Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "Or it may be like two sons and two Zayds, so *** all of them, the ya after its opening, was emulated."
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The Shaykh :"Or it may be like two sons" "Or it may be like two sons and two Zayds"
"Two sons" is a dual or something annexed to the dual; the important point is that it is inflected like a dual. "Zayds" is a sound masculine plural. In this case, the letter before the ya is not broken (kashrah); the letter before the ya is not broken. What is done with it? It is made silent (sakinah). You say: "I sold my two slaves," "I sold my two slaves." Is the letter before the ya broken or silent?
The student: Silent.
The Shaykh : Silent, and "I passed by my two slaves," right?
The student: Silent.
The Shaykh : Silent, but "my two slaves" in the state of nominative, like "my two slaves came," the alif remains, becoming like a defective noun with an alif. Okay, he says: "and two Zayds", and what is "two Zayds"?
The student: A sound masculine plural.
The Shaykh : A sound masculine plural. If it is a sound masculine plural, then the letter before the ya is not broken; the letter before the ya is not broken, but rather it is made silent. So you say, for example: "I passed by," what did we do with the letter before the ya?
The student: We made the letter before the ya silent.
The Shaykh : We made it silent and did not break it. So, the letter before the ya must be broken except in three places: if it is defective, if it is a dual, and if it is a sound masculine plural. Also, regarding the ya, we mentioned a little while ago how many cases? Five cases. But here he says:
"so all of them, the ya after its opening, was emulated"
In these three issues, the ya remains open (fathah). In the three issues, you say: "This is my two Hady," and you do not say "my two Makkari" except at the end of a sentence. Therefore, he said: "all of them, the ya after its opening", meaning: after the alif or the ya.
"Two sons" is a dual or something annexed to the dual; the important point is that it is inflected like a dual. "Zayds" is a sound masculine plural. In this case, the letter before the ya is not broken (kashrah); the letter before the ya is not broken. What is done with it? It is made silent (sakinah). You say: "I sold my two slaves," "I sold my two slaves." Is the letter before the ya broken or silent?
The student: Silent.
The Shaykh : Silent, and "I passed by my two slaves," right?
The student: Silent.
The Shaykh : Silent, but "my two slaves" in the state of nominative, like "my two slaves came," the alif remains, becoming like a defective noun with an alif. Okay, he says: "and two Zayds", and what is "two Zayds"?
The student: A sound masculine plural.
The Shaykh : A sound masculine plural. If it is a sound masculine plural, then the letter before the ya is not broken; the letter before the ya is not broken, but rather it is made silent. So you say, for example: "I passed by," what did we do with the letter before the ya?
The student: We made the letter before the ya silent.
The Shaykh : We made it silent and did not break it. So, the letter before the ya must be broken except in three places: if it is defective, if it is a dual, and if it is a sound masculine plural. Also, regarding the ya, we mentioned a little while ago how many cases? Five cases. But here he says:
"so all of them, the ya after its opening, was emulated"
In these three issues, the ya remains open (fathah). In the three issues, you say: "This is my two Hady," and you do not say "my two Makkari" except at the end of a sentence. Therefore, he said: "all of them, the ya after its opening", meaning: after the alif or the ya.