LessonsDiptote Causes — Foreign Origin and Its ConditionsQuiz

يُوسُف is a foreign proper name written in Arabic with four letters, ي و س ف. Under the familiar rule, it is a diptote.

حَضَرَ يُوسُفُ — Yūsuf arrived; nominative subject with ḍamma, no tanwīn.
رَأَيْتُ يُوسُفَ — I saw Yūsuf; accusative object with fatḥa.
مَرَرْتُ بِيُوسُفَ — I passed by Yūsuf; genitive with fatḥa.

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Additional Example: Yūsuf

Diptote Causes — Foreign Origin and Its Conditions

يُوسُف is a foreign proper name written in Arabic with four letters, ي و س ف. Under the familiar rule, it is a diptote.

حَضَرَ يُوسُفُ — Yūsuf arrived; nominative subject with ḍamma, no tanwīn.
رَأَيْتُ يُوسُفَ — I saw Yūsuf; accusative object with fatḥa.
مَرَرْتُ بِيُوسُفَ — I passed by Yūsuf; genitive with fatḥa.

This is an additional teaching example, not another quotation from the printed passage.