Ibn Malik's statement, "And the alif replaces the ya in all of them": Is it not said that it replaces the fathah in the accusative and the kasrah in the genitive, because the alif is not original?
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The questioner : And the author's statement: "And the alif replaces the ya in all of them".
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : In the dual, "the alif replaces [it] in all of them".
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The alif does not replace the fathah in the accusative and the kasrah in the genitive.
The Shaykh : No, no.
The questioner : Because it is not original.
The Shaykh : Yes, because he specified it, saying: "nominative and accusative", meaning that if it is in the nominative, we use the alif, and if it is in the accusative or genitive, we use the ya. But the ya stands in for the fathah and the kasrah, and the alif stands in for
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : In the dual, "the alif replaces [it] in all of them".
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The alif does not replace the fathah in the accusative and the kasrah in the genitive.
The Shaykh : No, no.
The questioner : Because it is not original.
The Shaykh : Yes, because he specified it, saying: "nominative and accusative", meaning that if it is in the nominative, we use the alif, and if it is in the accusative or genitive, we use the ya. But the ya stands in for the fathah and the kasrah, and the alif stands in for