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Showing posts with label Idafa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idafa. Show all posts

The Mudaaf & Mudaaf Ilayhi (مضاف + مضاف اليه)

30 SECOND OVERVIEW:
Possessed & Possessor*
  • The word Mudaaf comes from 'idaafa' (اضافه), Arabic for explaining the relationship between words.
  • A Mudaaf-Mudaaf Ilayhi phrase therefore explains whom or what owns/possesses the thing which is being owned.
  • Quick overview: Mudaaf means 'possessed', Mudaaf Ilayhi means 'possessor over it/of the Mudaaf'.
  • Both of these parts are always nouns. They are never verbs.
  • Coincidentally, 'izafa' is used in the Urdu language, which means to increase or enhance.

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