Incomplete Compounds: Worked Examples

Level 5: Incomplete Compounds

Example and grammatical analysis

Arabic exampleMeaningGrammatical point
غُلَامُ زَيْدٍZayd's servantiḍāfah
رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌa righteous mandescriptive compound
أَحَدَ عَشَرَelevenfixed compound
بَعْلَبَكُّBaalbekblended compound