Classical Arabic Grammar
The Ajrumiyyah
Categorise a word. Name its state. Name its sign. Parse its full i’rāb. Fifteen lessons across Ibn Ājurrūm’s matn — twelve on the foundations, three on the i’rāb of the noun and verb. Every example sentence comes from the Qur’an or from class.
Built for students who already read Arabic and are now learning naḥw formally. If you’re still learning to read, start with the alphabet course first.
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The Matn — foundations
I’rāb — Yaseen’s framework
Ibn Ājurrūm opens the matn by defining kalām (speech) and listing the three categories every Arabic word falls into: ism (noun), fiʿl (verb), and ḥarf (particle). Master this — nothing in i'rāb works without it.
From the matn
الْكَلَامُ هُوَ اللَّفْظُ الْمُرَكَّبُ الْمُفِيدُ بِالْوَضْعِ. وَأَقْسَامُهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ: اسْمٌ، وَفِعْلٌ، وَحَرْفٌ جَاءَ لِمَعْنًى.
al-kalāmu huwa al-lafẓu al-murakkabu al-mufīdu bi'l-waḍʿ. wa-aqsāmuhu thalāthatun: ismun, wa-fiʿlun, wa-ḥarfun jāʾa li-maʿnā.
“Kalām: verbal (lafẓ), compound (murakkab), meaning-bearing (mufīd), by deliberate Arabic convention (bi'l-waḍʿ). Three categories: ism, fiʿl, and ḥarf brought for a meaning.”
Exercise 1 of 8
Multiple choice
How many categories does Ibn Ājurrūm say every Arabic word falls into?
Live i’rāb practice
Coming soonThe next phase: type a free-form i’rāb of any highlighted word in Arabic. The teacher checks it against the rubric — checkpoint by checkpoint — and tells you what was right, what to fix, and how the matn applies. For now, the multiple-choice and select-all exercises above cover every rule in the rubric.
A note on terminology
This course uses Arabic grammatical terminology — never English substitutes. Fā’il is never “subject.” Ḥarf is never “preposition.” The English glosses in the options support the Arabic, they do not replace it. Memorise the Arabic.