Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 10, Semester 2 — Page 129

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

فَائِدَةٌ لُغَوِيَّةٌ.

A linguistic note.

تُفِيدُ (يَاءُ النَّسَبِ) الدَّاخِلَةُ عَلَى الِاسْمِ أَنَّ شَيْئاً قَدْ نُسِبَ لِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ، فَقَدْ نَنْسُبُهُ إِلَى الْجِنْسِ، مِثْلَ: تُرْك: تُرْكِيٌّ.

The 'ya of attribution' added to a noun indicates that something is being linked to that noun. We may attribute it to a race, for example: Turk: Turkish.

أَوْ الْوَطَنِ مِثْلَ: أُرْدُنّ: أُرْدُنِّيٌّ، أَوْ الْحِرْفَةِ، مِثْلَ: زِرَاعَة: زِرَاعِيٌّ، أَوْ الْمَكَانِ، مِثْلَ: تِهَامَة: تِهَامِيٌّ.

Or to a homeland, such as: Jordan: Jordanian; or to a profession, such as: agriculture: agricultural; or to a place, such as: Tihama: Tihami.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (6 verbs · 54 nouns)

• أَفَادَ — to benefit
• نَسَبَ — to attribute
• وَضَعَ — to place
• فَائِدَة — benefit
• لُغَوِيٌّ — linguistic
• يَاء — ya letter