LessonsDiptote Causes — Compounding and Its ConditionsQuiz

فَـ«عَبْدُ اللَّهِ» مُنْصَرِفٌ، وَ«مَعْدِيكَرِب» غَيْرُ مُنْصَرِفٍ، وَ«شَابَ قَرْنَاهَا» مَبْنِيٌّ.
Translation: ʿAbd Allāh is fully declinable, Maʿdīkarib is diptote, and Shāba Qarnāhā is indeclinable.

These three different outcomes are the point of the lesson: not every compound is declined in the same way.

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The Three Contrasting Examples in the Book

Diptote Causes — Compounding and Its Conditions

فَـ«عَبْدُ اللَّهِ» مُنْصَرِفٌ، وَ«مَعْدِيكَرِب» غَيْرُ مُنْصَرِفٍ، وَ«شَابَ قَرْنَاهَا» مَبْنِيٌّ.
Translation: ʿAbd Allāh is fully declinable, Maʿdīkarib is diptote, and Shāba Qarnāhā is indeclinable.

These three different outcomes are the point of the lesson: not every compound is declined in the same way.