Why did the letter kaf, which is specific to nouns, enter the verb "yad'u" in Ibn Malik's statement, "... like yad'u yarmī"?
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The questioner : ... it is estimated to be like this.
The Shaykh : No, the scholars have two grammatical analyses for this. The first analysis is what we mentioned a moment ago, and the second analysis is that it is the object of a deleted verb of saying, and the estimation is like saying: "He says: 'yad'u'."
The questioner : In the first analysis, "yad'u" is a noun.
The Shaykh : It is a noun because what is intended by it is the word, meaning like this noun.
The questioner : But we said "yad'u" is a noun ... it is a verb.
The Shaykh : It is a noun in terms of its form; we do not say it is a verb; we do not say "yad'u" is a present-tense verb ... the kaf; we say "yad'u" is a noun in the genitive case with the kaf, prevented from appearing by the recitation, or rather, it is in the genitive case with a hidden kasrah on its end, prevented from appearing by the recitation, yes.
The Shaykh : No, the scholars have two grammatical analyses for this. The first analysis is what we mentioned a moment ago, and the second analysis is that it is the object of a deleted verb of saying, and the estimation is like saying: "He says: 'yad'u'."
The questioner : In the first analysis, "yad'u" is a noun.
The Shaykh : It is a noun because what is intended by it is the word, meaning like this noun.
The questioner : But we said "yad'u" is a noun ... it is a verb.
The Shaykh : It is a noun in terms of its form; we do not say it is a verb; we do not say "yad'u" is a present-tense verb ... the kaf; we say "yad'u" is a noun in the genitive case with the kaf, prevented from appearing by the recitation, or rather, it is in the genitive case with a hidden kasrah on its end, prevented from appearing by the recitation, yes.