LessonsDefiniteness and Proper-Name Status in Diptote RulesQuiz

كِتَابُ زَيْدٍ — Zayd’s book. The noun kitāb becomes definite through iḍāfa to the proper name Zayd.
نَظَرْتُ إِلَى كِتَابِ زَيْدٍ — I looked at Zayd’s book.
كِتَابِ: genitive after ilā, with kasra; as muḍāf, it has no tanwīn.
زَيْدٍ: muḍāf ilayh, genitive with kasra and tanwīn.

No tanwīn on a construct-state noun is not evidence that it is a diptote.

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Definiteness by Iḍāfa

Definiteness and Proper-Name Status in Diptote Rules

كِتَابُ زَيْدٍ — Zayd’s book. The noun kitāb becomes definite through iḍāfa to the proper name Zayd.
نَظَرْتُ إِلَى كِتَابِ زَيْدٍ — I looked at Zayd’s book.
كِتَابِ: genitive after ilā, with kasra; as muḍāf, it has no tanwīn.
زَيْدٍ: muḍāf ilayh, genitive with kasra and tanwīn.

No tanwīn on a construct-state noun is not evidence that it is a diptote.