لغة الضاد
Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “the language of the ḍād” (ض), based on the widespread belief among Arabs that the sound it stands for, originally /ɮˤ/, later merging with /ðˤ/ in spoken dialects and artificially preserved as /dˤ/ in Modern Standard Arabic, is unique to Arabic and found in no other language.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]لُغَة الضَّاد • (luḡat aḍ-ḍād) f (poetic)
- Arabic (language)
Declension
[edit]| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | لُغَة الضَّاد luḡat aḍ-ḍād |
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| nominative | — | لُغَةُ الضَّادِ luḡatu ḍ-ḍādi |
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| accusative | — | لُغَةَ الضَّادِ luḡata ḍ-ḍādi |
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| genitive | — | لُغَةِ الضَّادِ luḡati ḍ-ḍādi |
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