Rules of the annexation in arabic grammar

The noun phrase simply consists in juxtaposing the two nouns, without using any link word.

It is usually agreed that the I (or tâ marbûta) will not be voiced in the feminine words. Yet when the first element of the annexation is itself in the feminine this letter will be heard :

Careful :

A certain number of rules are to be applied when you use an annexation:
- the first element never takes an article, nor the tanwin
- the second element (namely the noun phrase) is in the indirect case.

Examples : A history book كتاب تاريخ The history book كتاب التاريخ

Note that : - whenever the noun is determined, the article is used with the second element. - an annexation can involve more than two elements Example :