LessonsDiptote Causes — Foreign Origin and Its ConditionsQuiz

لِعَدَمِ الْعَلَمِيَّةِ فِي الْعُجْمَةِ
Translation: Because of the absence of proper-name status in the foreign language.
لِ: causal preposition; عَدَمِ: genitive noun and first term of iḍāfa; الْعَلَمِيَّةِ: genitive second term.

لِسُكُونِ الْأَوْسَطِ
Translation: Because the middle letter is sākin.
سُكُونِ: genitive first term; الْأَوْسَطِ: genitive second term.

Both causal phrases explain why the author counts the word as fully declinable.

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Diptote Causes — Foreign Origin and Its Conditions

لِعَدَمِ الْعَلَمِيَّةِ فِي الْعُجْمَةِ
Translation: Because of the absence of proper-name status in the foreign language.
لِ: causal preposition; عَدَمِ: genitive noun and first term of iḍāfa; الْعَلَمِيَّةِ: genitive second term.

لِسُكُونِ الْأَوْسَطِ
Translation: Because the middle letter is sākin.
سُكُونِ: genitive first term; الْأَوْسَطِ: genitive second term.

Both causal phrases explain why the author counts the word as fully declinable.