Definite and indefinite nouns in Arabic (grammar fon beginners) articles المعرفة و النكرة في الأسماء
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Date: 2022-10-20

قواعد اللغة العربية اِسْمٌ (Noun) may be indefinite ( نَكِرَةٌ ) or definite 
There are no definite or indefinite articles in Arabic language equivalent to English a, an, the.
Indefiniteness of اِسْمٌ is indicated by تَنْوِيْن ( nunation at the end of the noun ) which means the
vowel sign is doubled at the end of the word.
Definiteness is indicated by اَلْ prefixed to the noun.
كِتَابٌ a book قَلَمٌ a pen
الْكِتَابُ the book الْقَلَمُ the pen

Since اِسْمٌ cannot at the same time be definite and indefinite, تَنْوِيْن and اَلْ do not coexist.
الْكِتَابٌ and الْقَلَمٌ will be incorrect.
Tanween is also used with proper nouns i.e. زَيْدٌ، خَالِدٌ، مُحَمَّدٌ . Even though there is a
tanween at the end of the noun, these proper nouns are definite.

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