The sky was rainy.

The Arabic phrase The sky was rainy. is pronounced kaanat assamaa'u mumTiratan and written ﻛَﺎﻧَﺖ ﺍَﻟﺴَّﻤَﺎﺀُ ﻣُﻤﻄِﺮَﺓً

The Arabic words in The sky was rainy.

Below you can see detailed information about every word in the Arabic phrase The sky was rainy.. You can see the English translation of the word, how the word is spelled and pronounced and how the word has been conjugated in the phrase. There is also a link to get even more information about the word.

to be

ﻛَﺎﻧَﺖ
Pronounciation: kaanat
English translation (of the word in its basic form): to be
Part of speech: verb
person: she
tense: past tense

The base form of the word to be

ﻛَﺎﻥَ
kaana
(past tense he)

sky

ﺍَﻟﺴَّﻤَﺎﺀُ
Pronounciation: assamaa'u
English translation: sky
Part of speech: noun
case: nominative
definiteness: definite form
gender: feminine
Nominative is used for example in nominal sentences. The subject (the first part that is definite and that is being described) has nominative case. In this type of nominal sentence, the predicate (the second part that is definite and describes the subject) also has nominative case.

rainy

ﻣُﻤﻄِﺮَﺓً
Pronounciation: mumTiratan
English translation (of the word in its basic form): rainy
Part of speech: adjective
case: accusative
definiteness: indefinite form
gender: feminine

The base form of the word rainy

ﻣُﻤﻄِﺮ
mumTir
(singular, indefinite, no case)

Type of phrase: Nominal sentences where the predicate is a single word

An Arabic nominal sentence consists of two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate describes the subject. The subject is a noun that is definite. In this type of nominal sentence, the predicate is a indefinite noun, and the subject often comes before the predicate. The sentence does not need any verb in Arabic since the verb (is) is implied in this type of sentence.

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