Sharh Ibn Aqil on Alfiyyat Ibn Malik — Volume 3 (شرح ابن عقيل على ألفية ابن مالك) — Page 259

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَانْوِ انْضِمَامَ مَا بَنَوْا قَبْلَ النِّدَا وَلْيُجْرَ مُجْرَى ذِي بِنَاءٍ جُدِّدَا.

Assume a damma for nouns already indeclinable before the vocative particle, treating them as if their indeclinability were newly acquired.

أَيْ: إِذَا كَانَ الِاسْمُ الْمُنَادَى مَبْنِيًّا قَبْلَ النِّدَاءِ قُدِّرَ - بَعْدَ النِّدَاءِ - بِنَاؤُهُ عَلَى الضَّمِّ،

This means that if a noun was already indeclinable before being used as a vocative, it is treated as having an implied damma once the vocative particle is added.

وَيُجْرَى مَجْرَى مَا تَجَدَّدَ بِنَاؤُهُ بِالنِّدَاءِ كَزَيْدٍ:

It follows the same rules as a noun whose indeclinability is newly established by the vocative, such as Zayd.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (13 verbs · 21 nouns)

• نَوَى — to intend
• بَنَى — to build
• جَرَى — to flow
• انْضِمَام — joining
• نِدَاء — call
• مَجْرَى — course