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Noun Endings






              In Arabic, nouns have different endings to show their function in a sentence

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              These are called noun cases (ٌليكْشَّتلَا)



           English              Arabic            Ending              Function in a                  Examples

           Name                 Name              Vowel Sign          sentence

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           Nominative                  ٌ  عو فرم Dummah               Subject                             ٌ    ,  دمحم  , ٌ باتك  , ٌ  ٌ باتكلا


                                                                                                                                ٌ باب


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           Accusative                ٌ بوصْنم Fathah                  Object of a verb                    , ٌ ٌ  اباب  ٌ  دمحم  , ٌ  اباتك  , ٌ باتكلا

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           Genitive                    ٌ رورجم Kasrah                 Possessor of a                     , ٌ  ٌ دمحم  , ٌ  باتك  , ٌِ باتكلا
                                                                      thing, or comes                                           ٌ  باب
                                                                      after a preposition

                                                                      or an adverb















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