LessonsDiptote Causes — Foreign Origin and Its ConditionsQuiz

إِبْرَاهِيمُ — إِبْرَاهِيمَ — بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ
This is a diptote: no tanwīn, and normally fatḥa in the genitive.

نُوحٌ — نُوحًا — بِنُوحٍ
This is fully declinable by the book’s rule: tanwīn occurs, and the genitive is marked with kasra.

Both are foreign proper names, but the length and middle-letter conditions distinguish them.

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Ibrāhīm versus Nūḥ

Diptote Causes — Foreign Origin and Its Conditions

إِبْرَاهِيمُ — إِبْرَاهِيمَ — بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ
This is a diptote: no tanwīn, and normally fatḥa in the genitive.

نُوحٌ — نُوحًا — بِنُوحٍ
This is fully declinable by the book’s rule: tanwīn occurs, and the genitive is marked with kasra.

Both are foreign proper names, but the length and middle-letter conditions distinguish them.