Explanation of the statement of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): The vocative added to the first-person singular pronoun.
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The Shaykh : Then the author said:
"The section on the vocative added to the first-person singular pronoun":
Regarding the vocative added to the first-person singular pronoun, we must mention what was previously discussed in the chapter on addition (idafah). The vocative added to the first-person singular pronoun: it was established for us in the chapter on addition that it is either sound in its ending or defective in its ending, or is it not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the defective one is opened with the yā', whether it is defective by alif or by yā', including the dual in the nominative case, and including the sound masculine plural in the nominative, accusative, or genitive case. Discussion of this has already been presented.
The yā' remains open, so you say: "O my slave boy" (yā ghulāmāya), and you say: "O my Muslim" (yā muslimīya). Why? I said "O my slave boy" (yā ghulāmāya) incorrectly; "O my youth" (yā fatāya), this is the intended meaning, "O my youth" (yā fatāya).
As for when you call out to your two slave boys, what do you say about them? You say: "O my two slave boys" (yā ghulāmāya), if you specify them, because it becomes an intended indefinite noun and is built on alif. Yes, but if it is sound in its ending, the author says: there are multiple dialects (lughat) in it.
"The section on the vocative added to the first-person singular pronoun":
Regarding the vocative added to the first-person singular pronoun, we must mention what was previously discussed in the chapter on addition (idafah). The vocative added to the first-person singular pronoun: it was established for us in the chapter on addition that it is either sound in its ending or defective in its ending, or is it not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the defective one is opened with the yā', whether it is defective by alif or by yā', including the dual in the nominative case, and including the sound masculine plural in the nominative, accusative, or genitive case. Discussion of this has already been presented.
The yā' remains open, so you say: "O my slave boy" (yā ghulāmāya), and you say: "O my Muslim" (yā muslimīya). Why? I said "O my slave boy" (yā ghulāmāya) incorrectly; "O my youth" (yā fatāya), this is the intended meaning, "O my youth" (yā fatāya).
As for when you call out to your two slave boys, what do you say about them? You say: "O my two slave boys" (yā ghulāmāya), if you specify them, because it becomes an intended indefinite noun and is built on alif. Yes, but if it is sound in its ending, the author says: there are multiple dialects (lughat) in it.