Kināyāt include indirect words for persons, things, or quantities.
Teaching example: كَمْ كِتَابًا قَرَأْتَ؟ — How many books did you read?
Kam: interrogative noun built on sukūn, in accusative position as fronted object; kitāban: accusative specification; qaraʾta: past verb with -ta as subject.
The book here names the category; full treatment follows elsewhere.
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The indeclinable noun: definition, rule and eight classes
Kināyāt include indirect words for persons, things, or quantities.
Teaching example: كَمْ كِتَابًا قَرَأْتَ؟ — How many books did you read?
Kam: interrogative noun built on sukūn, in accusative position as fronted object; kitāban: accusative specification; qaraʾta: past verb with -ta as subject.
The book here names the category; full treatment follows elsewhere.