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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt:... mother ahall have a sixth, l yjilik lil irhi'iirft-r a boon comes to them. C Note. Arabic and some other languages are more regular than English in respect of the generic article, for one says "Man w x 347. As may be found in § 20 b, initial Jl of (JJl represents the article, to which is joined J (see § 341 a ii) and 1 or £ (see § 340). Of the many forms taken in declension we must, beside 31 the feminine singular, mention the masculine plural ijJJ1. When used adjectivally these words refer to a definite f substantive with which they agree in gender, number, and case; thus iili. tJjT I)l God who created it, lJ U%W 1 the kind which, We blessed: when used substantively however O, f X Z« fO Of they have the meaning of (-c or U, thus,i«x" U5jil We drowned those who. Hem. The nominatives must originally have been jJJUl and Ojjjjl but in place of these words the oblique case is always used (see § 308, rem. o) and a shortened form. 348. The conjunctive pronouns O-6 a"d I are indeclinable: the former refers to beings endowed with reason, as,«j j-$ djuo Moses and those who (arc) with him; while the latter is used of all other objects, as Ji C# % reason of that which he has done. Unlike ijJl these words can never be used adjectivally. 351. All conjunctive pronouns may be interrogative except, thus Ool « who art thoul J» U what has he done? 354. The pHrtick are of four sorts; viz. prepositions, adverbs, conjunctions, and interjections. 355. The preposition are divided into separable, i.e. those written as separate words, and inseparable, i.e. those which are united in writing with the following word. 356. The inseparable prepositions consist of one consonant with its vowel. They are:--(a) v by, by means...