LessonsNoun Case Class 8 — The Manqūṣ NounQuiz

جَاءَ قَاضٍ
Translation: A judge came.

جَاءَ: past verb, built on fatḥa.
قَاضٍ: nominative subject; its underlying yāʾ has an estimated ḍamma, and the yāʾ is dropped in this indefinite form.

Exam point: Do not mistake kasra tanwīn for genitive here; the noun is the subject. This is a supplementary example.

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Supplementary Example: Nominative Indefinite

Noun Case Class 8 — The Manqūṣ Noun

جَاءَ قَاضٍ
Translation: A judge came.

جَاءَ: past verb, built on fatḥa.
قَاضٍ: nominative subject; its underlying yāʾ has an estimated ḍamma, and the yāʾ is dropped in this indefinite form.

Exam point: Do not mistake kasra tanwīn for genitive here; the noun is the subject. This is a supplementary example.