مَالِكِ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – مَالِكِ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative or genitive
المَالِكُ is the natural state of this definite noun and changes to المَالِكِ due to: 1) a preposition that precedes it or 2) a possessed noun that precedes it or 3) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
المَالِكِ loses it’s definite article, becoming مَالِكِ due to it being a possessed noun
Lord, Master, Owner, Sovereign, Who possesses the right over a thing and has the power to deal with it as one likes
| Grammatical analysis of مَالِكِ |
| اسْمٌ مَجْرُوْرٌ بِالكَسْرَةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ وَهُوَ مُضَافٌ |
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَجْرُوْرٌ | م ل ك | بَاب ضَرَبَ | مَلَكَ يَمْلِكُ | فَاعِلٌ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الْفَاعِلُ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Genitive | Root | Owner | ض | Pattern | Noun | Active participle |
| Lord | |||||||||
| Master | |||||||||
| Sovereign | |||||||||
| Possesses the right | |||||||||
| Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the genitive, possessed noun | مَالِكِ |
| Verse | ||
| 1-4 | Owner/Master of the day of recompense/requital/judgement/reckoning | مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ |