The book cites ذَا and compound numerals from 11 to 19.
هَذَا طَالِبٌ. — This is a student: hādhā is a demonstrative built on sukūn, in nominative position as subject.
جَاءَ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ طَالِبًا. — Eleven students came: aḥada ʿashara is built on fatḥa in both parts and acts as subject; ṭāliban is an accusative specification (tamyīz).
Teaching qualification: the first part of اثنا عشر follows dual declension, so it should not be forced into the same pattern.
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The indeclinable noun: definition, rule and eight classes
The book cites ذَا and compound numerals from 11 to 19.
هَذَا طَالِبٌ. — This is a student: hādhā is a demonstrative built on sukūn, in nominative position as subject.
جَاءَ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ طَالِبًا. — Eleven students came: aḥada ʿashara is built on fatḥa in both parts and acts as subject; ṭāliban is an accusative specification (tamyīz).
Teaching qualification: the first part of اثنا عشر follows dual declension, so it should not be forced into the same pattern.