1- They verbally mirror the image or perception of an existing reality; a tangible, physical thing having dimensions, or an abstract idea/thought/perception. The primary meanings, perception and functions of a Noun as are prevalent in English Grammar and Composition are, with little modifications also applicable to Nouns of Arabic; "The part of speech (or word class) that is used to name or identify a person, place, thing, quality, or action. Adjective: nominal. Most nouns have both a singular and plural form, can be preceded by an article and/or one or more adjectives, and can serve as the head of a noun phrase". "A noun can function as a subject, direct object, indirect object, complement, appositive, or object of a preposition. In addition, nouns sometimes modify other nouns to form compound nouns".** .
2- The information is
attributed to a noun, either as subject/topic [مبتدأ]
of initiating discussion/discourse/conversation. Similarly, noun is used for
attribution to another word, it is then the predicate-[خبر].
The Noun, which is either Subject [مبتدأ]
or Predicate [خبر],
it will always be in Nominative state-indicators
ـُُ or ـُـُ,
.
3. The Definite Article
is entered upon the Noun. This enables visual
recognition of a Noun in the text of Qur'aan.
Please glance the List of All Nouns in the Grand Qur'aan which are prefixed
with Definite Article,
[1780
Nouns-recurrence: 7436 about 10% of Miscellany].
Please orally repeat this peculiar feature about
Nouns of Arabic a couple of times, whereby it will get entrenched in
the Non Declarative memory of brain. Please remember that learning a
Language is actually acquiring a skill, which becomes easy when we do exercise like acquiring any
other skill, say driving.
4. The Noun may have "Nunation", reflected by double short vowel signs at the end of the word. This is yet another facility for visual recognition of Nouns in the text of Qur'aan. Just glance through the list [here], repeating orally this peculiar feature of Nouns for couple of times, it will enable its storage in non-declarative memory for ever, whereby we will instantly recognize such nouns immediately on sighting in the text of Qur'aan.
5.
Yet another visual
identification mark of a Noun is that it does not end with a Jezm, while a
verb does. For example seeing these
words
-
ending with a Jezm, we will
instantly know that these are NOT nouns but are verbs
6. Annexation- The Noun can have the state of Jarr/genitive. Nouns are annexed in Prepositional, Possessive and Adjectival Phrases. This affords us a visual tool for recognition of the Nouns of Qur'aan. The Object Noun of Preposition, and Second Noun of Possessive Phrase will always be genitive, reflected by vowel sign [ـِ] beneath the last consonant.
7. However, please remember that a declinable Noun might have [ـِ] Genitive Ending [إِعْرَابُ] if it is a Subordinate in the sentence to a Noun in genitive state. When a word is influenced indirectly, it is called the تَابِع and the word it mimics is called the مَتْبُوْع. The Subordinate Nouns are; (1) the Adjective, (2) Apposition with a Particle, (3) Emphasis, (4) Explicative Apposition, (5) Equivalent Apposition.
Phrases