لغة الضاد

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “the language of the ḍād” (ض), based on the widespread belief among Arabs that the sound it stands for, originally /ɮˤ/, later merging with /ðˤ/ in spoken dialects and artificially preserved as /dˤ/ in Modern Standard Arabic, is unique to Arabic and found in no other language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu.ɣat adˤ.dˤaːd/

Proper noun

لُغَة الضَّاد • (luḡat aḍ-ḍād) f (poetic)

  1. Arabic (language)

Declension

Declension of noun لُغَة الضَّاد (luḡat aḍ-ḍād)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal — لُغَة الضَّاد
luḡat aḍ-ḍād 		—
nominative — لُغَةُ الضَّادِ
luḡatu ḍ-ḍādi 		—
accusative — لُغَةَ الضَّادِ
luḡata ḍ-ḍādi 		—
genitive — لُغَةِ الضَّادِ
luḡati ḍ-ḍādi 		—
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