Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And double the second of my duals *** whose second is soft, both of them and my la'i."
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The Shaykh : He said:
"And double the second of my duals *** whose second is soft, both of them and my la'i"
We have previously mentioned that when adding to "dam" (blood), "yad" (hand), and the like, we restore the deleted word. Are "yad" and "dam" duals in their original formation, or are they duals only after deletion?
The student: After deletion.
The Shaykh : If the word to which the attribution is made is a dual in its original formation, what do I do? It is necessary to add something to it so that the attribution to it is valid. The author clarified this between him and us by saying:
"And double the second of my duals *** whose second is soft, both of them and my la'i"
So if the word to which the attribution is made is a dual and its second part is soft, what does "soft" mean?
The student: A letter from the letters of softness.
The Shaykh : A soft letter. How many letters of softness are there?
The student: Three.
The Shaykh : Alif, waw, and ya. If it is soft, we double it. For example, if you want to attribute to "la" (no), you do not say "la'iyy"; you do not say "la'iyyu"; you double it and say "la'iyy". Okay, we now know how the alif works. But where did the hamza come from? It must be turned into a hamza when doubled. "La'iyy" is the attribution to "la". What is "la"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ... But this is one who twists names... He said, "I will name my son La," really?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : A proper name, yes. When we attribute to "La", what do we say?
The student: La'iyy.
The Shaykh : We say: La'iyy. We say this person was blessed by Allah with a child, and the child came with a child. The child of La is named Abdullah. Abdullah ibn La. Abdullah had a child named Saleh. We say Saleh ibn Abdullah ibn La, right?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... Okay, it is not confusing that "la'iyy" is a relative pronoun? It is confusing, but we do not concern ourselves with it. The grammarians considered the ambiguity... but the context clarifies it. Okay, "both of them and la'iyy". The truth is that this example by Ibn Malik is misleading, that "la'iyy"... is from "la", meaning is it said for "kalla" (no)?
The student: La'iyy.
The Shaykh : La'iyy. "Kalla" is said as "la'iyy". So here we have doubled it. He said: "And if it is like shiyyah".
The student: The time is up.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: The time is up.
The Shaykh : No, there is still time.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
"And double the second of my duals *** whose second is soft, both of them and my la'i"
We have previously mentioned that when adding to "dam" (blood), "yad" (hand), and the like, we restore the deleted word. Are "yad" and "dam" duals in their original formation, or are they duals only after deletion?
The student: After deletion.
The Shaykh : If the word to which the attribution is made is a dual in its original formation, what do I do? It is necessary to add something to it so that the attribution to it is valid. The author clarified this between him and us by saying:
"And double the second of my duals *** whose second is soft, both of them and my la'i"
So if the word to which the attribution is made is a dual and its second part is soft, what does "soft" mean?
The student: A letter from the letters of softness.
The Shaykh : A soft letter. How many letters of softness are there?
The student: Three.
The Shaykh : Alif, waw, and ya. If it is soft, we double it. For example, if you want to attribute to "la" (no), you do not say "la'iyy"; you do not say "la'iyyu"; you double it and say "la'iyy". Okay, we now know how the alif works. But where did the hamza come from? It must be turned into a hamza when doubled. "La'iyy" is the attribution to "la". What is "la"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ... But this is one who twists names... He said, "I will name my son La," really?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : A proper name, yes. When we attribute to "La", what do we say?
The student: La'iyy.
The Shaykh : We say: La'iyy. We say this person was blessed by Allah with a child, and the child came with a child. The child of La is named Abdullah. Abdullah ibn La. Abdullah had a child named Saleh. We say Saleh ibn Abdullah ibn La, right?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... Okay, it is not confusing that "la'iyy" is a relative pronoun? It is confusing, but we do not concern ourselves with it. The grammarians considered the ambiguity... but the context clarifies it. Okay, "both of them and la'iyy". The truth is that this example by Ibn Malik is misleading, that "la'iyy"... is from "la", meaning is it said for "kalla" (no)?
The student: La'iyy.
The Shaykh : La'iyy. "Kalla" is said as "la'iyy". So here we have doubled it. He said: "And if it is like shiyyah".
The student: The time is up.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: The time is up.
The Shaykh : No, there is still time.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?