Breakdown of ابتسم الدبلوماسي بسبب التنسيق مع زينب.
الal
the
معma'a
with
بسببbisababi
because of
ابتسمibtasama
to smile
دبلوماسيdiblômâsî
diplomat
تنسيقtansiq
coordination (organizing, arranging)
زينبzainab
Zainab
Questions & Answers about ابتسم الدبلوماسي بسبب التنسيق مع زينب.
Why does زينب take a fatha at the end instead of a kasra, even though it follows the preposition مع?
زينب doesn't end in a Taa Marbootah (ة). Does it still follow the rules for feminine diptotes?
Yes! In Arabic, proper names that refer to women are always treated as feminine diptotes, regardless of whether they have a visible feminine ending. Names like مريم (Maryam) and سعاد (Su'ad) behave exactly the same way as فاطمة (Fatima).
How does بسبب التنسيق (because of the coordination) work grammatically here?
It forms an Idafa (genitive construct). The preposition بـ (bi) makes سبب (sabab) genitive. Then, سبب acts as the first part of the Idafa, causing the second part, التنسيق (at-tansīq), to also be in the genitive case as the possessor.
What verb form does the word التنسيق (coordination) come from?
It is the verbal noun (masdar) of the Form II verb نسّق (nassaqa - to coordinate). You can easily recognize it by the highly predictable Form II masdar pattern تَفْعيل (taf'eel).
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