Better than: saying more, with min
How Arabic compares two things, and eight common nouns with it, two of them given no meaning by the course.
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- Erayada Qur’aanka ee si buuxda loo yaqaan
- 64.4%
- Qaybaha erayada Qur’aanka ee la baray ilaa hadda
- 78.5%
Waxaa laga tiriyey Quranic Arabic Corpus: eray si buuxda ayaa loo yaqaan marka qayb kasta oo ka mid ah la baray. Tirooyinku waxay sheegayaan erayada aad la kulantay, ma aha inta aad fahantay.
Arabic compares two things with a word of comparison, then min from lesson 3. This lesson teaches that, and eight common nouns, two of which are themselves words of comparison.
The new words
- خَيْرSida Qur’aanku u qoro: خَيْرٌ · خَيْرًا · خَيْرُ
good; better
Xididka: خ ي رInta jeer ee uu Qur’aanka ku jiro: 178
- أَكْثَرSida Qur’aanku u qoro: أَكْثَرَ · أَكْثَرُ · أَكْثَرِ
more, most
Xididka: ك ث رInta jeer ee uu Qur’aanka ku jiro: 80
- أَحَدSida Qur’aanku u qoro: أَحَدٍ · أَحَدًا · أَحَدٌ
Halkan macne lagama bixiyo: eraygani wuxuu sidaa diinta, macnihiisana waxaa lagu akhriyaa aayadaha, iyadoo macnuhu ag yaallo.
Xididka: ا ح دInta jeer ee uu Qur’aanka ku jiro: 74
- مِثْلSida Qur’aanku u qoro: مِثْلَ · مِّثْلُ · مِثْلِ
like, the like of
Xididka: م ث لInta jeer ee uu Qur’aanka ku jiro: 75
- مَثَلSida Qur’aanku u qoro: مَثَلُ · مَثَلًا · مَثَلِ
likeness, example
Xididka: م ث لInta jeer ee uu Qur’aanka ku jiro: 88
- عَمَلSida Qur’aanku u qoro: أَعْمَٰلَ · أَعْمَٰلُ · عَمَلِ
deed, work
Xididka: ع م لInta jeer ee uu Qur’aanka ku jiro: 71
- أَجْرSida Qur’aanku u qoro: أَجْرًا · أَجْرَ · أَجْرٌ
wage, reward
Xididka: ا ج رInta jeer ee uu Qur’aanka ku jiro: 105
- فَضْلSida Qur’aanku u qoro: فَضْلِ · فَضْلُ · فَضْلٍ
Halkan macne lagama bixiyo: eraygani wuxuu sidaa diinta, macnihiisana waxaa lagu akhriyaa aayadaha, iyadoo macnuhu ag yaallo.
Xididka: ف ض لInta jeer ee uu Qur’aanka ku jiro: 84
Two of them, aḥad and faḍl, carry the religion in the Qur’ān's use of them: the course gives no meaning of its own for either, and you read them in the verses, with the edition's meaning beside them.
Better than
Khayr is "good" and, when it compares with min, "better".
3. Habeenka Qadarku wuxuu ka khayr badan yahay kun bilood [1].
Somali Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.26Khayrun is the third word of this verse, and min is the fourth: khayrun min, "better than". The corpus marks khayr masculine singular and nominative, with tanwīn, and marks laylah, the noun it is said of, feminine: compared with min, it stays masculine singular.
This house is better than that one.
This sentence was written for practice. Hādhā l-baytu khayrun min dhālika: "this house", then "better than", then "that one".
A pattern for more
The usual word of comparison is built on a pattern with a- in front of the root: a before the first letter, and a between the last two. From the root k-th-r, of kathīr in lesson 21, comes akthar: "more" and "most".
- أَكْثَرُmore, most
- هُمْthey (as the doer of a verb); them, their
Aktharuhum is akthar and hum: "most of them". The corpus marks it masculine singular, nominative. Before min, akthar is "more"; with a pronoun joined to it, as here, it is "most", and no min follows.
A word read in the verses
- أَحَدٌ
Aḥadun: the corpus marks it indefinite, nominative. Lam, from lesson 4, is two words before it in the verse.
Like, as a noun
Lesson 10 taught ka-, "like", joined to the front of a word. Mithl says the same as a noun of its own, and joins what follows as an iḍāfah or takes a pronoun.
- مِثْلُlike, the like of
- هَاher; it, its (for a word that is feminine)
Mithluhā is mithlu and hā, "it" or "her". The corpus marks mithl masculine, nominative.
Mathal is another noun from the same root, m-th-l: "a likeness" or "an example".
- مَثَلُlikeness, example
Mathalu: the corpus marks it nominative. It has no tanwīn, because it is the first noun of an iḍāfah.
Three nouns
ʿAmal, "deed" or "work", is the noun of ʿamila from lesson 7.
- أَعْمَٰلَdeed, work
- هُمْthey (as the doer of a verb); them, their
Aʿmālahum is aʿmāla and hum: the corpus gives it the lemma ʿamal, and marks it masculine plural, accusative. It is a broken plural.
- أَجْرٌwage, reward
Ajrun, indefinite and nominative.
- فَضْلُ
Faḍlu, nominative, with no tanwīn: it is the first noun of an iḍāfah.
Reading
Erayada aad si buuxda u taqaan casharkan kadib waa la calaamadeeyey.
3. Aadmigu yidhaahdo: Maxay leedahay?
Somali Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.261. Dheh: Allaah waa Mid Keliya [1].
Somali Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.2677. Arrinkaas waxaa xaqiiq ugu sugan calaamo mu’miniinta.
Somali Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.26Recall
- Which small word follows a word of comparison when it compares two things?
- What pattern does akthar have?
- What is mithl, beside ka-?
Answers: min; a- in front of the root, and a between its last two letters; a noun, where ka- is joined to the word after it.
Next
The last lesson of this stage teaches how a sentence with a verb is ordered, and eight more words read in the verses.
Falanqaynta erayada: Quranic Arabic Corpus 0.4 (Kais Dukes)