LessonsNoun Case Classes: Type 1 (Ḍamma, Fatḥa, Kasra)Quiz

مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ.
Translation: I passed by Zayd.

Grammatical analysis
مَرَرْتُ: past-tense verb; تُ is the subject pronoun.
بِـ: preposition (ḥarf jarr).
زَيْدٍ: genitive noun with a visible kasra.

The preposition بِـ governs the genitive here. Compare the same noun in its three forms: زَيْدٌ ← زَيْدًا ← زَيْدٍ.

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Zayd after a Preposition

Noun Case Classes: Type 1 (Ḍamma, Fatḥa, Kasra)

مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ.
Translation: I passed by Zayd.

Grammatical analysis
مَرَرْتُ: past-tense verb; تُ is the subject pronoun.
بِـ: preposition (ḥarf jarr).
زَيْدٍ: genitive noun with a visible kasra.

The preposition بِـ governs the genitive here. Compare the same noun in its three forms: زَيْدٌ ← زَيْدًا ← زَيْدٍ.