الفِيْلِ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – الفِيْلِ 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
الفِيْلُ is the natural state of a definite noun and it became الفِيْلِ 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
Elephant
To be weak-minded, become fat, commit error
| Grammatical analysis of الفِيْلِ |
| اسْمٌ مَجْرُوْرٌ بِالكَسْرَةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ |
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَجْرُوْرٌ | ف ي ل | بَاب ضَرَبَ | فَالَ يَفِيْلُ | فِعْلٌ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Genitive | Root | the Elephant | ض | Pattern | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the genitive, possessive noun | الفِيْلِ |
| Verse | ||
| 105-1 | Did you not see how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? | أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الفِيْلِ |