LessonsNoun Case Class 8 — The Manqūṣ NounQuiz

مَرَرْتُ بِقَاضٍ
Translation: I passed by a judge.

مَرَرْتُ: past verb with subject tāʾ.
بِـ: preposition; قَاضٍ: genitive noun with estimated kasra on its underlying yāʾ, which is omitted in the indefinite form.

Contrast: The same written form was nominative in جَاءَ قَاضٍ; the preposition makes it genitive here.

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Supplementary Example: Genitive Indefinite

Noun Case Class 8 — The Manqūṣ Noun

مَرَرْتُ بِقَاضٍ
Translation: I passed by a judge.

مَرَرْتُ: past verb with subject tāʾ.
بِـ: preposition; قَاضٍ: genitive noun with estimated kasra on its underlying yāʾ, which is omitted in the indefinite form.

Contrast: The same written form was nominative in جَاءَ قَاضٍ; the preposition makes it genitive here.