LessonsDiptote Causes — Ultimate Broken-Plural PatternsQuiz

مَرَرْتُ بِمَسَاجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ — I passed by the city's mosques.
بِـ: preposition.
مَسَاجِدِ: genitive with kasra and the muḍāf.
الْمَدِينَةِ: muḍāf ilayh, genitive with kasra.

The first noun takes genitive kasra here because it enters iḍāfa, unlike bare بِمَسَاجِدَ.

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Genitive Kasra in Iḍāfa

Diptote Causes — Ultimate Broken-Plural Patterns

مَرَرْتُ بِمَسَاجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ — I passed by the city's mosques.
بِـ: preposition.
مَسَاجِدِ: genitive with kasra and the muḍāf.
الْمَدِينَةِ: muḍāf ilayh, genitive with kasra.

The first noun takes genitive kasra here because it enters iḍāfa, unlike bare بِمَسَاجِدَ.