ضَمِير مُنْفَصِل
damir munfasil
Detached pronoun
Nahw · syntaxPronoun typecore term1,201+ in the Qur'an
Also written: Damir · Dameer · Damaa'ir · Pronouns
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Detached pronoun
Classical definition
الضَّمِيرُ المُنْفَصِلُ مَا يُبْتَدَأُ بِهِ وَيَقَعُ بَعْدَ إِلَّا، كَأَنَا وَنَحْنُ وَإِيَّاكَ.
(الألفية)
What it is
A detached pronoun stands on its own — هُوَ (he), هِيَ (she), أَنَا (I), نَحْنُ (we) — the fourteen subject pronouns of Arabic. Unlike the attached pronouns, these begin a word and often open a nominal sentence, telling you at once who is being spoken about.
Related terms
ضَمِير مُتَّصِل · damir muttasil
ضَمِير مُسْتَتِر · damir mustatir
ضَمِير الْفَصْل · damir al-fasl
ضَمِير الشَّأْن · damir al-sha'n
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