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9273 roots: 20 questions for the grammarian Antoine Robert el-Dahdah (الدحداح) who put Arabic grammar in charts and tables.
The plural of Mustafa in Arabic is difficult - because there is a weak letter involved. How do you form masculine human plurals with a possessive pronoun?
What's the function of وَ in the saying: كُلُّ عامٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِخَيْرٍ? It is a dubious one. Most grammarians say that you don't need the وَ and that it would be of better Arabic style to skip it! Let's see why.
Reading grammar books in Arabic can be challenging if you cannot decode the language of the grammarians (i'rab إعراب). But there is a formula.
The question of the wasp or hornet - Masʾalat al-Zunbur (مَسْأَلة الزُّنْبُور) - caused Sibawayhi, the most famous Arabic grammarian, to die of anger.