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Lam Makes Mudaari’ Verbs Majzoom
By ArabicTree | December 9, 2008
First, what is majzoom? In Arabic grammar, there are four cases–marfoo’ (the default), which shows as damma; majruwr, which shows as kasra; and mansoob, which shows as fatha. (These are for the normal cases.) These three, you probably know; there’s a fourth case, called majzoom, which is when a word ends with sukoon.
Incidentally, Mudaari’ verbs can be marfoo (the default), mansoob (with particles like lan), and majzoom (with particles like lam). Lam (not laam, but lam: لم) is one particle that makes mudaari’ verbs majzoom!
The best and most well-known example of this is in Surah Al-Ikhlaas. Allah says:
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
[Surah Ikhlaas, verses 3-4]
You’ll notice in these two verses:
- Yalid is majzoom, because of lam!
- Yuwlad is majzoom, because of lam!
- Yakun is majzoom, because of lam!
And what does Lam mean? Allahu ‘alim what exactly it means; it’s some sort of particle of negation.
You can also see this in Surah Al-Kahf. Allah says:
Here, again, you see lam; and yaj’al is made majzoom because of lam!
That’s it! Easy, right? Alhamdulillah, the Qur’an is easy to comprehend.
Topics: Grammar, Intermediate | 2 Comments »
December 20th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
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August 20th, 2010 at 5:48 am
Excellent thanks,
May I add, the English for the following
(I haven’t seen it in your website yet – it maybe there somewhere)
marfoo’ (the default) = Nominative in English, which shows as damma;
majruwr, = Genitive in English which shows as kasra;
and mansoob,= Accusative in English which shows as fatha.
majzoom, = Jussive which is when a word ends with sukoon.
salaams, helps clear confusion.