1. Possessive -ī is mudāf ilayh; the noun’s own case depends on syntax.
2. Sound/sound-like forms: ghulāmī, dalwī, ẓabyī.
3. Maqṣūr preserves alif (ʿaṣāya); manqūṣ assimilates yāʾ (qāḍiyya).
4. In the masculine plural, wāw can become yāʾ before the possessive suffix (muslimiyya).
5. The six nouns have special patterns; dhū has a separate restriction.
For each example, identify mudāf and mudāf ilayh, then parse the complete mudāf noun by its sentence function.
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Iḍāfah to Yāʾ al-Mutakallim and the Six Nouns
1. Possessive -ī is mudāf ilayh; the noun’s own case depends on syntax.
2. Sound/sound-like forms: ghulāmī, dalwī, ẓabyī.
3. Maqṣūr preserves alif (ʿaṣāya); manqūṣ assimilates yāʾ (qāḍiyya).
4. In the masculine plural, wāw can become yāʾ before the possessive suffix (muslimiyya).
5. The six nouns have special patterns; dhū has a separate restriction.
For each example, identify mudāf and mudāf ilayh, then parse the complete mudāf noun by its sentence function.