المرشح متوتر.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, the equivalent of the in English.

So:

• مرشح = a candidate
• المرشح = the candidate

In this sentence, the subject is definite: the candidate.

In Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually omitted.

So المرشح متوتر literally looks like the candidate nervous, but it means The candidate is nervous.

This is a very common Arabic sentence type, called a nominal sentence. It has:

• المرشح = the subject
• متوتر = the predicate

English needs is, but Arabic normally does not in the present tense.

Because متوتر here is the predicate, not an adjective directly attached to the noun.

• المرشح متوتر = The candidate is nervous
• المرشح المتوتر = the nervous candidate

That is an important difference.

In a normal Arabic nominal sentence, the predicate is often indefinite, even when the subject is definite. So المرشح متوتر is exactly what you would expect.

It is an adjective in meaning, but in this sentence it is functioning grammatically as the predicate of the sentence.

So:

• as a predicate: المرشح متوتر = The candidate is nervous
• as an attributive adjective: المرشح المتوتر = the nervous candidate

English uses the same word nervous in both cases, but Arabic distinguishes the two structures clearly.

Yes. It agrees in gender and number.

Here, المرشح is:

• masculine
• singular

So the predicate is also masculine singular: متوتر

However, it does not match in definiteness here, because this is a subject + predicate structure, not a noun + adjective structure.

So the pattern is normal:

• المرشح = definite subject
• متوتر = indefinite predicate

A careful pronunciation is:

al-murashshaḥu mutawattirun

In normal pause, it is often pronounced more like:

al-murashshaḥ mutawattir

A few useful notes:

• المرشح is pronounced al-murashshaḥ
• متوتر is pronounced mutawattir
• the written text usually leaves out short vowels and shadda, so learners have to learn the pronunciation separately

With full case endings, the sentence is:

المرشَّحُ مُتَوَتِّرٌ

Both words are in the nominative case:

• المرشَّحُ because it is the subject
• مُتَوَتِّرٌ because it is the predicate

In most everyday writing, these endings are not written, so you usually just see:

المرشح متوتر

You would say:

المرشحة متوترة.

Both words change to the feminine form:

• المرشح → المرشحة
• متوتر → متوترة

So Arabic shows gender agreement clearly.

You would say:

مرشح متوتر

This is now a noun phrase, not a full sentence.

• مرشح متوتر = a nervous candidate
• المرشح متوتر = The candidate is nervous

So the presence or absence of الـ and the sentence structure both matter.

The most neutral order is:

المرشح متوتر

This is the standard subject + predicate order and is what learners should use first.

Arabic can sometimes put the predicate first for emphasis or style, but that is less basic and less common for beginners. So for normal usage, stick with المرشح متوتر.