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The Genitive case

The Genitive case

The Genitive case affects a noun only in two instances. It is indicated by:

  • the vowel endings ــٍـ or ــِـ
  • ينَ for sound masculine plural
  • ينِ for dual
A noun is in the genitive case in two instances:
  1. after a preposition
  2. as the 2nd noun in the possessive construct

See examples below, in respective order.

  1. في الفصلِ
  2. باب الفصلِ، كتاب الطالبِ

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Contents

Nominal sentence
Predicate
Definite
Case: Nominative
Case: Genitive
Case: Accusative
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