Explanation of the saying of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And the marker of the dual, omit it for the genitive *** and likewise in the plural of soundness, it is obligatory."
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The Shaykh :"And the marker of the dual, omit it for the genitive *** and likewise in the plural of soundness, it is obligatory"
"Marker" means: sign. The sign of the dual is omitted when you form a genitive. So if you form a genitive from a dual, it is obligatory to omit the sign of the dual. Zaydan?
The student: Zaydi.
The Shaykh : We say in the genitive to it: Zaydi, we omit the alif and the nun. Bahrayn?
The student: Bahri.
The Shaykh : Bahri, we say Bahri in it, and we do not say Bahrayni or Bahrani, but rather we say?
The student: Bahri.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : How?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Strange, this is a specific genitive, well, in any case.
The student: Bahrayn ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the dual, we remove the sign of the dual, and the sign of the dual is the alif and the nun, or the yaa and the nun. So we say in the genitive to the dual al-Zaydan, we say al-Zaydi, and we say in Bahrayn? Bahri, we do not say Bahran because it is obligatory to omit the sign of the dual:
"And the marker of the dual, omit it for the genitive"
And there is disagreement in this issue; some hold that you keep it and say Bahrani and Bahrayni when you form a genitive from the nominative. He said:
"and likewise in the plural of soundness, it is obligatory"
What does "likewise" mean? The omission of the marker in the plural of soundness is obligatory. For example, Muslims, we form a genitive to it and say: Muslimi, and we do not say: Muslimawi, yes, is that not so?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, Muslimat?
The student: Muslimi.
The Shaykh : Muslimi, trees?
The student: Shajari.
The Shaykh : Shajari, and so on. So the marker of the plural and the marker of the dual must?
The student: It is deleted.
The Shaykh : be removed, it is omitted because it is on the assumption of being detached, since it is a marker added to the structure of the word, so it is obligatory to omit it. Well, and Allah knows best.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? The sound masculine plural and the dual, that it is not declined like the dual, but rather it is declined with movements on the nun ... and so on. On this opinion, we do not omit the marker, so what do they say? Sakana al-Bahrayna wa safarta ila al-Bahrayn, yes, wa salat al-Bahrayn, they decline it with movements on the nun. On this opinion, we form a genitive to it without omission, so we say?
The student: Bahraini.
The Shaykh : Bahrayni, Bahrayni, because we made the nun as if it were original, where we made it declined with movements. Clear? Tell this to the people of Bahrayn, we form a genitive to your land, so you say huh?
The student: Bahrayni.
The Shaykh : Bahrayni, yes, so the nun remains.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Do we not say Bahrani?
The Shaykh : It does not hold up.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
"Marker" means: sign. The sign of the dual is omitted when you form a genitive. So if you form a genitive from a dual, it is obligatory to omit the sign of the dual. Zaydan?
The student: Zaydi.
The Shaykh : We say in the genitive to it: Zaydi, we omit the alif and the nun. Bahrayn?
The student: Bahri.
The Shaykh : Bahri, we say Bahri in it, and we do not say Bahrayni or Bahrani, but rather we say?
The student: Bahri.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : How?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Strange, this is a specific genitive, well, in any case.
The student: Bahrayn ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the dual, we remove the sign of the dual, and the sign of the dual is the alif and the nun, or the yaa and the nun. So we say in the genitive to the dual al-Zaydan, we say al-Zaydi, and we say in Bahrayn? Bahri, we do not say Bahran because it is obligatory to omit the sign of the dual:
"And the marker of the dual, omit it for the genitive"
And there is disagreement in this issue; some hold that you keep it and say Bahrani and Bahrayni when you form a genitive from the nominative. He said:
"and likewise in the plural of soundness, it is obligatory"
What does "likewise" mean? The omission of the marker in the plural of soundness is obligatory. For example, Muslims, we form a genitive to it and say: Muslimi, and we do not say: Muslimawi, yes, is that not so?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, Muslimat?
The student: Muslimi.
The Shaykh : Muslimi, trees?
The student: Shajari.
The Shaykh : Shajari, and so on. So the marker of the plural and the marker of the dual must?
The student: It is deleted.
The Shaykh : be removed, it is omitted because it is on the assumption of being detached, since it is a marker added to the structure of the word, so it is obligatory to omit it. Well, and Allah knows best.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? The sound masculine plural and the dual, that it is not declined like the dual, but rather it is declined with movements on the nun ... and so on. On this opinion, we do not omit the marker, so what do they say? Sakana al-Bahrayna wa safarta ila al-Bahrayn, yes, wa salat al-Bahrayn, they decline it with movements on the nun. On this opinion, we form a genitive to it without omission, so we say?
The student: Bahraini.
The Shaykh : Bahrayni, Bahrayni, because we made the nun as if it were original, where we made it declined with movements. Clear? Tell this to the people of Bahrayn, we form a genitive to your land, so you say huh?
The student: Bahrayni.
The Shaykh : Bahrayni, yes, so the nun remains.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Do we not say Bahrani?
The Shaykh : It does not hold up.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?