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.