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Since Arabic lacks a verb meaning "to have", constructions using li-, ‘inda, and ma‘a with the pronominal suffixes are used to describe possession. For example: عنده بيت (ʿindahu bayt) – literally: At him (is) a house. → He has a house. For the negation of Arabic verbs, see Negation in Arabic.
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the new book of the teacher OR the book of the new teacher: The adjective is definite, because the Iḍāfah is definite. Both meanings are possible, to avoid confusion the preposition -la can be used to split the Iḍāfah. الكتاب الجديد للإستاذ: le-ktāb le-jdīd l-il-ʾistāz: the new book of the teacher: Split Iḍāfah
Martyr (The same term is used in Islamic terminology for the "martyrs of Islam", but the meaning is different) literal meaning of the word shahid is "witness" i.e. witness of god/believer in God. Sim‘ānu l-Ghayūr (سِمْعَانُ الْغَيُور) Simon the Zealot Sim‘ānu Butrus (سِمْعَانُ بطرس) Simon Peter
Compound formation in Arabic represents a linguistic occurrence whereby two or more lexemes merge to create a singular word conveying a particular significance. This process of compounding is a fundamental aspect of Arabic morphology and plays a crucial role in lexical expansion and semantic enrichment.
Arabic nouns and adjectives are declined according to case, state, gender and number. While this is strictly true in Classical Arabic, in colloquial or spoken Arabic, there are a number of simplifications such as loss of certain final vowels and loss of case. A number of derivational processes exist for forming new nouns and adjectives.
Yemeni Arabic is used for daily communications and has no official status; Modern Standard Arabic is used for official purposes, education, commerce and media. Non-Arabic South Semitic languages indigenous to the region include several Modern South Arabian languages , such as the Mehri and Soqotri languages , which are members of an independent ...
Since, throughout the Islamic world, Arabic occupied a position similar to that of Latin in Europe, many of the Arabic concepts in the fields of science, philosophy, commerce, etc. were coined from Arabic roots by non-native Arabic speakers, notably by Aramaic and Persian translators, and then found their way into other languages.