Grammar term · Nahw · syntax
اِسْم (نَوْع الْكَلِمَة)
ism (naw' al-kalima)
Noun (ism) — word class tag
Nahw · syntaxWord classcore term17,807+ in the Qur'an
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The word-class tag for naming words — anything that is not a verb and not a particle is an ism.
Classical definition
الِاسْمُ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى مَعْنًى فِي نَفْسِهِ غَيْرَ مُقْتَرِنٍ بِأَحَدِ الْأَزْمِنَةِ الثَّلَاثَةِ.
“A noun is that which points to a meaning in itself, not linked to any of the three times (past, present or future).”
(قطر الندى لابن هشام)
Understand it
ILMHUB lesson notes tag every word ISM, FIL or HARF, and this entry is the ISM tag. It covers nouns, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs alike. The main ism entry, linked below, walks through the definition word by word, the recognition tests, and the four properties every ism carries.
How to spot it
Recognition test
Takes ال, tanwin, jarr after a preposition, or serves as mudaf — any one sign is enough: tag it ISM.
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