حَرْف letter in Arabic
حَرْف is how you say “letter” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
كَمَا كَانُوا يستعملون الْحَرْف فِي الِاسْم فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا حرف غَرِيب أَي لفظ الِاسْم غَرِيب
Just as they used the term 'letter' in place of 'word', saying: 'This is a strange letter,' meaning the word is unusual.
الحَرْفَ the letter
'the letter, particle', accusative as the object of 'use'. al- makes it the term 'harf' as a label; used loosely for a word.
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كَمَا كَانُوا يستعملون الْحَرْف فِي الِاسْم فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا حرف غَرِيب أَي لفظ الِاسْم غَرِيب
Just as they used the term 'letter' in place of 'word', saying: 'This is a strange letter,' meaning the word is unusual.
حَرْفٌ a letter
'a letter', nominative indefinite — the predicate, 'this is a [strange] harf'. But they mean a whole word.
وَقَسم سِيبَوَيْهٍ الْكَلَام إِلَى اسْم وَفعل وحرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم وَلَا فعل،
And Sibawayh divided speech into noun, verb, and a particle that conveys a meaning and is neither a noun nor a verb.
وَحَرْفٍ and a particle
'and a particle', joined by 'wa', genitive — the third class. 'harf' is the grammarians' function-word, not an alphabet letter.
وكل من هَذِه الْأَقْسَام يُسمى حرفا لَكِن خَاصَّة الثَّالِث أَنه حرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم
And each of these categories is called a particle, but the distinguishing feature of the third is that it is a particle that conveys a meaning and is not a noun.
حَرْفًا a particle
'a particle', accusative — the naming-complement after the passive 'is called X'. Even passive, the complement keeps its accusative.
وكل من هَذِه الْأَقْسَام يُسمى حرفا لَكِن خَاصَّة الثَّالِث أَنه حرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم
And each of these categories is called a particle, but the distinguishing feature of the third is that it is a particle that conveys a meaning and is not a noun.
حَرْفٌ a particle
'a particle', nominative as the predicate of 'anna...' — 'that it is a harf [which...]'.
وأجمعوا على أن من جحد منه حرفا مما أجمع عليه أو زاد حرفا لم يقرأ به أحد وهو عالم بذلك فهو كافر
And they unanimously agree that whoever denies any letter upon which there is consensus or adds a letter not recited by anyone, while being aware, is a disbeliever.
حَرْفًا a letter
An indefinite noun 'a letter', the object of 'denied', in the accusative as what is rejected. The lack of al- keeps it general, 'even a single letter'. The accusative ending marks it as the thing the denial falls on.
وأجمعوا على أن من جحد منه حرفا مما أجمع عليه أو زاد حرفا لم يقرأ به أحد وهو عالم بذلك فهو كافر
And they unanimously agree that whoever denies any letter upon which there is consensus or adds a letter not recited by anyone, while being aware, is a disbeliever.
حَرْفًا a letter
An indefinite noun 'a letter', the object of 'added', in the accusative as the thing inserted. With no al- it stays general, 'even one letter'. The accusative marks it as what the adding produces.