المستأجر يوقع عقد الإيجار.

The tenant is signing the rental agreement.

Breakdown of المستأجر يوقع عقد الإيجار.

• عقد إيجار: rental agreement
• مستأجر: tenant
• يوقع: to sign

Questions & Answers about المستأجر يوقع عقد الإيجار.

Why is عقد written without ال in عقد الإيجار?

Because عقد الإيجار is an iḍāfa construction, often called a genitive construct.

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun does not take ال
• the second noun determines whether the whole phrase is definite or indefinite

So:

• عقد إيجار = a rental contract / a lease contract
• عقد الإيجار = the rental contract / the lease contract

Even though عقد has no ال, the whole phrase is definite because الإيجار is definite.

What kind of phrase is عقد الإيجار, exactly?

It is an iḍāfa phrase: noun + noun.

Here:

• عقد = contract
• الإيجار = the renting / the lease / the rental

Together, the phrase means something like:

• lease contract
• rental contract
• contract of lease

In Arabic, this structure is very common. English often uses of or a noun used like an adjective, but Arabic usually uses iḍāfa instead.

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