Some more Grammetical terms

[Asim Iqbal]

Can you explain some more grammetical terms. These are:

Accusative case.
Assimilation.
Elative
Emphatic
Genitive
Infinitive
Intransitive
Jussive
Nominative case
Intensive form
Compound word
etc...

[.: Anna :.]

Can you explain some more grammetical terms. These are:

Accusative case. - this is the case of the object of a verbal sentence. so in Arabic this noun has to take fatha. It is known as "mansoob"
Assimilation. - this is when the words may run together a bit for reading purposes so it is not disjointed and it sounds more beautiful to the ear, known as wasl. Eg we don't say like this: dhahaba al waladu al kabeeru ila al masjid, no it sounds more like dhahabal walad ul kabeeru ilal masjid.
Elative - in english these are words like "better" "best", in Arabic there is a specific pattern which is used to form these.
Emphatic - this is a way of making what you are saying slightly stronger, as the name implies... to emphasise. This can be done in a number of ways eg lam at-tawkeed or with the word "inna" (inna batsha rabbika lashaddeed) or else there are patterns which can be applied to words to make them emphatic eg: saariq is a thief, sirraaq is the emphatic form meaning one who habitually steals.
Genitive - this is the case which comes after a preposition or ni idaafa, it's known as "majroor" and means the noun carries a kasra
Infinitive - infinitive is something you think about more in english, french and german to be honest. words like "to be, to do, to see" etc. the form of the verb with "to..." on it. In arabic dictinaries you dont look up by the infinative but the root. However when you do need this infinative it is formed with "an + verb in A case"
Intransitive - this is when a verb needs a prepostion, ie it does not take a direct object.
Jussive - this is a form of the verb which comes in some situations, the most common is after the past negative particle "lam" eg "lam yakun" it takes a sukoon and any long vowels in the verb will be squashed.
Nominative case - the subject of a sentence takes this, with dammas.
Intensive form - see emphatic
Compound word - some idioms end up becoming a compound word for example the word for "wireless" has come about to be laa silky but in one word, eg "3andanaa al-internet al-laasilky"
etc...