البَلَدِ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – البَلَدِ 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
البَلَدُ is the natural state of this definite noun and it changes to البَلَدِ 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
Land, City
To settle, remain in, occupy (a country)
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَجْرُوْرٌ | ب ل د | بَاب سَمِعَ | فَعَلٌ | بَلِدَ يَبْلَدُ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Genitive | Root | City | Pattern | س | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Verse/ | Below are the 3 verses in the holy Quran containing the genitive noun | البَلَدِ |
| Ayat | ||
| 90-1 | Nay, I swear by this city (Mecca) | لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ |
| 90-2 | and you are free in this city | وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ |
| 95-3 | and this secure city | وَهَذَا البَلَدِ الأَمِيْنِ |