LessonsCauses of Diptote Status — ʿAdl and WaṣfQuiz

In مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ:
1. أَيَّامٍ is genitive because it follows min.
2. أُخَرَ is the adjective of «أَيَّامٍ» and agrees in case.

Why does «أُخَرَ» visibly take fatḥa? Because it is a diptote and fatḥa stands in for kasra here.

Always distinguish a word's syntactic case from its visible case marker.

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Can an Adjective Be Genitive with Fatḥa?

Causes of Diptote Status — ʿAdl and Waṣf

In مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ:
1. أَيَّامٍ is genitive because it follows min.
2. أُخَرَ is the adjective of «أَيَّامٍ» and agrees in case.

Why does «أُخَرَ» visibly take fatḥa? Because it is a diptote and fatḥa stands in for kasra here.

Always distinguish a word's syntactic case from its visible case marker.