Word Types

Ism: a naming word

اِسْمism - noun or naming word

Ism is a naming word in Arabic grammar. Learn why ism matters for sentences, phrases, and i'rab.

Simple explanation

اِسْم (ism) is a word that names something. It may name a person, place, thing, quality, idea, or pronoun.

An ism has key properties: definiteness, gender, number, and i'rab. These properties explain why the same word may appear in different forms or roles.

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