Madinah Arabic Book 3 — Page 284

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

«جُرْج» وَ «بَلْخُ» كِلَاهُمَا أَعْجَمِيَّانِ، وَثُلَاثِيَّانِ سَاكِنَا الْوَسَطِ.

Jurj and Balkh are both non-Arabic and triliteral with a quiescent middle.

فَلِمَ انْصَرَفَ الْأَوَّلُ، وَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفِ الْآخَرُ؟

So why was the first one declined (fully), and the other was not?

أَيُّ عَلَمٍ يَجُوزُ صَرْفُهُ وَمَنْعُهُ؟

Which proper noun is allowed to be both fully declined and partially declined?

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Vocabulary · المفردات (3 verbs · 13 nouns)

• اِنْصَرَفَ — to be triptote
• جَازَ — to become permissible
• مَنَعَ — to prevent
• أَعْجَمِيٌّ — non-Arabic
• ثُلَاثِيٌّ — triliteral
• سَاكِن — quiescent