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Arabic nouns and adjectives are declined according to case, state, gender and number. While this is strictly true in Classical Arabic, in colloquial or spoken Arabic, there are a number of simplifications such as loss of certain final vowels and loss of case. A number of derivational processes exist for forming new nouns and adjectives. Adverbs can be formed from adjectives. ==Noun and adjective inflection (Classical Arabic)== Nouns (اسم ') and adjectives in Classical Arabic are declined according to the following properties: *''Case'' (حالات ') (nominative, genitive, and accusative) *''State'' (indefinite, definite or construct) *''Gender'' (masculine or feminine): an inherent characteristic of nouns, but part of the declension of adjectives *''Number'' (singular, dual or plural) Nouns are normally given in their pausal form. For example, ' "king" would be declined as ' "king (nominative singular indefinite)", ' "the king (nominative singular definite)", etc. A feminine noun like ' "queen" would be declined as ' "queen (nominative singular indefinite)", ' "the queen (nominative singular definite)", etc. The citation form with final ' reflects the formal pausal pronunciation of this word (i.e. as it would be pronounced at the end of an utterance) — although in practice the ''h'' is not usually pronounced, and hence the word may be cited in some sources as '. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arabic nouns and adjectives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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