites with the old poets are the taicll, kamil,
xcafir, beslt, mutMdrib, and sarV. D
203. The iambic metres are four in number, namely, the ragez,
sarV, kamil, and wafir.
* See the note on p. 350.
t See his work entitled De Metris Carminum Arabicorum Libri
Duo (Braunschweig, 1825), and the second volume of his Grammatica
Critica Lingute Arabicce, pp. 323 — 343.
w. II. 46
362 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 204
A 204. The most common varieties of the ragez (j*-pt the trem-
bling) are the dimeter and the trimeter, both of which may be
catalectic. The trimeter is the more usual. The basis is w — w —
(diiamb), which may be varied in one or two places by the substitution
of — w - or -ww-, and more rarely www-. The older poets
0 ' °. '
almost always use this metre as jyloJi*, that is to say, each hemistich
(jJa-w) forms, as it were, an independent verse and rhymes with the
preceding one. The more modern, on the contrary, not unfrequently
B follow the rule of the other metres in rhyming only the second
hemistich of each verse.
Trimeter acatalectic o - w ■
— w w —
„ catalectic
Dimeter acatalectic
,, catalectic
205. The sa/rV (*jj~JI tlie swift) admits in its first and second
feet the same variations as the ragez. Its normal form is
w- *•>- I w~ ^ ~ | — w— jj 0 — w - | c; — w— I — w —
— ww — — w >— i — I — w w — — w w —
but — is frequently substituted for - w — at the end of the second
hemistich. The use of final w w — in either hemistich, but more
especially in the second, is very rare. A few later poets have taken
D the liberty of adding a syllable to the second hemistich, so that the
last foot of the verse becomes - w — .
206. The kamil (J-otflM the perfect) is either dimeter or trimeter.
The normal form of the trimeter is
WW I WW I WW II WW I WW I WW
\j v^> v., — || W — W — W —
but we frequently find it catalectic
W-w- |**-w- | w- || w- | w- |S=£*--
The omission of another syllable, so as to convert the last foot of the
§ 210] The Metres. 363
verse into — , is more rare, though sometimes even both hemistichs A
are shortened in this way.
The normal form of the dimeter is
^-^- | ^-v,- |[ ^_^_ | ^_^_
It is sometimes used as catalectic (— — for — - ^ - in the last foot
of the second hemistich), but far more usually the verse is lengthened
by the addition of a syllable B
in which case it is said to be J>*^« having a train.
207. The basis of the wajir (jj'yi the exuberant) is the same as
that of the kamil, but with the order of the component parts reversed,
^ — — — . It is either trimeter or dimeter, but the latter is com-
paratively rare. The trimeter is always shortened by one syllable in
each hemistich, so as to become C
The dimeter has the form
v-/ — \s ^
for the last foot of which there may be substituted ^ ; but these
two forms are not used indiscriminately in the same poem.
208. Of antispastic metres there is only one, namely the hazeg
(frJtH the trilling), which consists in a single repetition of ^ — ^
(antispast), varied by u . It may be either catalectic or acata- d
lectic.
Acatalectic ^ — ^ \ ^ — ^ || ^ — ■
Catalectic
v_,
v_/ — .
209. The amphibrachic metres are three in number, mutekarib,
taivll, and muddri'.
210. The basis of the mutekarib (wJjUiaJt the tripping, lit.
taking short steps) is ^-^ (amphibrachys), for which may be substi-
364
Part Fourth. — Prosody.
[§211
A tuted ^ — . The latter is indeed almost invariably employed as
the penultimate foot of the hemistich. One great peculiarity of
this metre is, that the first hemistich may be either acatalectic or
catalectic, independently of the second. If, however, the first be
acatalectic and the second catalectic, then the last syllable of the
first half-verse must be short, and must coincide with the end of a
word. Of this metre no form but the tetrameter is in common use.
Acatalectic
B
v II v
Catalectic
A rarer form reduces the last foot of the second hemistich to a single
long syllable, in which case the preceding foot must be ^ — .
C 211. The taw'd (Jj^JLM the long) is one of the finest, as well as
the most common, of the Arabic metres. It is formed by the single
repetition of ^ - ^ and ^ - ^ - , for the first of which may be substi-
tuted ^ — , and for the second ^ . The latter is restricted to
the first place in each half-verse, where it is, however, far more usual
than vy-w-. The verse may be either acatalectic or catalectic. If
the latter, then the last syllable of the penultimate foot should be
short, w-w.
Acatalectic
D
Catalectic
^ — w | vy — — — I v^ — ^ I ^ — vy — || \j — 0 I \j —-
In the acatalectic verse, the last foot is also changed into ^
\-> — \J vy
^ — C/ ^ ^ — O ^ — w — \j — c
<-/ — C2 W —
J ' JO'
212. The muddri' (ojLa^JI the similar*) is one of the rarest
* Namely, to the mugteU (§ 222), as may be seen by adopting
another mode of scansion, ^> ~ 0- | — v^ j ^ — ^^ | — ^ .
§ 215]
The Metres.
365
metres, and not employed by any early poet. Each half-verse consists A
of w-v and «-» — %y— , with a single syllable appended, and the two
generally rhyme with each other, as in the ragez. For ^ - ^ may be
substituted ^ — , and for v^-^-, — ^-; but both changes must
not take place together. Consequently the entire verse is
213. The anapcestic metres are likewise four in number, namely,
the muteddrik, bes'it, munsarih, and muktadab.
■»"■»«' •
214. The mutMdrik (Jjtju^JI the continuous) is one of the rarer B
and later metres*. The basis is ^ v-> - (anapaest), which is convertible
into - ^ - or — . It is generally either trimeter or tetrameter, the
former having occasionally an extra syllable in the second hemistich,
so as to make it ^j* (see § 206).
Trimeter bk::.|&*=|s*zu&<=|s*=|e* =
Tetrameter ^=|^-|^=|^=||^=|^-|^-|s~-
215. The besit (Ja*-*JI the outspread) is a favourite metre with C
the older poets. Its base consists of w-v-andw, which may
be repeated so as to yield either a trimeter or a tetrameter verse.
In either case, ^-<~>- may be converted into — v^-, and occasionally
into -wv-, or even v^wv^-, though these changes are very rare
indeed in the second place, v w - may be changed in the first place
into —*---, but either remains unaltered in the second, or becomes
— . Hence arise the following forms of the tetrameter.
& — \j
— v^ >■»
The trimeter may be either acatalectic or catalectic, more usually the D
latter. If the loss of a syllable be extended, as is commonly the case,
to both hemistichs, the last foot in each is ^ — .
Acatalectic
o "■ vy ~
* [In the Muhlt the name of this metre is pronounced mutedarak
i.e. the supplied, so called because it was ignored by el-Halil and
afterwards supplied by el-Ahfas.]
366
Part Fourth. — Prosody.
[§216
A Catalectic
or
J «■ O J9--
216. The munsarih (v-j^J^S the flowing) has the same base as
the besit, but the first ^ ^ - is reduced to a single long syllable. It
scarcely occurs in any form but the tetrameter.
B
— v-> \j —
Rem. This verse may also be scanned as follows.
j - • a i o-
217. The muktadab i>rJsl'k^>\ the lopped or curtailed) is an
exceedingly rare metre, the normal form of which appears to be
^ i i ii ^ i i
— \j — | <~> — | uu — || — ^/ — I u — <w» >-» —
C It is said that ^ - may be transferred to the first place, thus giving
the form
\j — ^ \^
Rem. This verse may also be scanned as follows.
— n — y~> — \s kj ■
218. The ionic metres are also four in number, namely, the
ramel, medld, hafif, and mugtett.
I) 219. The rarml (J**P' the running) has for its base ^^
(ionicus a ininore). It may be either dimeter or trimeter. The
trimeter is almost invariably catalectic in the first hemistich, and
generally so in the second ; the dimeter very commonly in the second.
For w^ — may be substituted -^ — , and, though very rarely,
- w - v^, or vy^-v^, in which case the next foot must begin with a
long syllable.
Dimeter
§221]
The Metres.
Trimeter acatalectic
367
w ! C7^ \j ^ —
Trimeter catalectic
Rem. a. The tetrameter catalectic is a late innovation, in
which — ^ has entirely usurped the place of w ^ — .
Rem. b. In this metre the later poets occasionally rhyme the
single hemistichs, as in the ragez. B
220. The medld (juj^oJl the extended) has for its base two
w^ — , separated by ^^-. Either ^^ — , but more especially
the second, may be converted into — \j — ; the ^ ^ — into — <-— .
The second hemistich is sometimes catalectic, whilst the first remains
complete ; but usually both are catalectic, in which case the last foot
is almost invariably ^ ^ -, passing at the end of the verse into — .
Rem. a. A very rare variety shortens the first hemistich and
leaves the second complete.
Rem. b. A still rarer species consists in a repetition of the
entire base, each hemistich rhyming, as in the ragez. The last
foot is usually ^ ^ — .
-- II
D
221. The hafif (oLAaJI the light or nimble) is one of the more
usual metres. Its base is ^ ^ — and ^ — ^ -. The former may be
varied by — w — , and more rarely by — ^ - ^ or ^ ^ - ^ ; the latter
by — \f— , and occasionally by — ^^ or ^ — w— . The second
hemistich is sometimes catalectic, in which case the last foot is by
preference ^ — .
368 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 222
A A far more usual form, however, is the trimeter, which is generally
acatalectic, though we now and then find it defective in both hemi-
stichs, or in the second only. In the acatalectic verse, may be
substituted for the last ^ w — , and in the catalectic — for ^ ^ -.
Acatalectic w^ — | ^> — ^— | ^^ — || ^*-> — | ^ — w — | ^ —
Catalectic ^ ^ - -
O J.V
222. The mugtett (wla. ,.<,)! the docked or amputated) has the
B same base as the hafif, but with the order of the component parts
reversed, namely ^ - ^ - | ^ ^ — . The changes which the feet may
respectively undergo, are also the same as in the hafif. It is used
only as dimeter acatalectic.
[Rem. The three metres mudari1 (§ 212), muktadab (§ 217) and
mugtett (§ 222) are not employed by the ancient poets. It is not
improbable that they were invented by el-Halll (Guyard, pp. 168,
C 272 seq.]
II. THE FORMS OF WORDS IN PAUSE
AND IN RHYME.
223. We must next treat of the forms which the final syllables
of words assume at the end of a verse ; and as these are often identical
with those which they take at the end of a sentence in ordinary prose,
tj or of a clause in rhymed prose ( *<*....)! or *,.j»....3t), we shall handle
the whole subject briefly in the following sections.
224. As a general rule, all final short vowels, both of the noun
and verb, are dropped in prose ; e.g. *>) A+, instead of jj) ; £>jj*»
j^jj, instead of jujj ; J^pt OsJj-6, for J*-jJI ; *%•> for Aijlj ;
<iu C»^-«, for 4j. But in poetry it constantly happens that the vowel
is retained as long, the tenwln of the noun disappearing at the same
time; e.g. jCdl o~£ J»v**3 whilst fire is kindled among them; ^
§ 226] The Forms of Words in Pause and in Rhyme. 369
Jo*-« 0-*J m a tinie of sterility, for Jj»~«. In this case, the final A
vowel fetha is invariably accompanied by an elif; e.g. j>£ clp
^» 2 «» ^ j o j * a 2 *
%jj*a)\ (j^;...a>.j as a people strike, who can strike well, for *->«ft)l ;
\jyju obi him they mean, for Oy*J.
Rem. It is even allowable to double the final consonant after
a j a
*» s * a* a * * a* * * * ** _ - .* -
the elision of the vowel, as J>»aJl, for Jno^JI (J^aJt). ^»».1, for
a * at , , a I
j+»-\ (j+a*S) ; provided always that the penult letter has a vowel, B
I. . a*
and that the final letter is neither elif with hemza (as LL&JI) nor
.. *a* ,,a*
elif maksura (Lo*JI, .«i*)l).
225. The accusative termination t_ generally becomes l_, both
in prose and poetry, though it occasionally disappears, like the short
—, as w~££> f*~o\ he was deeply grieved, for UJUb (i.e. LJ£»). The
termination ,j_ or l_ in the Energetic of verbs, and in the particle
yji[ or 131, is also changed into a; but ^j— in the plural of the C
a j
Energetic becomes 03--
• " * " *
Rem. The Benu Temim [and Kais] use sj— for t_, as ..Ail
a - - a** - * - a i m , ,
^>jUjO!j Ji'ft >»jAJI sparse reproach and blame, 0 faidt-fnder (jJiLc
j * * * a * * a*o* * * a*o*
for ij^lc L», and ^LxJI^ for bU*JI^).
5 ^ ^ * - a ^
226. The feminine terminations S—, S_, and 5— , become «-,
more rarely O — The same remark naturally applies to 5_ and 5_, D
a- a - *s a '
whether masculine or feminine ; e.g. «>»»., for 5^». (name ef a man).
In rhyme, the 5 may also be changed into O, and the final vowel
retained as long; e.g. C.,Xa» )Li <J>UU »*JLUlj rcAiTs* thy family are at
el-Liwa and el- H ilia, for iLaJLi; oUaJI JUiij oim? a liberator of
* ja*
prisoners, for 5U*J1.
s -
Rem. «. In this pausal o_ the * is sounded, ah, wherein it
w. ii. 47
370 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 227
differs from the vulgar ending o_, a, and the Hebrew |"|— « (see
T
Vol. i. p. 7, note, and § 294, rem. b). This is proved by the fact of
its rhyming with a radical «, and with the pronominal forms
aj_ (for ^_, j^_) and *_ (for •_) ; as a) jjjJI (ajjudl), <sUbt (aJbt),
and a)jj (^JjX Divran of el-Mutenebbi', p. nr; 4*Ut (a-oUl),
A-o*iLJI (A-o'iLJt), and <uU,) (<ulc>), Sl-Hamasa, p. t»v; aJb>SI
(Jli^i l^'^)' ***1* (*****)» and isM (*»M)> ibid p. viY.
B Rem. 6. The plural terminations C>t_ usually become in pause
0 *
Ol_, but sometimes (particularly, it is said, in the dialect of Taiyi')
■»
*l_ ; as oUJt, «l^ft»^)l, for OUJI, Olj^*})l. Similarly, OL*A
■»
(OLjI), far, far avmy, remote is—, becomes in pause OL^Jk (OLjI)
or «L«Jk («lyj|) ; and O^jtf, a 6oas, a coffin, -O3JU or ojjD.
C 227. Nouns ending in ^$— or I— simply drop the tenwin ; e.g.
\J& becomes ^i or & ; Lac, Lac. Those ending in — drop the
tenwin, and either resume the third radical or not, at pleasure ;
t>i>l5, for example, may become either u°^* or 1^5*^*, u«^ either
yilii, or i^aKZj , j\^nf. (plur. of «4>jl»- « #«W) either jt>». or ^Sj^yef.,
tjl** (plur. of ^** meaning) either ,jlafc« or ^>\*a. The accusative
singular merely loses the tenwin, e.g. W-«15 (and not ^^13) for L-oU> ;
D the accusative of the broken plural commonly drops only the final
vowel in prose, but may retain it as long in poetry, e.g. ^I^* for
.Jl^« (accus. of ^y* a client), in rhyme also lJb>«.
Rem. a. If a word ending in _ has lost another radical besides
the final y or ^£, the only pausal form admissible in the nominative
t
and genitive is that which ends in the long vowel ; e.g. j*o,
J- lot
participle active IV. of \^£\j, to see, can become only jj^-*, never j*.
§ 228] The Forms of Words in Pause and in Rhyme. 371
Rem. b. Words of the form ^bia, in which the third radical is A
I, as *jSi\ /odder, forage, usually let the I become quiescent in all
three cases, ^lUCM ; but sometimes the final vowel acts upon the I
so as to change it in the nominative into j, ^JUul, and in the
genitive into ^£, iJ^JI.
228. The long vowels l_, ^— , ^—, and >_, usually remain
unchanged; as *iU5, Sjs., {^*^-, ^f*ji, *j*i- In nouns derived from t>
radicals third ^ or \j;, the omission of final ^£— is allowable in the
nominative and genitive, as 1^0 UUt, >L3I, JUl^Jt, for ^j-eUUt, ^jLJI
^JUioJI ; the accusative, however, admits only the form ^-©UUl, etc.,
and the vocative is ^j-o 15 b .
Rem. a. The interrogative pronoun bj, when governed in the
genitive by another word, is frequently shortened into j» (see Vol. i.
§ 351, rem.). In pause, if governed by a noun, it takes the l\* C
oLijJ 1 (see § 230), as «u ebiuSl, a* JJU ; but if governed by a pre-
position, it may also drop its final vowel, as <i«£, a^j or ^ , a<J or
j£, A-e U^ or^oUa..
Rem. 6. The genitive and accusative suffixes of the first
personal pronoun, ^_ and ^3, have several pausal forms, namely,
in prose ^_ or <su_, ^ or <U (see § 230), and in poetry also b_,
Li ; besides which, the long vowel may be altogether omitted, as J)
OyuLi, 0-*^>'> CPU'> Oj^'. JW, for ^jy£L», ^jM C5?Ut>
u^tft, ^b.
Rem. c. In rhyme the long vowels ^_ and j_ are often
expressed merely by kesra and damma, as ju for ^ju, aLo for
3*io or l^xi.©. This is done for the purpose of preserving the
umformity of the «LJjU>. or fringe (i.e. the succession of rhyming
syllables) throughout a poem.
372 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 229
A 229. When the penult letter of a word has no vowel, the vowel
B 3 * B 3 i -
of the final letter may be transferred to it in pause; as j£>, >*^1,
J £ * & * B * ' B 3 0 i B 3 ' ' ' B 3 w <• M/ 90/ 0 0 Si * 3 B St *•
^JjJI, ^j-iaJI, j«£*J, <*Jj*a\, Alij*e , <U.»-j, for jSL> (j&), j-*-^ (j**H)>
BB St * 3 0 St ' B 0 St * 3 B ~* * B B * B * 3 B B £ 3 B " * 3 B *t *■
3jjjt (yjjt), j^liajt (^^yjt),^ (jil.), Aj^ot, a^-o, aU.j. With
regard to the vowel fetha, however, the grammarians are not agreed,
B "B^ B B 'B* * -'B*
some allowing the transference in all cases, e.g. j£J\ for j£JI (j£JI) ;
others limiting it to the case in which the final consonant is elif with
B hemza, as LaUl for LaUl or g^^aiJI. This transference is technically
3 3 St -
called Ji-01.
Rem. a. The ^JJLi is forbidden when it would give rise to a
form which has no example in the language. For instance, there is
O 3
no substantive of the form ^Jjii, and therefore we should not say in
B 3 B' 3 B e-
pause ^XxJI (^oAsJI). Some grammarians, nevertheless, allow tins
3*1 - B*t ,
form when the third radical is elif with hemza, as HjiS (^ipl), whilst
C others recommend the change of the dam ma into kesra, pronouncing
*1 < C *l y 3*1 ' £ 3*1 s
gijJI or ^>pl instead of gj^Jt or ^.ipl, or substitute j or ^ for the
3*1 - *t -
hemza and say 3>pl or i^£L\^\-
3 B BC- B 3 C-
[Rem. b. According to the analogy of ouj-ol fur duj+o\, <su»jl
3 B (■ B * s B * Bs r B *•» ' B* B , s i
for A-ojl, we find also A^JLU ^J for ly^JLD ^J and even diUi.1 for
' 3 - Z B * ,
tyiU.1 and <u for lyj (Noldeke, -Zwr Grammatik, p. 14).]
D 230. Indeclinable words, ending in a vowel, take in their pausal
0 /3«5 * * B St tO ~ -
form a final *, technically called the \J£^\ il*, or C-X-Jl *U, the ha
0 ^ 0 s 0 vi * f 0 ** Si*
of pause or of silence; e.g. ***£», a*.?, for v-**£», ^. The same
letter is added to verbal forms in which both the first and third
radicals have disappeared; as <*i for Jj (iinperat. of ^3), aaj^oJ for
^0'. . .» .- «/ - B , * Bs - ' B-
»-*i jh^ (jussive of ^5*5); also oj for j, and ojj ^J for jj^J, iinperat.
and jussive of ^lj [comp. Vol. i. § 175, rem. a]. It may also be
appended to those in which only the third radical is dropped ; as
§ 232] The Forms of Words in Pause and in Rhyme. 373
a*,! for j»j\ (iinperat. of ^Jcj), t>jiu JJ for jkj J,) (jussive of j>*), A
»ju5l for jJil (imperat. VIII. of \j3) [comp. Vol. i. § 167, b, a,
footnote]. "We likewise find it added to j>, the shorter form of the
interrogative pronoun U (see § 228, rem. a) ; and to ^- and ^j, the
older forms of the genitive and accusative suffixes ^— and ^y (see
§ 228, rem. b) ; more rarely to J), as <*£i©^1 for &Uj£s\.
Rem. a. The yJLSyi lU is never added either to nouns*, or to B
the perfect of verbs, or to adverbs ending in u (see Vol. i. § 363),
with the single exception, it is said, of dXc ^yc for ^Js. ^yo. The
o "^ » > j * * o - y - * o j e - o - ** i i * -
Arabs do not say aJU5, <tls*.j b, *JL».j ^, ajuu ^-«. for ^3, ^J^-j W>
etc.
Rem. b. The ordinary pausal forms of Ut and yb .are Ul and yk,
but we also find <sul (see Vol. i. § 89, 1, rem. b) and oyk. — «^)>fc and
dUyA are likewise used instead of the common ^)yb and L^A. 0
231. Double consonants, as a rule, are not souuded as such
in pause ; jil, ^5, and j*.t (for jil, ^3, and ^»»'), rhyme with j»ojIj
and j--o (forj-oJL» and >«o). See, however, §224, rem.
III. POETIC LICENSES.
232. The Arab poets allow themselves a certain latitude, both as
to the forms of words and the construction of sentences. We shall D
here confine ourselves to the illustration of some of the principal
licenses which fall under the former of these two heads. — The poet
* [An exception is given in the Lisdn xx. 379, 1. 4 from below.
If somebody says ^....a».,) I ^sl*. el-Hasan came to me, another, as-
tonished to hear it, will exclaim ^...^Jl really note, el- Hasan ? or if
j^-o-c i^5~5£^ lAmr came to me, oj^—o-fc' really note, 'Amr? with
prolongation of the final vowel and with the pausal a. D. G.]
874 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 233
A may find himself obliged, by the exigencies of metre or rhyme
(j*£JI 6jjj~a poetical necessity), to make some slight change either in
the consonants of a word, or in its vowels.
233. Under the former of these divisions we include : (a) the
various affections of the letter I ; (b) irregularities in the use of the
tes'did ; (c) the employment of ancient uncontracted forms instead of
the more modern contracted ones ; and (d) the suppression of the
letter jj in certain nominal and verbal forms.
B (a) Affections of tJie letter *Elif.
234. *Elif with hemza (t) may be affected in several different
ways.
(a) It may be totally absorbed by a preceding vowel, like the
a .0-5 J i 0 6<0 *i 0 e£ -i
J-<?$JI U>}\ (Vol. i. § 19) ; e.g. *-bl *$\ convey the news, for *Jjt *)\,
imperat. IV. of *~b ; jA*'j and rejoice, for jZjIj, imperat. IV. of j£*> ;
y>\c jb\ j->a~© he wlm gave shelter to '[/mm 'Amir (a name for the
C hyama), for j>\ j*?*** ; C*j; Ja hast thou seen ? for OsjIj ; <jUuJ1 ji
one wJw hates, for jjUwJI (^ILiJI) ; ^WJ to my end or fate, for
^jO (j^'W) ; *i^j' V j»-U^*)t C^J ^>« *.«~Jj awe? tffow hearest
beneath tlie dust a sound produced by them, for *}L«jl ; U^a-sUj ^jl
wjjZiJ Obj"° J^ %/" #6 do us justice, 0 family of Marwdn, we will
rfraw wear (to you), for Jt Ij ( Jll) ; ly-^j ^ on tffow' heads, for VWJ^J J
D ,_jl«~© wy Aw£, for ^jjfl^-*, from si*.
Rem. By a double license, the verb ^lj becomes first Ij and
then elj, pass, j^j [Vol. i. § 176, rem. b] ; as ,jj ,jljut* JjL* Ij ^j*t>
s 0 - 1 s Ot * 0 '
.-*a»-> who has seen the like of Ma'ddn 'ibn Yahya ? -»~+~'\ J^** "^
ly5U yiM Jib jv> «lLJU *1j «ilj Ojlt *s)l *±Lu no human beiny is
' * * w *
more generous than thou art, save one (who), knowing thee (well), has
0 » 0 * ,
seen thy soul (and) has not said (to thee), Give it here ; ^yo i^£j J**}
§ 234] Poetic Licenses. 375
2"*tjU Sij^ i$M> a/"^ wajJ there (ever) seen before me one drowned A
in tears ?
(b) When preceded by a vowelless consonant, the vowel of the
I may be transferred to that consonant, as in the case of ,j-o, when
followed by the article (Vol. i. § 20, d), fjji for ij\y_ (Vol. i. § 176),
and the like. Examples : ,jl ^ if that, for ,jl ^ ; JUl».l [j^> on thy
account, for «£U».t ^^-s ; lyJ-».t ^>c /row for AtTfc, for VW»-' O* 5
j^i^a-j^, a £ a ; « / j j »<
i**^» O' O-* /row meeting him, for o' ,>« ; tjk*Jj >cl ^1 if I make B
a raid m;#)» Zubeid ; jljuJI yjl jtp ffo upright Xizdr (pron.
ilsiO't' * a«» « ^ ..
Nizdru-nu-lus), for yy : 't-o-'j '-'jb ^ — al Ijto W 0 fo«$tf, wAose stte
has become desolate ! (pron. dd-rd-nam), for ^— «1 ; .$-'>* 15J' J' O-*
" o i s to* z a j,
of the family of 'Abu Musd, for Jl ,>* (Jtt) ; ^UJU lit J^i
V^i^' O*^' t£J^ ^ ^w to Me enemy who note aims at doing
mischief (pron. naura Idna, see Vol. i. § 20, b), for o*^' (O'^') ', G
a ^ £ a** )**ii*,io** „ *&*>* a 2 «* ^ a ^
J-a'N)! SL»- i^*» ^j^l note r^« /?/^ of hope revives ; O^lj ->.jjjJt ^j
s a - a^
between husband and wife, for SI^JI.
6
Rem. In this case, the I is sometimes assimilated to a preceding
5^ «. .->^^ »/»)«> tj a^^
^ or ^ ; e.g. Lw iL~U ll£J I ^jJu ^Xi but to weep over thee was of
£a,
no avail, for Lw.
c
(c) I, preceded by a vowel, may also be converted into the letter
of prolongation which is homogeneous with that vowel ; e.g. «xa»-> ^Ai D
^L» ^JJI j-cuJI djuc om£ fo did not find with him the help ichich he
demanded, for JL» ; ZJLt*te aJJI J^w, JjJJk cJL» (*&? tfr/fo of)
Hudail asked the Prophet of God (to do) something base, for cJL» ;
j- ^ ^ ^ * a j j a^ I ,j,
4^-5 L5^ ^'-5 ^t^*^' -^ obeyed them, though I was in haste, for U!j.
This is most frequent when I is the third radical of a word, in which
376 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 235
A case the word virtually becomes third j or ^ (compare Vol. i. § 132,
rem. a). For example, in verbs, i)U* *$ may it do thee no good ! for
.yuA ; iJLjl i^o* who told thee? for JLjI ; Uaulj and it delayed, for
*M ; L&bt, for jj'jbl, III. of Ij3 ; <u»;p, for &*.j3, IV. of U-j ; and
m nouns, U-k thirst, \£/j « fawn, l»-t £/^ «am« o/ a mountain, for
OOO.. O
s// t// s/c / e. , t* * ,
L©J», Li,, la- 1 ; jl3 a reader, for ^jl5, participle of 1j5 ; (^.tj one who
* s. s £ * * a s * * 0'
g strikes, in rhyme for ?»-'j, i.e. («»-'j, participle of U».j ; [^^'j^'-' V
Os5yi fri j*> U 'v*^*^ *ij^-* «A~»^)I ew« //" the rapacious lions sprang
upon me, I would master them if my time had not yet come, for ^»»-!].
i
(d) *Elif with hemza and gezm (t) is constantly changed by the
poets into the letter which is homogeneous with the preceding vowel :
e.g. JUJI the omen (for JU3I), rhyming with JU3I (plur. of ,Ja3) ;
^JjJI o/" £//g ^?ad (for ^jM), rhyming with ^Ul ; ^ji\ of the tender
C (for 5«>jJI)> rhyming with >>~JI (plur. of iy^\) ; w~>i a wolf (for wJi),
rhyming with w~Jj. See Vol. i. § 17, £>, rem. &.
235. *Elif memduda (see Vol. i. § 23, rem. a) is not unfrequently
changed into elif maksura; e.g. U-JI, for *U-JI, £Ae s%; I^j, for
r,, > «• » ' 'is ~s 0 '
1%j, a misfortune; \jks, or ^Jj**, desert, desolate, for it^i5, fern, of
ja5I ; y-2> ju a palsied hand, for 2*i)Ji, fem. of J^l ; U-l, for *l£l, I wish,
I) 1st pers. sing. Imperf. Indie, of eli.
Rem. a. On the contrary, elif maksura is rarely changed into
<Mif memduda; as f'yJJIj ^Jam-^JI ^ w*£-o {which) sticks in the
mouth and throat, for lyXJI^, plur. of SlyJJI </(,e uvula.
t
Rem. 6. The short interrogative I is sometimes lengthened into
I, when the next word begins with 1 ; as^Jlw >l jb\ wJll is it thou
JO* J w «•
or 'Umm Sdlim? \}j.5 j>\ \Jy*i °W" >^ Ae thinks whetlier it is he
they mean or an aj)c.
§ 238] Poetic Licenses. 377
236. The Slifu '1-wasl is often retained in poetry, where it would A
0 -
naturally be elided in prose (see Vol. i. § 19, rem. e) ; e.g. jj>*-«jj
o >e, , * o o , -
and be patient, for jj>*-*'^ ; 3Vz3t £h& like one v:ho leads, for
iU5l (j-9^ ; clws^l^ JJuJt ^ in bestowing and withholding, for
^LL«*}Mj; w-*j» ^t LJL2J oJlj «wd £/Wm was£ a fosterchild of our
sheep, for ^>jt U3UJ ; j~» O-**^' JjW* '^i wA^w « secret goes beyond
O'O* - -jj
two, for O**^'- d
[Rem. The vowel a before a double consonant (Vol. i. § 25,
rem.) is sometimes resolved into two a's by inserting a hemza, as
* si & * * *t 2 * 2t * o 2*0
(Jl^La)! for (j^JLoJI, jl^».l for jU^I. Noldeke, Zur Grammatik,
Sit * 0 - Z * 0
p. 8, thinks that this is the origin of many ^JUil forms, as jU-*'>
2 J - o 2 t * o 2 , , o
J!>^'> oUJ»', and, with substitution of c for f, j^Jul.]
(b) Irregularities in the use of the TMdJd. C
237. The necessary tes'did is occasionally dropped ; e.g. U-h',
s } 2Z oi i , , 2£ J ~2 *» -2£
for U^jI, which of them ; ȣXjl ^A3 if that thou, for ǣAJl ; JjLJI Lyjl
^icj ^ov^ 0 ^om that askest after them and after me ! for ^j^j.
** J *' 2* i 2,
Similarly in the rare verbal forms ^*~>, £— Z>, for {k^*^i, £~-Z>, as
at *, * 2 j t * - } * oi *
jj\j ■<**» V^* l*l*»» Uj-aJl».li and they cleaned them (and made them,
the swords) light, all of them guarding themselves (against the evil eye)
by (their) lustre, where others, however, read ^i^>. ^
238. Sometimes too the tesdid is introduced where it would be
inadmissible in prose*, through a false application of the pausal form
- - 1 - OjO * ,1,3,
mentioned in § 224, rem.; e.g. JJCJUJl ^c, for JXJbJJl, the breast;
* [Excepting the saj1, for we find (Zamahsari, Faik i. 145 seq.)
I J it rlJ/ Kj
for «iL^-»fc, in order to rhyme with a*jj a+j. T>. G.]
w. ii. 48
378 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 239
Z s o Zbs ^ / / etj/ i s a i- s vis 0
A l^ai*-o,^l, for l»sw.o^)l, ace. sing, of jf±,*o\, large, stout ; tfcjij/-* ^
ow /#?;• bodkin (for applying /y?^/ to tlic eyes), for Ifcjj^ ; J^-W ^5*
s »t s* s s s Zt ' si a £ i s b ss
in the tether, for JaJaJI j,5 ; tj U«U ^s W«*»- l5j' O' ^■^■*- «*^
U-aaJI Jiilj J^&JI J£« lyoa.1 ^1 juu verily I ivas afraid of seeing
drought (spreading) in this our year, after it had been fertile in
herbage, as a fire (spreads) which encounters (a bed of) reeds (b,**. =
s a s vt ' o £ Z s sOs s s a i s s s Os
B bjw*. ; Ltfufc.1 and LocuUl for Ucui.1 and L*ajUI).
(c) Uncontracted Forms for contracted ones.
239. These are most common in the case of radicals in which
the second and third letters are identical (Vol. i. § 119), and occur in
1 <■ 0 s
both the verb and the noun ; e.g. ly^? oi^ though they be stingy,
2 s tits j>/ oS ^
for tj-i-e ; j-^oJls a*X£j ^ ,jtj and if thou dost not (actually) kill
* is , o j s
C him, yet come near it, for ^*JlJ ; ^*»J^j and he is blamed, poetic
0/ 0J/ w #» J s viiO J bi- tsl J/»J • S
form in rhyme for ^Sif, and that for jtSij ; t^JJl j-*^) ' J*j~i *$_$
i ai si 2x> i oios* i, a j s* o s si
j>j~t> ^a j^JJt f*^\ tJ^H *$3 JJb*. y* ?<>/#*£ /^ loosens cannot be bound
Is is i
fast, and what he binds fast cannot be loosened, for Jl»- and J*»-! ;
, 0 i?*> M sOsi Jo J i> - 0^
AJL^.'s)! jJbOl d-U ju»aJI praise belongs to God, the exalted, the
s * ^^ S ^ ^
m s its
glorious, for J>-»-*}H. Compare, in Hebrew, !)3£K, O^DSD and
D similar forms*.
240. The poets also use the uncontracted forms of nouns derived
from radicals third j and ^, instead of the contracted (see Vol. i.
% 167, b, /?) ; e.g. ^^U j-ji not past, for ^U ; ^l/J ^J>»- a~>\jj
silts' s *l 1 s .... »•
* [J'jjJtJ W for .Jjju in a tradition (Faik ii. 130, Lisdn vi. 232)
is said to be unique in prose. Abu 'Obeida suspects that it is a clerical
s s £ Its s 1 0 s
error (iJLiJI obj*»J) for iJjjju. D. G.]
§ 241] Poetic Licenses. 379
* • - " -
jbj ^>j ^UJI and fo'.s head we cut off (in retaliation) for the head of A
St * j £ j it* * - 5 ' ■»
en-Nabi 'ibn Ziyad, for ^^jLJt ; 9.^ wr»>*J' ^LX^ ^y*
freedmen as (fat as) rams of the breed called 'us, for J'>* ; ^jU *$
* *a* j It * * *•«•
^jl^iit ^ *JJl may God not bless the icemen! for ^y\jk)\ ^i ;
6jja*-tfJI ^ i>**k L&ls1*1 ^* ^"e fl7'r^s sporting in the mead.
Rem. It sometimes happens that the usual accusative form
jJlxi is incorrectly transferred to the genitive ; e.g. juc (jl^ ^Jj B
Ul^-e .J>« oJJI »X*£ 0&3 «au^ai > L5^>* a^' -t,e''e 'Abdu'lldJi a
freedman, I would lampoon him, but 'Abdu'Udh is merely a freed-
* * * a *
man's freedman, for ^)\y* l^J-*-
(d) Suppression of the letter & in certain Nominal and
Verbal Forms.
241. This is a license of which the poets rarely avail themselves,
but it occasionally occurs in the dual and plural of nouns, and in the C
jussive and energetic of verbs ; e.g. j»> Ul^ iUj jL»l Ul UJa*. 1*a
these are alternatives, either captivity and quarter, or bloodshed, for
pl:U; ^^U^l UXjj J_>JL»JI ^U5 1JJU1 ^ oi w^=» uj*1
_y« 2&Mit Kuleib, 't was my two uncles who slew kings and burst
asunder the yokes (of captives), for yjtJtUl : ^J IJJJI ^j^)' \a& U-fc
UjejJ ftase are the two pillars of the earth, which, if they were shaken,
for ^IJJJI ; ^A^lo ??~^*J wJl»- (^JJ! oi ^'^ whose blood was D
s^o? unavenged at Felg, for ^ JJI ; 0»5^k ,jl ^^yJ 1 -ike «->>-« I
arm? auwj/ *w? thoughts from thee, if they come by night, for CHj-*'
(compare Vol. i. § 20, rem. c) ; and more frequently .ib , >iXJ , ^Xj ,
for 0&i, 0&-J, \j£~J, jussive of O^9-
Hem. a. The same elision of yj occurs in the particle yj^J" 6?^ ;
as i5^i—»l ^*i)* ^«<^ give me to drink.
580 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 242
Rem. b. On the contrary, some poets have even dared to add
the energetic ^j to the perfect and participle of the verb; as
U-w« C-^»-j ^jl jJ^xa-j O-*'^ may £/«/ ^ootZ fortune last, if thou
A«s£ compassion upon one enslaved (by love), for >ob ; j-n— - * jjJblSt
b^y^JI wi/Z /te s«*/, Bring in the witnesses ? for ^JjISI.
242. Other letters, and even whole syllables, are sometimes
dropped under the pressure of metrical necessity*. For example,
B (a) at the beginning of a word : jj*j) for ,j*})l (compare § 234, b), as in
the half- verse »JU C-Jl ^*x)b l^-U <J*$ -»Ji &w£ »ow disclose what
£&?«* mayest disclose of it ; e*$ for aAJ, as ^J C-JLait *n) *£JU* ^>jI ^
j^^jit w*~». wAat a man thy cousin is ! thou dost not surpass me in
noble qualities (compare § 53, b, rein, e) ; JJtS for Jo-^-Ut, as <j[ Jo^^
>*»■»■ wA*S o^i= 0 6»W / «/* Thou hast accepted my pilgrimage
(-mZs**- rare pausal form for ^a.-*.) ; J>J, Ui-j for JUI, l^iJI
*-' , ' '',.''
C imperat. VIII. of ^3j, as UJ <dJI JJJ /««>• 6rW m ww cas£, tyjl «>a-j
jjLaJI fear Him, 0 young men I (b) In the middle of a word:
cUx-»t (X. of £>k), imperf. ,<g-Ja.,....j , for cUa-Xwl, a.-jJal....; ; as
JO/ J 0 s ss *" s i s J o £ Cits- 0* '
<U£ c*A3UJ A^l^a. ^^j *Jkwl ,-Ot Jj a/io? had I been able, on the
efa# <>/* AiV cfe«^, / would have fought in his defence [cf. Vol. i. § 118,
rem. b\ (c) At the end of a word : j^c for Sj^, in the half- verse
. j ^ ^ 5*» o £o>o ^ • j/ 0^/
Ijj^cj ^*xJ' j-**jM <^c ^3aX».Ij a»c# £/^?/ have failed to perform for
D thee the thing which they promised ; JU£o (also written JU JL«)
for JUJI ^>» (see Vol. i. § 358, rem. c), as JU-U ^t^t c-aj! Ui
* [We find in a tradition (Faik ii. 229) Olb^JUJ ^>c ^jyj for
■? ■> ole* i - » - j * a it*
OU©^At*})l, as j-o*J is said for j***-*$\ (comp. Arol. i. § 345, rem. a).
D. G.]
§ 242] Poetic Licenses. 381
Ojuft ifyfc £os &>/£ (lit. the days hate left) no wealth in our possession ; A
6ijU (or 6U J*), for gUlf ^U : ^T ^Jl^, 'an-nebi, for J^df ^ :
Jjjjr ,>«, mir-rizki, for Jjjjl S-? : J3 O* for O*^ O^ (owing to
the vocative form Ji 'b, § 38, a, rem. c, 3). Similarly, >~i*k,
yj*y\^.*\.t, O^aJb, for j~JJt)\ yo, lJ*y\st*a}\ y*> , OjaJI ^o , etc.*
Likewise, in (piadriliteral and quinqueliteral plurales fracti (Vol. i.
§ 305), as jbLi, &\j\, Jbu, j»yj; for ciU-i, v^b'i wJ^*l J^o^J ; B
e.g. JmUj <w»- ^aULiJj awe/ M<? frogs in its pond are (always)
croaking: jf$*SJS *-u« LjX-w j/*»' «** the seams of which skilful
* * o io - - * - a £ o -
apprentices have joined firmly together (jj*-l j£ for }j*»\ **3. § 234, b).
Further, JU. jLv, for £<Ju, ^iLv ; as t^iL» ^>j'j ^r-oU. dl^ji
^<?« /% husband is fifth and thy father sixth ; tjukj jUy; j-« jJ
^jJUJI £«w days are already passed and this is the third. Proper Q
names are also liable to be abbreviated, especially in the vocative
(see § 38, a, rem. c), but also in other cases, as ^31 ^-i*3 ^2i}\ ^xii
a s * a&* i a& s,2, } i i , , a *
j.a-±.\\$ c>aJI ibJ Jl* ^ *-*ij^ dj^ s>^ excellent is the man, the
light of whose fire thou makest for {from a distance) on a night of
hunger and cold, (namely) Tarif 'ibn Malik (JU, or JU, for ^UU)f.
Rem. The following are specimens of even still more violent
abbreviations : U^Jt for JjUoJI, as in the half-verse of Lebid. ^o J)
yjbb /«Jl-io-> ^-oJl the dwellings are desolate at Mutctfi' and 'Abo.n,
x * ja*o j e ,s
* [In later times we find even jaJa+Xj for^k»)l (_jjl; Ul (Ibn abl
'Oseibi'a, ii. 108). D. G.]
f [Very rare is an abbreviation like that in ,«*>£> */ Cjli Jit b "^1
for itjli^l L; (Abu Zeid, Nawddir, 30, 58). D. G.]
382 Part Fourth.— Prosodtj. [§ 243
A and also for LU^JI (plur. of aIO'), as in jlr^\ ^hjjJj U^jl £oJi
ivill let thee see death at the points of the spears ; CZS\ for y!
(plur. of 2~++~>), used by 'Alkama in the half-verse CLj jsjJuo
J j > - Si *0s
v6>tLo ^jL&l having its mouth covered and enwrajjped with strips of
linen; L»aJI for ws».L*aJI, as in the words of 'Ibn Dureid,
LaJI jU lyj {£)$\ he strikes out of them small sparks of fire ;
^^aJt, used by Sl-'Aggag for^ol^aJt in the half-verse aSU Ubl^i
ii o.a> J I Jfj j (J>« //te slate-coloured doves which inhabit Mekka ;
' *' ■» ■» *' «■ ««» j 0 ^ 9 c > o .- ii * St *
Lx)\ for ,JU*JI, in the words LxJt OsiUs»l C~*fil 131 ^ «iW,
when I teas exhausted, I let go the reins ; la»-^ for »-l»^»., in the
words j~fr-& *-*»»l»- l***-*- ij on the bone of a slender eyebrow ; and
even *\j for^».j the womb (see el-Makkari, torn. i. p. ire, 1. 11, and
s> * i , o ,
torn. ii. p. v- •, 1. 8), and j-o for L».j-«, according to one rendering
0 * • z a * ^ z o £ j , j o j o i- * o Si 0 j 0 * *
of the line ^j '%r~>j *^.Al aJ 0*13 ,jt jljj^j *n)I ^aj ^Ji fot^ /<e
0 slopped only for the space of time that I coidd say to him, Welcome
(others think that j»*$ is here nothing more than the usual pausal
form of jj*$ and passed on). Such abbreviations are not, however,
more violent than the Homeric yeAw, I8pu>, tyw, 8w, for yekwra, I8p(2ra,
l^wpa, Soifxa, and the like.
243. Under the second of the two heads mentioned in § 232,
namely, poetic licenses in regard to the vowels of a word, we include
(a) the lengthening of a short vowel in the middle of a word ; (b) the
D shortening of a long vowel ; (<•) the suppression of a short vowel ;
(d) the addition of a final vowel to certain verbal and pronominal
forms, and to some particles ; and (e) the irregular use of the tenwin
and other case-endings in the noun.
(a) The lengthening of a short vowel in tlie middle of a word.
244. This is technically called cLi^l, filling full or saturation,
and is not uncommon with the vowels a and i, rarer in regard to u.
§ 245] Poetic Licenses. 383
Examples: cL^», for %~->, in the half- verse of 'Antara. o-* fW-2 A
5^-*. w>3^£ iSf*$ flows from behind the ears of a fierce, bulky
she-camel: JUCJUOl, for JXJUCJt, in the words ^Xc C^ jJj C-A3
JUJbCJI / saiei, after she had fallen upon her breast ; »-ljJUo, for
9-jZ**, in the hemistich <*-\jl^i JU-jJl >o ,j-ej «??cZ («>•? thou) far
removed (i.e. <7«*te y*r«>) from the blame of men ? >>«^, for i^o*. in
the half-verse j^-oU Jj^^\ w*a.>JI o-* *** ?;? ^ ^m= *V « pillar of B
purest gold ; w»jjL-fiJt and^o-JbljjJI, for ^L-aJt and^AljjJt, in the
hemistich oLjL-aJI >li3^Jk1jjJI ^^AJ as ^ money-changers scatter
^ dirhams, whilst selecting (those that are of full ireight) : j^kjl,
for jJsul, in the words j^ixili ^ot iyCX«» U~»- O-* -^ draw near to
whatever place they go and look (at them).
(b) The shortening of a long rowel.
245. This may take place either in the middle or at the end of a C
word, (a) Examples in the middle of a word : ^3, for ^U3, as in the
words 4*i$ ^* iw tfs r/«.^ or ife darkness; j^^, plur. of jt^c « wiofe
in the eye, j-eUL«, plnr. of Sj^oio r? c*// or chamber, for ^j^l^x,
^j-oli*, and the like; IJuk (^-), instead of tjob ( — ), as in the
half- verse iU J£> ^j (JLh*-^1 ^ JJ=> ^J\ how long shall this
estrangement last every night? aJJI (-^^), for aJJI ( — v^), as in the D
hemistich J-y~» ^ aJJI J,U n) •nJI »j«y GW «o£ />&>.« Suheil ! and,
with double license, 0-^> for O1-^- in the words ^-oj^j^JI ^-u
v>^Jl partly silk and partly linen, (b) Examples at the end of
a word : £-|y)l, for (^I^Jjl, as in the hemistich Ji-tj 9-'_>^>
^•U— like the tips of the feathers of a dove of Negd ; ju^I,
384 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 246
A for ^Ju*})!, as in the words J^l l^-«^i with their fore-feet bleeding ;
^Ul, for ^-rflJI, as in the words \i\£\$ bjjj' ^UJI ^j£- from one
" — 'a
who forgets robes and garments. [Examples in prose are Jb *9 for
^Jb *j) «o£ falling slwrt and j^l *j) for jjjpt *j) / £«ow wo£. Comp.
Vol. i. § 6, footnote. D. G.] The 1st pers. plur. of the Perfect,
Uj:3 (^ — ), is also sometimes shortened into jj-US (w - w), but the
elif may be retained in writing, in order to distinguish it from the
j a , , a Z' o - a j,
B 3d pers. plur. fem. ; e.g. out £y~su ^L~ Zm. «j and many a one on the
point of surrender have we relieved ; <*j l*»»J ^J~aZ) «u£»pl jij and
if we had overtaken him, we would surely have slaughtered him.
(c) The suppression of a short vowel.
246. (a) In the middle of a word this license is of most frequent
C occurrence in the case of the very few nouns of the form J-*i
(becoming J*$), and of verbs of the forms Jj«i and Ja3 (becoming
,a, '■» .'*■* ' '
J*i, see Vol. i. § 183, rem. b), and J*s (becoming J**); as U£»
*$*>*$ \ lylJo J-ji. C»M<aiyU>l as horses scatter camels by their charge
s 0* J s - 0 ' & s & s 0 to* * G * s 0 s ' * 0 >•-.'' > - 0 -
(for ^^1) ; «U«»JU3 OjJJ Jj^ll ^ Jjb _/»—£ U^» >*>•«**■,' <U*Jkl (j'^
aJlAlibj awe? «/ / lampoon him, he cries out, like a nine-year-old camel
j) whose sides and, withers are galled (for j**-**, J^^, and 0>j,>) ;
*3^>3 03** ^SJ*" ^* c^*** j' or as Aaron and David were recompensed
(for \£j**-) ; Jl**»- «^j>J »>*■ (^5^-* '^i when it is drawn, it twangs
with the curved bow (makes the curved bow twang). Rarer instances
are exemplified by J*»j, for J>»-j, as in the half-verse O^9 ^^
*j)l»-» >0ju£^j *^»«j ./'<»' /'" was a man, and ye are men ; j-£)l, for
jJS\ (plur. of iJ>*£M), in the words ^J$\ j*£i\ v~su*$\ ^a these are
§ 247] Poetic Licenses. 385
the great souls which — ; Ot^ij, for Ol/ij (plur. of Sjij, Vol. i. § 301, A
rem. 6), as lyj'jij O-* u~*^' ?*&**»** and the soul finds rest from its
sighs. — This license has resulted in the production of such forms as
» ' B B y B .. * s , By s B * tt/ 0 /
j^jt for jwwj (jtffc^j, jussive of J^j), and jJLj or jJb for jJj (j>Xj,
jussive of jJj) ; as I ju j^SL^ >j* j^.\ ^i ^^j but I have not been
able to avoid cursing you; ^ jJj j^ij [w>t aJ j^-Jj ^y° Vj ^']
tJ'>?' ojoj [vm/?/, there is scarcely (w>j used JujiiiU) one generated
without having a father,] and scarcely one who has offspring is there B
whom two parents have not begotten (except Adam).
Rem. The poets also take the contrary liberty of adding a
supplementary vowel in the nominal form Jjti, using, for example,
9 9 B g $ a
JJ»! for JJ»I, flank, and jJa., for jJL»>, skin.
(b) The same license at the end of a word is exemplified by
Bis *' . jBsslitoZisBisBf*
such a form as JjL», for JUj, in the half- verse **** aJJI ,jli JUj vj-6^
and ivhoso fears (God), verily God is with him*. [The pronouns C
yk and ^a are often shortened into yk and ^j*.] Compare also
the suppression of the final vowel in the pronominal suffixes of the
Bsl By
1st pers. sing. ^j— and ^y, § 228, rem. b, [and the use of Jul ^ for
JU ^»1 7 efoV/ wo£ care.]
(d) 7%# addition of a final short vowel to certain verbal
forms and to some particles. D
247. The vowel kesr is frequently added in rhyme to the 3d
pers. sing. fern, of the Perfect, the 2d pers. sing. masc. of the
* [This happens especially if the last consonant of the word and
the first of the following are identical, as Jpj^aJ I w». jSJuj Tabarl i.
853, 1. ult. iov'J&y, o~J o^j' *. 1119, 1. 1 for O^j'; Vj-*'
Jjf olLJ ib. 1427, 1. 1 (iii. 2414, 1. 14) for L>j£\. D. G.]
w. ii. 49
386 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 248
A Imperative, and those persons of the Jussive which end in a con-
sonant; as C-J^j C~L«I j£ bUa»oJI t^».UI they made the camels lie
o Ii * tit 6*** it*
down, which were tired and weary (for C*A£») ; ^.wt -iUyU ^ oVj*i
jclaJfj #Aiy say, Zto ??o£ dfo q/* </H^/, but bear it like a man (for
j*A»J) ; «Xy»-t jcy&Jlj iljo^l »iXjL> (jl^ «??(# if the foe come upon
o , » £
thee with all their might, I will do my very best (for J^v*-')-
B Rem. The vowel preceding the final consonant may have been
originally long, and only shortened because of its being in a shut
syllable, but it is, nevertheless, not restored after the addition of
this kesra. For example : Oj.£ (for Ojj*, 3d pers. sing. fern. Perf.
of \j£, Vol. i. § 166, a, rem.) becomes Oj£, not Oljx ; jJo (for j*jo,
2d pers. sing. masc. Imperat. of jU», Vol. i. § 152) becomes ^J»,
not jj>*^ ;^fj\ (for^oUl, 1st pers. sing. Jussive of j»\j, Vol. i. § 151)
becomes ^1, notv&Ut.
0 248. The same license is allowable in the case of particles
which end in a consonant, particularly such as are monosyllabic ; e.g.
j>5 (J^J UH»yj Jjj l*J they (the camels) have not yet moved off tvith
O * * 0 * 6 £ , ,
our saddles, but it is as good as done (namely, cJlj j>$ O^J but it is
as if they had already moved off) ; y£>$ {£^ '3 j£* l**«Ai1 w<W»J
beloved of our souls, how long will this absence continue? how long!
Rem. The reader may here be reminded that, instead of the
D ordinary pronominal forms ^^231, ^Jb, and>0^, and the verbal form
»)»-/ j jtl j * j j
^Xsti, the poets constantly make use of the archaic ^Zj I, j^b, ^£s,
and j^y*£. The final vowel is in these cases more usually long
than short*. When ^ is changed into^Jb, either ^A or^A may
be used.
* The quantity of the singular suffix o also varies.
§ 249] Poetic Licenses. 387
(e) The irregular use of the ten win and other case-endings A
in the noun.
249. The poets constantly use the triptote inflection of a noun,
when the diptote inflection alone is admissible in prose. Tins remark
applies equally to the singular and the broken plural. Examples of
the singular : Sy— J ^ v-^j *4 C«*t»« ^1 ,jLojL> ^>tu IL« Pj-aJ
Oj^kft the vale of Na'md-n is scented with musk, if Zeineb walks in it
amid (her) perfumed attendants (for v**ij) ; ^jlPj •**»■' «^jj>? 'y^>
J - a i j 9 -
they sat/, Ahmed visits thee and thou visitest him (for j>0fwl) ;^»y ■«..._» B
j^».t S^ ^3 (/ smart black-eyed {page) hands them trine (for j^»»l) ;
^-flL* U*i 5ju& ^ftli J13 j*i the poet of (the tribe of) Kinda has
* *o * a Z * a , o - * ji/M , j t,
said in olden time (for Sju^) ; j£^\ ^jj ls**""'* ^Ji/**" (J-1 J>*^
thou sayest, Ask largesse of Yahya 'ibn *Ektem (for _»££»l) ; C-vHj
«*j>tufc. %ijJ bb^JLc a/i^ / warned 'Othman to repel the dangers
which threatened him (for ^U-JLc) : bol *-j-±-\ aJJt jj' s"^ : ' b C
and thou forgettest that God turned Adam out of it (for j»*\) ;
ULo*.1 ^)j-» jA^Jt t>cjy *ib neror ^e/j entrust thy secret to a fool
(for JE*»-t)- Examples of the broken plural : ^ito ^ ?\£=>j-L ^*j *§\
but they are companions in (shedding) their blood (for 2l£>ji») ; dJLi
>«-H>^ j-*frl— « ly*Xc (horses) with shaggy manes, on which ride
warriors who stir up the fire of their battle (for^ftC-*) ; JjLo l>5l»-c
!"■■»* L5^^' °^ women, like vipers, five in number (for >5U-c) ; D
OL*jj*j ^)jtu w>g£s / visited dwellings at 'Oreitindt (for Jjtu). —
Other instances of the irregular tenwln are : in the vocative, as
ly-Ic jia* b *JJI ^^ ^<? peace of God, 0 Matar, be upon her
ic '\'\'\ r f * - i 8 'At' i'°- * -' ' • ' ' fl£" *i- «
(tor ^ix« b) ; [Ja^3 J^ftJIj L^^J ^ dM-sw i^>© Ob^j ^Oa..o»
J 8 J
Jj-** 0 Muhammad, since thou art the offspring of a highborn
388 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§250
i St s it
A lady in her tribe, and thy father was a noble (for ju.»o»..ol) ;]
^5lj*j)l *£Ajl3j jJ»J Ujcc b 0 'Adl, every circumstance has com-
bined to protect thee (where a writer in prose would have said
ijjs. C) ; after *$, used ^JUJT ^ii (§ 39), as tjli. aLT UjL 4^j $
is there no man (may God reward him ivith good) — / (for sj*rj *}M) ;
iu words of the form JUi (Vol. i. § 98, rein, c ; § 309, c, 6), as
" J*jh u^ls^ O-* j'^** _;'«*»• beware, beware of the horsemen of Darim
(for j\S»- j'J^) ; ?-'%« ^i^* j-J** W ^ Hfo* Matar, come hither
to Salah (i.e. Mekka, for ^%o) ; and in proper names before ^>j
sow 0/* (Vol. i. § 21, 0), as <juAaj ^jj\ ^-^3 ^>« ajjW- « young woman
(of the tribe) of Kais 'ibn Ta'laba (pron. Kaisini 'bni, for ^>j us*)-
250. On the contrary, the ten win is sometimes suppressed in
C cases where it could not be dispensed with in prose ; as O^ ^**
*-©a~« ^-i ^bj-* 0^>*^ c^»- *^J O-***" neither Hisn nor Habis
Z s 0 * & >0 s s * WtO J 0 *
surpassed Mirdas in any assembly (for L»lj>j-«) ; j*jj3\ ^,Lk ij;j}\ jj+t-
ducfi) 'Amr, who broke up (bread to make) soup for his people (for
^JJI jj-o*, but there is another reading, ^^Jk ^^Jj^I 3j~o-£ tlie noble
14 mr &ro£e wp) ; "ibJ.5 "n)I aJJI j^lj ^j wJju.~* j-ji 4L>AJli a/w? /
found him not seeking (the Lord's) favour, and seldom thinking upon
S 5 b J s> bt 6*0 * J Ml -- V
D 6W (for^^li) ; UjJ JUa->*>)l w>jla*_« ^5^-3 and the tribe of Mohdrib,
heroes of old (for w^5"*-0) 5 w-^' ^^ J>^ w»>U-o j^;,.»g^ Jifo a«
overmatched cat, which springs at the dog (for ^ ;....£>) ; ^— ^. ^^^Xc
l_^JUI ^^Jl ^>« ji-a^ ?(po» « yellow body, smoother than gold (for >»—»■,
and t^JUl in rhyme for j^-J-«l, instead of y-Xol, § 249).
251. The genitive plural in ,>j- is sometimes changed in rhyme
into sLH- (see Vol. i. p. 236, note); as 0*»O^I •*•" °J^^ ***J
§ 252] Poetic Licenses. 389
since 1 have already passed the limit of forty (for 0**0^') ; ^jW *>} A
Ml ^ 0 J kit *?
U~~>3 %a> ^ <*JJI may God not bless sixty and odd years! (for
^>*wj) ; O-J/0-' otilcj Li/^i'^ awe? ?/^ ignore the riffraff of other
tribes (for ,>£/*■')•
252. In verbs aud nouns derived from radicals of which the
third consonant is $ or ^, the poets not unfrequently use the
Indicative form of the Imperfect instead of the Subjunctive or Jussive,
and the nominative case instead of the accusative. Examples of B
c * * _ i j i i o i lit 00 ,i
the verb: w>l ^j >b ^o--' u' *^' L5^' ^r'^ nas mt Wt^e<^ inat I
should be of noble descent either on the mothers or the fathers side
(for ^lf\) ; ^jte ^Ji. ^JlL o^ S>j &&> O-f V u$|l ^ ^^
* a < j
\ j^sk^A ««o? / swear, I will not show her pity for weariness or foot-
* * i , j a - * a z,
soreness, until she encounters Muhammad (for ^^3) ; JLJLi ^Lli*
* , ' j a i
^j'^ (tar*^-~J O' ^.V soul has made thee wish to vie with Darim (for
* * j * a * at - ,a* at a i £ + -
^A^J) ; la—iu 3I <sui ^^*J' ^5— ©-> O1 j^ '>i wfow to spend an C
evening or a forenoon in it, fills a man with vain delight (for ji. I3I
c&Z ^ not bring thee word— for news travels fast — of what has
a
befallen the milch-camel of the Benu Ziycid ? (for iJULn ; ,jbj O^Jk
pj3 jt}$ >*-yJ ^«J O^J y^* ^j-9 lj«U*-6 o^tfc. ^ thou didst lampoon
Zabbdn, and then thou earnest making excuses for having lampooned
Zabbdn, — ($0 that) thou didst neither lampoon him nor let it alone D
(for -y-jj) ; w>Lft tj>j1 .iV!.*a>..» U-U i^sT** turn as'la^ to lls> (<-ind)
'lbn 'Anndb will salute thee, i.e. receive thee with honour (for sl^ •) ;
i.1 dl-Jl *sj ^t U whatever I forget, I shall not forget him
■» ' dc , si a , *
to the end oj my life (for a~J1). Examples of the noun: jljl j^^j
<eL>*-«a.-o ^ (.j-*^' <*»^ whoever seeks for consolation in his misfortune
(for ^UJI) ; (^g^J "^-dl »iiJU-» Ojwh.j I found thy noble qualities
300 Part Fourth.— Prosody. [§ 253
A a subject for my poetry (for ^ibJlat*) ; ^>£JI yJJic Of^L* l>%H ^.'/
/iat'e &/£ their shepherd like an old (useless) ivaterskin (for O-vs^'j) >
JjjiJI cUJI ^ O-vi*^' O^ ^ if their forefeet were on level ground
(for jj^jul) ; U5U*. UoteJI i^jUa O^ Vj <md if he had been hungry
and famished (for ^yj»).
253. The poets occasionally use pausal forms (see §§ 223 — 230)
- * - Hz u
B out of pause. For example : ^-^>j for ^^j, in the verse ^J^*-* j3j-~4
0 * sOtOy Or' ' 0 J J J 0 £
j-cuJIj ^a^-jj ^ ^j-i; (j| d-oj^».l ifi#/i joy, my lord, will I wait
upon him, if he be contented with me, and ivith my hearing and sight
J * J C J
(i.e. most willingly and cheerfully) ; ^jj for {Jjj= ijjj, in the words
^0} ' ' J i ' o - Ct io o ' i 10 *
C-s5j i l<i= a^JLjjj ^LJI ,-i jk».l i^$jj Oi ^* ^° one a?nong men, whom
we know, was afflicted as thou art afflicted ; >fc for yb, in the half-
C verse iwu ^-*-^« W-^' O-0 >* *^* ^^ so he does not lose his share
of (the pleasures of) this world.
[Rem. At the end of a word the tenwln is sometimes used
* 0 0*> 10'
instead of the letter of prolongation (J^Us^) I \J>j^), as some read
0 - 0 *
in the Kor'an lxxxix. 3 j— j for \^£j~ ** (see Beidawi ii. 401, 1. 13).
vis Zi *o 1 0 *
This £) is called >0jj£)\ \^>>y3 the trilling or quavering prolongation
o a - 1!>£ - o-o** i
and modulation of the voice (y_^jjJxJJ), as in I^ZjI ws^sJt C*JL.>
D ^cCaji\ (see Fleischer, Kl. Schr. i. 323 seq. and cornp. supra § 225,
* oil j0 it
rem.). In like manner the ajjuJI <J&\ (Vol. i. § 368, rem. b) is
sometimes lengthened to ^1, as in a tradition given by ZamaMarl
(Faik ii. 95) Fatima is heard crying for her two sous b ^U....». b
o - o ■■ >
,jtu-»».. The addition of the ^j to a fettered rhyme (§ 193),
,0* J Oii , _
called .JUUI O-if^^ la condemned by many grammarians. D. G.J
INDEXES.
I. TECHNICAL TERMS, MNEMONIC WORDS,
PARADIGMS, ETC.
The Roman numerals indicate the volume, the Arabic numerals the
page. The letters a b c d refer to divisions of the page.
1
»- o j ^i.
bjjLJI »|>t, i. 269 a.
a * at * j£
»l, J*a».'l. i. 28 C. <S -' j»*> £ £
iJUjUl 3\ 5U.U«JI 131, i. 284 a:
j*L)S ja^\, ii. 359 b, 361 c. ii. 157 D, 345 c.
; - * j j : I
:: ■? : - ; .
*- J ȣ
4iJU»JI 4*^1, i. 136 d. 5j>»-j', ii- 351 b.
cCi^t, ii- 191b. r'-i^l, i- 220 d, 222 d.
JeUM, 1. 40 c. o^-oJI o-« cL^-vJI VUI, i.
J*i3t, i. 38 c. 245 b.
jLi.N)l, i. 274 b; ii. 73 c. lL^-^1, ii. 335 d.
4 » Alt C^.1, i. 10 d. J-f— o-JI
jjUl >>^' ••■ » ii- 336 a.
a *?*>
0
j , a ja.
IjlSiS £Jsi^t ... ... ,342d.
^Uul^t, ii. 76 d, 77 c, 93 a. JljJ^l^', ii- 235 d, 334 c, 335 b.
^1 Ol^i.1, ii. 80 b. Jl***-t. i. 116 b.
, , - - a - a
0^» ••• , ii- 15 c, 16 a, 101 d, JmU—I, i- 44a.
103d, 258c. •*<•' -«- £ 2 -* *,» »
* - - £ s ^ £ , *"^ - ' £ , ,
C*lpl, «bl, i. 278 c. ii. 336 a
392
Indexes.
JUUw^l, ii. 21 b.
J£fy, i. 104 a
SjL^t J^l, i. 105 a, 264 d.
aJ^T ... , i. 109c, 130b.
J,t ... , ii. 80b, 260b.
J*A*IM . , . , i. 140 c, 141b.
0 - 4 0
ju^La. ^-1, i. 106 D.
^Ujf^t, i- 181 a, 224 d, 234 a.
, i. 107 b, 180 d, 224 d,
234 a.
, Add. et Corrigenda
(Vol. i. 110 a).
, i. 109 b, 124 d.
f Oo J 0
Sj-oJ 1^1, i. 109 b, 123 b.
O --0 0
<sui juj-o^o-J, i. 107 a.
Si - 0 J
j Si ' joa» j o *>
* , 0«o
^JjjT ... , i. 109 c, 125b.
jJjjT ... , L105a.
Jii JIl, or^U^ll, i. 107 b.
O ^ JO
^>_5_fi. ^1, i. 107 b.
J^IAJI ... , i. 109 a, 131b.
, i. 109a, 110a, 296b
, ii. 100 a.
, i. 109 d, 148 b.
, i. 110 a, 165 b.
, ii. 98 b.
, i. 137 b.
J*AJI
ZJlJL}\
1
* * s JO*
aaJUoJI
Odt ' J 5*
1, i. 107 a.
, JO/O J O <o *
I, i. 117d ; ii. 59 d.
>*..gi.0.n ^w^t, i. 110 a, 166 b.
S O ^ JO
.--La* v0-,'t i« 107 b.
J 0 -o«>
Jy£»» ... , i. 109 a, 131c.
O^j't •-. , i- 109 b, 124 d.
' ,JI jrS$\ i. 166 b.
j JO ^0«J
jj—UJt ... , i. 109 d, 149 c.
J^^Jt ... , i. 105b; ii. 317c.
SJJCJ ^1, ii. 98 c, 123 a.
c^jT^ll, i. 109 b, 123 d.
Sj^.yf ... , i. 109 c, 147 bd.
6Uyf ... , i. 109 d, 149 a.
ilL^I, ii. 250 b.
ctli^l, i. 249 d; ii. 354 c, 382 d.
J\+£^\, i. 71a, 84 b, 89 b.
£»&%(, i- 294 b.
IIUNt, ii. 125 b, 198 c.
j w ^ -'O-*' J -
ii. 199 b, 205 a, 234 a.
Al^juibT &l*Nt, ii. 199 c.
A...i.:)f JiUl, ii. 234 a.
£^-^r^l j^-IllfiiUI, ii. 205 a,
234 a.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 393
aJlJUJ! Si&Nt, ii. 64 d, 198 c, i>ju«^Jt JUi^l, i. 51a; ii. 46 a.
233 a.
- lie- J 0 * 0 0 jd-e j -j;.v
»,«->» j^
L5^t ^1 o-*Jt AiUI, i. 202d.
<ULi^jf jli iiUs^l, ii. 64 b, 198 c.
& +&*e j&* J 4
4*\a».«JI j*i. diUi^l. ii. 198 c.
alteiln i*u>*$i, h. i98c.
J .. 0 0*0*
3 <Mfc o 1 )
ji 0 b 0 03
duyJt^i I
0+0* 0 > 9 0 »lO i 0 -
AA-aJI ^Jl 03^>^JI iit-£l, ii.
232 d.
l>\jj±*<j\, ii. 335 b.
l\j**$\, ii. 74 d.
jifil, ii. 351 b.
J*l*t, plur. fr., i. 226 c, 227 d;
secondary pi. fr., 231 d.
j A.
J^elil, plur. fr., i. 228 A ; second-
ary pi. fr., 231 D.
jli?l, plur. fr., i. 169 a, 211 a.
00 0 a 600 j 0 0 i
6LAJ^I JU*I, ii.
108 d.
wNi>i.»Hl ... , i.
98 c.
01 0 03
,^-oJI ... , ii.
50 b.
©Jj-£JI ... , ii.
108 d.
J - 9 * :
1 j*i. JUi^l, i. 51 a.
..JUuT Jlill, ii. 48 d, 50 c, 51 a b,
329 b.
L*jjj\ Jui^l, i. 51 a.
w. 11.
II JlxJ^I, ii. 46 b.
- 0 0
_ - «r, 0 0»03 1 , ;i
j>JJ\j ^j^l JUil, i. 97 a.
ijJuUjt' Jull, ii. 106 b.
^la**Jjl ^1 >iXJJ\3 ^>JUI JUil;
ii. 48 d.
jliil, i. 116 a.
Jlill, i. 43 a.
JJtill, i. 43 c, 63 d.
JliJl, i. 116 b.
Ji£*1, i. 41 d.
Jill, i. 34 b.
Jill, adj., 133 d, 136 a, 200 a;
compar. and superl., i. 140c;
derived from conjug. 11., iv.,
vii., and viit., i. 141 D, ii.
72 b; from verbs signifying
love or hatred, ii. 71 d, 145 d;
formed from the passive voice,
i. 142 d; from intransitive
verbs, ii. 72 a; from words
denoting colours or defects,
i. 143a; compar. with ^c,
ii. 133 A — 134 d; superl. with
the genitive, ii. 218 b, 226 c;
with the accus., ii. 71 b: with
J, ii. 71 b; with ^Jl, ii. 72 a,
145 b; substantive, i. 227 D ;
50
394 Indexes.
fem. ,Jlii, i. 184 b, 240 d; J%*it, i. 116 b.
^ - 0 •
fem. l%*i, i. 185 a, 240 d.
0 i to j - e£
iTll^J, ii. 357 a b.
J^oAJI JasI, i. 140 c.
JjJl, i. 227 d, 240 d.
du JjJl, i. 98 c.
2U£>*3'l, ii. 357 b.
AjJ\ L533JL£»1> ii. 294c.
fli^i, ii. 345 d.
« 0-0 )
Jjtil, plur. fr., i. 169 d, 209 d, JUJ^I oUt, i. 152 b, 157 a, 179c.
Add. et Corrigenda (Vol. i.
210 d).
JjJl, i. 43 a, 91 b.
HjS\, plur. fr., i. 219 c, 240 a.
C/ilail, secondary pi. fr., i. 232 b.
J&Jt, i. 116 B
J*£*il, i. 117 d.
Halt, plur. fr., i. 170 a. 212 b,
Add. et Corrigenda (Vol. i.
210 d).
JJbJl, i. 43 c, 63 d.
JJbJt, i. 48 c.
Sliail, i. 116 c.
J$L£t,L 116 b, 117 d.
JjU*il, i. 46 d, 48 c.
^jjUiil, i. 47 a.
JljaJI, i. 116 b.
* * e - o -
J^ytsl, i. 46 c.
J^kil, i. 46 d.
JbLxIl, i. 116 k.
UoUJt tJU^I, i. 11 a.
ftLiff obi, i. 21 a, 269 c.
Sj^^aLoJl oU^M, i. 11 b, 25 b.
0)jJkhJ\
sUdf Jbl, i. 294 b.
aj jjjf JS\, i. 295 d ; ii. 390 d.
J^yi ... ,i. 21 A.
Aj\3^i\ ... , i. 11 A.
Jf&fj Ji%, i. 269 a.
,.^1^ >ouT j oU% il 243 c-
j^«JU , ii. 243 d.
fe.lyj ^Jl ii. 145 b, 147 b.
J-oGJT ^^iJ ^Jt, ii. 63 b.
iLjfc^JJ ^1 A^.La-oA) ^1, ii. 145 b.
i*ifti^JI j»\, ii. 308 b.
ij'U^I, i. 10 c.
sJpaJ\ <j*o cUIc'nJI, i. 245 b.
j**)\. i. 61 i>.
4 0 - <> 0 i
j*\, ii. 31 d.
- St ta * 3 * Z * jtto i
(rtLitM ,>•) iAAai^JI o'j "• 26b>
81c.
AjjjuxaJt ,jt, ii. 26 c, 221 A, 252 a
t ^1, i. 292 c.
i*oU)7 ^1, ii. 26 c.
£ a - tc * ■:
- - : "
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 395
J~U2U *Uf, ii. 164 a.
0 £
j^U^X^J ... ,
«uj*3t lU, ii. 162 b.
C^T ,164a.
al~Jl) 2LM, ii. 164 a, 324 a.
^LJjJkJU ... , ii. 163 d.
^ ^ 0
^-JLU ... , ii. 164 a.
jUjflCJ, ii- 160 a.
il^U^Jb lUt, ii. 164 a.
aJbuiij ... , ...
'W) ..., ...
.,i. 4a.
JXJU ... , ii. 164 a.
j^iLojT ^ j^ujT J,C, i. 50 b.
14 b, 301 d.
l - Z. - J »>e
(aJUttl v>«) rtAfta. 0M o«, i. 283 b,
284 d; ii. 81c.
llsCdT rj\, ii. 105 a, 301 c.
i^uJyf gi. i- 292 D.
lyj^fclj ^1 , ii. 80 b.
lUJ^I, ii. 73 c.
Jliill, L 116 b.
Jiiil, i. 40 c.
it, i. 56 b.
•I
aUb\, ii. 351 A.
i ,i li
wOi.it.ZlH ^1, ii. 361 c.
lUaj^t, ii. 357 c.
uoia^jJ L^t, ii. 93 a.
w>
iiu£&) lUf, ii. 164 a.
JjUJ^J ... , ii. 163d, 324 a.
ajjucJU ... , ii. 44b, 164 a.
^a*j, ii. 358 c.
JJLjf, ii. 9.0 a, 230 c, 231 d, 2^3 a,
284 d.
JUiw^l Jju, ii. 285 d, 287 b.
>->\r±'f ...,ii. 286 b.
6UJI
j£Jt jj^ c>**^' Jj^> ii- 285 c.
A~o ^-aaammoJI ^^ ^aw..)l iJju, ii.
336 c.
gCljT i <W&af JJu, ii. 286 c.
JJjT ,£h) jiJT ... , ii. 284 d,
2871
396
Indexes.
■ ibta 3 * ,b*
*^*> Jj^JJ ChW' J.A-JI, n.
286 b.
4 ^0«» J
» 0/>5 -
JaaM o-f jJ^o-M J-m, ii- 74 a.
J ,0,
Jau—JI, ii. 365 c.
*U>, ii. 78 b.
Jyta^Jl j JxUJI lUj, i. 50 b.
jZ, ii. 229 b, 230 c.
^, ii. 351 b.
aaJU^J! j*£>U SUM, i. 139 a.
\jdj ^ia. ■» Li ... , i. 147 d.
lyl^i ^>« SU^J t . . . , i. 4 b.
Ltf, ii. 272 d.
^^m-wIj, ii. 353 b.
a -
j*£»>3l 3t «i*&U)i, ii. 282 b.
,.. , ii. 282 c.
AiJUJI j^ti, i. 139 a.
J^I*4j| ju£»Bf , ii. 282 b.
tL~>Jl ju£»U, i. 164 b.
Jj^Jm v£~jUJI, i. 245 b.
0»J£)t, ii. 123 a.
jj+JzS), ii. 358 a.
' " £ji i. 52 b.
^J&JLJUt
ju&^lJI ^y^ i-^i i. 62 d.
I, ii. 195 d.
jjjaizi), ii. 74 D.
aJULjf sJujaJi, ii. 378 d.
°£j|, i. 166 b.
XJt, ii. 4 b.
^L-ollJI, ii. 198 d, 199 a, 261 d.
Sj-o^t u^A^J, i. 18 d, 73 b.
Jri^jZii, i- 174 d; ii. 88 a.
w^Jjjt, i. 245 b.
^jUwl w<s*£»p, i. 160 b.
fu.s*.,~~Z M, ii. 368 d.
j a S -
j^JLcuJI, i. 110 a, 166 b.
a 5 •«» j a ^
^aA.jJj) j->fccJ, i. 174 d.
j a ; -
jujuUJI, i. 14 A.
j a £ -
)jg»«auH, ii. 358 a.
AjjuCJI, i. 34 b.
JujIiJI, i. 247 c; ii. 198 d, 199 a.
^Jsi5f, i. 166 d; ii. 54 c, 268 a.
4~J&bi, i. 190 a.
J^Uj, i. 38 d.
J^U.3, i. 116 b.
J^Ui, plur. fr., i. 226 c.
•> > - *
J^U3, i. 116 b.
JwjtU3, plur. fr., i. 228 A.
J.A....A3), ii. 123 a.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 397
Jbuu, i. 115 b, 116 d, 117 b.
... , intens. adj., i. 138 D.
JUib, i. 115 c, 116 d, 117 b.
... , intens. adj., i. 138 D.
JU*3, i. 116 a, 117 a.
... , intens. adj., i. 138 D.
JjUiS, , i. 139d.
UUaj, , i. HO a.
JjUU, i. 116 D.
JIi3, i. 36 c.
Jjiaj. i. 116 a.
** a ,
■Ju. L 115 b, 116 cd, 122 c.
>, i. 115 b, 116 d.
iJbuu, intens. adj., i. 138 d.
, , a "
JJjuu, i. 48 c.
JlaUi, i. 117 c.
- «• a j a - * a j a*
(jjjuu, for y^ijuu , i. 56 b.
s i a i
J^«AJ, i. 115 D, 116 D.
* e^
J-**Ju, i. 115b, 116 cd.
... , pi. J-jftl*3, ii. 358 c.
i. 123 a.
J, intens. adj., i. 139 d.
^j-jjuu, i. 246 b.
* . •' ..
«..JaJu, ii. 358 c.
J~u3t, i. 286 c; ii. 216 c.
5JUU! J*JUL>, ii- 276 d.
^~£3t, i. 166 b.
j-^Jt, i. 31a; ii. 74 b, 216 c, 268 a.
! JjjXJt j! JijSi, ii. 74 b, 282 c.
\ j as *
Jts^\, ii. 122 d.
^ ^ #-o 3a*
>ju*Jf J**«J, ii. 124 b.
jZ&S ... , ii. 124c, 125 a.
.. * *a*>
Ao-UoJ! ...
*a a>c
u-Li*!) ...
» .- ---
OiV ,125 a.
j4*>) ^ ojU^jf, ii. 327 d.
jjdSl, i. 247 c.
CHyZtt, i. 12 a.
J>j2\ o-»yi, ii. 390 c.
w-jj-kuJJ ^j**)!, ii. 390 o.
^ - *.* ^ - -
,>*£*3I cny^i l- 235 B-
as * j «^
j-X^'l CH>*^» *• 235 c.
•o j as *
235 b.
' o-o i a*
t^jxJt OO*-*? i- 235 c.
^UUt ,>>>£"> ^ 390 d.
** , i a-o j a*
iblioJI CH>^) i- 235 b.
*^l^£jj, ii. 272 d, 282 b, 283 a.
ou».y3j, ii. 354 c.
>i,s,
*.wj3l, ii. 191 b.
•> as * j is -
ju^pl. See jl.£>U)1.
398
Indexes.
■ c Ob*
invisible ~*
4^1 *tf)|, i. 4 b.
O^BTjI 01*31, ii. 195 d.
^<A i. 29 a.
JUJj, i. 235 b.
j^^i j jU., ii. 251 a, 253c, 269 d,
337 a.
j.aJ\, i. 235 B.
^ ^ - .»»«» i * tore ui *
Sjj Isfc^J I ^1 jl^aJt j^-, ii. 234 b.
|J4, ii. 358 c.
l?^iJI ilj^,, ii. 15 a.
0 '0 s 0» *
A.0J.0., j>js».. i. 13 a.
c WJI, i. 52 b.
a^Clji, i. 180 d.
j o - *•
*^afcJI, i. 52 b.
j*~£JI *.*»>, i. 192 a.
£^J| ... , i. 231c.
^oJLJI £**Jt, i. 191 D.
j ^ «0 J 0 / 0/
-.,,=» qM *.©*Jt, i. 191 D.
alijT i^i., i. 169 i>, 234 b; ii.
234 D, 235 b.
*x»-t« 4juj j-Xt ^-.J ?»•«.&., i. 245 c.
j 3 - j e<o j e ^ o,
•>r^^a»l t s.«aJI, i. 191 D.
j Si * joio
Ji\L, ii. 115 c, 250 b.
Od 0 x> 0 - 0 J
4*4^1 «U«a., ii. 251 A.
«U^^ ^-o-wl £A>oa», ii. 175 d.
SpCM £«>»., i. 170 a, 234 b; ii.
234 v, 235 b. | ^WJ), i. 51 d.
<Li^I*)t ^>sk-« 4djl»> ^-W»>» ii-
253 b.
&JU. iCl, ii. 68 d, 333 a.
a, a ^ j , o , a j
O-sv*^ Oti aXo*., ii. 256 b.
Ilijip IU4-, ii. 253 b, 261 a.
4JU5 ... , ii. 251 b.
<LUJt »>»».■ See aXaJI *..*»..
SjiJCJI ... . SeeSji&l *♦»..
£s«&J!, i. 52 c.
tj! w;l^»., omitted, ii. 17 a.
Z>j ... , ii. 216c.
Jsj-uJI ... , ii. 15 a.
^-~iJ J ... , ii. 1 75 d.
°'
^J . . . , omitted, ii. 8 c.
j\iii), i- 278 d.
C
1 , si*
iLwUJI, ii. 371 d.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 399
JUJI i. 51 d ; ii. 5 b c, 19 d, 20 b. j^t. >Jj-a*, ii. 46 b.
21b, 38c, 50c, 104a, 112c— j * • * •- .. _„
120 a, 196 c.
, + i j i a , « ,
o j£=>yo j*z Jl»», ii- 115 D.
£/\ ... ,i. 287 a.
llSSi* , ii. 114 c.
0 - 6 9'
jj^L; 0/»-, i- 13 b
&&JJ JU-, ii. 115 d, 120 a.
J»Ji, j£.; i. 292 d.
^jUU ... , ii. 20b, 113d, 197b, oUac ... , i. 290d; ii. 147 b.
288 b.
jji* ... , ii. 19d, 113d, 197b,
288 b.
«' /jj
... , ii. 114c.
jjpll* i^*-, i- 13 b; ii. 355 b.
... . i. 14 c.
0-0 : i j
. - -- j 0 -
^k»JU jl iibUJI ^y*., ii 147 b. ijjJjl «J>/*>, ii. 93 c.
,. ,i«S »<• »«3 0t
j i i a,
^•jjlsJI, ii. 195 d.
j a + a*
$j** It, ii. 355 a.
., i. 278 c.
*»o a io *c
JJjy
°1jT
^5yj|
, i. 292 d.
, i. 282 b.
, ii. 390 c.
, i. 290 d, 293 b.
, ii. 122 d.
, i. 269 a.
, i. 293 d.
, i. 268 a ; ii. 92 c.
, i. 282 a
, ii. 4 b.
^,l£J^JUI O^J»Jl i- 5 b.
*£sj»-, i. 8 a ; n. 3oo d.
jlSi\^ JjJbJt ^>-j *£>/»», i- 84b.
dJL^JI sJjjaJ\, i. 4d.
- • 0*» j j j
diti^t o^j^, i. 278 d.
: - : -
a Z >o j j j
^jojjtJS^ ^giio-h 7 M ^fi^j^., ii.
310 c.
^*^Jt ^^; i. 1a.
jj^jf ... , i. 278 d.
c - a>o
JJLaJ t ... , i. 5 b.
3 Zt 0 *■ 0*0 J J J &*
0 .» Oxi J J J
^fAAaJ] *J*/*-. i. 278 d.
iJUjjJI $\ iJUJJt iJu^aJ), i 5 a.
j 2 i Z. ^ J j j o*
400
Indexes.
o a * j
ipjJii] «*is>»», i- 290 c.
Ji s
J J J «'
<*,..>.>^.u.M t^jjj^Jt, i. 15 c.
a*ji
... , i. 5 B.
2uj~o£)\ ^»3j*J\, i. 15 c.
i^JJI ... , i. 4 c.
,>JJ| <J»j»j^., i- 5 b.
iuJUl ^Jj^aJI, i. 5 B.
juoJI «Jj/», i- 9 c.
JaaJU a^-^u^J! ^Jj^aJI, li. 80 b.
Ajjjua^Jl ^JjjaJI, ii. 252 a.
,,,}»*> 111
iftjlo-oJt ^Jjj-*", i. 56 b.
4 ... , 1. lA.
rt^ai,l>oM 05>aJ!, 1. 4 A.
Jt<D J J J
SbU«Jt »-*S/*"> ii- 85 a.
J//UK ^ jit* _
aJl^^JI kJjj^JI, i. 4 a.
61 juJI ^is/»-, ii- 85 a.
a**LJI jt A**kuM o^>aJI, i. 5 a.
tU^I J^»», i- 1 a.
A-SU^Jt *Jjja*)\, 1. 1 A.
£>l&Jt, ii. 313 ab, 314 a.
4*pU JU. fy£ft., ii. 30 c.
t
j^LSs, ii. 251 c, 255 b.
jdjJlc jli., ii. 253 a, 257 c.
jjl j-**., ii. 80 B.
^l^ ... , ii. 100b.
<) ... ,ii. 98b.
ijJAif, ii- 353 a.
^U*A-, ii. 86 c.
,JJLj1, i. 235 a, 279 a.
wi-AaJI. ii. 367 D.
Je*. JJI, ii. 353 b.
iiUjj'l, ii. 259 c.
JUJT ji, ii. 117 b.
J
iuip't, ii. 256 b.
iojjjl, ii. 312 a, 319 bd, 322 a.
^bj, i. 29 a, 47 b.
f\3j, ii. 351 a.
j^.jj|, ii. 362 a.
J£j|, ii. 353 n.
J£)l, ii. 355 a.
iijjl, i. 8 a, 235 a.
^ja^JI ^jJI, i. 28 d.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 401
J^JI, ii. 366 d.
J£j)1, i. 276 c.
ijjji\, ii. 352 a.
J
j-etajf O^i ii. 21 b.
0^»C, i. 13 b; ii. 355 bd.
J ^1)1, ii. 283 b.
«m«, ii. 358 D.
• < t
J~Ju w%w, ii. 358 d.
£-~JI, ii. 351b, 368 d.
Ljlfi, ii. 362 c.
Jjuu>, i. 46 a.
^yC-Jt, i. 13 a; ii. 355 d.
JjLJt, i. 36 a.
&JULJI, ii. 233 d.
iuljf, ii. 356 c.
" \ ii. 250 c.
o * 9<« j a
£»»Jt <sui, i. 179 a, 181 a,
224 d. 234 a.
190 d,
a o& j »
JjuJI A-i, ii. 284 b.
Sjlw, i. 14 c.
hjLi\, ii. 15 a.
jki, ii. 351 c.
JjL£j^, ii. 350 a.
J&, i. 8 b.
JUjT^t^, ii. 117 b, 119 a.
jjuJI, ii. 238 c, 351c.
rtJbg, indef. relat. cl., ii. 38 c,
216 b, 317 c.
iLlii i. 105 a; ii. 114 c, 277 b,
' 283 a b.
iL>U aa«o. i. 187 a.
liiU- ... ,i. 187c.
jjLJfs '}J&M SJu^i\, ii. 276 a.
^JJI _3 £j^
j.'-ro11.' 3a*cJI, ii. 274b.
j J^'iJI 6U—W Ay-^oJ' OUL^JI
i"
JjAaJT, i. 133 c.
iSJjl, i. 19 a.
... , def. relat. cl., i. 105b; ii.
317 c.
dJLflJt, in metre, ii. 352 c.
Jyii«JI ^ J^UJI a*-mo, i. 50b.
^rjl*;!)1! ^UaJt, Add. et Corri-
genda (Vol. i. 6 c).
w*^JI, ii. 358 c.
w. II.
51
402
Indexes.
jiibt 6j3j~e, i. 236 d ; ii. 374 a.
5i / 3 -
*•"*»» j9*e, i- 7 D.
j~ira}\, i. 53 b, 105 bd; ii. 251c.
See JsuljJI, £«»tjjt, and JJUM.
jusUI
J.+-0-&, ii. 265 a.
2 a -
... , i. 285 a, 293 b;
ii. 81 c d, 299 b.
... , ii. 259c.
e ^«/»
II, i. 245 b.
JjjOI, i. 245 c.
\jo$j*}\ ii. 358 c
jT JJae, ii. 91 a, 283 a,
JuaAM
ii. 259 b, 264 cd.
286 d.
j^>°Ji\ ... , ii. 91a, 282 b.
J LI » ... , ii. 90 b, 287 a.
A_iLo^l ^JLe, i. 235 b.
aJjlcUM ... , i. 235 a.
i. 285 a, 293 b; j «j«|$«A*JI ...,i. 235b
ii. 81 c, 299 b.
i a *6>° j
J^va^JI jfr^-oM, ii- 214 d.
J<>iji, ii. 364 c.
aJUmbJI t\Sii\, i. 6 c.
^All?, i. 246 b.
JAlLl, i. 105 B.
Jj&l, ii. 112 c, 253 c, 270 b.
jkuJl', ii. 312 a, 319 bd, 322 a.
J*U, ii. 275 b.
JUJI ,J-«U, ii. 113 d; suppressed,
ii. 120 a.
3 ' » - 4 '
^yiJLt J-«U, ii. 118 c.
>h3|, ii. 238 c, 351c.
(«-— •-»■ vffJ^, i- 107c; ii. 243c.
^.ofw.li ... , i. 107 d.
iloJjJI, i. 245 b.
s5u£,$U L5JLc, ii. 166 c.
^jJbl ^Xc, ii. 51 d.
J*3s ... , ii. 297c.
iC*ft, ii. 259 c.
0 ^ » J
S jl«*, ii. 250 c.
SjjUmoJI j jaJJ v>c. ii. 144 a.
dk^jJl, i. 290 c.
J*aJI o-jc, i. 30 a.
jAtoJI w>^*£, ii. 356 b.
^JUJI, i. 52 c.
dJL^J- jli, i. 108 b.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 403
fts., i. 30 a.
O**^ ...:i. 234 d.
' • '
6U>aJ7 lli, ii. 262 c.
w»a-'
1 ..., ii. 30c.
rtli...i...Jt jt w».»J 1 ili. ii.
30
c.
JjOJI
iU, i. 30 a.
>Vi,
i. 32 c.
J*U,
participle, i. 131
c,
133
K
ii
323 c; -Jii,
i.
132
B
verbal adj., i. 136 B; fern..
L 187 a.
J*UJt, ii. 123 a, 251 c.
j~**}\ Ju—o >L> J»tlJ, ii. 257 a.
*' _
ilcli, intens. adj., i. 139 a, 177 b;
collective, i. 233 a.
J[j*li, intens. adj., i. 137 d.
jj^fcli , i. 139 d.
aa».,:,r 9x^9, i- 7 c.
gilt, i. 52 b.
JJjuf, ii. 259 b.
iLii. ii. 113 c, 123 a, 250 c.
JJL*J, plur. fr., i. 215 a, 222 d,
223 a, 239 d; secondary plur.
fr., i. 231 D.
« .. •»,»*
C»"ilL5Ui, secondary plur., i. 232 b.
JUi, inf., i. 111c, 122 b; adj.,
i. 133 c, 136 a.
Jlxj, intens. adj., i. 137 a; with
the accus. or ,J, ii. 70 b.
j - -
JUi, proper names, i. 243 D.
JUi, plur. fr., i. 220 c, 240 a.
JLati, imper., i. 62 b; proper
names, i. 244 a; as vocative,
i. 244 b.
Ju», inf. i.,i. 111d, 113 b, 122 b;
inf. in., i. 116 a, 117 ad;
subst., i. 175 d; plur. fr., i.
202 d.
« i
JU». inf. ii., i. 115c; inf. ill.,
i. 116a; inf. vm., i. 116 b.
JL*J, inf. i., i. Ill D, 113 CD,
122 b; adj., i. 133c, 136 a;
subst., I. 175 D, 176 cd; plur.
fr., i. 204 D.
JUs, intens. adj., i. 137 d; plur.
fr., i. 207 B.
Jl**, numerals, i. 241 d, 262 D.
0*i)l*i, secondary plur., i. 232 B.
iJUi, inf., i. 111d, 112 d, 113 a;
subst., i. 159 a.
iUlxi, intens. adj., i. 139 c; subst.,
i. 176c; collective, i. 233 a.
iJlxi, inf., i. 111d, 114a; subst.,
i. 159 a, 176 a; plur. fr., i.
224 a.
<Ul*i, inf., i. Ill d; subst., i. 159 a,
176 BD.
404
Indexes.
<UUi, intens. adj., i. 139 c.
JJUi, plur. fr., i. 226 c, 239 d.
l£)Ui, plur. fr., i. 230 a.
^J\jJ, plur. fr., i. 221 b, 240 a.
^Jlxi, plur. fr., i. 222 b.
^JUi, intens. adj., i. 165 b; nu-
meral adj., i. 263 c.
4JU3, inf., i. Ill d.
JJlii, plur. fr., i. 228 a, 239 d.
^Jl**, secondary plur. fr., i. 231 d.
Jjii, i. 30 a, 49 d.
sjjj]^ JlJjT Ji*, i. 43 d, 58 b.
J*$, i. 31 a.
Jli, for JjU, i. 97 c ; ii. 384 c.
ioM
W
J*5, adj., i. 133 d, 136 a.
0 0
Jjti, inf., i. 110; adj., i. 133 d;
subst., i. 158 c ; numerals, i.
264 b ; for J*9, ii. 384 c.
J^UI, i. 29 a; ii. 251c.
^5^*.^! J*aJ1, i. 81c.
... , i. 68b.
w-^.*:i J*i, ii. 124 a.
J^oU. J*9, ii. 15 D.
JjC ... , i. 53 a.
o -
■mg^ ... ...
C" '
« * s J IBs 5 »_
^Jj^aLc j^e. Jj«, ii. 124 a.
»l * * J
kA-A-JwO , i. 30 A.
JfcUlf J*», i. 50 b.
*i 9 ' JJ*\tl*JV**J9
J*j, inf., i. 110 c, 112 d; adj., dAcli^^^ U Jj*3, i. 50 b.
i. 133c, 136a; subst., i. 158c, ,8 j ,,,„ t 3 ,,,„ ,, ^
192 c; plur. fr.,i. 224 c; used J^ £y*J\ J» ^j^JI J**!*
instead of Jcl», i. 132 d; JftUUI ^ jl,i. 50b.
superl. with genitive, ii. 218 b,
226 c.
JjJ, inf., i. 110 c, 112 d, 113 a,
121 b; adj., i. 133 c; plur.
fr., i. 224 b.
ji/
Jji5, proper names, i. 243 A.
* > *
Jj&, i. 30 b, 49 c d.
Jji», inf., i. 110c; adj., i. 133 c,
136 a; subst., i. 159 c; with
accus. or ^J, ii. 70 B.
J B yBtO r * it-
J^u^JI lkJkc ji, i. 50 b.
s«j - - t o e
\J>j*aU J*j, ii. 124 a.
U^Ux^Jt Jiiil, i. 68b.
JZju> Jjti, i. 53 a.
^5UT Ji*ff, i. 88 a.
Ji», inf., i. 110 d, 121 b; plur.
' fr., i. 202 B.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 405
JjU, plur. fr., i. 207 B.
« *•
J*i, subst., i. 159 c; for J*i,
"ii. 385 b.
JJJ, for J«i, i. 97 c ; ii. 384 c.
Jxi, inf., i. 1 10 D ; adj., i. 133 d j
subst., i. 158 c ; plur. fr., i.
200 a j numeral, i. 263 d.
J*3, inf., i. 110 d, 121 b; adj., i.
133d; plur. fr., i. 199 b.
j ^ j
J*i, proper names, i. 243 d ; as
vocative, i. 244 b.
0 i J 0, , i
Jjtj, intens. adj., i. 137 d; plur. «U'^Ui, i. 123 a.
fr., i. 206 d.
9 J
J*9, i. 159 c.
Jjti, proper names, i. 243 a.
iJUi, intens. adj., i. 139b; plur.
fr., i. 208 B.
aJU*, inf., i. 111a.
2^jL«i, inf., i. 111b; fem. adj., i.
185 a b, 240 n.
*3&$, inf., i. 111b.
*3Ui» plur. fr., i. 218 d, 225 b.
240 a.
0*}iL*i, for «£>•£*£, i. 192 c, sqq.
J^i*i, i. 117 cd, 118 a.
ij'iilai, inf., i. Ill b; adj., fem.
I&ii, i. 133 d, 184 c, 241 b.
J*», adj., i. 133 d; plur. fr., i.
200 d ; numeral, i. 263 d.
3JUi, inf., i. 110 d ; subst., i. 123 a,
158 c.
J .. A -
dJl*j. names of men, i. 193 a.
iLU, inf., i. 110 d, 121 c; plur.
fr., i. 207 c.
aLJ, inf., i. Ill a; subst., i. 159c.
4JLsi, inf., ... ; subst., i. 123d,
'l58c, 175 c, 192 c; plur. fr.,
i. 169d, 209 b.
ilxi, plur. fr., i. 208 D.
dSxs, inf., i. Ill a.
6/tJ
iUi, inf., ... ; subst., i. 158 c,
175 c, 192 c.
(j'iUi, adj., fem. ^^a*, i- 133 D,
136 a, 184 b, 241 b ; fem. £&,
i. 185 b.
* ' ' '
^jk*i, inf., i. 111b, 113 c; adj.,
i. 241 c.
(j'iJL**, inf., i. 111c; plur. fr., i.
216 a; proper names, i. 242 D.
* ' • '
jj^Ui, inf., i. 111c; adj., tern.
Jb'SU*, i- 133 d, 184 c, 241 b;
plur. fr., i. 217 c.
Jj&, i. 47 b, 48 c, 120 d.
iUUi, i. 117 cd.
Jjlii = UUi, ii. 384 a.
* » - -
OjJLxi, inf., i. 111c.
J>3&9, inf., ...
406
Indexes.
*U>i*9, i. 120 a.
' * '
.J**, inf., i. 111a; fern, adj., i.
184b, 241b; plur. fr., i. 220a,
240 a.
j^Jlij, inf., i. 111a.
^JUi, inf., i. 111b; plur. fr., i.
220 c.
' • J
^-Jijts, inf., i. 111b; fern, adj., i.
184 CD, 240 d.
^JUs, inf., i. 111b.
l£*i, i. 154 b.
Jyis, inf., i. 112 a; adj., i. 133 d,
136 c, 146 d, 185 b; with
accus. or ^J, ii. 70 b.
ij$*i, intens. adj., i. 137 D.
Jjjii, inf., i. 112 ad, 113 A, 121 d;
plur. fr., i. 205 B.
0 ij
J^ai, intens. adj., i. 137 d.
5 x J >
0*^j»i, secondary pi., i. 232 B.
ijyj, inf., i. 112 a; intens. adj.,
i. 139 b; fern, of J>*i, i-
185 c ; subst., i. 155 d.
«U^*5, intens. adj., i. 139 c.
JUyU, inf., i. 112 ad, 113 a, 121 d;
plur. fr., i. 223 D.
iJjij, inf., i. 112 a.
aJytf, inf., ...
Ja^ii, i. 166 b, 167 d, 174 c.
J**I»», i. 166 c, 170 c.
J**i, inf., i. 112 a, 113 cd, 122a;
adj., i. 133 c, 136 a-d, 146 ad,
186a; with accus. or ^J, ii.
70 b; with passive sense, ii.
196 b; subst., i. 154 c, 159 b,
176 d; plur. fr., i. 223 c;
numeral, i. 263 D.
J-j*j = J**i, i. 167 a.
J*ai = J-oJ, i. 136 d.
J*j«i, intens. adj., i. 137 D.
jJd, , i. 138 a.
JI**, i. 154c, 159b, 166 b, 174c.
iJL*i, inf., i. 112b; intens. adj.,
' i. 139b; subst., i. 154b, 159b.
<UL«i, intens. adj., i. 139 c.
dJLxi, i. 154 b, 159 b.
*%»», i. 115 d, 116 c.
JJti/x. 115 c, 116 c, 117 b.
J*by, plur. fr., i. 213 c, 239 d.
J^iy, plur. fr., i. 228 a.
alijJikXi l5», ii. 156 c.
JU*9, i. 116 a, 117 a.
J£, Jli, adj. (for JL*i), i. 146 a,
155 b.
4-J15, ii. 351 c.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 407
9 s Z i J is ,
3*315, ii. 354 a.
, ii. 352 a.
«? .. , , 6 -
JpUUI >oUU^51S, ii. 269 b d.
j 5 ^ ' e<»
»5, i. 8 a.
» i
j3, ii. 4 b.
ii. 4 B.
JJU&J Jj, i. 286 c.
^...£)t, ii. 175 d.
^-a5, i. 24 D.
s ' ...
Sju^ai, ii. 351 a.
%iaii\, ii. 276 a.
A*Jft5. ii. 351 a.
rt,..;.f£u ^JtfJi (J), ii. 178 a.
J^tfj'l, ii. 362 d.
illjjT oli>, ii. 100 a, 104 a, 302 a.
IcJuT ,302 a.
L^t^i.! j ... , ii. 15c, 16 a, 101 d,
103 d, 258 c, 328 d.
5j^~=5. j~*»£», i. 7 c.
<U*Iv*JL*,n) I ^£9, ii. 125 c.
Sj^siJI^o^. ii. 125 c.
ijUXJl, i. 105c; ii. 125 c.
L1L, i. 107 d.
J
o* s •» S * * at * »* * » * *
ii. 104 a.
a5^£jf^', ii. 98 b.
<bila>^JI *$, ii. 105a.
s »«» a .
ii. 98 a.
.- - -- -
i_<y-J' *^> "• 36 B.
JjS), i. 30 a.
J>*$S\ (the article), i. 269 a.
... (the J in jj&), i. 30 a.
i&j&'lji'j (J), i. 283 b.
y^l^ul^U J^Ut (J), ii. 149 c.
JliLl^J ... (J), ...
a3iklvj ... (J), ii. 152b.
jp$\J><) (J), i. 291 b; ii. 35 b.
(T^U^1 (J), ii. 148 a.
£0&J ... (J), ii. 151 d.
w-a.^iI) ... (J), ii. 152 d.
ijjJLJLu ... (J), ii. 148c.
Uujj&°\ j>*$ (the article), i. 269 a.
408
Indexes.
,^aJ I <J.jjj£) ve^t (the article),
'i. 269 b'; ii. 318 d.
j^ai\ UujJCi J>*&)'\ (the article),
i. 269 c.'
J~jJLljU J>4S\ (J), i. 291 c; ii.
'l51 A.
j^ujT aj^lij J^l (J), ii. 61 d,
287' d'
^j£bu jA)'\ (J), ii. H8 c.
' 283 b.
^JjTJS) (J), ii. 29 a.
0 0 J vt *
... (J), ii. 148c.
t^JLajf J^' (the article), i. 269 b.
^JU\ y£». ^^ (J), i. 282 d.
*$ J £ yl^-^ (J), i- 283 a.
^UUjT 4^ >$M (J)< »• 148c-
a«L >SUI (J), ii. 151 a.
J^T j^ (the article), i. 269 c.
aJLoUJt 3\ a.5,UJt >^)1 (J), i.
^LL-oJU >^Ut (J), ii. 149 c.
£~*LuT ... (J), i. 291c.
yj, ii. 339 a.
^JsJu, i. 246 b.
ZJl, i. 108 a.
AAAa»^JI ,jjCJ, ii. 81 n.
iloL^^f U, i. 277 d ; ii. 43 c,
276 b.
ii. 104 a.
i^a*juJt Lo, i. 98 c.
ji ^ ox?
Ajjla^wJI ..., ii. 105 a.
283 b.
0 O«o J
J*AJI j»*), i. 30a.
^» (J), ii. 28 a.
^Jii 2&i$'\J'§S\ (J), i. 283 a.
iilljJT >&! (J), i. 285 b.
3-JUpl jt a^^jjJI L«, i. 277 c,
294 a; ii. 17 c, 41b, 102 a.
5 jljjJT jf S juSlpr U, i. 278 A ;
ii. 193 a, 215 b, 224 c.
a^Jil U, i. 277 b; ii. 18 a.
libClT U, ii. 81a, 215 bc.
Js^iJt ^-x-4 **t==>\^ U, ii. 43 D.
i a * , ' / ,'
j^LJU Sjuj-« U, ii. 81 d.
• y • *
J-liJU , ii. 82a.
iJ, Jua^jT U, i. 277 b ; ii. 29 a,
215 c, 219 a, 221a, 252 a.
«UJL)j ajjjl^uo L), ii. 18 a.
aiL^U, ii. 95 c.
±Sj±
, ii. 17 d.
I. Technical Tei-ms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 409
ii^^JT U, i. 273 c, 277 a: iL ,i)jUU, ii. 355 bd.
319 R J*jSZj\, ii 365 b.
Vpi U, i. 273c; ii. 320c. j^ .. ^
iiiil U, i. 98 c. 4^>U^5 ^ 355 »» 356 A-
iLb^jJ U, i. 50c; ii. 269c. j^ „ ng^ 123d
jcoU. o«U, ii. 346 b. * £-» . _
- • J% J-ai«, i. o3c.
,«-e>C)t, i- 51 c; ii. 1 a. ,/ , a ,,.,,„
' <cu w*».»«»J|, it 152 d.
j£»j*)t, iL 282 b.
- "^ j*i*, L 30 a.
j^^JI. ii. 287 c. j '-»>'
,.*^a VJUUJI, ii. 363 d.
iiji\i. 52c, 177c. ,' , ..
a - , « ^ O-^- »• 3^ B- 3d6 a"
. JuiaJl wjJl. i. 177c. ,„,,*,
^v*T~ *~ ^XS^i\, i. 52c.
^Jl ^ A^H, i. 177 c. (^ ^ ^ . 234 d
^iit iJ^JI, i. 179 a. /£} £££ L 235 A
^Ujf ... ,L177d. ^f^^£:,L235A.
L^*-*^' jst^I*, iL 355 b c.
£*jO, i- 31 ^ 43 b, 116 c, 139 a. tffi i. 52 a
1 50 C. j;o , »; ;-j:-
l ^1^^^UL74b.
tju-*J1, ii. 123 b, 251 c, 25o b. ' £ § ^
^f,?,,,, i..U jl, ii. 368 a.
Iju^o, ii 253 a, 257 c, 258 a.
J jliX ii. 286 b.
j » j - : j !.
4-u Jju^JI, ii. 286 b, 287 c.
i^jjL-o) I, ii. 354 b.
J>jj*—}\,i. 60 D.
£^UH.L52a
i «-— •» i- 234 D. i j » '»* . _rt
L5^ J^^LLSOc.
*^» >
i, iL 54 c. J t i ' Jf: • -t
U~Jt, i. o2 c.
.>~..»M, iL 123a. ?frJ • lif„ •• fi,„
*-r^ ' uu>a>^, i. 14 c; n. 81 c.
t.^J| ii. 272 d i5' s' • o4
i«, ii. 355 b. *».jjL.«, ii. 351 a.
w. ii. 52
^J-a , 160 C,
161 c, 191 b, 196 b, 244 b,
245b; ii. 89 a.
J^j], ii. 283 b.
*t>* o j»/
lcXlZ~.+}\, ii. 336a.
JO . S , J J 9/
a~«o .-JUZw^Jt, ii. 336 a.
j - - o je^
II, ii. 152b.
j * * o j a,
do ^Ui-^Jt, ii. 152 b.
0 i 0 »C 3* 3 ''0 30*
dd&J ^v^, _j! dJ CAil—oJI. ii. 152 c.
3 , S .- 0 3 is
I, i. 51 d; ii. 21 b.
I, ii. 250 b.
0* 3*0 30*
aJI ja-~oJt, ii. 250 b.
a£>jIL<j-\, i. 32 d, 39 a.
ijui.-e, i. 13 d.
0 3 0 *
jjiouL*, ii. 362 a.
3 * 0 '0*
jjk-£UoJt, i. 110b; ii. 54 c.
0 It Oi t i 3*0 *0*
54 c.
410 Indexes.
juj^JI, ii. 367 B.
j.£b>JLoJ|, i. 52 c, 177 c.
Sji i. 122 d.
JiJj^, i. 108 c.
d,Jj»«, ii. 351 a.
Ji^, ii. 363 b, 365 b.
cyj-oJI, i. 60 d.
^Jbji i. 108 b.
,jpUl] ^Jb^i L i°8b> 160b-
0 s 2<> J * 0 *0*
^JIAM jj^*JI, ii. 122 a.
j * £ j o>o
j»<=>y<tl\ ... , ii. 74 a.
J^-JT ... , i. 119 c, 126 c,
127 ac, 128 bd, 129 d.
<■, * 0 0*0
c.\j«aa, cj*a#. ii. 351 B.
cjUL2l, i. 60 c; ii. 64 b, 199 a,
364 d.
3 3 0 *0>° 3 * 3 3*
^jWI £,Ux«M, ii. 22 1>.
3 30 * »«J
cjij-oJI ... , ii. 18b.
w>3~£u.«JI
, ii. 22 c, 26 c.
oLcloJI, i. 108 c; ii. 66 b, 119 c,
198 b, 200 a, 201b.
0* 3 * 3 0*
aJI ol-a-oJI, i. 108 c, etc. (see
j * 30*
j-^^j't, i. 53b, 105 bd; ii. 251 D.
cjUJ, i. 35 d, 36 d, 38 d, 40 d,
41 c.
93 *
i]a.o, i. 24 C.
j^iOX i- 105 b.
0 * oi * o<o«» ^ - * *
ii. 164 b.
5 - 0 3
wjjjuo, i- 234 d.
^jjtoJt, i. 247 c.
ii^jLji, i. 235 c, 247 c; ii. 117 b.
3 3 0*0*
^jjtoJI, i. 50 c.
aIu J^ki^M, ii. 287 c.
Jjiiift, i. 50 c.
0 * a ,
^J ^*^o, H. 1 I b.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 411
5 - - 0
i»jZj\ ^jix*, ii. Ub, 116 d. AJbuU, i. 130b, 149 b.
JjU ... , ii. Ill a. iladJo, i. 148 c.
JcUi, plur. fr., i. 226 c, 227 b. hJ&, i. 149 b.
iUU-e. i. 116 a, 117 a. ddXxJL*. i. 148 d.
J-sUU, plur. fr., i. 228 a. J>**-«- particip., i. 131 c.
ijljf, i. 52 b. ... , = Jii, etc., i. 132 c.
]>U, i. 108 b; ii. 357 d. J****3' (the obJect)> "• 123 A-
II, ii. 123 a. Jy^' J*****', ^ 50 »■
j _ , j .- -
JU_Lo, subst., i. 129 a, 130 b; ^UJI ' 104a-
numeral, i. 263 d; intens. <^i ••• , ii- 269 d.
adi., i. 138 b; com. gen., i. ' a,f \ j?'m •• nco
s ' p-i^-^' <4 J^JtA^Jl, ii. 2b9 d.
186c; with ace. or A, ii. <-"' ,
70 b. ^j-*11 j** ** J******', "• -69 D-
5JUi*, intens. adj., i. 139 D. j J?"ft •• ,,>
J ' «u3 JlyuUeJt, n. 112 c.
* ^ « - ' '
JjuU, inf., i. 112b; subst., i. 124 d. , * i ° *\ , "1, \ J f'ff •
*^ dJUj.1 ,>« ^1 *tU.*i) Jyui^JI. ii.
J*L, i. 241 d, 262 d. ' ' 122 a'
J*iU,inf., i. 112b; subst., i. 124d. Jj JyO^M, ii. 122 a.
: - i J." «J J .•--.-,
Jj»i«, i. 112 b. J-Ua-oJI J^**«Jt, ii. 54 c, 72 d,
* ^ • 193 d, 270 a.
JjLiL«, subst., i. 130 b, 149 b;
intens. adj., i. 138b; com.
gen., i. 186 c.
* , 0 1
iJjul«, i. 131 a.
3\ ju£»UJU JJLk^JI Jyw^J'
vffi,inT.;)t, ii. 54 c.
J*i-» ... , 149 b. ii.'56B.'
AXaJU, inf., i. 112b; subst., i. 128c, jljj&J Jik^jT J»»1»J1; ii. 56 A.
118b; plur. fr., i. 225 a. »* }.» >»*> > >a,>
5, 0 , fy^-* JWa-oJ' Jyta^JI, ii. 56 a.
ajxJ-^. inf., i. 112b; subst., i. S
* s - - 1 y » si*
128 c; plur. fr., i. 225 a. <X3u> Jyii^JI. ii. 84 c.
• * a a * 5 3'
rtJL«JU, inf., i. 112 b; subst., i. l*$yuL*, - A*9, etc., i. 132 d: plur.
128 c; plur. fr., i. 225 a. fr., i. 225 a.
412
Indexes.
ZiytJLc, = Jj«i, etc., i. 132 d.
9 0
yJ^JtLc, intens. adj., i. 138b; com.
gen., i. 186 c.
J - * 0 J s*
lyMOJA^Jt, ii. 366 b.
o - a }
^a*JLc, ii. 90 D.
9 * a -
%\xLc, ii. 359 A.
OlxkJLo, ii. 351 A.
ii - ja,
jHoJI, i. 52 c.
j^hjJI, ii. 122 d.
i - J .a ' 0x> -•
aj^g^oJ I ^>o, i. 273 c, 277 a;
ii. 319 b.
ijj-^JT o-«> i- 273 c; ii. 320c.
* , a* a
stjO^J ^>«> "• 131 A-
^UJJT, ii. 131 a.
<jLJL) j>«, ii. 138 a.
u***^-" OW?^ O"*' ii' 138 a.
ijiuxjllJ ^j*o, ii. 137 a.
'9«a ~ , Ote J i
ii. 174 c.
'?« j » j
»^U Ju*, ii. 174 c.
10iO WC J i >
5^1 ***aJ jl Sj>^JI Jj'n) jOrf,
ii. 174 cd.
~.j**J>+i 1, ii. 366 a.
Jj^wU+M, ii. 90 b.
9 'Hi
^j*eJ*t, i. 234 d.
w^-CU^JI, i. 60 D.
j j a * a*
C>yU©JI, i. 104 d; ii. 287 c.
o * a 3
JucdU*, i. 53 c.
0 J« -
J^iU, i. 108c.
J 0 /Jrf £
^AAAAiU
. , ii. 138 a.
6 2
. , ii. 138 d.
)_ ^ j"
. , ii. 137 a.
J~u£u ..
. , ii. 131 D.
a S
. , ii. 138 b.
^y ^y*^ (>•> ii- 136 d.
.. .. ja^
^>UoJI, ii. 85 a, 92 c.
ii. 123 bo.'
j&U, i. 247 c.
J>>iiiJt, i. 104 d; ii. 277 b, 287 c.
Jj«0j*Jt, ii. 317 c.
^5*-"?' J^o^oJt, i. 105 B.
JcUUI £* ^U, ii. 269 d.
j~»J\ ju~« ^L; ^li w*-5L), ii.
257 c.
J^UM „l>lu JliU, ii. 269 a
a a>o * * * 9 *•>
JjiaJI w>U« w*5k, ii. 74 a.
j^jjlj, i. 56 B.
oj*J, i. 16 u.
j»J, i. 108 a.
I. Technical Terms, Mnemonic Words, Paradigms, etc. 413
lljuJI, ii. 86 c.
1, i. 109 d, 149 c.
J.~ftH i. 8 a, 235 b.
^j-jT ^ ^£jf, ii. 77 c, 276 a.
pJuH, i. 105a; ii. 283 a,
3UJI, ii. 354 b.
ikij. i. 4 a.
Ji-JI, ii. 372 b.
IjjCJ, i. 235 c, 247 c; ii. 116 c,
117 b, 260 d.
jC«jT oA «• 101 g
J s *t i tiga } & *
*j£>yo)\ ^\, i. 61 A.
ijtS^Jl <jjJ, i. 101 b.
iyl XI ~,
*JlDI |l*, i. 7 a.
..., ii. 372 d.
oi5>31 ... , ii. 371c, 372 d.
?Vjb, ii. 351 a.
«*>J^JI, ii. 363 c.
>»*, S>8Jk, i. 16 d.
jLfcl^l, i. 52 b.
'js\^\, ii. 363 b.
sTjLl.'ffi jlj. ii. 333 a.
JUJ1
w J
w
II
ii. 33 A; with ace,
ii. 84 b.
ii. 262 b, 332 d.
ii. 216 d.
ii. 175 b.
ii. 84 b.
ii. 33 A; with ace,
ii. 84 B.
ii. 33 a; with ace,
ii. 84 b, 325 d.
0 ago )* »
j3y ii. 358 D.
Jjjj** jJj, ii. 358 d.
9 Jt/
Olj**
5 0/
yjjj, ii. 351 B.
A «o J > -
J**N Oj> i- 245 c.
oi-«yt, i. 105 a.
u.iupfrJI, i. 245 b.
* 9 * */ 0 *
J-ej, SJLoj, i. 19 A.
JLa-J^l S>-»-A, i. 152 b, 157 a, lyIa*J ,>« SU^JI lUt, i. 4b.
189 a.
ij^—Jt Sj-aJk. ii. 307 c.
AJx&Jt Sj^Jb, i. 21 a, 74 b.
ajjuJU U, ii. 94 a.
O^-^H' i. 16 a.
J-fiU'i, i. 228 a.
wW
* j » * j a .
, 269 b. J**j, J**j, from JjtJ, i. 59 d.
414
Indexes.
II. ARABIC WORDS,
I
L for _ or ^— , in the vocative,
ii. 87 c.
1 for M , i. 9 d.
I*, o\l, i. 295 d; ii. 93c.
\— for \L , in pause, ii. 369 b, 370c.
\1 for fjl ,
t_l for j^_, in the vocative, ii.
87 c. '
0
\1 for ^jL , i. 61 D.
* for I, I, y ^£, i. 17 c.
I, elided, i. 19 c.
I, omitted in writing, i. 23 A.
I fori, i. 18 d.
I for initial^, i. 214 d.
1, interj., i. 294 b; ii. 85 a.
I, interrog., i. 24 a, 282 b; ii. 96 a,
306 d.
J3— \ i. 284 c; ii. 307 b.
t for initial j, i. 119 a.
1 = ^1, interj., i. 285 c.
I for initial y i. 80 a, 119 a, 172 b.
1 = 1, interrog., ii. 376 d.
C>!_ for Ol_, ii. 96 a.
f, interj., i. 294 b; ii. 85 a.
lC,l 157 a, 185 a, 240 b.
Jtj\, Ji\, n. 53 a.
TERMINATIONS, ETC.
j ji.T, i. 240 a.
j*ll, ii. 227 a
JsA, ii. 102 a.
Jl, i. 181a.
JijT, J'jT, i. 259 c.
iC\, interj., ii. 85a
1a, i. 249a, 251 d; ii 203a; ^J\
,i ii S i
for bt, ii. 95 d; bt = w>t, i.
249 c; (j^St i. 196a; C-jI,
*J|, °«Lj'|, ii. 87 d, 88 a.
i-Ljt, i. 240 b; ii. 279 c.
ObjHl, i- 190 c.
i«^Jt, i. 240 b ; ii. 279 c.
Jjf for JbJ, ii- 385 c.
J*t, i. 20 a, 23 b, 249 b; ii. 91 c,
' 93 d, 203 b, 204 a, 314 a.
2 'it
jj^jUvl, i. 163 a.
'£>\ , i. 20 a, 250 a; ii. 91 d, 203 b.
J^S, i. 20 a, 239 b.
^t, i. 93 b.
ObiI$f, i. 190 c.
' Jl, i. 76 d.
it
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
415
« it
^yl, i. 229 d.
^1, i. 74 c, 93 a; ii. 46 D, 53 a.
103 b.
OL1j», OL^'. l 20a> 255 cd :
ii. 236 b.
.-.Uijl, i. 153 b.
£tj^.*ft i. 190 c.
Ji-1, i. 283 c.
*44-'e, i- 195 a, 240 b; ii 278 d,
282 a.
<■ * •
»-U».l. ii. 46 a.
ji^mA, i. 35 d.
j^».t. ii. 236 a.
^jkfc.1, i. 184 d.
^jaJ\, i. 196 B.
J^U-t, i- 163 a.
O'j-U-fft i. 190 c.
1\, i. 249 a, 251 d; ii. 203 b,
204 b; C)***y i- 196a.
1\, li, i. 295 a.
Ol£XyC i. 190 c.
9 a I * * * ?
w*».t, Ol^A.1, i. 194 c.
JuU, i. 76 c— 77 a; ii. 108 d.
ji.f, i. 199 d, 240 a.
, 0 I
^JjA-\, i. 184 d, 199 d, 240 a.
j£U.t, ii 107 d, 108 a
it, adverb, i. 283 d.
0
SI, conj., i 291 D.
131. conj., i 292 a ; with the Perl,
ii. 9c; with the Imperf., ii
10 a; with the Jussive, ii.
12 b; ISI or U ISI with two
correlat. clauses, ii 9 D.
IS], adverb, i 283 d; ii. 345 c.
w> ISI, ii 157 D.
U ISI, i 292 a; ii. 9 d.
JIS|, JIS SJ, i 284 b.
U SI, i 291 d; ii. 14 c.
'SJ, OSI. i 284b, 292 a: with the
Subjunct., ii. 33 c.
&i* wJkSl, ii. 143 c.
C^jf iT^Sl, i 266 a.
•IJl for Sdjl, i 121 a.
>ljl, ii. 107 c.
^Iji i 221 b.
sjy*>jl> i- 195 c.
^£j\, ii 48 d.
A, i 20 a.
clwl, i. 68 a, 87 d.
* * a£
«Uwl, i. 233 b.
Jo»JLwl. i 77 b.
41G
Indexes.
O^w-t, ii. 304 d.
jilt, ii. 280 a.
^£jjj~i\, i. 47 b.
cdll, elk^t, clkll i. 68 a, 87 d:
ii. 380 c.
jjlwl, ii. 102 A.
J£\, i. 20 a.
£t>^l% i. 190 c.
jJwl, Add. et Corrigenda (Vol. i.
36 a).
Ill], i. 211 D, 240 b.
11^1, ii. 15 c, 102 a.
S - 0 ' o
^gjjjAJft-et, i. 153 d.
0>i-o^i i- 190 c.
yiylfa, i 191 a.
^^.Lit, ii. 102 a.
b>-©1, i. 62 d.
j - j j # a
jUj-nJI, i. 190 c.
o I el
cl cl, i. 295 c.
j&\, i. 140d.
sJ\, lit, etc., i. 295 a.
^kit for ^t, i. 12 d.
•<jil, i. 291 b.
oiyi, i. 233 b.
JU'SI for lolSI, i. 121a.
s r
Jjfl, ii. 108 d.
w*£>1, i. 35 d.
Jg£>\, i. 195 a, 240 b; ii. 279 c.
a,
Jl, the article, i. 15 c, 19 c, 23 d,
269 a.
Jl = ^JJt, i. 269 d.
Jl = Ji, i. 288 a.
*§\, interj., i. 294 c.
*$\, interrog., i. 284 b ; ii. 24 b,
309 d, 311b.
Jit •$, i. 284 b; ii. 310 a.
C <)\, ii. 310 b.
*§\ = 4*,i. 284c, 288a.
*^t, interrog., ii. 310 c.
•$ = N? J], i. 16 a, 292 c; with
the Subjunct., ii. 22 c, 25 a,
304 d.
•Jl, i. 16 a, 292 d; ii. 32 a, 39 c,
104 b, 172 d, 254 b, 289 d,
291a, 335 d, 341a; *3| re-
peated ju^liJ, ii. 338 d ;
•J] aJjT JJjll, ii. 339 d; $\
with pronom. suffixes, ii. 340 a.
0\$\ = od, i- 293 d; ii. 340 c.
O^t, 0*5y, i. 265 d.
^\, i. 271 a.
jj\, i. 25 d; ii. 146 b.
^Jjf, i. 270 d; ii. 318 d, 320 c.
«.. at « j at
ai-JI, o-^'. i- 210 bd.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
417
oUI, i. 259 a; ii. 238 d, 244 b.
Lifi, i. 62 n.
M. i. 77 c.
aX)\ (v.) for aIm (-), ii. 383 d.
.**JJI, ii. 89 D ; before ^1 and
ii. 89 d, 340 a.
^M, ii. 107 c.
«* , i
jJI,j)jt, i. 195 d, 265 d.
o»y t. i. 259 c.
^M or ^U ^Jjf. i. 271c.
J\, i. 280b, 281 a; ii. 63 b, 144 b.
»«*« = .**., ii- 78 A i =£~^-J, ii.
146b; ^k ^JUI, ibid.
^XJI = Ujui.. ii. 77 n.
«>.T ^Jl, ii. 146 a.
C«l J], i. 285 d.
Osi tji- "• 190 c.
£&.£* ^1, ii. 146 a.
J>i j^JI, ii. 190 c.
%* Jl
Jl, ft{ i. 265 b.
Jit, i. 284 c, 292 b ; ii. 306 c, 307 b,
308 b, 309 a.
Jl = jl, i. 270 a.
w. ii.
j>\, i. 284 c; ii. 310 b.
V ■
j»\. ii. 203 a.
Ul, i. 284 c: ii. 310 b.
J[ Ut, i. 284 c: ii. 310 c.
Ul. followed by ^ i. 292 b.
UI = U ol i- 16 b.
U,i. 292n:Jl— Ul.orUl I— Ul,
ibid
L«l =- L« ^1, i. 16 a; ii. 43 a:
followed by a Jussive, ii. 43 n.
^'U or LJiUl, i. 284 c.
j»Ul, i. 281c: ii. 187 b.
iUUt, ii. 75 d, 187 c.
I, <ul. ol£il, ii. 87 d, 88 a.
- - : *t- 9
3^*1. 51^*1, i. 20 a.
S
J .- 6 J O
•j*l. ^*l, i. 239 b.
^t, i. 290 a.
' *|, ii. 15 c, 102 a.
Oly-ot, i. 233 b.
0*y*l i- 217 c.
\\y»\, i. 233 b.
,jt, for Ul, i. 54 d.
o £
O'j i- 16 A, 292 b : with the
Subjunct., ii. 22 c, 25 a; with
the Perl, ii. 25 d : with the
Perf. or Imperf., ii. 26 a,
27 a : omitted before the
53
418
Indexes.
Subjunct., ii. 26 D: with the
Jussive, ii. 27 b; = lest, ii.
27 b; after prepositions, etc.,
ii. 192 b, 220 c; prepositions
omitted before ^>l, ii. 193 b.
q\, for ^jl, ii. 81 c.
Oj, i. 292 d; ii. 347 c; with the
Perf., ii. 14 B; in two correlat.
J&\, i. 233 c.
.. -• it
j-bUI, i. 65 d.
- ai
OJI, i. 54 a.
j J si
^£>\, i. 55 a.
ISs, i. 201 b.
f*£jj\, i. 41 d.
A. I a
clauses, ii. 15 a; with the \ ,-*UI, ^Ut, i*~~>\, i- 228 d.
Jussive, ii. 23 c ; in two
correlat. clauses, ii. 36 D.
Jl, for £>!, i. 284 d; ii. 81c.
,jl, negat., i. 284 c; ii. 104 b,
105 a, 300 d.
^tl for ll (aJjkJ? <J)I), ii. 390 d.
^l_, for ^>j_, i. 236 c.
^j\, i. 293a; with Imperf. Indie. =
<jl with Subjunct., ii. 25 n ;
after JU>, etc., ii. 47 b ; with
the accus., ii. 78 D, 259 c,
263 b ; after prepositions, ii.
192 b; prepositions omitted
before ,jl, ii. 193 b.
01, = J*3, i- 290 b.
lijt, ii. 108 d.
,jt, i. 284 d; after J13, etc., ii.
47 a; with the accus., ii. 78d, j J*' »• 309c-
259 c, 263 b; in oaths, ii. '.JLil i. 195 c
175 D.
*.a...A>l, i. 41 D.
, , - a
JJ0x3l
Jj6\, ii. 102 a, 103 c.
UJt, i- 285 b; ii. 254 b, 335 b.
u~+J\, i. 65 d.
a*i
<Ol, i. 54 d.
Ji\, i. 285 b; ii. 14 c.
,<j|— , rel. adj., i. 164 b.
S, H, ol IaT, etc., i. 294 c.
«l_, see 1_; el_, n. 94 c.
«l_, in pause for Ol— , ii. 370 B.
Jlit, i. 221 B.
Jit, i. 181a; ii. 203 a.
Ul, i. 25 d.
Ul, i. 54 a cd.
y, i. 22 a, 293 b; ii. 14d, 306 c,
307 d, 309 a; with the
Subjunct., ii. 33 a.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
419
ji, jf, etc., i. 294 c.
iiijl, ii. 106 b, 107 a.
jy, i. 240 a, 260 a; ii. 219 b,
227 d.
^jt»jt jy,i260cD.
Jjl, i. 240 a.
^jl, i. 291 B.
y^l, i. 195 d, 265 d.
jj\, ;<)J, i. 265 b.
•$'» •'^'! *ls'i etc-> *■ 294 c.
d suprascript, i. lie.
^1, interj., ii. 85 A.
^£\, that is, i. 285 c.
... , interj., i. 294 b ; ii. 85 a.
* '<■
... , for ^1 with suffixes, i. 276 c.
^1. i. 285 c.
l\
^1, interrog., i. 270 c, 275 d; ii.
220 a, 315 b.
^j\, relative, i. 270 c, 273 d ; n.
14 c, 318 D.
^£l, expressing surprise, n. 316 c.
LI, i. 294 b; ii. 85 a.
C\, i. 103 b; ii. 69 d, 326 a, 329 a;
l>efore a subst., ii. 76 b.
ilbl, ii. 75 a.
ly£;t. i. 295 c; ii. 85 a, 92 c.
-u>l, i. 295 b.
- ii
Umj\, i. 96 c.
JlT|, i. 276 c.
Cjl, i. 292 b, 293 a.
C«, i- 293 a.
U,»t, interrog., i. 270 c, 276 C
..., relative, i. 270 c, 274 a; ii.
14c; expressing surprise, ii.
316 d.
0 .ii
(j^jl, interrog., i. 270 c.
^>^»1, relative, L 270 c, 274 A; ii.
14 c.
££?\, i. 20 b, 24 b, 279 d.
J^l, i. 285 d; ii. 14 c.
u*t,
4->1, ajI, i. 295 a.
t^t, i. 295 a.
\A, i. 294 c; ii. 85 a, 92 c.
0\y_l I 229 c.
, ii 6. » - ti
\yj\, 0^j\, 6yi\, i
J^t, i. 276 d; ii. 317 b.
,ii » , » * ti
\yj\, oy>\, t>}j\, i. 285 c.
s -
^jbl, U jjW', OW> i- 285 d; ii.
6 14 c.
l*Ij>t, expressing surprise, ii. 316d.
i. 279 bc; ii. 156 c: redundant,
ii. 161 d; in oaths, ii. 175 d;
with ^miu and i^-c, ii. 281 c.
420
Iudexet
■c,s.
*"**' i^W> ii- 162 a.
u~5*>, i. 58 d.
-o , ,t,
u~Zj (u-^> u*»b, u-^)> i- 97 ab;
ii. 290a.
- o * - a
U j^j, l».Jb , i. 97 b.
C>b, ii. 15 c, 102a.
- * * * * oi-
j^b - juul, i. 34 a.
£Jb = iJbt, i. 34 a.
iULc aJJb, ii. 172 c.
wo, i. 68 d.
£J, i. 200 b, 240 b.
•i-j, etc., i. 295 a.
^yU^j, OU»j, ^biJ, ^5^,
i. 228 d.
jjjju, ii. 163 a, 185 b.
jj'jju, i. 159 b.
^jj, i. 58 D.
Ijj, ii. 102 a, 103 c.
S\jj, i. 208 c
Jjj, i. 200 d.
ajbl^o— j, i. 23 a; ii. 163 c.
%JJ, i. 200 b, 240 b.
0 0* 0 0 0-0
x -a. j, %*aj , 4-ju-clj, i. 255 b,
256 ad, 258 a; ii. 237 c.
^iu, i. 22G h.
* A J - J *-
, i. 98 b.
, i. 281 cd; ii. 186 d.
0
jju, jju yj*e, i. 288 b.
> 0 - 10' 0
», ii. 207 a, 267 c, 280 b,
295 c.
o o j o*o
sjoju = ^bbt , ii. 59 d.
ii. 163 a.
Ub for ,Jb, Add. et Corrigenda
(Vol. i. 91 a).
^aj, ii. 102 a.
ojSJ, ii. Ill a.
Jj, i. 15d, 285d; ii. 308b, 334c;
with the genit., ii. 217 a.
0 , 0*3 } , OS ii
J^ = Jt >o, ii. 381a; = J\ y>\,
ii. 381 d.
iu, i. 279 b; ii. 163 a, 303 d.
i o*
w^rAj, i. 24 d.
jjb, i. 178 d.
s 0 - 0 s
j~»*Xj, i. 24 d.
lb, ii. 78b.
^Jb, i. 285 d.
C*~ w» iJ- 160 d, 193 a.
^JLt *Uj, ii. 170 d.
ObJ, i. 194 c.
^ for ^>j|, i. 23 b; ii. 91c.
%,i. 250 a; ii. 203 b, 204 a.
for c~~»j. Add. et Corri-
genda (Vol. i. 91 a).
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
421
yj, ii. 290 c, 296 c.
(jyi-i, i. 195 c.
^, i. 253 a.
• ' ' .. _
ou for [yj in pause, ii. 372 c.
3 *»*
U?W' i- 157 c.
« j
^^j , i. 202 b.
0>*y> *■ 195 D.
w, i. 226 a.
iJj, i. 289 c.
S 0 J • «•
(^jJLfrJt C~J, ii. 233 c.
£i, i. 289 a; ii. 342 c.
v>lJ, i. 281c; ii. 180 b.
^i ^>J, i. 290 a.
J\—0*, ii- 181 b.
Uli, i. 286 a; ii. 181 1>.
^$*J, i. 195 d.
olaL*, i. 281 D.
5, i. 7 a. ^
s -
5_, i. 183 d, 184 a; as a plur.
term., i. 232 d.
O for 5, in rhyme, ii. 369 c d.
O, i. 279 b; ii. 175 c.
£>, i. 93 a.
13, i. 265 a.
J)\J, i. 266 d.
ijjLJ, i. 39 c; iL 3 b.
), 1. i I A.
J-»ULj, i. 40 b.
cJl-1 Osl^l i- 281 d; ii. 182 a b.
i a y ) a - a
Ua*J ^>«, i. 288 b.
J, i. 279 d.
,>, i. 77 a.
Jail*J, i. 40 b.
ju, i. 25 c.
^JpUJ, i. 39 d.
^'Ui, i. 39 c.
... , and similar perfects after
the name of God, ii. 3 b.
JIi5, ii. 49 a.
Jp = J2I, ii. 380 b.
J&, i- 279 d.
tliJb, i. 281 d.
itib, i. 267 bc.
*u, i. 93 a.
^jyJ, A3, aj, i. 265 a.
^»lyj. i. 154 a.
<bjy, i. 1 2 a.
^0^33, ii. 48 D.
^tj i. 265 a.
- a*
jk*3, ii. 78 B.
i. 266 n.
422
Indexes.
Jtf for ^JU, i. 261 a.
>, i. 264 a.
^^j, i. 293 b; with Subjunct., ii.
33 A ; with ^J and Jussive,
ii. 36 B.
0 „
, i. 293 b.
&, i. 25 d.
jU«b, i. 253 d, 254 c.
*U, ii. 103 b.
JU, i. 145 c.
if f if o i
Ul». = U».t, i. 34 a.
oJmw Jl»>, ii. 55 b.
JL, ii. 207 d, 279 c.
ijljuj^Jl, i. 190 b.
Olj^»., i. 193 b.
0 If
jjj^, i. 185 d, 215 c.
J^L, ii. 48 d, 108 d.
SU^ JiL, ii. 3 b.
i^L, i. 200b, 240 a; ii. 278 d.
L^i., ii. 206b, 278b, 282a, 296a.
U***., ii. 206 b.
/)L,l 213 d.
' '., i. 295 b.
i. 286 b.
»-, i. 25 d.
SU., i. 295 b.
^ijJus. ^pU., i. 262 a.
J&L, \iiL, ^U., ii. 342 d.
JU-, ii. 272 a.
Z^., i. 69 a.
i J if
y*>, ytfc, i. 98A.
w^-^l**.!, ii. 59 b.
ii. 236 d.
i if j - j if
Uv^LaJI, ii. 382 a.
IJu^., i. 98 b.
^I*., prep., i. 280 b; ii. 146 b.
0 f J» f
... , as oilaP >-i/4>.. ii. 147 b.
... , conj., i. 293c; with the
Subjunct., ii. 22 c, 29 b; with
Perf. or Imperf. Indie, ii.
29 D.
lit Ji£, ii. 12 c, 13 cd.
U^., ii. 48 d.
ii. 382 b.
f Of f f
«SL>jl%*>, ii. 74 B.
0 f J
^», i. 201 b.
0 J f
j 5»x«>- i. 186 a.
tlj^, i. 281 u.
» ^ ~ f
_jjufc.. for ilj^*., i. 12d.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc. 423
- i , , '
0)j*"i i- 196 b. *>*»■> i- 289 a.
O.V--, i. 196 a. J£^, i. 292 a.
JjL, ii. 107 d, 108 c. Ji^-. *&*-, etc., i. 294 d; J^.
- sat
w »., i. 58 c; ii. 48 d. with accus. = Uy— ^ w*jI> ii
» j
., i. 288 c.
<■ j ^
^>~»., t>~fc, L 98 a b.
O'l^-, i- 218d.
, i. 58 d.
78 b.
« i -
«*-»., 112 a, 121 c.
L5
*»., i. 94 d.
0>^-, i- 196 a. C
' '., ii. 342 d.
(N, L 26 A.
JU, ii. 48 d.
j>\±. = ^~ eU. , i. 261 a.
A' A J
^j-o»., i. 162 a.
s' Jt^, i. 76 cd.
J.!, ii. 207 d, 279 c.
W--5-U- i. 185 d.
J^., i. 249 a, 252 a.
lU-, ^, i. 284 c.
^<^S\=j»\^Lj\, ii. 382 a.
^JLJU*. . ii. 74 a.
j
*■ 0 «■
w>>»v i- 295 b.
J^., i. 281 d; ii. 188 b.
^, i. 294 c.
., ii. 143 c.
^J*., ii. 103 d.
^U., ii. 341c.
^iS^fc., lUJU., i. 219 bc.
"L, i. 281 d; ii. 187 d.
., i. 264 a.
J*-»i = J*ot, i. 34 a.
» ^ o ^ - v»lj, ii- 101 D.
,i .288 b. iib.fop^lii. 18 d.
&.,ii.Uc. ^,ii.48D.
x, t, A. Uj, ii. 45 c.
the Energetic,
"• 43 c. <£*♦*>, >»>t, i. 59 b.
-»., i. 290 a. ^J'^3, ii. 74 b.
^9^ ^ A
424
Indexes.
OP, 0*i>> »• 28lD;- il 182d; A 1249 a, 252 a, 265c; ii. 203 a:
^voUt, ii. 186 c; ^-J, ii.
163 a, 185 b; =^, ii. 184c;
meaning beyond, above, ibid. ;
opposed to i\jj, ii. 186 c.
&>$y Juk. or ^6jJI, ii. 78 a, 1 83 B.
iUji, iUU, ii. 183 c.
Ill,*, i. 229 d.
J^iy chW>> i- 229 D-
JLLj, i. 175 b, 229 c.
o'*>
|>, i. 265 a ; after Q, ii. 93 A ;
after sj* and U, ii. 312 B;
after C, ii. 89 c.
J&h, i. 266 d.
OlS, ii. 272 a.
Ol*, i. 265 d; = JM, i. 272 d.
^jju Ot3, ii. 110 b.
^^T /l JU*L)T Oli, ii. Ill c.
Sj* Olj, ii. 110 b.
*#.
Jli, i. 266 c, 267 c.
ibi, i. 267 ac.
Oi, i. 284 b.
^i, oi, oi, i. 265 a.
= ^JJt, i. 272 b.
^ju 3a, ii. 110 b.
jji, i. 196 c.
^3, i. 265 a.
C-»»3j w*jj etc., i. 268 d.
J
j, used instead of c, i. 6 d.
\), for ^ ii. 374 d.
'li
»lj, foi '^».j, ii. 382b.
^tj, i. 77 c, 93 b; ii. 48 d, 50 b.
.- » j *
^_Jzjb jijIj, i. 262 a.
llj, ii. 102 a.
vj?ib' L 153d-
J\j3\jl\A. 190 d.
^j, ii. 214 b.
^j, i. 289 b; ii. 216 a.
j
4>J, w»> Vj> *!-»> "' 215A-
o ,i » J
cJj, cJj, ii. 215 a.
UJj, i. 289 a; ii. 215 bc, 216 c;
with the Energetic, ii. 42 c.
Zj, £>j, ii. 214 c, 215 a.
1^,1^1,1.12 a.
gjj, i. 263 d.
i«J.J, i. 57 n; ii. 102 a.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
425
» 0 - * J .
J*?-j, for J^-j, ii. 384 d.
^ij, i. 69 c d.
•»» j * j ^
* i -
1^5**^ J*?-j) "• 273 d.
Sy^j, i. 12 a, 121c.
*^ J4-j, ii. 274 d.
»»jj, i. 69 d.
a».j, *j, i. 25 d.
5
«lij, ii. 211 a.
,-ix«»j, i. 162b.
Jij = Jlj, i- 83 d.
Jy->j, i. 136 D.
wr»
L£j, for i^-oj, Add. et Corrigenda
^ i. 282 d; ii. 19 a, 346 d.
(Yol. i. 91 a).
„
gL, i. 98 b.
<toj, i. 25 d.
s ~ *
A **
jjl*, ii. 206 d.
J*j, i. 290 c.
5 ..
£ ^*
C>L», i. 261 a.
C^j -
^ ^ *
jl*
iy£*J, i. 58 c.
5*
^, i. 68 d.
jL» =jjU, i. 145 d.
<Lcj, ii. 280 A.
5 -
^Lj, i. 145 b.
^•j, Add. et Corrigenda (Vol. i.
UL< = -kiwi. i. 34 a.
30 c).
JL», JL», i. 24 c, 77 b, 84 c.
Oj, for «, i. 93 b.
, 5 „ j „,^ 5 „
Ij-JI, for wJU-JI, ii. 382 a.
^jj, ii. 272 a.
5 * 0'
v>x--», ii. 248 a.
^U-jj, i. 157 c.
j£~», for j^wl, i. 67 b.
^Jj, i. 94 d.
^J.sw— >: i. 153 d.
jujj, ii. 78 B.
^Ll, ii. Ill A.
£\Jj, for ^j, ii. 374 d.
^ 0 J
Jj.a* in1
* *o * * a -
Ut»j, *£*o, i- 289 b.
^ o «. » *
dLjjju^, ii 74 b.
J
0 x
«JL;, ii. 19 b.
„ „
0 S' 5^ i ^
Jlj, ii. 102 a, 103 c.
5gU«», *uUL>, i. 183 d, 184 a.
j^j, i. 57 d; ii. 48 d.
s -
Jlw, i. 77 b.
W. II.
54
426
Indexes.
SjU-*, i. 183 d.
J 0 J - - ^ C
Ojj-w,j»it, i. 59 b.
Q s s *>
A$Lo~t, i. 147 d.
- j j
^jy^i, i. 196 B.
cjjj, ii. 108 D.
Jiji,, i. 30 c.
O^^"*"**'
J*£, i. 57 c.
2~i, ii. 19 b.
alii, i. 233 b.
5/J J <i, j
*>$-*, »*», i- 120 c.
5
J^Ui, i. 154 d.
S3S>, i. 282 d, 289 b;
346 d.
i^,, i3^, i. 200 c.
\Jy~», l^, "• 209 c ;
341c.
ii. 19 a,
ij*~;, ii-
i3 "■
fj^i,, i>j£, i. 172 a
oUi, i- 233 b.
wwsi, i. 295 b.
._~», ii. 19b.
jlj~i, i. 229 d.
3 3 -
CL, i. 289 b ; ii. 344 a.
!jui, («*-w, i. 151 B D
*
3 -
j^^*w, i. 151 c.
Ji, for J, i. 101 D.
u^>
»!£, i. 233 b.
«-L>, ii. 89 a.
j»li>, i. 145 c.
J^li, ii. 203 a.
JLi, JIA, i. 145 bc.
>l&, i. 154 a.
dl£, dli, i. 145 bc.
jukli,, i. 225 d.
jjjtt, i. 229 d.
A*^i, 4*w, ii. 211 A.
Olli OUA, i. 289 d.
JLi, i. 68 d.
Jii, i. 202 D.
jLe, ii. 15 c, 102 a.
illi, i. 205 a.
sCJj't, i. 208 c.
sLU ^-L^, i. 289 d.
fm~0, i. 26 A.
0 * '
}$**o, i. 186 a.
ILo, i. 57 d.
^oJtLc, i. 25 d.
\^o, i. 12 a, 121 c.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
427
2 ,»,
^UUio, i. 157 c.
*i i. 295 a.
sax
O^c, i. 181 D.
uj x x a x A x x a x
^y^ju-o, ^yiUju-o, i. 164 D.
w>j*o, i. 185 d.
x x 0 x
^0, ii. Ill A.
I ju jlw aZ>j*6, ii. 54 A D.
S J x
«i»^i-o, i. 185 d.
jj x x 3 *
ai'%a J-«9, ii. 55 b.
s
^l-b, i. 155 b.
cU>, i. 145 b.
JU», i. 295 c.
« x
(jU», i. 145 c.
JJ», ii. 108 D.
^jjtk, i. 57 d.
J,U«i>, i. 118 a.
J&, ii. 108 d.
<j&, i. 295 c.
0
ja, ...
sJJ?, i. 57 d.
<LuJLoJ9, i. 117 d.
&£, i. 213 d.
-i~Js> ?~J9, i- 295 c.
J*
JJ», ii. 15 c, 102 A.
,j-t», ii. 48 D.
1 ', ■■
jj-b, n. 51 d.
t
jU, ii. 102 a.
O^Jtei i- 195 c.
J£=j£,L 34 a.
IIU, ii. 206 c, 278 b, 282 a.
«x x,
«U>L^, i. 231 c.
s e
^jjuc, i. 162 a.
2 x •>'
^AhS, i. 162 b.
S xix
^Ic, i. 280 b.
olaLft, i. 204 D.
jlc, ii. 48 d.
jtft, for ojs-, ii. 380 c.
Ijlc, ii. 341 c.
a x x
^j^ft, i. 295 b.
5
W x
l^jjkC, i. 151 c.
x a x
jUj*, i. 62c.
Oli^c, i. 243 b.
9 H<X J
\j-ij£ , i. 1 7 1 b.
J>c, i. 207 b.
^j— p, ii. 15 u, 107 d.
428 Indexes.
jl£e, i. 204 d.
J * J
jtlc, i. 263 b.
<> a *
jJiS; i. 255 a.
" ' * '
^jj^s- , ii. 248 a.
5 o
^JjjtLc; i. 153 B.
JjUt wsAAC, i. 62 D.
t> = J1 U5^' *" 281 ^ "" 381 A-
J^, Jaj, i. 68 d.
Je, i. 290 b; ii. 82 c.
t^Xc, ii. 45 d, 108 d.
J^, ii. 48 d.
Cfc, ii. 82 d.
j^, i. 280 c, 281 ac ; ii. 166 c.
<u JjJLc, ii. 172 b.
JLU = S±. or jeji\, ii. 78 a.
w> AJs. = Sm., ii. 172 d.
&*§£ ^jLJ (JLp, ii. 172 d.
lint
jjjJU, i. 195 d.
Jk, i. 25 d.
>, i. 78 c.
^, C^,i. 284 c.
6 =ii, ii. 143 a, 193 a.
US »>^> i- 16 a, 281 b.
j-U, i. 12 c.
0 0 «•
^, i. 16 a, 280 c, 281 b; ii.
139b; in comparisons, ii.
142 a; = jk it j, ii. 143 a;
originally a substantive, ii.
143 d.
o * o £
^>c = ,j|, i. 292 c.
O*, i. 290 b.
Usj'l = £>lJ\, ii. 382 b.
juc, i. 281 d; ii. 166 a, 178 d.
Jjjs- = ii- or^ojjl, ii. 78 a, 179 d.
UjOfr, i. 293 c.
j
' 0 '
ua^z, i. 288 B.
UO^S; i. 281 D.
kbji, i. 120 c.
j**, i- 146 b.
J^ft, i. 226 b; ii. 272 a, 280 a d,
282 b.
.-*£, i. 95a.
e
c, replaced by j, i. 6 D.
Jjli, i. 295 b.
^, ii. 187 a.
5 '
w*£, i- 264 b.
jS, ii. 206 a.
iji, ii. 102 a.
* * 0 3
Sjj^i, ii. Ill A.
Sjj^i, pi. Ujci, i- 222 d; connected
0 is
with ,jjJ, ii. 165 d.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
429
(«*<tf, i. 154 d.
J>£, i. 290 b.
y£., i. 288 c ; j-*JI. instead of j+£,
ii. 208 c; Jli, ii 208 a, 296a;
jLk, ii. 303 d, 340 c;
ii. 208 c.
ii ^It =oXJ, i. 293 d; ii. 340c.
0 c
it
i»5, with ^Jk, ..A, i. 54c.
i»J, as w~op *-*/»■> i- 290 D; ii.
288 ad, 325a, 330a.
si, after Ut, i. 291 A.
• yj, after 0, i- 291 D.
« 0
(.J, marking the apodosis of ^j\,
ii. 3 B, 15 c, 40 B, 345 a sqq. ;
omitted, ii. 346 a.
O, with the Subjunctive, ii. 30 c,
32 B.
O, with the Genitive, ii. 217 a.
J6, i. 291 a.
ly-i, ii. 162 b.
^£, ii. 102 a, 103 c.
J 0 ^ -
^ *j, L 288 c.
cj$, ii. 46 A.
VfS, i. 200 d.
J-o», i. 58 d.
^>t !>Lii, ii- 141 d.
Jaii, i. 286 b.
•'
,Ji, with the Jussive, i. 291b;
ii. 35 c.
Ji, iU, ii. 89 b, 381a.
jU, i. 207 d.
O^i, i. 278 a.
is , J
AJ^i, i. 241 d, 278 a.
%, i. 239 c, 249 b, 252 a.
ouoi = Ui, i- 274 d.
0
^, C-oi, i. 293 b.
4i, for sJ, i. 93 B.
y, i. 249 b, 252 a.
^y, ^j-^i, etc., i. 120 c.
jy, Jjy, i. 281 d; ii. 182 b.
Jt/ J 0 - 0
<3V' jy C^> »■ 288 B-
^y, i. 280c, 281b; ii. 61a, 111c,
, ^ ^ 0^
£• or ^>*j,
153 d, 199 d;
ii. 154 c.
O*} We*, ii- 180 d.
«U*s, ii. Ill A.
Jf, i. 93 b, 94 c; ii. 48 c.
J*ti, ii 206 a.
Jli, ii. 47 a, 48 d, 50 d.
j>\3, ii. 108 d.
JJ, i. 295 c.
jli, JIJ, i. 281 d; ii. 186 d.
430
Indexes.
Jt/ JO.
&
cM, J*5 i>?> i- 288 B-
Jls, i. 281 d; ii. 180 a.
jj», with the Perf., i. 286 B; ii. 3 c,
5 a, 79 b, 346 d; in correla-
tive clauses, ii. 7 c; with the
Imperf., i. 286 c; ii. 21 r>.
, .. 0 -•
,jl£» j3, with the Perl, ii. 5 o.
JtjU, i. 282 a; ii. 187 b.
jjj, ii 211 a.
J>S$, i- 178 D.
j{$j-$, i. 62 c.
j-m.5, i. 205 d.
h3, Li, i. 286 d.
Ski, i. 57 D; ii. 103 B.
*, a'fjc *
^Ij.5, i. 171 b.
^3.5, i. 295 b.
Lt^5, i. 229 c.
J, i. 280 a; ii. 176 c.
<\£>, i. 276 d; ii. 127 b.
U=> ■■■
jm ...
>&, ii. 106 b.
Jl£>, for JUJc&, i. 268 d.
jj=,, ii. 99 a, 196 a, 197 d, 258 b,
266 a.
^l£», with the Imperf., ii. 8 B,
16 c, 21b.
... , with the Perf., ii. 5c, 15c,
16 a; after 3J, ii. 6 c, 7 D.
... , omitted, ii. 100 D.
... , redundant, ii. 101 A.
... , after verbal nouns = he (it)
was, wan formerly, ii. 101 D.
... , imperative of, with name of
person in accus., ii. 44 c.
0 - -
lv3l^.lj oL4, ii. 101 d, 266 a,
298 c.
£,(£, i. 292 c; ii. 81c, 82 b.
qU>,L 293 b; ii. 78 d.
w> ^->^=>, ii- 158 a.
,j\d»,i. 276 d; ii. 127 b.
b Hit +
ch}±>
J 0 JO- J - JO' _ „ ,
jfi\t for jg}\, ii. 384 d.
yj?-* , with genitive in negative
sentences, ii. 219 d.
il£>, i. 200 b, 240 b.
£j& = £lj&, ii. 383 d.
J*£i», with genitive in negative
sentences, ii. 219 d.
\SL, ^JA, i. 266 a, 269 a, 287 a;
ii. 127 d; \'j£> IJ^> or li4
IJ^j,ii. 127 D, 128 a.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
431
A1J&, i. 268 a, 287 a.
yj^>, i 228 d.
^JJ=>, ii 106 b, 107 b.
JzUJ$\, i 190 c.
{Jjl^s. i. 230 d.
s
J&, i 178 d.
^j*£>, used impersonally, ii. 271 d.
J4, i. 76 c.
j£>, ii. 204 c, 262 a; 278 b, 282 a,
297 c.
"*£>, i. 287 a.
*U*, UX£>, ii. 212 d, 280 b, 2S2 a.
oi^>, ii. 214 b.
Cl4, ii. 14 c.
J&, Jjl£»,ii 214b.
j&, i. 274 bc; ii. 125 b c.
JJs, ior^L, i 22 b, 101 d.
L»£» — as soon as, ii. 178 a.
C^> = J, ii. 177 c, 193 a.
wJI U&, ii. 177 d.
Sj£&, i. 186 a.
^>, i. 293 d ; ii. 22 c, 28 a.
O - it, 6 0,
"^jr9- L3*^' 0*r&> i- 276 d ; ii.
127 b.
j j
C-l^>i <^J=>, i- 268 d.
LJ=>'3 'Ojs. i. 268 d.
j~£=> = >l£>, i. 83 d.
^■■Js*, i. 220 d.
'L£>, i. 289 c; ii. 14 c, 24 b.
lX^>, ii- He; 24 b.
%£», i. 293 d ; ii 22 c, 28 a.
C?<S ii. 29 a ; ,jl Cl4, ii. 29 b.
d^j=> = Lo-^>. i. 274 d.
J
J, for Jl, i. 23 d.
s
U' ^or tJ> i. 291 b ; ii. 35 c.
J, i. 24 a, 282 d; ii. 19 b, 51c,
79 ab, 81 d, 175 d, 260 a,
261c, 265 c, 348 d; with the
Energetic, ii. 41 d, 42 cd;
with yk , j-A , i. 54 c.
J, for J, prep., i. 279c; ii. 152b.
J, prep., i. 23d, 279 bc; ii. 147 d,
199 d; expressing the com-
plement in the genitive, ii.
61 A; after nomina actionis,
ii 61 D; after nomina agentis,
ii. 68 c, 96 d; instead of the
accus., with the finite verb,
ii. 69 c; after verbal ad-
jectives, ii. 70a, 71abd;
inserted to strengthen the
annexation, ii. 95 c ; = .JU,
ii. 148 d.
tj, with the Subjunct., i 291 c;
ii. 22 c, 28 a.
432
Indexes.
^J, with the Jussive, i. 291 b; ii.
35 b ; omitted, ii. 35 d.
<), i. 287 a; ii. 300 a, 333 a, 347 a;
with the Perf. retaining its
original meaning, ii. 2 D .
with the Perf., as optative,
ii. 3 a, 304 c; in oaths, asse-
verations, etc., ii. 2 a, 304 b ;
with the Imperf., ii. 20 D ;
with the Jussive, ii. 36 B,
43 D ; with the Energetic,
ii. 42 A, 44 a; prohibitive,
ii. 306 a ; governing the
accus., ii. 94 c ; inserted be-
tween prep, and genitive, ii.
224 D ; prefixed to ,j1 , ii.
302 a.
*^, after a previous negative, ii.
2 b, 303 a, 327 b.
N), after j*c, ii. 209 a; after j-ji,
^j , and ,j^i, ii. 303 D.
<), iorjlk, ii. 209 b.
„ OP
^, redundant with ,jl, after verbs
of forbidding, fearing, etc.,
ii. 304 c.
Jj *§, i. 289 c.
JJ % ii. 335 a.
J^i. <), i. 289 d.
J^t- »i S>, j*- »i % i- 289 n-
Jlj iii. 2d.
l^L <J, W~- <), i. 289 b.
iUU *j, ii. 98 c, 172 c.
j-si n), ii. 208 d, 340 b.
aJuL^ S), i. 289 c.
£)y£j *$, as an exceptive, ii. 343 c.
$), i. 292 c; ii. 28 a.
^A i. 292 d.
^•9, i. 292 c; ii. 28 a.
£<) = $3, i- 290 c.
£& i. 293 b; ii. 78 d.
C>SJ, i. 96 d; ii. 105 a.
c^, i. 145 c.
£<), for V>£J, ii. 379 d.
&£*y, 0**<), ii. 333 d.
OS), for J$l, "• 323 d, 380 b.
6<), for Jj, ii. 380 B.
Jik^, forJ$f, ii. 380 b.
*JU1 O-rt^ i 20b-
C~J, wJI, i. 59 b.
JLJ, ii. 74 a.
JaJ, ii. 45 d.
j^J, for j-U-^f, ii. 380 d.
OLaJ, l5«1>, i. 193 b.
Jj, jj, i. 280 c.
ijj, i. 280c, 281 a; ii. 165 b.
^jj, i. 280c, 281b; ii. 165b, 179d.
^jj,i. 280c, 281a;u. 165b, 179 d.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
433
Ji), i. 290 b; ii. 108 c; with
accus., ii. 82 c; with genitive,
ii. 83 a.
U&J, ii. 82 d.
aJUJ, i. 26 b.
JA i. 290 b.
jlsi, ii 190 c.
OJ6, i. 290 c.
OU^JUJ, for C*&ji£*& ii. 380 d.
jJU, ii. 176 a.
£*t &, L 287 b; ii. 81 d, 82 b, I ^ L 290b' ^ the accus"
ii. 82 c, 83 d.
two correlative clauses, ii. 6b;
optative, ii 347 c.
O' >J, ii- 6 b, 348 a.
•^J, i. 287 c, 294 a ; ii. 6 b d,
262 c; interrog., ii. 310 c.
Jjp, i. 294 a; ii. 6 b.
- o*
Uy, i. 287 c, 294 a; interrog.,
ii. 310 a
OP, i. 290 c.
JU, i. 221 b.
333 d; with accus., ii. 78 d.
%£, J^, i. 293 d; ii. 22 c, 28 a.
4-U. expressing admiration, ii.
'150 a.
*p *U, expressing admiration, ii.
150 a.
^oJ, i 287 b ; with the Jussive,
ii. 15 d, 22 d, 41b, 347 a.
UoJ, not yet, i. 287 b c; with the
Jussive, ii. 22 d, 41 b.
Q, after, with the Perf., i. 294 a;
s
synonymous with ^t, i 294 a;
ii. 340 A.
ili, ii. 190 c.
&, i. 287 c ; ii. 22 c, 25 a, 300 c,
346 d.
O-^j for ^^, i. 285 b.
y, i. 22 a, 294 a; ii 347b; with
w. II.
U^J, ii. 82 d.
^-J, verb, i. 96 b; ii. 15 d, 102 b,
103 c, 302 a; negative par-
ticle, ii. 302 b, 346 d; ex-
ceptive, ii. 343 c ; with pro-
nominal suffixes, ii. 343 d.
Sfl J£, ii. 340 b.
^li. j^J, ii. 208 d, 340 b.
il * JO*
oJUl j^, i. 20 b.
It & j j a*
aJUI ^^ ...
J»
j»j», i. 25 d.
* *
j> iorj», in pause, ii. 371 c.
j» ov j» = U, i. 274 b c; ii. 371 c.
A- i
aJUI^o, ii. 176 b.
U, interrog., i. 270 c, 275 c ; ii.
298 d, 311 d.
55
434
Indexes.
U, relative, i. 270 c, 273 b; ii. | J^U, JyfcU, i. 164 a
267 d, 319 a; relative, with
conditional sense, ii. 14 c,
23 cd.
U, indefinite, i. 277 a; ii. 137 d;
with intensifying force, ii.
276 b.
U, negative, i. 287 c ; ii. 266 b,
346 d ; with the Imperf., ii. j
20 D, 300 d; with the Perf.,
ii. 300 d; with the accus.,
ii. 104 a; neg. interrog., ii.
311 A.
U, as long as, with the Perf.,
i. 294 a; ii. 17 c.
U, inserted before a clause, after
a preposition, etc., ii. 192 B,
220 c.
U, redundant, after w>j, ii. 215 b;
0 6- -
after ,>«, <>£, w>, ,*), ii. 193a;
5 - ->
between the sJLaa and the
aJ\ JU«, ii. 224 c.
£,1 U, i. 284 d; ii. 301b.
^£j U, ii. 180 d, 243 a.
l£l». to, etc., ii. 343 b.
%±. U, ii. 341 c.
% U, with the Jussive, as neg. of
a^^-^jjji u, ii. 17 d.
(^A) ^b U,ii. 144 d, 276 c.
0\ -sjlyb U, ii. 340 c.
He, i5U, i. 258 abd; ii. 235a,
238 d, 239 a, 244 b.
Jj£*,L 153 b.
6U, i. 295 b.
^f gU, ii. 273 d.
OU, i. 86 a.
JyU, i. 154 a.
«U, «U, i. 145bc.
L5
a, i. 287 c ; ■<*
294 b; ii. 14 c.
>, LoULo, i.
jJL, ii. 210 a.
j>sL«> i- 125c-
jLq,sw,», i. 126 b.
OjjJl*, i. 146 a.
^tjJjLo, i. 188 c.
ij, i. 22 b, 280 d; ii. 173 c.
oJj Xi11- 190c-
ji = L^, ii. 382 b.
jj, i. 76 c.
1^1,51^1,1. 20 b.
Ji^o, i. 125 c.
jka....^», i. 125 c.
jUa.-©, for jUa£~«, L 68 A.
II. Arabic Words,
JbuuLo, i. 125 c.
^X 6
* ,, 0 J
£)jZL«, ii. 251 d.
JlJJL, i. 129 b.
9 0,
<$j£~*, i. 125 d.
« I 0
Sj&Lo, i. 12 a.
j-cl«, i. 178 d.
S 3 0 -
j_js«a^. i. 146 a.
jLiuo, for cLiuo. i. 6 d.
^«^a-o-)l. ii. 251 D.
xXLo, i. 125 d.
SjJiS, I 128 d.
Terminations, etc.
435
**, **, i. 280 d; ii. 164b; pro-
perly the accus. of a noun,
ii. 165 A.
\ac, i. 26 b.
j^x«Jt, ii. 251 D.
, + * * o
Ljco = UjUc, ii. 164 c.
w>>**°> L 125 D.
JpJ>, i. 131 a.
^tJUfi, ii 251 d, 268 c.
9 0 x
<ji/i*. i. 125 d.
jljJLa, ii. 211 a.
« j » -
ij^io, i. 146 a.
J-o = JT o-«, i. 281 c; ii. 380 d.
U-9, 0-8-*' *« 16 a, 281 b.
C» = O*, ii 131 c, 133 c, 193 a.
ij-o, interrog., i. 270 c, 275 A; ii.
298 d, 311 d.
..., relative, i. 270c, 273b; ii
267 D, 319 a; implying a con-
dition, with the Perf., ii. 14 c,
and with the Jussive, ii.
23 cd, 262 b.
... , indefinite, i. 277 a.
, s 0 ,
IJJo ^Ji ^>«, ii. 163 c.
U*& O-f (^ v>»> ^ 139a-
0
jj-*, i. 15 d, 16 a, 22 b, 280 d,
281 bc; ii. 61 a, 123 b c,
125 b, 126 b, 129 bc, 199 d,
237 a, 242 a; after compara-
tive adjj., ii. 132 d, 133;
after a negat. or interrog.,
ii. 1 35 d, 289 b ; preceded by
an indefinite noun, ii. 136b;
expressing the agent of the
Passive, ii. 139 a, 270 d; used
0 *
J-^oJjJ, ii. 138 b; originally a
j 0 j
subst., ii. 135 d; = Jj*e, ii.
175 A; = Jju or jui-e, ii.
130 B D ; with an indefinite
genitive, forming the subject
of a sentence, ii. 135c; dU-o
iUU, ii. 139 A.
0 £ 0
J>-c*.\ >^c, ii. 131 d.
ju»»t ... , ii. 136 A B.
436
Indexes.
O-i' O-*
, i. 285 d.
l^M = JjUJI and LjUbJI, ii. 38'
0 -
, ii. 189 b.
382 a.
, ii. 188 c.
i»-C, i. 233 c.
5
a *
CoJ ...
, ii. 189 a.
• jJliU, i. 154 a.
0 -
, ii. 190 a.
0 0 ,
wwU, i. 125 i).
OtAa. ...
Oji ...
, ii. 182 d.
OvU, i. 275 b.
0 J0 J
ijZ*o, i. 138 d.
J '
J* ...
, i. 288 b.
0 j a - o 3 a >
j±..'-.o, j^< ic, i. 126 a.
Ji ...
, ii. 173 a.
Xu, i. 280 d; ii. 173 b.
0 .-
, ii. 143 d.
&»J~o, i. 126 a.
0
Jut
, ii. 189 c.
j j a *e*
Jj^JeU^JI, ii. 251 d.
JS.
, ii. 136 c.
0, ,
4-u, i. 275 b.
0 ,
, ii. 163 a.
3^>
0^
«,y ...
Jj3i ...
, ii. 136 d.
, ii. 189 a.
\JjU, i. 154 a.
i ,<>+ 2 ,
L5^ttJI, jJU, i. 275 d; ii. 314 b.
J*3 ...
, ii. 189 b.
a - «.
a*, for j>, in pause, ii. 371 c.
s>* ...
ii. 189 d.
«u = U, i. 274 d.
0 .»•
o^ •••
jjji ... ,
ii. 165 c, 189 c.
ii. 136 d.
ou, a-o. i. 295 a.
C&Vijl^, J^V*, i. 228 d.
(UU
t ■» •»
_ „ -. > >
ii. 1 65 B.
ii. 190 a.
ii. 136 d.
ii. 176 b.
^fj ,>*, ii. 176 b.
U^i, ii. 14 c, 137 d.
o * a *
O-ovo* ii. 14 c.
o * a, j
d\JuyA, i. 63 d.
dL^, i. 233 b.
C^i "• 230 d.
JJU, ii. 342 c.
j * -a*
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
437
O, i- 26 a.
^j, of the 2nd Energetic of verbs,
rejected, i. 22 D.
£, for ^yi, ii. 371 d.
ij—, for t_, in rhyme, ii. 369 c.
Q, for U, in 1st p. pi. Perf,, i. 55 d;
ii. 384 a.
£, for ^, i. 101 d.
U, i. 25 d.
JjJ, i. 233 c.
JaU, i. 287 d.
<■ t> ,
^a»J, ii. 178 c.
Xj, i. 295 b.
£ji, i. 57 d.
fll), i. 203 b, 233 b.
o£j, J£1j, i. 209 c, 217 c, 233 b.
<)\ dJLM Jti jLij, ii. 339 d.
^jUu, i. 223 c.
JaS, i. 264 a.
JUj, i 264 a; ii. 280 b, 282 b.
i, i. 264 a.
, i. 97 a — d; ii.
5, i. 58 c D.
, i. 283 d.
> ^*->. >»l»i, i. 287 d.
U*j, i. 97 b.
JL\Ju, i. 204 d.
JLi5, ii. 272 a, 280 d, 282 b.
,-JUju, i. 164c.
J3, i. 69 a.
Jjjj, i. 200 d.
j^y, for ^j, i. 21 c D, 101 d.
Lo, for ..J, ._>, in rhyme, ii.
371 cd.
Lj, i. 258 a.
J, for ^y, ^j, in rhyme, i. 101 d;
ii. 371 c.
*_, in the Imperative, i. 90 D,
93 a.
0 -
«_, in pause, ii. 369 c d.
0 J
«_= final o, i. 10 b.
o = I, i. 282 b; in the form Jjtil,
i. 36 b.
6, for «, i. 101 c, 253 b, 279 c,
281a.
290 a.
U Jju, i. 97 b.
U = j±., i. 296 c.
IJuU, i. 54 d.
U, i. 268 a, 294 c.
438
Indexes.
Ia = S*., i. 296 c.
sIa, gU = S&., i. 296 c.
JgTi = XL, i. 296 c.
IJueU, i. 54 D.
OU, i. 36 c, 296 b.
i)UU iUU, i. 268 c.
IllSlA, i. 268 c.
jU, jIa, i. 145 bc.
c'n) cU, i. 145 b.
JU = XL, i. 296 c ; ii. 77 d.
oU, i. 294 c.
LaU, LaIa, i. 288 a.
wjA, ii. 49 a.
w*A, ii. 108 d.
bjlk, i. 186 a.
-La, IsLa, i. 295 b.
iuLuJk, ii. 74 b.
\jl, i. 268 b; ii. 89 d.
t ii (^), for I Xk (-), ii. 383 c.
t JJk = iSl i. 282 c.
^JLjjilJjk, ii. 74 b.
iJljJb, i. 268 c.
a jjb, j^JJk, i. 268 b.
jjb, i. 69 a.
L\j*, i. 36 b.
il^A, i. 36 b.
J£a ... , 67 d.
U^A, i. 295 b.
a j o j
*A *a, i. 295 c.
I X&, i. 268 d, 287 d.
Ja = J1, i. 270 a.
ijjb, interrog., i. 15 d, 288 a; ii.
308 c; J\ Jl J. & Ja,
ii. 309 d.
%k, i. 294 c, 295 b.
•&A, i. 288 a; ii. 310 c.
JJ<a, i. 294 d, 296 b.
J^jU, ii. 107 c.
J^a, ii. 107 d.
J,*, Ua, i. 282 c, 284 c.
Ji*, for^A, i. 22 d, 101 c.
Jr&, for^A, i. 22 d, 101 d, 279 c.
J,A ... ,i. 22b, 55 a, 101 d.
Ua, for Ua, i. 101 c, 279 c.
J>A, for o\, i- 292 d.
,ja, i. 249 a, 252 a; O.*^-*' *•
196 a; fern. 2jX, i. 278 b;
ijjb, fern. <UA, C~iA, in the
vocative, ii. 89 b c.
J>*, f°r 0'> *• 285 b.
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
^>A, for IjJk, i. 279 c.
439
La, La, i. 288 a.
JLa, i. 36 c.
JLa, i)LA, i. 288 a.
iULA, i. 288 a.
\Lj* Lua, ii. 74 d.
LyA, L>a, i. 288 a.
i)Lyk, L 288 a.
^a, for Ja, ii. 385 c, 390 b.
^A, i. 54 a; ii. 258Dseq.
yb U jA, ii. 276 c.
^ for ^t, i. 285 c.
^A, for ^A, ii. 385 c.
JjA, i. 54 a.
La, i. 294 b; ii. 85 a.
JjA, La, i. 294 d, 296 b.
La, for U, i. 104 a.
i
C~a, i. 294 d.
£~A, i. 295 b.
juA, juA, i. 295 b.
O^lk, i. 36 c, 67 d.
OL^Ia, i. 294 d.
^*A, Add. et Corrigenda (Vol. i.
30 c).
— , for _, in vulgar pronunciation,
i. 213 d.
3— , for e|_ and ^_, i. 12 d.
J, i. 17 c.
j, for j medial, i. 119 c, 145 c,
205 d, 206 b, 210 ac.
j, for J, i. 18 c.
j, i. 290 d; ii. 97 b, 325 a— 333 a;
with yb, yA, i. 54 c.
3, with the accus., ii. 83 c, 325 d.
j, with the genit., ii. 216 D.
^, with the genit., in swearing, i.
279 c; ii. 175b.
j, with the subjunct., ii. 32 b,
84 BD.
ij, i. 294 c, 295 d; ii. 85 a, 93 c.
Ij_, for |_, i. 12 a.
i».tj, ii 236 a.
Ojj, i- 292 d; ii. 40 a; = never-
theless, ii. 17 b.
olj, Utj, >lj, i. 294 d.
Oj— , i. 166 a.
3j— , for S|_, i. 12 a.
Jmj, i. 78 b.
a».j, ii. 48 d, 50 b; j^j, ii. 104 a.
s 0 ^
Axfcj, ii. 272 a.
>£*•> *• Hod.
440
Indexes.
* Q s
jc».j, i. 289 c.
J>% JpCJj, i. 287 b; ii. 333 d.
j^.j, i. 78 c.
^j, ii. 331 D.
£ij, i. 79 c.
Ajj, i. 78 c.
Jb ••
2£, i. 294 a; ii. 9 b.
sTJj, i. 282 a; ii. 187 c.
^i i.78B.
hj'3, i. 78 b.
Uj, ii. 331 d, 332 d.
©i •••
J^*j, i. 78 b.
^0,3
ijj— , instead of ^jyi— > Add. et
l&j ••■
Corrigenda (Vol. i. 195 d).
^jj, i. 79 c.
J-Jbj, i. 79 d.
klj, i. 282 a; ii. 188 b.
JaJ, i. 78 c.
s^wj, i. 79 c.
fj'3f i. 294 c, 296 a.
S ^ 5 -'
L£>^> [J*** etc-' L 151 c
Ijj, Uj, ii. 84 c.
S..03, i. 79 d.
44i» i- 296a-
^; ...
£* -
J^j, i. 78 c.
t*» -
>i ...
5»'
^jj, i. 78 b.
08'
JO -
jjj, with the Perf., ii. 5 a, 332 a ;
with the Imperf., ii. 331 c.
*3J, i. 79 D.
J^, with the Jussive, i. 291 b; ii.
35 c.
*^j, after another negative, ii. 2 b,
303 a, 327 b; emphatic, ii.
304 a ; in comparisons, ii.
333 b.
aJLjj, i. 296 a.
AJJ, lyJJ, i. 294 C
«uj_, proper names, i. 244 D.
\S
_, for ^—, in the vocative, i.
253 a; ii. 87 b.
_, for ^£_, at the end of some
II. Arabic Words, Terminations, etc.
441
words, i. IOab; by poetic [ «^ jj 152 a
license, ii. 383 c — 384 a.
__, dropped in pause, ii. 370 c.
#,i 17 c.
(j, for g, i. 18 c.
^ for fjT or j^-, i. 252 c.
V_£— = l_ final, i. 11b, 295 d.
t^_, for ^_, in pause, ii. 370 c.
^_, pronounced nearly as e, i. 1 1 D.
^_, fem. term., i. 184 b, 240 c;
rejected, i. 151 d.
^_ = ai, i. lie.
^_, for _, in pause, ii. 370 c.
^_, for ^£— , in pause, ii. 370 d.
{£—, dropped in pause, ii. 371 bd.
a) i, iU G, etc., with the accus.
or ^-o, ii. 153 a.
b, ii. 92 b.
Jj£, i. 92 b.
u~rt> *■ 80 c.
<u_, for 31_, i. 12 a.
Juj, for J£j, ii. 385 b.
Jka>,j , for Jka»,j , ii. 385 A.
JJt/ iJ/
jjju, for jju, ii. 378 d.
J 0* Jit* * *
^Jjub and ,Jjub, from Jj»J, i. 59 D.
,iL, etc., for ^jSu, etc., i. 82 d; ii.
379 d.
[J-, for ^_, pron. suffix, i. 21 c, O^i or •** 0>A>> witn the Perf->
' 101 d. '
y^—, for ^£— , in the vocative, ii.
' 87 cd. '
5
^_, relat. adj., i. 149cseqq.; ii.
225 a.
b_, for {£—, in rhyme, ii. 370 D.
b_, for ^_, ... , ii. 371 c.
U, i. 294b, 295 cd; ii. 85 a, 94a;
before a verb or a clause, ii.
92 a, 310 b.
2f\ C, 'Jl\ C, ii. 89c.
£t C, i. 294 c; ii. 85 a, 92 c.
vj U, ii. 216 a.
w. II.
ii 22 a.
jJb , for jJL» , ii. 385 a.
jjloj, i. 154 b.
(jj-, for j>j_, i. 235 d.
(J-»— , for ^>j— , in the genit. plural,
i. 236 d; ii. 388 d.
JJU^S, i. 292 a.
*jLJI>o^j, ii. 233 b.
*' ' .. _
aj_, for ^£_ and ^£—, ii. 371 c.
* i si
^j^i—, shortened to ^»j— , Add. et
Corrigenda (Vol. i. 195 d).
56
442
Indexes.
III. ENGLISH AND LATIN TECHNICAL TERMS (IN-
CLUDING SOME ARABIC, EXPRESSED IN ROMAN
LETTERS), GRAMMATICAL FORMS, CONSTRUCTIONS,
ETC.
Abbreviation, mark of, i. 25 c.
Abged, Abuged, i. 28 b.
Accent, i. 27 a.
Accusative, ii. 45 a ; single, after
a transitive verb, ii. 45 c;
double, after causatives, the
wj^iijT jUlf, etc., ii. 47 c ;
triple, ii. 51a, 53 b ; cognate,
after transitive and intransitive
verbs, ii. 53 c; depending on a
verb understood, ii. 72 d; with
the passive voice, ii. 52 b ;
instead of a preposition and
the genitive, ii. 191 b; as vo-
cative, ii. 85 c ; adverbial, i.
288 c, ii. 109 c; of comparison,
ii. 128b; of limitation or de-
termination, ii. 122a; of the
motive, object, cause or reason,
ii. 121 a; of place, ii. Ill b; of
the state or condition (hal),
ii. 112c; of time, ii. 109 c ; of
wish, salutation, etc., ii. 74 B ;
t* Sua
after A*3UI jjl, ii. 105 a; after
a a g a - if- fit
ol ot> cA^> o^> and o*?>
ii. 78 D ; after J* and J*J,
ii. 82 c ; after ^\£=> and its
"sisters," ii. 99 a — 109 a; after
Jfe, /*!&, and lii>, ii. 125 B;
after
after
1 ^Jcii % ii. 94 c ;
°T *§ and
5jjla^aJI U, ii. 104a; after
<Z>*$, ii. 105a; after C~J, ii.
82 c ; after numerals, ii. 237 b.
Active voice, i. 49 c.
Adjectives, i. 105 a; ii. 273 A,
283 a; in connexion with a
vocative, ii. 91 d; comparative
and superlative, i. 140c — 143a;
ii. 132 d, 218 a, 226 c; inten-
sive, i. 133 d — 140 b; numeral,
i. 105 a, 253 c, seqq. ; distribu-
tive, i. 262 D ; multiplicative,
i. 263 b ; partitive, i. 263 c ;
relative, i. 109 d; verbal, i.
131 b seqq. ; with the accusa-
tive, or with ^J of the object,
ii. 70 a — 71 d; of the form
^Jjiil, with ^J| of the subject,
ii. 71 d, 72 a; with the geni-
tive, ii. 218 A, 221 b ; relative,
with a genitive in apposition,
ii. 225 A.
Adverbs, i. 282 a; numeral, i.
262 bcd; inseparable, i. 282 b;
separable, i. 283 c.
Adverbial accusative, i. 288 c ; ii.
98 d— 128 c.
III. English and Latin Technical Terms, etc. 443
Adversative sentences, ii. 333 A.
Agent, ii. 250 d.
Alphabet, i. 1.
Annexation, definite and inde-
finite, ii. 225 c.
Apodosis of conditional and hypo-
thetical clauses, ii. 6 b — 17 c;
ii. 23 c, 36 d, 345 a seqq. ; of
,jt, omitted, ii. 17 A; of ^i,
omitted, ii. 8 c.
Apposition, ii. 271 c; instead of
the construction with the geni-
tive, ii. 229 b ; of verbs, ii.
287 d.
Appositives, ii. 272 D seqq.
Article, i. 15 c, 19 c, 23 d, 269a.
Assimilation of letters, i. 15 b; of
final hemza to preceding $ and
^, i. 18 c, 144 d; in the verb,
i. 16 b, 64 d, 65 d — 67 c; in
i
VIII. of verbs having I as
first radical, i. 76 d; in VIII.
of verbs having j and ^ as
first radical, i. 80 d; of vowels,
i. 60 b, 84 c, 136 d, 167 a,
205 c d, 206 a c.
Cardinal numbers, i. 253 c seqq. ;
ii. 234 c seqq.
Cases, i. 234 c.
Circumstantial clause, ii. 196 b —
198 a, 330 b.
Clause, circumstantial, ii. 196 b —
198 a, 330 b; conditional and
hypothetical, ii. 6 b — 17 c, 23 c,
36 D, 345 a seqq. ; descriptive
or qualificative, ii. 283 a, 317c;
relative, i. 105 b; ii. 317 B.
Collectives, concord of, ii. 273 b,
291 a, 296 d.
Common gender, words of the,
i. 180 d, 185 b.
Comparative Adjectives, with ^>-«,
ii. 132 d— 134 d.
Compound sentences, ii. 255 a —
256 d.
Concord in gender and number,
ii. 288 D seqq.
Conditional and hypothetical sen-
tences, ii. 6 b — 17 c, 23 c, 36 d,
345 A seqq.
Conjunctions, i. 290c; inseparable,
i. 290 d; separable, i. 291 d.
Conjunctive pronouns, i. 270 b.
Consonants, final, how affected by
the wad, i. 22 a.
Construct state of a noun, i.
248 c— 252 a; ii. 198 a.
Co-ordination, ii. 271 C.
Copulative sentences, ii. 325 A
seqq.
Correlative conditional clauses, ii.
36 d, 38 b.
Damm, clamma, i. 7 D.
Dates, ii. 248 a.
Day of the month, ii. 248 C.
Declension of undefined nouns, i.
234 c ; of defined nouns, i.
247 b; diptote, i. 234 c, 238 a,
239 d; triptote, i. 234 c,
236 a.
Defective verb, i. 88 A.
Definite annexation, ii. 225 c.
Degrees of comparison, i. 140 c —
143 a.
444
Indexes.
Demonstrative pronouns, i. 105 A,
264Dseqq.; ii. 277 A.
Descriptive clause, ii. 283 A, 317 c.
Diacritical points, i. 4 A.
Diminutive, i. 110 a, 166Bseqq.;
ii. 261 c; formed from the
pronouns and prepositions, i.
167 c; from verbs of surprise,
i. 100 c, 167c; from diptotes, i.
242 b; from distributive nume-
rals of the form JUi, i. 242 b.
Diphthongs, i. 7 B ; pronunciation
of them, i. 10 d; how affected
by the v;a$l, i. 21 d.
Diptote nouns, i. 234 c — 246 b.
Doubling of a consonant, how
marked, i. 13 d.
Doubly weak verbs, i. 91 d.
Dual, i. 52 b, 187 d; from oCi]
».».a> J I and broken plurals,
i. 190 d; dual of an adjective
used as a substantive, i. 190 c;
of place-names,, in poetry, i.
190 D; with an adjective in
the fern, sing., ii. 275 d; dual
subject with a preceding sin-
gular verb, ii. 293 b.
*Elif omitted in writing, i. 20 b,
23 a; elif conjunctionis, i. 16 D,
20 D, 21 a; elif productionis
omitted in writing, i. 10 A;
elif separationis, i. 21 A; elif
maksura and memduda, i. 11b,
25b; elif otiosum, i. 11a; how
affected in poetry, ii. 374 B.
Elision of I, i. 19 c, 23 a ; by
poetic license, ii. 374 b.
Energetic, i. 61 a, 62 c; energetic
imperfect, ii. 24 c, 41 d; after
wol, ii. 43 a; after J, ii. 41 D,
42 c ; after l©jj, ii. 42 c ; after
'■** '
l^JLa. and similar compounds,
ii. 43 c ; energetic imperative,
ii. 44 A.
Enunciative, ii. 251 c.
Exceptive sentences, ii. 335 D seqq.
Feminine nouns, by form, i. 179 a;
by signification, i. 177 d; by
usage merely, i. 179 D — 180 c;
of adjectives and substantives,
how formed, i. 183 c — 185 b.
Feth, fetha, i. 7 c ; passes into
damma, before _j, in vulgar
pronunciation, i. 213 D.
Figures, arithmetical, i. 28 b.
Forms of the triliteral verb, i.
29 b — 47 b; of the quadriliteral
verb, i. 48 c — 49 c.
Fourth form of the verb, used as
the pjUxo of the first, i. 35 D.
Fractions, i. 263 d.
Future, in the sense of a polite
order or request, ii. 19 B.
Future-perfect, how expressed, ii.
22 a.
Gender, in the verb, i. 52 b; in
the noun, i. 177 c; common,
i. 180 d, 185b; feminine, i.
177 D; formation of the femi-
nine, i. 183 c — 185 B.
Genitive, ii. 198 a — 202 b; supply-
ing the place of an adjective,
ii. 202 b, 229 a; of limitation,
III. English and Latin Technical Terms, etc.
445
with adjectives or participles,
ii. 221b; in apposition to re-
lative adjectives, ii 225 a ;
after K)*9\, etc., ii. 226 c; after
w»j, ii. 214 b; after sJ^s, yjaxi,
jl£, etc., ii. 204 c— 212 d;
after **£», lH^, ii. 212 d;
after j^, ii. 126 a; after j,
^J, JJ, ii. 216 d— 218 a; after
$ suppressed, ii. 217 b; geni-
tive plural after numerals, ii.
234 c; genitive singular after
i5U and oUI, ii. 238 D.
Gezm, gezma, i. 13 a.
Henvz, hemza, i. 16d — 18d; hemza
conjunctionis, i. 11 B, 21 A.
Hollow verbs, i. 81 c.
Hypothetical sentences, ii. 345 A
seqq.
'Imala, i. 10 C.
Imperative, i. 61 D — 62 d; of
verbs having I as first radical,
i. 74 a, 76 cd; of doubly weak
verbs, i. 93 a; in two cor-
relative clauses, ii. 24 a, 37 c;
negative, expressed by ^ with
the jussive, ii. 43 d ; with
<bjj£i\ ilj, ii. 44 b; imperative
of ij\£* with name of a person
in the accusative, ii. 44 c.
Imperfect, i. 51 b; its charac-
teristic vowels in the first
form, i. 57 b — 59 B ; indicative,
i. 60 b — 61a; subjunctive, i.
60 b — 61 a; jussive, i. 60b —
61a; energetic, i. 61a; passive,
i. 63 a; subjunctive or poten-
tial, how expressed, ii. 6 b ;
imperfect indicative, significa-
tions of, ii. 18 b; as a hal. may
be translated by our infinitive
or participle, ii. 19 D — 20 c;
preceded by ^li» = Latin or
Greek imperfect, ii. 21 b; pre-
ceded by \JjSu or jj> \j£i -
future-perfect, ii. 22 a.
Impersonal active, ii. 271 a; pas-
sive, ii. 268 a.
Inchoative, ii. 251 c; when it may
be indefinite, ii. 260 d.
Indefinite annexation, ii. 225 c.
Infinitive, i. 52 b, 109 a, 110 a
seqq. ; as objective complement,
ii. 53 c.
Intensive adjectives, i. 136 c, 137 a.
Interjections, i. 294 b; having a
verbal force, i. 296 b.
Interposition of a word between
the status constructus and the
genitive, ii. 222 d.
Interrogative sentences, ii. 306 b
seqq.
Inversion of subject and predicate,
ii. 253 d — 255 a.
Jussive, i. 60 b — 61 a; in two cor-
relative clauses, after ^jt, ,j*»,
etc., ii. 23 c, 36 d ; after J,
ii. 35 b; after ^i, CjJ, etc., ii.
22 d, 41 b; as negative im-
perative, after *j, ii. 36 b, 43 d.
446
Indexes.
Kesr, kesra, i. 7 c; for feth, in the
preformatives of the imperfect,
i. 60 a.
Kunya, i. 244 d.
Lam-elif, i. 3 a.
Letters of the alphabet, i. 1a;
their order in N. Africa, i. 3 a ;
unpointed, how distinguished,
i. 4 a ; classes of, i. 4 c; pro-
nunciation of, i. 5 b; of pro-
longation, i. 9 c ; solar and
lunar, i. 15 c; numerical values
of, i. 28 b; weak, i. 53 a, 71 d.
Licenses, poetic, ii. 373 cseqq.
Ligatures of letters, i. 3 b.
Local sentences, ii. 252 D.
Masculine or feminine nouns, list
of, i. 181 D.
Matta, i. 24 c.
Medd, medda, i. 24 c.
Metres, ii. 358 cseqq.
Moods, i. 51 d, 52 a.
Nebra, i. 16 d.
Negative sentences, ii. 299 c seqq.
Neuter of the personal and de-
monstrative pronouns, how ex-
pressed in Arabic, ii. 299 A.
Neuter verb, i. 50 d.
Nomen abundantiae, i. 109 D,
148 b; nomen actionis, see
nomen verbi ; nomen agentis,
i. 109 a, 131 b— 133 b, 143 b—
147 a; used for nomen actionis,
i. 132b; construction of, ii.
63 c — 69 D, 194 cseqq.; nomen
deminutivum, i. 110 a (see Di-
minutive); nomen instrumenti,
i. 109 c, 130 b; nomen loci et
temporis, i. 109 b, 124 d seqq.;
formed from the derived con-
jugations, i. 129 b; nomen pa-
rentis, i. 109 A, 131 b; used as
nomen actionis, i. 132c; con-
strued with one or two accu-
satives, ii. 69 d, 194 c seqq.;
nomen qualitatis, i. 110a, 165b;
nomen relativum, i. 109 D;
nomen speciei, i. 109 b, 123d;
as objective complement, ii.
53 c; nomen unitatis, i. 109 c,
147 b; nomen vasis (loci et
temporis), i. 109 b, 1 24 d seqq. ;
nomen vasis, i. 109 D, 149 a;
nomen verbi or actionis, i.
109 a, 110 a; list of nomina
actionis, i. 110 c — 112 c; most
usual forms, i. 1 1 2 d ; nomina
actionis of forms II. — XV., i.
115 b; of quadriliteral verbs,
i. 117 c; of solid verbs, i. 118 a;
of verba hemzata, i. 118 b; of
weak verbs, i. 118 c — 122 d;
nomen verbi, ii. 193d; as ob-
jective complement, ii. 53 c; its
construction with subject and
object, ii. 57 b; construed with
J, ii. 61 d; with a preposition,
ii. 61 b; as hal, ii. 114 c;
nomen vicis, i. 109 b, 122 d;
as objective complement, ii.
53 c. See Noun.
Nominal sentence, ii. 250 D.
Nominative as vocative, ii. 85 b.
Noun, i. 104 D ; primitive and
III. English and Latin Technical Terms, etc.
447
derivative, i. 106 A; substan-
tive and adjective, i. 106 A ; I
how defined, i. 247 b; diptote,
i. 239 d; triptote, i. 234 c;
declinable and indeclinable, i. j
234 D ; wholly indeclinable, i. |
243 d — 244 d. See Nomen.
Numbers, i. 28 b, 52 b, 187 d.
Numerals, i. 105 A; cardinal num-
bers, 1 — 10, i. 253 c seqq.;
11—19, i. 256 a; 20— 90 (tens),
i. 257 B; 21 — 99 (compounded),
i. 257 d; 100—900, i. 258 a; j
1000 and upwards, i. 259 a;
compounded, i. 259 d; ordinals,
i. 260 a — 262 A ; numeral ad- \
verbs, i. 262b — D; construction
of the numerals, ii. 234 c seqq. ;
arrangement in composition, ii.
239 A i agreement of, i. 254 d;
ii. 240 a; ordinals with the
genitive, ii. 245 d — 247 d.
Nunation, i. 12 a, 235 b.
Object. See Accusative.
Ordinal numbers with the genitive,
ii. 245 d— 247 D.
Participles, i. 52 b, 109 a, 131 b —
133b; of the derived conjuga-
tions, i. 143b; of solid verbs,
i. 144b; of verba hemzata,
i. 144 c; of weak verbs, i. 144d
seqq. ; of quadriliteral verbs,
i. 143 d; passive participle as
nomen loci et temporis, and as
masdar or infinitive, i. 129 B —
130a; participles with the
accusative or genitive, ii. 63 c;
with two or more objective
complements in the genitive
and accusative, ii. 67 d; with
the genitive, ii. 221 b.
Particles, L 278 c; negative, ii
299 c seqq.
Passive voice, i. 49 c — 50 D, 51 a,
63 a b, 64 A — c ; with an accu-
sative, ii. 52 A ; with two
accusatives, ii. 53 B.
Past tense of verbs of surprise,
i. 100 b.
Pause, forms of words in, ii. 368 c
seqq.; pausal forms out of
pause, in verse, ii. 390 a.
Perfect, i. 51 b; its characteristic
vowels in the first form, L
30 B — 31 a; passive, i. 63 a,
64 a b ; contracted forms, i.
97 c; ii. 384 c; its significations,
ii. 1 a; as optative, ii. 2 d; with
lit or U til, ii. 9 c; with £,?,
ii. 25 d; with £)\, ii. 14 b; with
jj>, ii. 3 c, 5 a; with ^J£s, ii.
o - , , , , a ,
5c; with jj> jj^9 or O^ >**>
ii 5 c; with ^, ,j\ ^, *9jJ,
jj^i ii. 6 b; with <Lo^o>;jJI L»,
ii. 17 c; expressed by the jus-
sive after ^J and l*J, ii 22 D.
Periodical times, i. 264 b.
Permutation of verbs, ii. 287 a.
Permutative, ii. 283 a, 284 d.
Personal pronouns, i. 105 b; the
pronouns, i. 53 D seqq., 100 D,
252 b.
448
Indexes.
Persons, i. 52 b.
Pluperfect Indicative, ii. 4c; sub-
junctive or potential, ii. 6 b.
Plural, i. 191 D; sound or entire,
i. 191 d; masculine, i. 192 a,
194 d; feminine, i. 192 A,
197 b ; broken, i. 192 A ; forms
of the broken plural, i. 199 A —
233 c; secondary broken plurals,
i. 231 c; anomalous broken
plurals, i. 233 b ; plurals of
abundance and paucity, i. 234 b.
Points, diacritical, i. 4 A.
Predicate, ii. 250 b seqq. ; of ^^3
and its " sisters," in the accu-
sative, ii. 99 a — 109 b.
Prepositions, i. 278 D ; ii. 129 A;
separable, i. 280 b — 282 A ; in-
separable, i. 279b; simple, ii.
129 b — 188c; compound, ii.
129 b, 188c; with a propo-
sition as a genitive, ii. 192b;
separated from the genitive, ii.
191a, 193a; ellipsis of, ii.
190 d; ^J after a nomen ac-
tionis and a nomen agentis, ii.
61 d, 68 c.
Pronominal suffixes in the accusa-
tive, i. 100 d; double, i. 103 a;
in the genitive, i. 101 b, 252b;
attached to a noun, i. 251 b;
to a verb, i. 102 a— 103 b.
Pronouns, separate personal, i.
54 a; suffixed, in the accusa-
tive, i. 100 d; in the genitive,
i. 101b, 252 b; demonstrative,
i. 105 A, 264 D seqq. ; interro-
gative, i. 274 A seqq. ; indefinite,
i. 277 a; personal, i. 105 b;
reflexive, ii. 271 D; relative,
i. 105 b, 270 b.
Proper names, i. 107 c; diptote, i.
242 c.
Proposition. See Clause and Sen-
tence.
Prose, rhymed, ii. 351 b, 368 c.
Prosthetic I, in the imperative, i.
19 c, 61 d; omitted, i. 24 c ; in
the derived conjugations of the
verb, i. 19 d, 40 c, 41 d, 43 a,
44 a, 46 b.
Quadriliteral verb, i. 47 B — 49 c,
67 d.
Qualificative clause, ii. 283 A seqq.,
317 c.
Quasi-plurals, i. 224 d.
Reflexive pronouns, ii. 271 D.
Relative adjectives, i. 109 d, 149 c
seqq. ; ii. 225 a.
Relative clauses, i. 105 b ; ii. 317 b
seqq.
Relative pronouns, i. 105 b, 270 b.
Restrictive sentences, ii. 335 b.
Rhyme, ii. 350 A seqq. ; forms of
words in, ii. 368 c seqq.
Roots, secondary, from verbs of
which the first radical is weak,
i. 77 a, 81 a.
Scriptio defectiva of long a and I,
i. 9d— 10 b.
Secondary roots from verbs having
I as first radical, i. 77 a; from
verbs having j and ^ as first
radical, i. 81 A.
III. English and Latin Technical Terms, etc. 449
Sedda, i. 13 d.
Sentence, ii. 250 a; adversative,
ii. 333 A ; compound, ii. 255 A —
256 D ; conditional, ii. 345 A ;
copulative, ii. 325 A seqq. ; ex-
ceptive, ii. 335 D ; hypothetical,
ii. 347 b seqq. ; interrogative,
ii. 306 B seqq. ; local, ii. 252 D ;
negative and prohibitive, ii.
299 c seqq. ; nominal, ii. 251 a;
relative, ii. 317 b seqq. ; restric-
tive, ii. 335 B ; verbal, ii. 251 b.
Sila, i. 19 a.
Solid verb, L 68 b seqq.
States (or Tenses) of the verb, i.
51b.
Status constructus, L 248 c —
252 A; ii. 198 A seqq.
Strong verbs, i. 52 d seqq.
Subject, ii. 250 b seqq. ; not speci-
fied, ii. 266 d.
Subjunctive, i. 60 B ; ii. 22 c, 24 d.
Substantive, used adjectivally, ii.
274 a; in apposition to a pro-
nominal suffix, ii. 285 a ; as
hal, ii. 115 A.
Substantive verb, ii. 99 a, 258 b ;
negative, i. 96 B ; ii. 302 a.
Suffixes, pronominal, accusative,
i. 100 d; double, i. 103 A;
genitive, i. 101 b, 252 b ; at-
tached to a noun, i. 251 b; to
a verb, i. 102 a— 103 b.
Sukun, i. 13 a; ii. 355 d.
Superlative, with the genitive, ii.
218 a, 226 c.
Syllable, i. 26 c D.
Tenwin, L 12 a, 235 b; irregular,
w. II.
in poetry, ii. 387 a ; suppressed
in poetry, ii 388 B ; used at
the end of a word instead of
the letter of prolongation, ii.
390 c.
Tesdid, L 13 D; necessary, i.
15 a; euphonic, i. 15 b; after
long vowels and diphthongs, i.
15 b; irregularly suppressed in
poetry, ii. 377 c ; irregularly
used in poetry, ii. 377 d.
Third form of the verb, used in
the sense of the fourth, i.
34 a.
Trebly weak verbs, i. 95 b.
Tribes, names of the Arab, how
construed, ii. 292a, 296 c.
TriHteral verb, i. 29 A seqq.
Trip tote noun, i. 234 c.
Triptotes for diptotes in poetry,
ii. 387 a.
Verb, triliteral, i. 29 a; forms of,
i. 29 B seqq. ; quadriliteral, i.
29 a; formation of, i. 47 b;
forms of, i. 48 c seqq. ; the
strong verb, i. 52 D — 53 A ; the
solid verb, i. 68 b; uncon-
tracted, i. 69 a; ii. 378 b; the
weak verb, i. 52 b, 71c — 72 A;
verba hemzata, i. 72 B seqq. ;
verbs having $ and ^ as first
radical, i. 78 A seqq. ; verbs
having ^ and ^ as middle
radical, i. 81 c seqq. ; inflected
as strong verbs, L 86 d — 87 d ;
verbs having ^ and ^£ as third
radical, i. 88 a ; their IX. and
XI. forms, i. 43 c, 91 b ; doubly
57
450
Indexes.
weak verbs, i. 91 d seqq. ; trebly
weak, i. 95 A — 96 b ; with suf-
fixes in the accusative, i.
102 A — 1 03 B ; substantive verb,
ii. 99 a, 258 b ; negative, i. 96 b;
ii. 302 A ; aplastic verbs, ii.
15 D ; verbs of the heart, ii.
48 D ; verbs of praise and
blame, i. 97 A; ii. 290 a; of
surprise or wonder, i. 98 b ;
impersonal form of expression,
ii. 266 d— 271c.
Verbal adjectives, i. 131 B seqq. ;
with the accusative or J, ii.
70 a.
Verbal sentence, ii. 251 B.
Vocative, ii. 85 a.
Voices, i. 49 c — 51 a.
Vowels, short, i. 7 c ; pronuncia-
tion of, i. 8b; long, i. 7b;
pronunciation of, i. 9 c ; written
defectively, i. 9 d ; final, how
affected by the wad, i. 21 A — d.
Wasl, wasla, i. 19 A.
"Weak verbs, i. 52 d, 71 c — 72 A.
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