حَرْف
harf
Particle (harf) — indeclinable
Sarf · morphologyPart of speech (Sarf)core term17,398+ in the Qur'an
In one line
A particle — a word with meaning only in combination with others, and no case ending.
Classical definition
الحَرْفُ مَا لَا يَصْلُحُ مَعَهُ دَلِيلُ الاسْمِ وَلَا دَلِيلُ الفِعْلِ.
(الآجرّومية)
How to spot it
Recognition test
If a word takes neither noun-signs nor verb-signs, it is a harf — e.g. مِنْ، هَلْ، لَمْ.
Related terms
اِسْم · ism أَقْسَام الْكَلِمَة · aqsam al-kalima خَصَائِص الِاسْم الْأَرْبَع · khasa'is al-ism al-arba'
Domain: Sarf · Category: Part of speech (Sarf) · Frequency in the Qur'an: 17,398 · Source: الآجرّومية, cross-checked against the Quranic corpus · Reviewed by Ustad M. Arjan Ali