LessonsMunṣarif and Ghayr Munṣarif — Definitions, Causes and ParsingQuiz

أَحْمَدُ and أَحْمَدَ show that Aḥmad has different inflected forms.

جَاءَ أَحْمَدُ: Aḥmad is the nominative subject.
رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَ: Aḥmad is the accusative object.
مَرَرْتُ بِأَحْمَدَ: Aḥmad is genitive but marked with fatḥa.

Unlike an indeclinable noun, a diptote responds to changes in syntactic government.

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A Diptote Is Not Indeclinable

Munṣarif and Ghayr Munṣarif — Definitions, Causes and Parsing

أَحْمَدُ and أَحْمَدَ show that Aḥmad has different inflected forms.

جَاءَ أَحْمَدُ: Aḥmad is the nominative subject.
رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَ: Aḥmad is the accusative object.
مَرَرْتُ بِأَحْمَدَ: Aḥmad is genitive but marked with fatḥa.

Unlike an indeclinable noun, a diptote responds to changes in syntactic government.