Reading from Ibn Aqil’s commentary (may Allah have mercy on him), with the Shaykh’s annotations: " .
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The reader: In the name of Allah.
He said -may Allah have mercy on him- : " The diminutive " .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader : " fa'ila, make the trilateral when *** you diminish it, like qathay in qatha
fa'i'il with fa'i'il for what *** exceeds, like making a dirham into dirayma "
The Shaykh : Like making a dirham
The reader : " Like making a dirham into dirayma:
When a settled noun is diminished, its first letter is made a damma, its second letter is opened, and a sukun yaa is added after the second letter, and this is sufficient if the noun is trilateral, so you say: for fils, faylis " .
The Shaykh : So you say for fils .
The reader : " So you say for fils, faylis, and for qatha, qatha, and if it is quadrilateral or more " .
The Shaykh : Fine, what is a settled noun? The author says: If it is a settled noun, if you diminish a settled noun?
The reader: It is the one that is inflected, not prevented from inflection.
The Shaykh : Yes, the inflected one is called settled, and the one not prevented from inflection is called settled, more settled, yes.
The reader : " And if it is quadrilateral or more, that is done to it " .
The Shaykh : Do you have the rules of diminution?
The reader: Huh?
The Shaykh : The rules of diminution at the bottom?
The reader: Yes, shall we read them?
The Shaykh : Yes, let's read them.
He said -may Allah have mercy on him- : " The diminutive " .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader : " fa'ila, make the trilateral when *** you diminish it, like qathay in qatha
fa'i'il with fa'i'il for what *** exceeds, like making a dirham into dirayma "
The Shaykh : Like making a dirham
The reader : " Like making a dirham into dirayma:
When a settled noun is diminished, its first letter is made a damma, its second letter is opened, and a sukun yaa is added after the second letter, and this is sufficient if the noun is trilateral, so you say: for fils, faylis " .
The Shaykh : So you say for fils .
The reader : " So you say for fils, faylis, and for qatha, qatha, and if it is quadrilateral or more " .
The Shaykh : Fine, what is a settled noun? The author says: If it is a settled noun, if you diminish a settled noun?
The reader: It is the one that is inflected, not prevented from inflection.
The Shaykh : Yes, the inflected one is called settled, and the one not prevented from inflection is called settled, more settled, yes.
The reader : " And if it is quadrilateral or more, that is done to it " .
The Shaykh : Do you have the rules of diminution?
The reader: Huh?
The Shaykh : The rules of diminution at the bottom?
The reader: Yes, shall we read them?
The Shaykh : Yes, let's read them.