A muʿrab noun can change its ending with the governing context: Zaydun / Zaydan / Zaydin.
An inherently mabnī noun keeps its built form across contexts: hāʾulāʾi.
Case position (maḥall) is its syntactic role even when the ending does not vary.
Recall all eight categories; the book next begins a detailed treatment of pronouns.
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The indeclinable noun: definition, rule and eight classes
A muʿrab noun can change its ending with the governing context: Zaydun / Zaydan / Zaydin.
An inherently mabnī noun keeps its built form across contexts: hāʾulāʾi.
Case position (maḥall) is its syntactic role even when the ending does not vary.
Recall all eight categories; the book next begins a detailed treatment of pronouns.