Breakdown of هذه وجبة أصيل مذاقها.
هذهhâdhihi
this (f)
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
وجبةwajba
meal
أصيلasîl
authentic
Questions & Answers about هذه وجبة أصيل مذاقها.
Why is أصيل masculine when it comes right after the feminine noun وجبة?
This is a textbook example of the Causal Adjective (النعت السببي). In this structure, the adjective describes something connected to the noun, not the noun itself. Here, it describes the taste (مذاق), which is masculine. A causal adjective always takes the gender of the noun that comes after it.
Since أصيل matches the following word's gender, does it still agree with وجبة in any way?
Yes. While it takes its gender from the following word (مذاق), a causal adjective still takes its case and definiteness from the preceding word (وجبة). Because وجبة is indefinite and nominative (acting as the predicate of the sentence), أصيل is also indefinite and nominative.
Why does مذاقها end with the feminine pronoun ها if the word مذاق is masculine?
The suffix ها means "its" and must refer back to the main noun of the sentence, which is the feminine وجبة (meal). In a causal adjective phrase, the second noun must always have a pronoun suffix that matches the first noun in gender and number.
What is the grammatical role of مذاق here, and what case ending does it take?