Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 10, Grammar (النحو) — Page 137

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أُسْلُوبُ الِاخْتِصَاصِ: أُسْلُوبٌ يُذْكَرُ فِيهِ اسْمٌ ظَاهِرٌ بَعْدَ ضَمِيرِ الْمُتَكَلِّمِ غَالِبًا مُفْرَدًا أَوْ جَمْعًا لِبَيَانِ الْمَقْصُودِ، مِثْلُ: أَنَا - الْجُنْدِيُّ - أَحْمِي الْوَطَنَ، وَنَحْنُ - بَنَاتِ الْعَرَبِ - شَرِيكَاتُ الرِّجَالِ.

The style of specification (Ikhtisas): A construction where an explicit noun follows a first-person pronoun—singular or plural—to clarify the intended meaning. Examples include: 'I—the soldier—protect the homeland,' and 'We—the daughters of the Arabs—are partners to men.'

وَقَدْ يَكُونُ الضَّمِيرُ لِلْمُخَاطَبِ - قَلِيلًا - مِثْلُ: بِكُمْ - مَعْشَرَ الْمُعَلِّمِينَ - تَنْهَضُ الْبِلَادُ، وَيَمْتَنِعُ ضَمِيرُ الْغَائِبِ.

Rarely, the pronoun may be in the second person, such as: 'Through you—O community of teachers—the country rises.' Third-person pronouns are not used in this construction.

وَيُسَمَّى الِاسْمُ الظَّاهِرُ الَّذِي يُبَيِّنُ الْمَقْصُودَ مِنَ الضَّمِيرِ (مُخْتَصًّا) وَيَكُونُ مُعَرَّفًا بِـ (أَلْ) أَوْ بِالْإِضَافَةِ وَيُعْرَبُ مَفْعُولًا بِهِ لِفِعْلٍ مَحْذُوفٍ وُجُوبًا تَقْدِيرُهُ (أَخُصُّ).

The explicit noun that clarifies the pronoun is called the 'Mukhtass.' It must be definite, either by the article 'al-' or by genitive construction (idafa), and it functions grammatically as the object of an implicitly omitted verb, understood as 'I specify.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (13 verbs · 43 nouns)

• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• حَمَى — to protect
• كَانَ — to be
• أُسْلُوبٌ — style
• اخْتِصَاصٌ — specification
• اسْمٌ — noun