Hamzah
Al-Wasl
Lesson 4
Hamzah-t Al-Wasl in Nouns (first part)
The last tidbit lesson discussed hamzah
al-wasl in verbs and how to determine which vowel to use when starting on a
verb that begins with hamzah al-wasl. We now will start explaining hamzah
al-wasl in "nouns". Please refer to the brief grammar lessons in the tidbit
archives for an explanation on 
which
is loosely translated as "nouns" but involves more than nouns.
The
can
be in regular or irregular in nouns.
The in
nouns is always started with a kasrah. This lesson will
explain the regular nouns, and next lesson, insha' Allah will explain the
irregular nouns.
The Hamzah Al-Wasl in Regular Nouns
Original noun (
)
derived from five and six letter verbs.
A
is
defined as: A “noun” that points to the moment of occurrence.
These 
(plural
of )
that begin with
are
derived from either a five-letter verb that has the same letter and vowel
weight as 
or
a six-letter verb with the same letter and vowel weight as
.When these verbs are in the noun form, the third letter has a kasrah and an
alif is added before the last letter. The verb root word
then
becomes 
in
the noun form of it, and the verb root word
becomes
in
the noun form.
Examples of five letter original
nouns (
) starting with are
found in the following aayaat:
The word
in:
The word
in:
The word
in:
Original noun of a six letter past tense
verb:
The following aayaat exemplify
beginning
with hamzah wasl that have been derived from a six letter past tense verb:
The word
in:
The word 
in:
The word
in:
Please note that the other word
starting with a hamzah wasl in this phrase:
is
a verb.
As said at the beginning of this
lesson, all nouns, including regular nouns or
that
begin with hamzah al-wasl start with a kasrah on the hamzah wasl. As a
reminder, the only time we put a vowel on the hamzah al-wasl is when beginning
the word.
