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

وَمَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ وَدَلْوٍ وَظَبْيٍ وَرِجَالٍ.
Translation: “And I passed by Zayd, a bucket, a gazelle, and some men.”

Grammatical analysis
مَرَرْتُ: past-tense verb with subject pronoun تُ.
بِـ: preposition.
زَيْدٍ: genitive noun with kasra.
وَدَلْوٍ، وَظَبْيٍ، وَرِجَالٍ: coordinated nouns following the genitive case of Zayd.

The genitive governor بِـ applies to the whole coordinated phrase; the following nouns share that grammatical case.

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The Book’s Genitive Example

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

وَمَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ وَدَلْوٍ وَظَبْيٍ وَرِجَالٍ.
Translation: “And I passed by Zayd, a bucket, a gazelle, and some men.”

Grammatical analysis
مَرَرْتُ: past-tense verb with subject pronoun تُ.
بِـ: preposition.
زَيْدٍ: genitive noun with kasra.
وَدَلْوٍ، وَظَبْيٍ، وَرِجَالٍ: coordinated nouns following the genitive case of Zayd.

The genitive governor بِـ applies to the whole coordinated phrase; the following nouns share that grammatical case.