Breakdown of تاريخ الإصدار والصلاحية في جواز السفر الجديد.
Questions & Answers about تاريخ الإصدار والصلاحية في جواز السفر الجديد.
Is تاريخ الإصدار والصلاحية في جواز السفر الجديد a full sentence?
Not really. It is most naturally a noun phrase or heading/label, not a complete sentence with a verb.
You would expect wording like this on:
- a form
- a passport information page
- an instruction sheet
- a heading in a document
So it functions like English labels such as:
- Issue date and validity in the new passport
- Date of issue and validity in the new passport
Arabic often uses short nominal phrases like this where English might also use a label rather than a full sentence.
Why is تاريخ not written as التاريخ?
Because تاريخ is the first word of an iḍāfa construction, also called a genitive construction.
Here, تاريخ الإصدار means the date of issue. In an iḍāfa:
- the first noun usually does not take ال
- the whole phrase can still be definite if the second noun is definite
So:
- تاريخ إصدار = a date of issue / issue date in an indefinite sense
- تاريخ الإصدار = the date of issue
Even without ال on تاريخ, the phrase is definite because الإصدار is definite.
What does الإصدار mean here?
الإصدار is a verbal noun meaning issuance or issuing.
It comes from the verb أصدر = to issue.
So:
- تاريخ الإصدار = date of issuance
- more naturally in English: issue date
This is a very common formal/document word in Modern Standard Arabic.
Why is there only one تاريخ? Does it also apply to الصلاحية?
Yes. A learner might expect something like:
- تاريخ الإصدار وتاريخ الصلاحية
But Arabic often omits repeated words when the meaning is clear. So:
- تاريخ الإصدار والصلاحية
can be understood as shorthand for:
- تاريخ الإصدار وتاريخ الصلاحية
In other words, the single تاريخ is understood with both nouns:
- date of issue
- date of validity / expiry
This kind of shortening is very normal in formal Arabic.
What does الصلاحية mean here? Does it mean validity or expiration?
Literally, الصلاحية means validity or fitness for use.
In passport/document contexts, it usually refers to the period during which the document is valid, and depending on context it may be understood in English as:
- validity
- validity date
- expiry
- expiration date
So the exact English wording depends on the document layout and context. Arabic often uses الصلاحية where English might specifically say expiry.
Why is it والصلاحية with ال?
Because الصلاحية is a definite noun here, coordinated with الإصدار by و.
So:
- الإصدار = the issuance
- الصلاحية = the validity
And و simply means and, so:
- والصلاحية = and the validity
The ال does not disappear after و. The conjunction just attaches to the word:
- و + الصلاحية = والصلاحية
Why does Arabic say جواز السفر? How does that work?
جواز السفر is the standard Arabic expression for passport.
Literally, it is something like:
- travel permit
This is another iḍāfa construction:
- جواز = permit / authorization
- السفر = travel
So:
- جواز السفر = passport
As with other iḍāfa phrases:
- the first noun (جواز) does not take ال
- the second noun (السفر) can be definite
- the whole phrase becomes definite
So جواز السفر here means the passport, not just a passport, especially in context.
Why is الجديد at the end? What is it describing?
الجديد is the adjective new, and it describes the whole phrase جواز السفر.
In Arabic, when an adjective describes a noun in an iḍāfa phrase, it usually comes after the entire phrase, not immediately after the first noun.
So:
- جواز السفر الجديد = the new passport
not:
- جواز الجديد السفر ❌
The adjective agrees with the noun it describes in:
- definiteness
- gender
- number
Since جواز is masculine singular and the phrase is definite, the adjective is:
- الجديد
Why is في used here?
في usually means in, though in English we might sometimes say in, on, or even leave the preposition out depending on context.
So:
- في جواز السفر الجديد = in the new passport
In document-related Arabic, في is very common for meaning something like:
- found in
- appearing in
- contained in
Even if English might say on the passport page or simply in the passport, Arabic naturally uses في here.
If this were fully vocalized, what would the case endings be?
A careful fully vocalized version could be:
تاريخُ الإصدارِ والصلاحيةِ في جوازِ السفرِ الجديدِ
Here is why:
- تاريخُ: nominative if this is a heading or standalone noun phrase
- الإصدارِ: genitive because it is the second part of the iḍāfa
- الصلاحيةِ: genitive as a coordinated noun in the same structure
- جوازِ: genitive after في
- السفرِ: genitive as second part of the iḍāfa
- الجديدِ: genitive because it describes جواز السفر, which is in the genitive after في
In normal everyday writing, these short vowels are usually omitted.
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