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Prepositions & Case Endings

Prepositions, the genitive, and the system of case endings (i'rab).
الأَسْمَاء الخَمْسَة
the five nouns
al-asmaa' al-khamsa
Show their case with long vowels
أَبُو / أَخُو
father / brother (nom)
abuu / akhuu
Nominative of the five nouns, with waw
أَبَا / أَخَا
father / brother (acc)
abaa / akhaa
Accusative, with alif
أَبِي / أَخِي
father / brother (gen)
abii / akhii
Genitive, with ya
المُثَنَّى
the dual
al-muthannaa
-aani in the nominative, -ayni otherwise
جَمْعُ المُذَكَّرِ السَّالِم
sound masculine plural
jam' al-mudhakkar as-saalim
-uuna nominative, -iina otherwise
المَمْنُوع مِنَ الصَّرْف
the diptote
al-mamnuu' min as-sarf
Takes fatha in the genitive and no tanwin
الاِسْمُ المَقْصُور
the shortened noun
al-ism al-maqsuur
Case endings hidden on the final alif
الاِسْمُ المَنْقُوص
the deficient noun
al-ism al-manquus
Case partly hidden on the final ya
البِنَاء
invariability
al-binaa'
Some words never change their ending