LessonsRestoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and IḍāfahQuiz

تَقُولُ: «جَاءَنِي طَلْحَةُ وَطَلْحَةٌ آخَرُ».
Translation: “Ṭalḥah came to me, and another Ṭalḥah came.”

The first طَلْحَةُ is used as a particular person’s proper name; the second طَلْحَةٌ is used indefinitely for another person of that name and so accepts tanwīn.

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The source example: Ṭalḥah

Restoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and Iḍāfah

تَقُولُ: «جَاءَنِي طَلْحَةُ وَطَلْحَةٌ آخَرُ».
Translation: “Ṭalḥah came to me, and another Ṭalḥah came.”

The first طَلْحَةُ is used as a particular person’s proper name; the second طَلْحَةٌ is used indefinitely for another person of that name and so accepts tanwīn.