Breakdown of آیا بازرسی تسلیحات و دژ بر عهدهی شماست؟
شما
you (plural)
و
and
بودنbudan
to be
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
Questions & Answers about آیا بازرسی تسلیحات و دژ بر عهدهی شماست؟
How exactly does the phrase بر عهدهی شماست work grammatically?
The phrase بر عهدهی (bar ohde-ye) translates literally to 'on the charge of' or 'on the responsibility of'. It connects to the pronoun شما (shomâ, you) and then attaches the contracted 'is' verb ست (-st). So, بر عهدهی شماست literally means 'is upon your responsibility'. You will also frequently see به عهدهی (be ohde-ye) used to mean the exact same thing.
How does the Ezafe apply to the 'and' in بازرسی تسلیحات و دژ?
The Ezafe attaches to the end of بازرسی (bâzresi, inspection) to link it to the entire phrase that follows: بازرسیِ تسلیحات و دژ (bâzresi-e taslihât va dezh). You do not add an Ezafe to تسلیحات. The conjunction و (va, and) joins 'armaments' and 'fortress' into a single group, so one Ezafe on 'inspection' covers both.
I recognize تسلیحات as meaning 'armaments', but what is its singular form?
تسلیحات (taslihât) uses the Arabic plural suffix ـات (-ât), which is very common in Farsi for formal or institutional nouns. Its singular form is سلاح (selâh), meaning 'weapon' or 'armament'.
Is دژ the standard word for 'fortress'?