LessonsRestoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and IḍāfahQuiz

No. This is an important limit to the rule. مَسَاجِدُ (a terminal broken-plural pattern) and حَمْرَاءُ (a noun/adjective with the feminine extended alif) remain diptotes even when indefinite.

The restoration of full declension applies to the author’s specified name-dependent cases, not automatically to all indefinite nouns.

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Does every indefinite noun become triptote?

Restoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and Iḍāfah

No. This is an important limit to the rule. مَسَاجِدُ (a terminal broken-plural pattern) and حَمْرَاءُ (a noun/adjective with the feminine extended alif) remain diptotes even when indefinite.

The restoration of full declension applies to the author’s specified name-dependent cases, not automatically to all indefinite nouns.