Day2:

PART1
Onday1,wewereintroducedtostatusbeingdefinedbyendingsoundsandtwogroupsofendingcombinations(the
pairandtheplural).Yesterday,weaddedathirdgrouptothisscenario;thefemininepluralgroup.Inotherwordsthe
schemethatisinyournotesshouldbeasfollows:

PAIRGROUP:

AANIAYNIAYNIasin

PLURALGROUP:(masculine&morethan2)

OONAEENAEENAasin

FEMININEPLURALGROUP:(feminine&morethan2)

AATUNAATINAATINasin

PART2:Identifyingthestatusofwordsonpage7
Manuallynumbertheitemsonpage7andthenusethiskeytoreviewtheanswersandmeanings.Theseanswers
correspondtothewordsinblueonpage7:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

EndingCombination:
Endingsounds:

EndingCombination:
EndingCombinations:
EndingCombination(light):
EndingCombination:
EndingCombination:
EndingSound:

EndingSound:

EndingSound:

EndingCombination:
EndingCombination:
EndingCombination:
EndingCombination:
EndingSound:

EndingCombination:
EndingCombination:

Pair,NasborJarr;Twogroups
Jarr;Asingleperson
Plural,RafThehypocrites
Plural,NasborJarrthesubservientones
Plural,Feminine,NasborJarrTheDesires
Plural,RafTheWellGroundedOnes
Pair,NasborJarr;twofemales
Raf&Feminine;ADisbelievingWoman
Nasb&Feminine;Alessonwithawarning
Nasb(firstword)&Jarr(secondword);whilenotbeingofharm
Plural,Raf,Feminine;thesimilaronesorthevagueones
Plura,Raf,Feminine;miraculoussigns
Pair,Raf;Thosetwowho
Plural,Raf,Light(oonareducedtooo);thosewhowillmeet
Nasb(firstword),Jarr(nexttwowords);Thepunishmentofanenormousday
Pair,Raf;Thetwoarguers
Plural,Raf;Thosewhoignoredeliberately

Part3:NotesonLight&HeavyStatus

a. Normallyawordshouldbeheavyandwemusthaveareasonformakingitlight.
b. Allwordsonpage6areheavy(andsoareanywordsinArabicthathaveendingssimilartothewords
onpage6).Eachofthemcanbelightenedbyremovingtheextrasound.Thiscanbedoneintwo

ways.Firstly,ifyouseeadoubleaccentonwordssuchas or

,youcanlightenthemby

reducingthemtosingleaccentslike
and
.Secondly,youcanlightenawordbyremoving


theextrafromitsendingcombination.Incaseslike and
thelightversionswouldbe

and respectively.Forpractice,makesureyoucanidentifyeachwordonpages7&8as

eitherlightorheavy.
c. InclassItoldyouthattherearealtogetherfourmajorreasonsforanismtobelight.Immakingyou
responsibleforonlytwoofthosereasons(iandiibelow)thoughImmentioningallfourherejustfor
yourinformation.Justasaprecaution,Imcoloringitemsiiiandivinredsoyouknowthattheyarent
officiallyapartofthiscourse.
i.
Anismmustbelightifitispartlyflexible(thenameofaplaceorthenameofanonArab)
ii.
Aismmustbelightifitisamudhaf(somethingwewilllearnaboutsoon)
iii.

iv.

Aismmustbelight&nasbifitisbeingdeniedcategorically.(thinkofcaseslike or

etc.andrecalltheconversationwehadcomparingthesekindsofdenialwith and

etc.thatarentcategorical)
Anismmustbelightifitisbeingusedtocallsomeonesuchas
or or or

Part4:FlexibilityofStatus
Yournotesshouldlikethefollowing:
1. FullyFlexible/Normal(allwordsonpage6andanywordconsistentwiththeendingsonpage6)
2. NonFlexible(wordsthatshownochangeregardlessofR,NorJ.)Examples:

3. PartlyFlexible
Inclasswelimitedourdiscussiontotwokindsofpartlyflexibles;specificnamesofplaces&nonArabs.
Partlyflexiblehaveaslightlydifferentschemewhengoingfromraftonasbtojarr.

WhilearegularArabicwordlikewouldhavethescheme forRaf,forNasband forJarr,a

forRaf,
forNasband

partlyflexibleismlike
(nonArab)wouldhavethescheme

forJarr.Inotherwords,partlyflexibleismshavetobelightandcannevertakeaniorsound.Recallthat

lightnessmeansthatthewordcannothavedoubleaccentslikeunanorin,norcanitscombinationendwith
a.
4. InclassIsharedwithyouthatonlyfouroftheprophetsareArabsaccordingtoahadithoftheMessenger.
and
.Thesenameswillnotbeconsideredpartlyflexiblebecausetheyare
Thesefourare, ,

Arabs.AllothernamesofprophetsthereforewillbeassumednonArab.Thiseliminatestheguessinggamefor
you.OtherwiseyouwouldhavebeenleftinthedarkwonderingwhichnamesareArabintheQuranandwhich
arent.Herearesomerafnasb&jarrschemesforavarietyofwordsthatarefully,partlyandnonflexible.

fullyflexible

partlyflexiblebecausehesnotArab

partlyflexiblebecauseitsalocation

partlyflexiblebecauseitsalocation

partlyflexiblefortwopossiblereasons:itisanonArabwordoriginatingfromPersianand,of

courseitsalocation.

fullyflexiblebecauseitsaregularArabname
partlyflexiblebecausehesanonArab
nonflexibleeventhoughwewereexpectingpartlyflexiblebeingthathesnonArab.Itisnon
flexiblebecauseofthewayitsspelled.Itendswithanalifwhichcannotcarryanyaccents.
Sincethatisthecase,wearentabletomodifythewordatall.Thereforeitisthesameinraf,
nasborjarri.e.nonflexible.
sameexplanationas

5. TheException:PlacesorNonArabscanbetreatedasregularArabicwords,i.e.fullyflexiblesifthey
arespelledwiththreeletters.SoeventhoughthefollowingwordsarenonArabsandplaces,they
arentconsideredpartlyflexible.

Recallthat andarenotqualifiedbecausetheyarentactuallythreeletters(twosin and

twosinmakethemfourletterseach).Theirrafnasbjarrschemewillthereforebejustlikesome
ofthepartlyflexiblesillustratedinpoint4.

6. Point6isnotofficiallypartofthecourse.Itisbeingmentionedforyourinformationonly.Hereisa
thoroughlistofallthedifferentkindsofwordsthatareconsideredpartlyflexible(u,a,aforr,n,j
respectively)intheArabiclanguage:
Singularwordsthatendwithastretchedalif&hamza forinstance:

i.

ii.

iii.

Pluralsthathaveastretchedalifandhamzasuchas

Certainkindsofpluralsthathaveanalifinthemiddlesomewheresuchas

iv.

Anyparticularnameforamanorawomanthatendswithasuchas

v.

vi.

AnyparticularnameinArabicthatsoundslikeafil suchas

NonAraborPlacesspelledwithmorethanthreeletterssuchas

vii.

Anynamethatendswithsuchas

viii.

ix.

Anyadjectivethatendswithsuchas

Anycompoundnamethatisactuallymadeoftwowordsfusedtogethersuchas

x.

xi.

xii.

Anynamesthatareactuallythreelettershortenedversionsofabiggerwordsuchas

becomes

becomes

Anycomparative/superlativeadjectivesthatsoundlikeafilsuchas

Anismusedfornumericalpurposes;3each,4eachetc.

4each3each
5each

Part5:AnswersforSurahAlQareahswords

jarr,

raf,

jarr, jarr, jarr,

nasb,raf,jarr,

Raf,

jarr,raf,
raf,
raf