Arabic Grammar: Key points Murakkab Jari and Izafi

​Search for a Noun in Case Sign Jarr.

​​Step 1:

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​Look at the word behind the Noun in Jarr. Always LOOK BACK!!

​​Step 2: Look Back!

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​If you find a Harf Jarr behind the Noun in Jarr you have found and identified a Murakkab Jari.

​​Step 3:

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​How to identify Murakkab Izafi

​Murakkab Jari = Noun in Jarr + Harf Jarr

​Noun in Jarr

​Harf Jarr

​Key Points for Murakkab Izafi

​When a Noun is identified by its relationship with another Noun.

-The 1st Noun has NO al and NO Tanween. It is known as Possessed*.

-It needs the existence of a second noun which must be in Jarr.

-The 2nd Noun has to be in Case Sign Jarr and is known as the Possessor. It is the owner of the first noun.

*A possessed noun has no existence of its own. It cannot exist by itself.​

​Murakkab Izafi = Noun in Jarr(possessor) + Possessed Noun

​Search for a Noun in Case Sign Jarr.

​​Step 1:

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​Look at the word behind the Noun in Jarr. Always LOOK BACK to find the reason for the Case Sign.

​​Step 2: Look Back!

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​If you find a Noun with no Al and no Tanween behind the Noun in Jarr, you have found and identified a Murakkab Izafi.

​​Step 3:

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​Key Points for Murakkab Izafi

​Murakkab Izafi = Noun in Jarr (possesser)+ Possessed Noun (no Al, no Tanween)

​Noun in Jarr

​Possessed Noun

Multiple Choice

When analyzing a noun, the options for the capacity* of the Noun are:

*Capacity is the 4th detail in analysis

• C/Pr

• C/Pr/Psr

• C/Pr/Psd

• S/Pl

Multiple Choice

A Noun that is a Possessor in Murakkab Izafi

• has no Al and no Tanween

• is always in Jarr

• Is always Proper

• Is always Common

Multiple Choice

In a Murakkab Jari there is a _______ before the Noun in Jarr

• A Possessor

• A Possessed Noun

• A Harf Jarr

• A noun with no Al and no Tanween

Multiple Choice

To identify a Murakkab Izafi we always first search for

• a Harf Jarr

• a Possessed Noun

• a Noun in Jarr

Multiple Choice

If we look behind a Noun in Jarr and find a noun with no al and no tanween we have found a

• Harf Jarr

• Murakkab Jari

• Murakkab Izafi

Multiple Choice

To identify a Murakkab Jari we always first search for

• a Harf Jarr

• a Possessed Noun

• a Noun in Jarr

Multiple Choice

In a Murakkab Izafi the Noun in Jarr is called a

• Possessed Noun

• Possessor

• Harf Jarr