LessonsDiptote Causes — Additional Alif and Nūn and Their ConditionsQuiz

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ سَكْرَانُ — An intoxicated man came.

جَاءَ is a past verb; رَجُلٌ is the nominative subject; سَكْرَانُ is a nominative adjective (naʿt) marked by ḍamma.

Rajul has tanwīn because it is fully declinable; sakrān does not, although both are nominative.

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Sakrān: Nominative Adjective

Diptote Causes — Additional Alif and Nūn and Their Conditions

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ سَكْرَانُ — An intoxicated man came.

جَاءَ is a past verb; رَجُلٌ is the nominative subject; سَكْرَانُ is a nominative adjective (naʿt) marked by ḍamma.

Rajul has tanwīn because it is fully declinable; sakrān does not, although both are nominative.