An introduction to the Anvari Soohyly of Hussein Vāiz Kāshify / By Charles Stewart.

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1821
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    [ 16 ] ARABIC NOUNS. The Persian short vowels Zubber, Zere, and Peish, are called in Arabic Futhu, Kusr, and Zum; when two of these are doubled above a letter ^5 it is then denomi- nated Tunwin and gives the sound of n to the letter. The first marks the Nomi- native Singular, the second the Genitive, and the third the Accusative of Nouns. Example of a regular Noun. o' Land. Plural. Dual. Sin^lar. Case. V -Nominative. Genitive. Ditto. Ditto. i >0 i\ Accusative. Example ef a regular Adjective. Red. jAS>A\ Nominative Genitive. Ditto. Ditto. -/ Accusative. The Adjective (in general) follows the Substantive, and must agree with it in gender, case, and number. When two Nouns come together, the first is in the Nominative, the second in the Genitive, unless governed by a preposition. The verb is usually the first word in the Arabic sentence. * If the Noun had been an Irregular Plural, the Adjective would have been S'i or See Lumsden’s Arabic Grammar, page 514, and Richardson's Grammar, page 35.