LessonsThe indeclinable noun: definition, rule and eight classesQuiz

جَاءَ زَيْدٌ: jāʾa is past tense; Zayd is fāʿil, nominative by ḍamma.

رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا: raʾaytu is past tense with -tu as its subject; Zayd is a direct object, accusative by fatḥa.

مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ: marartu is verb and subject; bi- is a preposition; Zayd is genitive by kasra.

A pause-ending does not remove a noun’s capacity for iʿrāb.

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Parsing Zayd in all three cases

The indeclinable noun: definition, rule and eight classes

جَاءَ زَيْدٌ: jāʾa is past tense; Zayd is fāʿil, nominative by ḍamma.

رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا: raʾaytu is past tense with -tu as its subject; Zayd is a direct object, accusative by fatḥa.

مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ: marartu is verb and subject; bi- is a preposition; Zayd is genitive by kasra.

A pause-ending does not remove a noun’s capacity for iʿrāb.