additional grammatical endings - case note
There are additional grammatical endings in Quranic, Classical and formal Standard Arabic.
- these endings represent the case of the noun ( nominative, accusative or genitive) and whether is it definite or indefinite
- the endings change depending on the function of the noun in that sentence
Isolated nouns are usually shown with a neutral tanwin, displaying that they are indefinite for e.g. Waladun.
- if a noun ends in ta marbuta, the t is pronnounced before the tanwin. for example sayyaratun
Note. Tanwin is not added to foreign loan words, for example intarnat (internet).
al case note
When a noun is made definite the neutral ( nominative) case ending above the final letter becomes a dhamma.