Breakdown of سددنا مستحقات فاتورة الكهرباء صباحا.
الal
the
صباحاsabâhan
in the morning
كهرباءkahrabâ'
electricity
فاتورةfâtûra
the receipt / bill, invoice
سددsaddada
to pay off
مستحقاتmustahaqqât
dues
Questions & Answers about سددنا مستحقات فاتورة الكهرباء صباحا.
The word for 'dues' is مستحقات. What is its root and how does it relate to other familiar words?
The root is ح-ق-ق, which relates to truth, rights, or reality, as seen in the common word حق ('right' or 'truth'). مستحقات is the feminine plural of a passive participle from the Form X verb استحق ('to deserve' or 'to be entitled to'). Literally, it means 'things that are deserved' or 'entitlements'.
Why is the definite article ال only attached to الكهرباء (electricity) and not the other nouns in the phrase?
This is a three-part possessive construction, known as a complex Idafa. It links مستحقات (dues), فاتورة (bill), and الكهرباء (electricity) to mean 'the dues of the bill of the electricity'. In an Idafa chain, only the very last noun can take the definite article ال. The preceding nouns are automatically made definite by their position in the chain.
The verb سددنا is a Form II verb. How does this form change the meaning of the root?
The root is س-د-د. The basic Form I verb سد means 'to block' or 'to plug'. The Form II verb سدد, which doubles the middle consonant, shifts the meaning to 'to direct' or 'to aim'. However, in commercial and financial contexts like this sentence, سدد specifically means 'to settle' or 'to pay off' a bill or debt.
Why does صباحا (in the morning) have the accusative ending instead of using the preposition في (in)?
Time nouns in Arabic can function directly as adverbs by taking the accusative case, which often adds the '-an' ending (written with two fathas). While you can definitely say في الصباح ('in the morning'), using the adverbial صباحا is a very standard and concise way in Modern Standard Arabic to indicate when an action occurred.
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