LessonsNoun Case Class 7 — Maqṣūr and Nouns with Possessive YāʾQuiz

جَاءَنِي الْعَصَا وَغُلَامِي: The stick and my servant came to me.

وَ: coordinating conjunction.
غُلَامِي: coordinated with الْعَصَا; hence nominative with estimated ḍamma on mīm, hidden because that position bears the kasra required before possessive yāʾ.
غُلَامِ: noun in an iḍāfa; ي: possessive pronoun, in the genitive position.

Remember: The kasra on mīm does not turn the subject into a genitive noun.

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Original Example 1: Coordinated Noun

Noun Case Class 7 — Maqṣūr and Nouns with Possessive Yāʾ

جَاءَنِي الْعَصَا وَغُلَامِي: The stick and my servant came to me.

وَ: coordinating conjunction.
غُلَامِي: coordinated with الْعَصَا; hence nominative with estimated ḍamma on mīm, hidden because that position bears the kasra required before possessive yāʾ.
غُلَامِ: noun in an iḍāfa; ي: possessive pronoun, in the genitive position.

Remember: The kasra on mīm does not turn the subject into a genitive noun.