Word
مزود خدمة الإنترنت يقارن الاشتراكات.
Meaning
The internet service provider compares the subscriptions.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of مزود خدمة الإنترنت يقارن الاشتراكات.
مزود خدمة الإنترنتmuzawwidu khidmati al-internet
internet service provider
اشتراكishtirâk
subscription
يقارنyuqârinu
to compare
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Questions & Answers about مزود خدمة الإنترنت يقارن الاشتراكات.
Why does مزود خدمة الإنترنت have three nouns in a row? How does that structure work?
This is a chain of iḍāfa constructions, often called a genitive/possessive construction.
Break it down like this:
- مزود خدمة الإنترنت
- مزود خدمة = provider of a service / service provider
- خدمة الإنترنت = internet service
So the whole phrase literally builds as:
- مزود = provider
- خدمة = service
- الإنترنت = the internet
Together: provider [of] service [of] the internet
In natural English, that becomes internet service provider.
A key rule in iḍāfa:
- the first noun usually does not take ال
- the following noun(s) can be definite or indefinite depending on meaning
Because الإنترنت is definite, the whole phrase becomes definite in meaning.
Why isn’t there ال on مزود?