العُسْرَى
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – العُسْرَى 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
العُسْرَى is the natural state of this definite noun and it remains العُسْرَى even though it is in the genitive case 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
The final letter in this feminine nominal pattern العُسْرَى is a weak letter (ي) weak letters do not show their endings, their endings have to be estimated (deduced by reason)
Hardship and distress
To be difficult, hard
| الْمَعْرِفَةُ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُؤَنَّثٌ | مَجْرُوْرٌ | ع س ر | بَاب ضَرَبَ | عَسَرَ يَعْسِرُ | فُعْلَى | اسْمٌ | الْاِسْمُ التَّفْضِيْلُ |
| Definite | Singular | Feminine | Genitive | Root | Difficulty | ض | Pattern | Noun | Superlative noun |
| Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the genitive noun | العُسْرَى |
| Verse | ||
| 92-10 | then We will facilitate him towards difficulty | فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى |