اِسْم إِشَارَة
ism ishara
Demonstrative noun
Nahw · syntaxWord classcore term1,060+ in the Qur'an
Also written: Ism al-isharah · Hadha and Dhalika · Pointing words
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Demonstrative noun
Classical definition
اسْمُ الإِشَارَةِ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى مُعَيَّنٍ بِالإِشَارَةِ إِلَيْهِ، كَذَا وَذِهِ وَأُولَاءِ.
(الألفية)
What it is

Demonstratives are the pointing words — هَذَا (this), ذَلِكَ (that), هَؤُلَاءِ (these) — used to indicate something near or far. In Arabic they are nouns in their own right and are mabni (their ending never changes), and they agree in gender and number with whatever they point to.

Related terms
حَرْف (نَوْع الْكَلِمَة) · harf (naw' al-kalima) فِعْل (نَوْع الْكَلِمَة) · fi'l (naw' al-kalima) اِسْم (نَوْع الْكَلِمَة) · ism (naw' al-kalima) اِسْم مَوْصُول · ism mawsul
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From the free course The Language of Quran — Easier than English (Book 1) (LoQ1), taught by Ustad Muhammad Arjan Ali.

▶ L12-P1 · Demonstrative Pronouns and the Demonstrative Phrase ▶ L12-P2 · Demonstratives — I'rab, Idafa, and the Jumla Ismiyya ▶ L12-P3 · Demonstratives in the Quran — Quranic Examples
Domain: Nahw · Category: Word class · Frequency in the Qur'an: 1,060 · Source: الألفية, cross-checked against the Quranic corpus · Reviewed by Ustad M. Arjan Ali