Section 6 - Declinable and Indeclinable Words

Question 1

What is the definition of a معرب (declinable) word?

Answer 1

That word whose ending varies with the varying of عوامل (syntactic operators)

Question 2

What is the definition of a مبنى (indeclinable) word?

Answer 2

That word whose ending DOES NOT vary with the varying of عوامل (syntactic operators)

Question 3

Which 3 examples of معرب (declinable) words does the author use?

Answer 3

The first example is زيد in جاءني زيدٌ (Zayd came to me).

The second example is رئيت زيدً (I saw Zayd).

The third example is مررت بزيدٍ (I passed by Zayd).

Question 4

Explain what is happening in the example جائني زيدٌ

Answer 4

Here جاء is the عامل (syntactic operator). And زيدٌ is the معرب (declinable) word.

The ُ (dhamma) is the إعراب (declension); and د is the place of إعراب.

Question 5

Mention the example of the مبنى (indeclinable) word the author uses and state what he says about it?

Answer 5

The example is هٰؤُلَاء (these) which remains the same in the رفع (nominative), نصب (accusative) and جر (genitive) cases.