استمارة المطالبة لمطالبة تأمينية.

a claim form

Breakdown of استمارة المطالبة لمطالبة تأمينية.

• مطالبة تأمينية: an insurance claim

Questions & Answers about استمارة المطالبة لمطالبة تأمينية.

Is استمارة المطالبة an iḍāfa construction?

Yes. استمارة المطالبة is an iḍāfa (genitive/possessive construction), literally something like the form of the claim.

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun is the thing being described: استمارة = form
• the second noun specifies it: المطالبة = the claim

So together, استمارة المطالبة means claim form or the claim form.

A key rule:

• the first noun in an iḍāfa does not take الـ
• the whole phrase can still be definite because the second noun is definite

That is why it is استمارة المطالبة, not الاستمارة المطالبة.

Why is there no الـ on استمارة?

Because استمارة is the first term of an iḍāfa.

In Arabic, the first word of an iḍāfa:

• does not take الـ
• does not usually take tanwīn either

So even though the whole phrase is definite, the first noun stays without الـ:

• استمارة المطالبة = the claim form

This often feels strange to English speakers, because English can use a bare noun like claim form, while Arabic often makes the whole phrase definite through the second noun.

Why is مطالبة used twice in the sentence?