Conjugating the Prohibitive with Heavy Noon (Active & Passive)

Read the bilingual lesson for Conjugating the Prohibitive with Heavy Noon (Active & Passive) and test your understanding with a focused quiz.

Lesson

1. Introduction to Emphatic Prohibition

◦ To add emphasis to a prohibition, we combine the prohibitive verb with the Heavy Noon (نَّ) suffix. ◦ We will study the complete 14-form active and passive conjugation tables under this emphatic prohibitive bracket.

2. Active Present with Heavy Noon (نہی حاضر معروف مؤکد بانونِ ثقیلہ)

FormPosition لَا تَفْعِلَنَّSecond person singular masculine لَا تَفْعِلَانِّSecond person dual masculine لَا تَفْعِلُنَّSecond person plural masculine لَا تَفْعِلِنَّSecond person singular feminine لَا تَفْعِلَانِّSecond person dual feminine لَا تَفْعِلْنَانِّSecond person plural feminine ◦ The active addressed prohibitive forms with Heavy Noon. Note the prefix تَـ and the vocalic changes:

3. Active Third Person & First Person Table with Heavy Noon (نہی غائب و متکلم معروف مؤکد بانونِ ثقیلہ)

FormPosition لَا يَفْعِلَنَّThird person singular masculine لَا يَفْعِلَانِّThird person dual masculine لَا يَفْعِلُنَّThird person plural masculine لَا تَفْعِلَنَّThird person singular feminine لَا تَفْعِلَانِّThird person dual feminine لَا يَفْعُلْنَانِّThird person plural feminine لَا أَفْعِلَنَّFirst person singular لَا نَفْعِلَنَّFirst person plural ◦ The active indirect prohibitive forms with Heavy Noon. Note that the prefix لَا is preserved at the beginning of all 8 forms:

4. Passive Prohibitive Table with Heavy Noon (نہی مجہول مؤکد بانونِ ثقیلہ)

Person/genderSingularDualPlural Third person masculineلَا يُفْعَلَنَّلَا يُفْعَلَانِّلَا يُفْعَلُنَّ Third person feminineلَا تُفْعَلَنَّلَا تُفْعَلَانِّلَا يُفْعَلْنَانِّ Second person masculineلَا تُفْعَلَنَّلَا تُفْعَلَانِّلَا تُفْعَلُنَّ Second person feminineلَا تُفْعَلِنَّلَا تُفْعَلَانِّلَا تُفْعَلْنَانِّ First personلَا أُفْعَلَنَّ—لَا نُفْعَلَنَّ ◦ The passive prohibitive forms with Heavy Noon. Sign of Mudhaari' carries a Dhummah, middle root letter carries a Fathah on all 14 forms:

5. Deep-Dive Practical Application with "Nasara"

◦ Learn to parse these forms dynamically: active has زبر on prefix (تَـ / يَـ), passive has پیش (تُـ / يُـ). Ending rules are identical.

Practice questions

Question 1: Choose the correct answer

What vowel is placed on the letter immediately preceding the Heavy Noon in the singular masculine addressed active prohibitive لَا تَفْعِلَنَّ?

  • Sukoon (جزم)
  • Fathah (زبر)
  • Kasrah (زیر)
  • Dhummah (پیش)

Question 2: Choose the correct answer

Select the correct Arabic form for: "You (1 female) do not help (with emphasis)" (with Heavy Noon).

  • لَا تَنْصُرِنَّ
  • لَا تَنْصُرَنَّ
  • لَا تَنْصُرُنَّ

Question 3: Match the correct pairs

Match the prohibitive Heavy Noon verb with its natural English and Urdu translations.

Question 4: Choose the correct answer

What is the correct spelling of the Plural Feminine Third Person active prohibitive form with Heavy Noon?

  • لَا يَفْعُلْنَانِّ
  • لَا يَفْعُلْنَ
  • لَا تَفْعِلْنَانِّ
  • لَا يُفْعِلْنَانِّ

Question 5: Sort into the correct groups

Sort these emphatic prohibitive verbs based on whether they represent Addressed (حاضر) or Third Person / First Person (غائب و متکلم) actors.

Question 6: Choose the correct answer

Parse the conjugation form لَا تَنْصُرْنَانِّ. What grammatical actor does it represent?

  • Plural Feminine Addressed Active
  • Plural Feminine Third Person Active
  • Plural Feminine Addressed Passive
  • Dual Feminine Addressed Active

Question 7: Choose the correct answer

What does the form لَا نُفْعَلَنَّ represent semantically?

  • non-singular first-person passive prohibition with emphasis (generic ف ع ل template) — جمع متکلم مجہول
  • Let us not do (with emphasis) — جمع متکلم معروف
  • We do not do (with emphasis) — جمع متکلم نفی
  • first-person singular passive prohibition (generic ف ع ل template) (with emphasis) — واحد متکلم مجہول

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