Breakdown of نتيجة الانتخابات مشكوك فيها.
الal
the
فيfî
in / about, regarding
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
نتيجةnatîja
result
انتخاباتintikhâbât
elections
مشكوكmashkûk
doubtful (in doubt)
Questions & Answers about نتيجة الانتخابات مشكوك فيها.
Why is there a فيها at the end of the sentence?
The word مشكوك is the passive participle of the verb شك (to doubt). In Arabic, this verb requires the preposition في (to doubt in something). When you use the passive participle to say something is 'doubted' or 'doubtful', the preposition must stay attached and take a pronoun referring back to the thing being doubted. Here, ـها refers back to the feminine noun نتيجة (result).
نتيجة is a feminine noun, so why is مشكوك in the masculine form?
Because of the attached prepositional phrase. When a passive participle is formed from a verb that requires a preposition (like شك في), the participle itself stays in the default masculine singular form. The gender agreement is instead handled by the pronoun on the preposition, which is why we see the feminine ـها in فيها matching نتيجة.
What is the root and singular form of الانتخابات (elections)?
The singular is انتخاب (election). It comes from the Form VIII verb انتخب (to elect or choose), which goes back to the root ن-خ-ب. Form VIII verbs often indicate a deliberate action or choosing for oneself, which perfectly fits the concept of an election.
Why doesn't نتيجة have الـ (al-) if the English translation says 'The result'?
This is a classic Idafa (possessive) construction. In an Idafa, the first word (نتيجة) never takes الـ (the) or 'tanwiin' (double vowel endings), even though it becomes definite by being attached to the second definite word (الانتخابات).
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