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This template displays an inflection table for Arabic nouns. The parameters are largely the same as for the headword template {{ar-noun}}, and in general it is possible to copy such a template, change its name to {{ar-decl-noun}}, and get an appropriate declension table. (Ideally, delete extraneous stuff such as the gender and args with no equivalents below, such as |cons= and |f=.)

See also {{ar-decl-adj}}.

Base parameters

|1=

The stem used in the singular, including vowels, of one of the following forms:

1. most commonly, just STEM, i.e. an Arabic stem where the transliteration automatically determined and the inflection type inferred from the stem (this inference is very accurate and rarely makes mistakes);
2. STEM/TR with manual transliteration supplied (use only when the automatic translit is wrong or can't be determined);
3. STEM:TYPE with an explicitly specified inflection type (see below);
4. STEM/TR:TYPE with both manual transliteration and explicitly specified inflection;
5. ? to indicate an unknown singular (used more often the masculine plural of adjectives, and occasionally in nouns to specify an unknown dual);
6. - for words without a singular (e.g. نَاس (nās, “people”)).

Note that manual transliteration can also be specified using separate parameters, as with headword templates like {{ar-noun}}.

|head2=, |head3=, ...

Additional singular stems.

|tr=, |tr2=, |tr3=, ...

Alternative way to specify manual transliteration for |1=, |head2=, |head3=, ..., respectively, instead of using the STEM/TR specification. Provided for compatibility with headword templates.

|pl=, |pl2=, ...

The stem(s) used in the plural, including vowels. Has the same forms as for the singular stem(s), with the addition that the value can be a raw inflection TYPE: e.g. sp to infer a strong plural from the singular and its gender; sfp, smp or awnp to construct a strong plural from the singular with a specified ending.

|pltr=, |pl2tr=, ...

Alternative way to specify manual transliteration for |pl=, |pl2=, ..., respectively, instead of using the STEM/TR specification. Provided for compatibility with headword templates. Similar parameters are available for duals.

|d=, |d2=, ...

The stem(s) used in the dual, including vowels. Same form as for plurals. Doesn't need to be present in most cases as it's inferred from the singular. Can be - for words without a dual when it would otherwise appear (which happens when the noun has a plural specified); can be ? to indicate that the dual exists but is unknown (e.g. it is currently used in بِيَانُو (biyānō, “piano”)).

|dtr=, |d2tr=, ...

See |pltr=, |pl2tr=, ...

|number=

Explicitly control which numbers appear. The value is a comma-separated list of one of more of sg, du, pl. By default, the singular appears unless it is specified as -; the dual appears when both the singular and plural appear; and the plural appears when at least one plural is given.

|state=

Explicitly control which states appear. The value is a comma-separated list of one of more of ind, def, con (standing for indefinite, definite, construct). By default, all states appear. (Alternatively, the value can be ind-def, for proper nouns that are syntactically definite but morphologically indefinite. This is equivalent to setting the value to def and adding |basestate=ind.) Currently, non-"appearing" states are displayed with a dash in place of the appropriate declension members instead of not appearing at all.

|basestate=

Override the morphological state. The value is one of ind, def or con. This can be used e.g. with proper nouns, which are syntactically definite but morphologically indefinite; but using |state=ind-def for this case is preferred.

|omitarticle=

If specified, omit the definite article that is otherwise automatically added in the definite state.

|prefix=

Specify a prefix to appear before the base word and before any definite article. This is typically a clitic such as وَ (wa-, “and”) or بِ (bi-, “in, with, by”), but can be a separate word such as فِي (fī, “in”), in which a space is needed after the word and the whole thing, space and all, needs to be enclosed in quotes since leading and trailing spaces are normally removed in named template arguments.

|nom_sg_ind=, |nom_sg_def=, |nom_sg_con=, ...

Override particular forms. The param name is a combination of case (nom/acc/gen/inf where inf is the informal form), number (sg/du/pl) and state (ind/def/con). The value can have semicolons or commas (or Arabic equivalents) to separate distinct stems and a vertical bar to separate alternative spellings for a given stem (typically different possible hamza seats). When overrides are specified, the page will be placed in a category indicating irregular declension such as Category:Arabic irregular nouns (or Category:Arabic irregular pronouns, etc. depending on the part of speech), unless |noirreg= is given a value.

|lemma=

Override the lemma (displayed at the head of the declension table).

|noirreg=

If specified, don't place the page in an irregular-declension category when overrides are specified.

|pos=

Override the part of speech (displayed at the head of the declension table).

Modifier parameters

Stem

|mod=,|modhead2=,|modhead3=,...

Alternative manual translit params

|modtr=,|modtr2=, ...

Plural

|modpl=,|modpl2=,...

Alternative manual translit params

|modpltr=,|modpl2tr=, ...

Dual

|modd=,|modd2=,...

Alternative manual translit params

|moddtr=,|modd2tr=, ...

Nature of modifier, high-level (ʾiḍāfa or adjectival)

|idafa=

Nature of modifier, low-level

|modstate=,|modcase=,|modnumber=,|modidafa=

Other

|modomitarticle=,|modprefix=

Specify another word that is declined separately as a modifier. Generally only |mod= is needed, but multiple heads can be given (|modhead2=, etc., which will be distributed over the base form(s)), as well as separate plural (|modpl=, etc.) and dual (|modd=, etc.) forms. All the forms for specifying a base stem, base plural stem, etc. are available in the corresponding modifier stems, and alternative manual translit params also exist. If the modifier has a fixed genitive case in an ʾiḍāfa construction, |idafa= should be specified, e.g. |idafa=def for a definite-state singular ʾiḍāfa modifier. See the list below of possible values for this parameter, and the numerous examples below. It is also possible to manually specify the case, state and/or number of the modifier using the lower-level parameters |modstate=, |modcase=, |modnumber=, and/or |modidafa= possibly in conjunction with |basestate=, but this is rarely needed. (Underlyingly, the various values of |idafa= are implemented by setting these low-level parameters. |idafa= can be combine with the low-level parameters, with the explicitly-specified values overriding the values induced by |idafa=.)

|mod2=,|mod2head2=,|mod2head3=,...; |mod2pl=,|mod2pl2=,...; |mod2d=,|mod2d2=,...; etc. Also |idafa2=. Also |mod2state=,|mod2tr=, etc.

Specify a second modifying word. All parameters specific to the first modifying word have corresponding parameters for the second and higher modifying words. The values for |idafa2= are the same as for |idafa=, but in addition it is necessary to specify e.g. |idafa2=adj-mod for an adjectival modifier that modifies a previous ʾiḍāfa modifier.

|mod3=,|mod3head2=,|mod3head3=,...; |mod3pl=,|mod3pl2=,...; |mod3d=,|mod3d2=,...; etc. Also |idafa3=. Also |mod3state=,|mod3tr=, etc.

Specify a third modifying word, etc. up to |mod9=.

Inflection types

tri

Regular triptote.

di

Regular diptote.

in

Noun ending in -in, such as بَانٍ (bānin). This automatically selects the triptote or diptote variant according to the number (singular vs. plural) and the form of the noun.

triin

Noun ending in -in, forcing the "triptote" variant (with indefinite accusative in -iyan).

diin

Noun ending in -in, forcing the "diptote" variant (with indefinite accusative in -iya). Most but not all plural nouns use this variant. (Specifically, -iya is used with nouns whose pattern is analogous to a diptote pattern, such as أَيَادٍ (ʔayādin, “hands”) and لَيَالٍ (layālin, “nights”), which correspond to the diptote pattern CaCāCiC. The "singular" -iyan is used with plural nouns such as أَيْدٍ (ʔaydin, “hands”), which corresponds to the triptote pattern ʾaCCuC.)

inv

Invariable declension, such as ذِكْرَى (ḏikrā, “remembrance”) or دُنْيَا (dunyā, “world”). Typically ends in alif or alif maqṣūra, but this is not required. Such words will have sound feminine plurals in -ayāt and duals in -ayān.

lwinv

Invariable declension, loanword-type. Always ends in tall alif. Such words will have sound feminine plurals in -āt and duals in -atān, as if the alif was a tāʾ marbūṭa.

an

Noun ending in -an, such as مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan) or عَصًا (ʕaṣan).

lc

Noun with a lengthened construct ending, such as أَبٌ (ʔabun) with construct أَبُو (ʔabū).

smp

Sound masculine plural in -ūn(a)/-īn(a).

sfp

Sound feminine plural in -āt-.

awnp

Plural ending in -awn(a), esp. of adjectives, such as أَدْنَوْنَ (ʔadnawna) plural of أَدْنَى (ʔadnā, “closer, lower”).

sp

Select the appropriate plural form if known, else a strong plural. Equivalent to sfp for feminines, awnp for masculines if the singular is of type an, smp for other masculines.

d

Select the appropriate dual form.

?

Indicate that the declension is unknown. All inflections will appear as question marks.

ʾIdāfa parameter values

sg, du, pl

An ʾidāfa modifier that can exist in multiple states and is of the specified number, e.g. indefinite-state غُرْفَة نَوْم (ḡurfat nawm, “bedroom”), with corresponding definite state غُرْفَة ال-نَوْم (ḡurfat an-nawm).

yes

Same as sg.

STATE-NUM

An ʾidāfa modifier that exists in a fixed state (def, ind or ind-def) and number (sg, du or pl) .

STATE

Same as STATE-sg.

adj or adj-base

An adjectival modifier that modifies the base word. Unnecessary to specify; this is the default.

adj-mod, adj-mod2, etc.

An adjectival modifier that modifies a previous modifier word, which must be an ʾidāfa modifier.

Examples

A simple example

Normally, it is sufficient to copy the headword declaration for a noun and make minor changes, in particular changing the template name from {{ar-noun|...}} to {{ar-decl-noun|...}} and removing the gender. For example, for the noun مَدْرَسَة (madrasa, “school”), the headword is declared as follows:

{{ar-noun|مَدْرَسَة|f|pl=مَدَارِس}}

and a declension template can easily be declared by the above minor changes, yielding the following:

{{ar-decl-noun|مَدْرَسَة|pl=مَدَارِس}}

which produces the following:

Declension of noun مَدْرَسَة (madrasa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدْرَسَة madrasa	الْمَدْرَسَة al-madrasa	مَدْرَسَة madrasat
Nominative	مَدْرَسَةٌ madrasatun	الْمَدْرَسَةُ al-madrasatu	مَدْرَسَةُ madrasatu
Accusative	مَدْرَسَةً madrasatan	الْمَدْرَسَةَ al-madrasata	مَدْرَسَةَ madrasata
Genitive	مَدْرَسَةٍ madrasatin	الْمَدْرَسَةِ al-madrasati	مَدْرَسَةِ madrasati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدْرَسَتَيْن madrasatayn	الْمَدْرَسَتَيْن al-madrasatayn	مَدْرَسَتَيْ madrasatay
Nominative	مَدْرَسَتَانِ madrasatāni	الْمَدْرَسَتَانِ al-madrasatāni	مَدْرَسَتَا madrasatā
Accusative	مَدْرَسَتَيْنِ madrasatayni	الْمَدْرَسَتَيْنِ al-madrasatayni	مَدْرَسَتَيْ madrasatay
Genitive	مَدْرَسَتَيْنِ madrasatayni	الْمَدْرَسَتَيْنِ al-madrasatayni	مَدْرَسَتَيْ madrasatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدَارِس madāris	الْمَدَارِس al-madāris	مَدَارِس madāris
Nominative	مَدَارِسُ madārisu	الْمَدَارِسُ al-madārisu	مَدَارِسُ madārisu
Accusative	مَدَارِسَ madārisa	الْمَدَارِسَ al-madārisa	مَدَارِسَ madārisa
Genitive	مَدَارِسَ madārisa	الْمَدَارِسِ al-madārisi	مَدَارِسِ madārisi

Note that the plural مَدَارِس (madāris, “schools”) is a diptote, and this is automatically determined by its shape. Generally, diptotes have a shape different from triptotes, and the code is very good at auto-detecting the declension.

A more complicated example

The same trick for generating declensions from headword templates usually works with more complex examples, as well, e.g. with قَفًا (qafan, “nape”). For this noun, the headword is declared as follows:

{{ar-noun|قَفًا|m|g2=f|d=قَفَوَان|pl=أَقْفِيَة|pl2=أَقْفٍ|pl3=أَقْفَاء|pl4=قُفِيّ|pl5=قِفِيّ}}

Removing the gender and changing the template name yields this:

{{ar-decl-noun|قَفًا|d=قَفَوَان|pl=أَقْفِيَة|pl2=أَقْفٍ|pl3=أَقْفَاء|pl4=قُفِيّ|pl5=قِفِيّ}}

which produces a correct declension table, even though there is an irregular dual and five broken plurals of three different declensions:

Declension of noun قَفًا (qafan)

Singular	singular in ـًا (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَفَا qafā	الْقَفَا al-qafā	قَفَا qafā
Nominative	قَفًا qafan	الْقَفَا al-qafā	قَفَا qafā
Accusative	قَفًا qafan	الْقَفَا al-qafā	قَفَا qafā
Genitive	قَفًا qafan	الْقَفَا al-qafā	قَفَا qafā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَفَوَيْن qafawayn	الْقَفَوَيْن al-qafawayn	قَفَوَيْ qafaway
Nominative	قَفَوَانِ qafawāni	الْقَفَوَانِ al-qafawāni	قَفَوَا qafawā
Accusative	قَفَوَيْنِ qafawayni	الْقَفَوَيْنِ al-qafawayni	قَفَوَيْ qafaway
Genitive	قَفَوَيْنِ qafawayni	الْقَفَوَيْنِ al-qafawayni	قَفَوَيْ qafaway
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; broken plural triptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقْفِيَة‎; أَقْفِي‎; أَقْفَاء‎; قُفِي‎; قِفِي ʔaqfiya‎; ʔaqfī‎; ʔaqfāʔ‎; qufī‎; qifī	الْأَقْفِيَة‎; الْأَقْفِي‎; الْأَقْفَاء‎; الْقُفِي‎; الْقِفِي al-ʔaqfiya‎; al-ʔaqfī‎; al-ʔaqfāʔ‎; al-qufī‎; al-qifī	أَقْفِيَة‎; أَقْفِي‎; أَقْفَاء‎; قُفِي‎; قِفِي ʔaqfiyat‎; ʔaqfī‎; ʔaqfāʔ‎; qufī‎; qifī
Nominative	أَقْفِيَةٌ‎; أَقْفٍ‎; أَقْفَاءٌ‎; قُفِيٌّ‎; قِفِيٌّ ʔaqfiyatun‎; ʔaqfin‎; ʔaqfāʔun‎; qufiyyun‎; qifiyyun	الْأَقْفِيَةُ‎; الْأَقْفِي‎; الْأَقْفَاءُ‎; الْقُفِيُّ‎; الْقِفِيُّ al-ʔaqfiyatu‎; al-ʔaqfī‎; al-ʔaqfāʔu‎; al-qufiyyu‎; al-qifiyyu	أَقْفِيَةُ‎; أَقْفِي‎; أَقْفَاءُ‎; قُفِيُّ‎; قِفِيُّ ʔaqfiyatu‎; ʔaqfī‎; ʔaqfāʔu‎; qufiyyu‎; qifiyyu
Accusative	أَقْفِيَةً‎; أَقْفِيًا‎; أَقْفَاءً‎; قُفِيًّا‎; قِفِيًّا ʔaqfiyatan‎; ʔaqfiyan‎; ʔaqfāʔan‎; qufiyyan‎; qifiyyan	الْأَقْفِيَةَ‎; الْأَقْفِيَ‎; الْأَقْفَاءَ‎; الْقُفِيَّ‎; الْقِفِيَّ al-ʔaqfiyata‎; al-ʔaqfiya‎; al-ʔaqfāʔa‎; al-qufiyya‎; al-qifiyya	أَقْفِيَةَ‎; أَقْفِيَ‎; أَقْفَاءَ‎; قُفِيَّ‎; قِفِيَّ ʔaqfiyata‎; ʔaqfiya‎; ʔaqfāʔa‎; qufiyya‎; qifiyya
Genitive	أَقْفِيَةٍ‎; أَقْفٍ‎; أَقْفَاءٍ‎; قُفِيٍّ‎; قِفِيٍّ ʔaqfiyatin‎; ʔaqfin‎; ʔaqfāʔin‎; qufiyyin‎; qifiyyin	الْأَقْفِيَةِ‎; الْأَقْفِي‎; الْأَقْفَاءِ‎; الْقُفِيِّ‎; الْقِفِيِّ al-ʔaqfiyati‎; al-ʔaqfī‎; al-ʔaqfāʔi‎; al-qufiyyi‎; al-qifiyyi	أَقْفِيَةِ‎; أَقْفِي‎; أَقْفَاءِ‎; قُفِيِّ‎; قِفِيِّ ʔaqfiyati‎; ʔaqfī‎; ʔaqfāʔi‎; qufiyyi‎; qifiyyi

In general, the code is very good at figuring out the correct declension from the form of the stem, and almost always gets it right (but see the following section).

An example where the declension must be manually specified

The code is very good at guessing the declension of a noun or adjective based on its form, but sometimes it needs help. An example is off-shape diptotes, e.g. بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ, “parrot”) (also بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ) and بَبَغَاء (babaḡāʔ)), which needs an annotation like :di:

{{ar-decl-noun|بَبْغَاء:di|head2=بَبَّغَاء:di|head3=بَبَغَاء:di|d=بَبْغَاوَان|d2=بَبَّغَاوَان|d3=بَبَغَاوَان|pl=بَبْغَاوَات|pl2=بَبَّغَاوَات|pl3=بَبَغَاوَات}}

which produces

Declension of noun بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ)‎; بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ)‎; بَبَغَاء (babaḡāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَبْغَاء‎; بَبَّغَاء‎; بَبَغَاء babḡāʔ‎; babbaḡāʔ‎; babaḡāʔ	الْبَبْغَاء‎; الْبَبَّغَاء‎; الْبَبَغَاء al-babḡāʔ‎; al-babbaḡāʔ‎; al-babaḡāʔ	بَبْغَاء‎; بَبَّغَاء‎; بَبَغَاء babḡāʔ‎; babbaḡāʔ‎; babaḡāʔ
Nominative	بَبْغَاءُ‎; بَبَّغَاءُ‎; بَبَغَاءُ babḡāʔu‎; babbaḡāʔu‎; babaḡāʔu	الْبَبْغَاءُ‎; الْبَبَّغَاءُ‎; الْبَبَغَاءُ al-babḡāʔu‎; al-babbaḡāʔu‎; al-babaḡāʔu	بَبْغَاءُ‎; بَبَّغَاءُ‎; بَبَغَاءُ babḡāʔu‎; babbaḡāʔu‎; babaḡāʔu
Accusative	بَبْغَاءَ‎; بَبَّغَاءَ‎; بَبَغَاءَ babḡāʔa‎; babbaḡāʔa‎; babaḡāʔa	الْبَبْغَاءَ‎; الْبَبَّغَاءَ‎; الْبَبَغَاءَ al-babḡāʔa‎; al-babbaḡāʔa‎; al-babaḡāʔa	بَبْغَاءَ‎; بَبَّغَاءَ‎; بَبَغَاءَ babḡāʔa‎; babbaḡāʔa‎; babaḡāʔa
Genitive	بَبْغَاءَ‎; بَبَّغَاءَ‎; بَبَغَاءَ babḡāʔa‎; babbaḡāʔa‎; babaḡāʔa	الْبَبْغَاءِ‎; الْبَبَّغَاءِ‎; الْبَبَغَاءِ al-babḡāʔi‎; al-babbaḡāʔi‎; al-babaḡāʔi	بَبْغَاءِ‎; بَبَّغَاءِ‎; بَبَغَاءِ babḡāʔi‎; babbaḡāʔi‎; babaḡāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَبْغَاوَيْن‎; بَبَّغَاوَيْن‎; بَبَغَاوَيْن babḡāwayn‎; babbaḡāwayn‎; babaḡāwayn	الْبَبْغَاوَيْن‎; الْبَبَّغَاوَيْن‎; الْبَبَغَاوَيْن al-babḡāwayn‎; al-babbaḡāwayn‎; al-babaḡāwayn	بَبْغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَّغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْ babḡāway‎; babbaḡāway‎; babaḡāway
Nominative	بَبْغَاوَانِ‎; بَبَّغَاوَانِ‎; بَبَغَاوَانِ babḡāwāni‎; babbaḡāwāni‎; babaḡāwāni	الْبَبْغَاوَانِ‎; الْبَبَّغَاوَانِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَانِ al-babḡāwāni‎; al-babbaḡāwāni‎; al-babaḡāwāni	بَبْغَاوَا‎; بَبَّغَاوَا‎; بَبَغَاوَا babḡāwā‎; babbaḡāwā‎; babaḡāwā
Accusative	بَبْغَاوَيْنِ‎; بَبَّغَاوَيْنِ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْنِ babḡāwayni‎; babbaḡāwayni‎; babaḡāwayni	الْبَبْغَاوَيْنِ‎; الْبَبَّغَاوَيْنِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَيْنِ al-babḡāwayni‎; al-babbaḡāwayni‎; al-babaḡāwayni	بَبْغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَّغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْ babḡāway‎; babbaḡāway‎; babaḡāway
Genitive	بَبْغَاوَيْنِ‎; بَبَّغَاوَيْنِ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْنِ babḡāwayni‎; babbaḡāwayni‎; babaḡāwayni	الْبَبْغَاوَيْنِ‎; الْبَبَّغَاوَيْنِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَيْنِ al-babḡāwayni‎; al-babbaḡāwayni‎; al-babaḡāwayni	بَبْغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَّغَاوَيْ‎; بَبَغَاوَيْ babḡāway‎; babbaḡāway‎; babaḡāway
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَبْغَاوَات‎; بَبَّغَاوَات‎; بَبَغَاوَات babḡāwāt‎; babbaḡāwāt‎; babaḡāwāt	الْبَبْغَاوَات‎; الْبَبَّغَاوَات‎; الْبَبَغَاوَات al-babḡāwāt‎; al-babbaḡāwāt‎; al-babaḡāwāt	بَبْغَاوَات‎; بَبَّغَاوَات‎; بَبَغَاوَات babḡāwāt‎; babbaḡāwāt‎; babaḡāwāt
Nominative	بَبْغَاوَاتٌ‎; بَبَّغَاوَاتٌ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتٌ babḡāwātun‎; babbaḡāwātun‎; babaḡāwātun	الْبَبْغَاوَاتُ‎; الْبَبَّغَاوَاتُ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَاتُ al-babḡāwātu‎; al-babbaḡāwātu‎; al-babaḡāwātu	بَبْغَاوَاتُ‎; بَبَّغَاوَاتُ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتُ babḡāwātu‎; babbaḡāwātu‎; babaḡāwātu
Accusative	بَبْغَاوَاتٍ‎; بَبَّغَاوَاتٍ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتٍ babḡāwātin‎; babbaḡāwātin‎; babaḡāwātin	الْبَبْغَاوَاتِ‎; الْبَبَّغَاوَاتِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَاتِ al-babḡāwāti‎; al-babbaḡāwāti‎; al-babaḡāwāti	بَبْغَاوَاتِ‎; بَبَّغَاوَاتِ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتِ babḡāwāti‎; babbaḡāwāti‎; babaḡāwāti
Genitive	بَبْغَاوَاتٍ‎; بَبَّغَاوَاتٍ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتٍ babḡāwātin‎; babbaḡāwātin‎; babaḡāwātin	الْبَبْغَاوَاتِ‎; الْبَبَّغَاوَاتِ‎; الْبَبَغَاوَاتِ al-babḡāwāti‎; al-babbaḡāwāti‎; al-babaḡāwāti	بَبْغَاوَاتِ‎; بَبَّغَاوَاتِ‎; بَبَغَاوَاتِ babḡāwāti‎; babbaḡāwāti‎; babaḡāwāti

Nisba nouns

Nisba nouns use special headword templates. A basic nisba noun headword template like this, for مِصْرِيّ (miṣriyy, “Egyptian person”):

{{ar-noun-nisba|مِصْرِيّ}}

can be converted to a declension template as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|مِصْرِيّ|pl=sp}}

This produces

Declension of noun مِصْرِيّ (miṣriyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِصْرِي miṣrī	الْمِصْرِي al-miṣrī	مِصْرِي miṣrī
Nominative	مِصْرِيٌّ miṣriyyun	الْمِصْرِيُّ al-miṣriyyu	مِصْرِيُّ miṣriyyu
Accusative	مِصْرِيًّا miṣriyyan	الْمِصْرِيَّ al-miṣriyya	مِصْرِيَّ miṣriyya
Genitive	مِصْرِيٍّ miṣriyyin	الْمِصْرِيِّ al-miṣriyyi	مِصْرِيِّ miṣriyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِصْرِيَّيْن miṣriyyayn	الْمِصْرِيَّيْن al-miṣriyyayn	مِصْرِيَّيْ miṣriyyay
Nominative	مِصْرِيَّانِ miṣriyyāni	الْمِصْرِيَّانِ al-miṣriyyāni	مِصْرِيَّا miṣriyyā
Accusative	مِصْرِيَّيْنِ miṣriyyayni	الْمِصْرِيَّيْنِ al-miṣriyyayni	مِصْرِيَّيْ miṣriyyay
Genitive	مِصْرِيَّيْنِ miṣriyyayni	الْمِصْرِيَّيْنِ al-miṣriyyayni	مِصْرِيَّيْ miṣriyyay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِصْرِيِّين miṣriyyīn	الْمِصْرِيِّين al-miṣriyyīn	مِصْرِيِّي miṣriyyī
Nominative	مِصْرِيُّونَ miṣriyyūna	الْمِصْرِيُّونَ al-miṣriyyūna	مِصْرِيُّو miṣriyyū
Accusative	مِصْرِيِّينَ miṣriyyīna	الْمِصْرِيِّينَ al-miṣriyyīna	مِصْرِيِّي miṣriyyī
Genitive	مِصْرِيِّينَ miṣriyyīna	الْمِصْرِيِّينَ al-miṣriyyīna	مِصْرِيِّي miṣriyyī

Note that it is necessary to specify the plural; otherwise the declension table will have only singular. However, it is unnecessary to write out the plural; it is enough to just specify the type (in this case sp for sound plural), and the actual form will be inferred from the singular.

When the plural is overridden in the headword, conversion is even easier. An example is عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy, “Arab”). The nisba noun headword template is:

{{ar-noun-nisba|عَرَبِيّ|pl=عَرَب}}

This converts easily to a declension template:

{{ar-decl-noun|عَرَبِيّ|pl=عَرَب}}

producing

Declension of noun عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرَبِي ʕarabī	الْعَرَبِي al-ʕarabī	عَرَبِي ʕarabī
Nominative	عَرَبِيٌّ ʕarabiyyun	الْعَرَبِيُّ al-ʕarabiyyu	عَرَبِيُّ ʕarabiyyu
Accusative	عَرَبِيًّا ʕarabiyyan	الْعَرَبِيَّ al-ʕarabiyya	عَرَبِيَّ ʕarabiyya
Genitive	عَرَبِيٍّ ʕarabiyyin	الْعَرَبِيِّ al-ʕarabiyyi	عَرَبِيِّ ʕarabiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرَبِيَّيْن ʕarabiyyayn	الْعَرَبِيَّيْن al-ʕarabiyyayn	عَرَبِيَّيْ ʕarabiyyay
Nominative	عَرَبِيَّانِ ʕarabiyyāni	الْعَرَبِيَّانِ al-ʕarabiyyāni	عَرَبِيَّا ʕarabiyyā
Accusative	عَرَبِيَّيْنِ ʕarabiyyayni	الْعَرَبِيَّيْنِ al-ʕarabiyyayni	عَرَبِيَّيْ ʕarabiyyay
Genitive	عَرَبِيَّيْنِ ʕarabiyyayni	الْعَرَبِيَّيْنِ al-ʕarabiyyayni	عَرَبِيَّيْ ʕarabiyyay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرَب ʕarab	الْعَرَب al-ʕarab	عَرَب ʕarab
Nominative	عَرَبٌ ʕarabun	الْعَرَبُ al-ʕarabu	عَرَبُ ʕarabu
Accusative	عَرَبًا ʕaraban	الْعَرَبَ al-ʕaraba	عَرَبَ ʕaraba
Genitive	عَرَبٍ ʕarabin	الْعَرَبِ al-ʕarabi	عَرَبِ ʕarabi

Definite proper nouns

Definite proper nouns like الإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām, “Islam”) exist only in the definite state. This can be specified using |state=def. The stem should be specified without the definite article, e.g.

{{ar-decl-noun|إِسْلَام|state=def}}

which produces

Declension of noun الْإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْإِسْلَام al-ʔislām	—
Nominative	—	الْإِسْلَامُ al-ʔislāmu	—
Accusative	—	الْإِسْلَامَ al-ʔislāma	—
Genitive	—	الْإِسْلَامِ al-ʔislāmi	—

Indefinite proper nouns

Proper nouns like مِصْر (miṣr) or أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad) or مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) are morphologically declined only in the indefinite state, but are syntactically definite, and are often diptote. This can be specified using |state=ind-def and adding a ـُ (-u) diacritic after the stem if needed, e.g.

{{ar-decl-noun|مِصْرُ|state=ind-def}}

which produces

Declension of noun مِصْر (miṣr)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	مِصْر miṣr	—
Nominative	—	مِصْرُ miṣru	—
Accusative	—	مِصْرَ miṣra	—
Genitive	—	مِصْرَ miṣra	—

Note how the noun is declined as if it is indefinite, but is listed as definite. This would matter, for example, in that a modifying adjective would be in the definite state. (See below for the example of كَانُون الثَانِي (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī).)

Irregular nouns

Irregular nouns can be specified using overrides.

Irregular example 1

One complex example is the word ذُو (ḏū, “owner (of)”), which exists only in the construct state and is somewhere between a noun and a demonstrative pronoun.

Its declension can be specified as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|ذ:lc|d=ذَوَان|pl=أُولُون/ʾulūn|pl2=ذَوُون|state=con}}

yielding

Declension of noun ذُو (ḏū)

Singular	singular long construct
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	—	ذُو ḏū
Nominative	—	—	ذُو ḏū
Accusative	—	—	ذَا ḏā
Genitive	—	—	ذِي ḏī
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	—	ذَوَيْ ḏaway
Nominative	—	—	ذَوَا ḏawā
Accusative	—	—	ذَوَيْ ḏaway
Genitive	—	—	ذَوَيْ ḏaway
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	—	أُولِي‎; ذَوِي ʾulī‎; ḏawī
Nominative	—	—	أُولُو‎; ذَوُو ʾulū‎; ḏawū
Accusative	—	—	أُولِي‎; ذَوِي ʾulī‎; ḏawī
Genitive	—	—	أُولِي‎; ذَوِي ʾulī‎; ḏawī

Note that this declension uses a number of advanced features:

1. The singular behaves as a long-construct noun, and is thus specified as ذ:lc, with an annotation indicating that it is a long-construct noun.
2. The declension is restricted to be construct-state-only using |state=con.
3. The plural أُولُو (ʾulū) is the construct state of a sound masculine plural noun, and hence it is given in the form it would occur if it existed in other states. Furthermore, the pronunciation is irregular, with the first vowel spelled long but pronounced short; as a result, the transliteration is explicitly given with a short vowel. Note that this is automatically declined as nominative أُولُو (ʾulū), accusative/genitive أُولِِي (ʾulī), with the ending changed appropriately while keeping the stem of both the Arabic and explicit transliteration. (Note, the written-out transliteration of the hamza ʾ appears backwards due to display issues. Underlyingly it is written correctly, as can be seen by editing this page to examine its source code.)

Irregular example 2

An even more complex irregular noun is اِمْرُؤ (imruʔ, “man”), which has assimilation between stem and ending in the singular and a different stem المَرْء (al-marʔ) in the definite state (both singular and dual). The declension is specified as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|اِمْرَأ|nom_sg_ind=اِمْرُؤٌ|acc_sg_ind=اِمْرَأً|gen_sg_ind=اِمْرِئٍ|inf_sg_ind=?
|nom_sg_def=الْمَرْءُ|acc_sg_def=الْمَرْءَ|gen_sg_def=الْمَرْءِ|inf_sg_def=?
|nom_sg_con=اِمْرُؤُ|acc_sg_con=اِمْرَأَ|gen_sg_con=اِمْرِئِ|inf_sg_con=?
|nom_du_def=الْمَرْآنِ|acc_du_def=الْمَرْأَيْنِ|gen_du_def=الْمَرْأَيْنِ|inf_du_def=الْمَرْأَيْن
|lemma=اِمْرُؤ
|number=sg,du
}}

Here we have to override the entire singular declension and the definite state of the dual declension in order to get the right forms. We specify the stem as اِمْرَأ (imraʔ) so that the non-overridden part of the dual is correct, but that means we need to override the lemma to get the indefinite nominative singular as the lemma. We also have to explicitly specify the numbers we want to appear; otherwise only singular would appear.

Note that the dual اِمْرَآنِ (imraʔāni), with ʾalif madda, is automatically constructed correctly from the stem اِمْرَأ (imraʔ). See below.

Hamza seats

It was noted above that the dual of the stem اِمْرَأ (imraʔ, “man”) was correctly constructed as اِمْرَآنِ (imraʔāni), with an ʾalif madda hamza seat. In general, the code has extensive knowledge of the rules regarding the correct hamza seat in various circumstances and should essentially always get this correct. An example of this knowledge at work is the declension of the words شَيْء (šayʔ, “thing”) and مُبْتَدَأ (mubtadaʔ, “(grammatical) subject”), declared as follows:

• {{ar-decl-noun|شَيْء|pl=أَشْيَاء}}
• {{ar-decl-noun|مُبْتَدَأ|pl=sp}}

and appearing as follows:

Declension of noun شَيْء (šayʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَيْء šayʔ	الشَّيْء aš-šayʔ	شَيْء šayʔ
Nominative	شَيْءٌ šayʔun	الشَّيْءُ aš-šayʔu	شَيْءُ šayʔu
Accusative	شَيْئًا šayʔan	الشَّيْءَ aš-šayʔa	شَيْءَ šayʔa
Genitive	شَيْءٍ šayʔin	الشَّيْءِ aš-šayʔi	شَيْءِ šayʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَيْئَيْن šayʔayn	الشَّيْئَيْن aš-šayʔayn	شَيْئَيْ šayʔay
Nominative	شَيْئَانِ šayʔāni	الشَّيْئَانِ aš-šayʔāni	شَيْئَا šayʔā
Accusative	شَيْئَيْنِ šayʔayni	الشَّيْئَيْنِ aš-šayʔayni	شَيْئَيْ šayʔay
Genitive	شَيْئَيْنِ šayʔayni	الشَّيْئَيْنِ aš-šayʔayni	شَيْئَيْ šayʔay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَشْيَاء ʔašyāʔ	الْأَشْيَاء al-ʔašyāʔ	أَشْيَاء ʔašyāʔ
Nominative	أَشْيَاءٌ ʔašyāʔun	الْأَشْيَاءُ al-ʔašyāʔu	أَشْيَاءُ ʔašyāʔu
Accusative	أَشْيَاءً ʔašyāʔan	الْأَشْيَاءَ al-ʔašyāʔa	أَشْيَاءَ ʔašyāʔa
Genitive	أَشْيَاءٍ ʔašyāʔin	الْأَشْيَاءِ al-ʔašyāʔi	أَشْيَاءِ ʔašyāʔi

Declension of noun مُبْتَدَأ (mubtadaʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُبْتَدَأ mubtadaʔ	الْمُبْتَدَأ al-mubtadaʔ	مُبْتَدَأ mubtadaʔ
Nominative	مُبْتَدَأٌ mubtadaʔun	الْمُبْتَدَأُ al-mubtadaʔu	مُبْتَدَأُ mubtadaʔu
Accusative	مُبْتَدَأً mubtadaʔan	الْمُبْتَدَأَ al-mubtadaʔa	مُبْتَدَأَ mubtadaʔa
Genitive	مُبْتَدَأٍ mubtadaʔin	الْمُبْتَدَأِ al-mubtadaʔi	مُبْتَدَأِ mubtadaʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُبْتَدَأَيْن mubtadaʔayn	الْمُبْتَدَأَيْن al-mubtadaʔayn	مُبْتَدَأَيْ mubtadaʔay
Nominative	مُبْتَدَآنِ mubtadaʔāni	الْمُبْتَدَآنِ al-mubtadaʔāni	مُبْتَدَآ mubtadaʔā
Accusative	مُبْتَدَأَيْنِ mubtadaʔayni	الْمُبْتَدَأَيْنِ al-mubtadaʔayni	مُبْتَدَأَيْ mubtadaʔay
Genitive	مُبْتَدَأَيْنِ mubtadaʔayni	الْمُبْتَدَأَيْنِ al-mubtadaʔayni	مُبْتَدَأَيْ mubtadaʔay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُبْتَدَئِين mubtadaʔīn	الْمُبْتَدَئِين al-mubtadaʔīn	مُبْتَدَئِي mubtadaʔī
Nominative	مُبْتَدَأُونَ‎/مُبْتَدَؤُونَ mubtadaʔūna	الْمُبْتَدَأُونَ‎/الْمُبْتَدَؤُونَ al-mubtadaʔūna	مُبْتَدَأُو‎/مُبْتَدَؤُو mubtadaʔū
Accusative	مُبْتَدَئِينَ mubtadaʔīna	الْمُبْتَدَئِينَ al-mubtadaʔīna	مُبْتَدَئِي mubtadaʔī
Genitive	مُبْتَدَئِينَ mubtadaʔīna	الْمُبْتَدَئِينَ al-mubtadaʔīna	مُبْتَدَئِي mubtadaʔī

In the former case, the hamza-on-the-line ء automatically changes into ئ when the accusative and dual endings are added. In the latter case, the hamza at the end of the stem مُبْتَدَأ (mubtadaʔ) changes in various ways depending on the ending, e.g. becoming ئ before ـِين (-īn) and becoming آ before ـَان (-ān). Before ـُون (-ūn), there are two possible seats, yielding either مُبْتَدَأُون (mubtadaʔūn) or مُبْتَدَؤُون (mubtadaʔūn). Both forms are displayed in the declension table, separated by the second-level separator (a slash). (The first-level separator, a semicolon, separates distinct stems, especially in the plural.)

Modifiers

ʾiḍāfa construction #1

Some phrases appear as lemmas in Wiktionary. An example is the ʾiḍāfa construction بَيْت المُقَدَّس (bayt al-muqaddas) or بَيْت المَقْدِس (bayt al-maqdis), both meaning Jerusalem (literally house of the holy place). This is composed of بَيْت (bayt, “house”) in the construct state, declined according to case, plus مُقَدَّس (muqaddas) or مَقْدِس (maqdis) in the definite state, genitive case. The declension for this phrase can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|بَيْت|mod=مُقَدَّس|modhead2=مَقْدِس|idafa=def}}

which produces

Declension of noun بَيْت الْمُقَدَّس (bayt al-muqaddas)‎; بَيْت الْمَقْدِس (bayt al-maqdis)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	بَيْت الْمُقَدَّس‎; بَيْت الْمَقْدِس bayt al-muqaddas‎; bayt al-maqdis	—
Nominative	—	بَيْتُ الْمُقَدَّسِ‎; بَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ baytu l-muqaddasi‎; baytu l-maqdisi	—
Accusative	—	بَيْتَ الْمُقَدَّسِ‎; بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ bayta l-muqaddasi‎; bayta l-maqdisi	—
Genitive	—	بَيْتِ الْمُقَدَّسِ‎; بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ bayti l-muqaddasi‎; bayti l-maqdisi	—

ʾiḍāfa construction #2

The previous example had a both head noun and modifier in the singular. However, they can disagree, in which case |idafa= should reflect the number of the modifier. An example is يَوْم الاِثْنَيْن (yawm al-iṯnayn, “Monday”) (literally "day of the two"), where اِثْنَيْن (iṯnayn, “two”) appears in the dual. The declension for this phrase can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|يَوْم|mod=-|modd=اِثْنَان|idafa=def-du}}

which produces

Declension of noun يَوْم الِاثْنَيْن (yawm al-iṯnayn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	يَوْم الِاثْنَيْن yawm al-iṯnayn	—
Nominative	—	يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ yawmu l-iṯnayni	—
Accusative	—	يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ yawma l-iṯnayni	—
Genitive	—	يَوْمِ الِاثْنَيْنِ yawmi l-iṯnayni	—

Note that we express اِثْنَان (iṯnān, “two”) in the nominative case and without the definite article; the use of |idafa=def-du will cause the correct case and state to be generated. We also need to code the modifier using |modd= to express the fact that it is a dual (modd is mod + d for "dual").

ʾiḍāfa construction #3

The previous examples had a head noun appearing only in the singular, and only in the definite state. However, many phrases using ʾiḍāfa can appear in all states (definite, indefinite and construct), according to the state of the modifying noun. For example, "bedroom" is غُرْفَة نَوْم (ḡurfat nawm, literally “room of sleep”), while "the bedroom" is غُرْفَة النَوْم (ḡurfat an-nawm) and "her bedroom" is غُرْفَة نَوْمِهَا (ḡurfat nawmihā). It also exists in the plural (غُرَف نَوْم (ḡuraf nawm)) and dual ((غُرْفَتَان نَوْم (ḡurfatān nawm)). This can be expressed using |idafa=sg, which does not constrain the state, as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|غُرْفَة|pl=غُرَف|mod=نَوْم|idafa=sg}}

which produces

Declension of noun غُرْفَة نَوْم (ḡurfat nawm)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُرْفَة نَوْم ḡurfat nawm	غُرْفَة النَّوْم ḡurfat an-nawm	غُرْفَة نَوْم ḡurfat nawm
Nominative	غُرْفَةُ نَوْمٍ ḡurfatu nawmin	غُرْفَةُ النَّوْمِ ḡurfatu n-nawmi	غُرْفَةُ نَوْمِ ḡurfatu nawmi
Accusative	غُرْفَةَ نَوْمٍ ḡurfata nawmin	غُرْفَةَ النَّوْمِ ḡurfata n-nawmi	غُرْفَةَ نَوْمِ ḡurfata nawmi
Genitive	غُرْفَةِ نَوْمٍ ḡurfati nawmin	غُرْفَةِ النَّوْمِ ḡurfati n-nawmi	غُرْفَةِ نَوْمِ ḡurfati nawmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُرْفَتَيْ نَوْم ḡurfatay nawm	غُرْفَتَيْ النَّوْم ḡurfatay an-nawm	غُرْفَتَيْ نَوْم ḡurfatay nawm
Nominative	غُرْفَتَا نَوْمٍ ḡurfatā nawmin	غُرْفَتَا النَّوْمِ ḡurfatā n-nawmi	غُرْفَتَا نَوْمِ ḡurfatā nawmi
Accusative	غُرْفَتَيْ نَوْمٍ ḡurfatay nawmin	غُرْفَتَيْ النَّوْمِ ḡurfatay an-nawmi	غُرْفَتَيْ نَوْمِ ḡurfatay nawmi
Genitive	غُرْفَتَيْ نَوْمٍ ḡurfatay nawmin	غُرْفَتَيْ النَّوْمِ ḡurfatay an-nawmi	غُرْفَتَيْ نَوْمِ ḡurfatay nawmi
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُرَف نَوْم ḡuraf nawm	غُرَف النَّوْم ḡuraf an-nawm	غُرَف نَوْم ḡuraf nawm
Nominative	غُرَفُ نَوْمٍ ḡurafu nawmin	غُرَفُ النَّوْمِ ḡurafu n-nawmi	غُرَفُ نَوْمِ ḡurafu nawmi
Accusative	غُرَفَ نَوْمٍ ḡurafa nawmin	غُرَفَ النَّوْمِ ḡurafa n-nawmi	غُرَفَ نَوْمِ ḡurafa nawmi
Genitive	غُرَفِ نَوْمٍ ḡurafi nawmin	غُرَفِ النَّوْمِ ḡurafi n-nawmi	غُرَفِ نَوْمِ ḡurafi nawmi

ʾiḍāfa construction #4

An example similar to the previous one but which uses a singulative noun is دُودَة فَرَاشَة (dūdat farāša, “caterpillar”, literally “worm of butterfly”). دُودَة (dūda, “worm”) is a singulative noun, so we use a singulative noun template. فَرَاشَة (farāša, “butterfly”) is in the singular; in this case, we have to use {para|idafa|sing}} since that's the closest we can get to a singular number. (For collective nouns we would use |idafa=coll to indicate the singular.) The declension for this phrase can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-sing-noun|دُودَة|pl=دِيدَان|mod=فَرَاشَة|idafa=sing}}

which produces

Declension of noun دُودَة فَرَاشَة (dūdat farāša)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُودَة فَرَاشَة dūdat farāša	دُودَة الْفَرَاشَة dūdat al-farāša	دُودَة فَرَاشَة dūdat farāšat
Nominative	دُودَةُ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdatu farāšatin	دُودَةُ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdatu l-farāšati	دُودَةُ فَرَاشَةِ dūdatu farāšati
Accusative	دُودَةَ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdata farāšatin	دُودَةَ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdata l-farāšati	دُودَةَ فَرَاشَةِ dūdata farāšati
Genitive	دُودَةِ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdati farāšatin	دُودَةِ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdati l-farāšati	دُودَةِ فَرَاشَةِ dūdati farāšati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُود فَرَاشَة dūd farāša	دُود الْفَرَاشَة dūd al-farāša	دُود فَرَاشَة dūd farāšat
Nominative	دُودُ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdu farāšatin	دُودُ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdu l-farāšati	دُودُ فَرَاشَةِ dūdu farāšati
Accusative	دُودَ فَرَاشَةٍ dūda farāšatin	دُودَ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūda l-farāšati	دُودَ فَرَاشَةِ dūda farāšati
Genitive	دُودِ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdi farāšatin	دُودِ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdi l-farāšati	دُودِ فَرَاشَةِ dūdi farāšati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُودَتَيْ فَرَاشَة dūdatay farāša	دُودَتَيْ الْفَرَاشَة dūdatay al-farāša	دُودَتَيْ فَرَاشَة dūdatay farāšat
Nominative	دُودَتَا فَرَاشَةٍ dūdatā farāšatin	دُودَتَا الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdatā l-farāšati	دُودَتَا فَرَاشَةِ dūdatā farāšati
Accusative	دُودَتَيْ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdatay farāšatin	دُودَتَيْ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdatay al-farāšati	دُودَتَيْ فَرَاشَةِ dūdatay farāšati
Genitive	دُودَتَيْ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdatay farāšatin	دُودَتَيْ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdatay al-farāšati	دُودَتَيْ فَرَاشَةِ dūdatay farāšati
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُودَات فَرَاشَة dūdāt farāša	دُودَات الْفَرَاشَة dūdāt al-farāša	دُودَات فَرَاشَة dūdāt farāšat
Nominative	دُودَاتُ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdātu farāšatin	دُودَاتُ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdātu l-farāšati	دُودَاتُ فَرَاشَةِ dūdātu farāšati
Accusative	دُودَاتِ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdāti farāšatin	دُودَاتِ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdāti l-farāšati	دُودَاتِ فَرَاشَةِ dūdāti farāšati
Genitive	دُودَاتِ فَرَاشَةٍ dūdāti farāšatin	دُودَاتِ الْفَرَاشَةِ dūdāti l-farāšati	دُودَاتِ فَرَاشَةِ dūdāti farāšati
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِيدَان فَرَاشَة dīdān farāša	دِيدَان الْفَرَاشَة dīdān al-farāša	دِيدَان فَرَاشَة dīdān farāšat
Nominative	دِيدَانُ فَرَاشَةٍ dīdānu farāšatin	دِيدَانُ الْفَرَاشَةِ dīdānu l-farāšati	دِيدَانُ فَرَاشَةِ dīdānu farāšati
Accusative	دِيدَانَ فَرَاشَةٍ dīdāna farāšatin	دِيدَانَ الْفَرَاشَةِ dīdāna l-farāšati	دِيدَانَ فَرَاشَةِ dīdāna farāšati
Genitive	دِيدَانِ فَرَاشَةٍ dīdāni farāšatin	دِيدَانِ الْفَرَاشَةِ dīdāni l-farāšati	دِيدَانِ فَرَاشَةِ dīdāni farāšati

As with the previous example, the value of |idafa= does not constrain the state; thus it will exist in the indefinite ﺩُﻭﺩَﺓ ﻑَﺭَﺎﺷَﺓ (dūdat farāša), the definite ﺩُﻭﺩَﺓ الﻑَﺭَﺎﺷَﺓ (dūdat al-farāša) and the construct state ﺩُﻭﺩَﺓ ﻑَﺭَﺎﺷَة أَحْمَد (dūdat farāšat ʾaḥmad).

Adjectival modifier #1

Things are different for adjectival modifiers, which do not need to have their case, state or number fixed. An example is the declension for زَوْبَعَة شَدِيدَة (zawbaʿa šadīda, “hurricane”), literally "strong storm". Both noun and adjective need to be declined for case, state and number. This can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|زَوْبَعَة|pl=زَوَابِع|mod=شَدِيدَة|modpl=شَدِيدَة}}

which produces

Declension of noun زَوْبَعَة شَدِيدَة (zawbaʕa šadīda)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوْبَعَة شَدِيدَة zawbaʕa šadīda	الزَّوْبَعَة الشَّدِيدَة az-zawbaʕa š-šadīda	زَوْبَعَة ... الشَّدِيدَة zawbaʕat ... aš-šadīda
Nominative	زَوْبَعَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ zawbaʕatun šadīdatun	الزَّوْبَعَةُ الشَّدِيدَةُ az-zawbaʕatu š-šadīdatu	زَوْبَعَةُ ... الشَّدِيدَةُ zawbaʕatu ... aš-šadīdatu
Accusative	زَوْبَعَةً شَدِيدَةً zawbaʕatan šadīdatan	الزَّوْبَعَةَ الشَّدِيدَةَ az-zawbaʕata š-šadīdata	زَوْبَعَةَ ... الشَّدِيدَةَ zawbaʕata ... aš-šadīdata
Genitive	زَوْبَعَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ zawbaʕatin šadīdatin	الزَّوْبَعَةِ الشَّدِيدَةِ az-zawbaʕati š-šadīdati	زَوْبَعَةِ ... الشَّدِيدَةِ zawbaʕati ... aš-šadīdati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوْبَعَتَيْن شَدِيدَتَيْن zawbaʕatayn šadīdatayn	الزَّوْبَعَتَيْن الشَّدِيدَتَيْن az-zawbaʕatayn aš-šadīdatayn	زَوْبَعَتَيْ ... الشَّدِيدَتَيْن zawbaʕatay ... aš-šadīdatayn
Nominative	زَوْبَعَتَانِ شَدِيدَتَانِ zawbaʕatāni šadīdatāni	الزَّوْبَعَتَانِ الشَّدِيدَتَانِ az-zawbaʕatāni š-šadīdatāni	زَوْبَعَتَا ... الشَّدِيدَتَانِ zawbaʕatā ... aš-šadīdatāni
Accusative	زَوْبَعَتَيْنِ شَدِيدَتَيْنِ zawbaʕatayni šadīdatayni	الزَّوْبَعَتَيْنِ الشَّدِيدَتَيْنِ az-zawbaʕatayni š-šadīdatayni	زَوْبَعَتَيْ ... الشَّدِيدَتَيْنِ zawbaʕatay ... aš-šadīdatayni
Genitive	زَوْبَعَتَيْنِ شَدِيدَتَيْنِ zawbaʕatayni šadīdatayni	الزَّوْبَعَتَيْنِ الشَّدِيدَتَيْنِ az-zawbaʕatayni š-šadīdatayni	زَوْبَعَتَيْ ... الشَّدِيدَتَيْنِ zawbaʕatay ... aš-šadīdatayni
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوَابِع شَدِيدَة zawābiʕ šadīda	الزَّوَابِع الشَّدِيدَة az-zawābiʕ aš-šadīda	زَوَابِع ... الشَّدِيدَة zawābiʕ ... aš-šadīda
Nominative	زَوَابِعُ شَدِيدَةٌ zawābiʕu šadīdatun	الزَّوَابِعُ الشَّدِيدَةُ az-zawābiʕu š-šadīdatu	زَوَابِعُ ... الشَّدِيدَةُ zawābiʕu ... aš-šadīdatu
Accusative	زَوَابِعَ شَدِيدَةً zawābiʕa šadīdatan	الزَّوَابِعَ الشَّدِيدَةَ az-zawābiʕa š-šadīdata	زَوَابِعَ ... الشَّدِيدَةَ zawābiʕa ... aš-šadīdata
Genitive	زَوَابِعَ شَدِيدَةٍ zawābiʕa šadīdatin	الزَّوَابِعِ الشَّدِيدَةِ az-zawābiʕi š-šadīdati	زَوَابِعِ ... الشَّدِيدَةِ zawābiʕi ... aš-šadīdati

Note the need to express the plural of both noun and modifier. The modifier happens to be the same in the plural as the singular, because inanimate plural nouns are treated as feminine singular; but the dual will be different. In this case there is no need for |idafa= because an adjectival modifier of the base word is the default.

Adjectival modifier #2

Another example is the declension for الْوِلَايَات الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-wilāyāt al-muttaḥida, “United States”). This noun appears only in the definite state and in the plural. This can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|-|pl=وِلَايَات|state=def|mod=-|modpl=مُتَّحِدَة}}

which produces

Declension of noun الْوِلَايَات الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-wilāyāt al-muttaḥida)

Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْوِلَايَات الْمُتَّحِدَة al-wilāyāt al-muttaḥida	—
Nominative	—	الْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ al-wilāyātu l-muttaḥidatu	—
Accusative	—	الْوِلَايَاتِ الْمُتَّحِدَةَ al-wilāyāti l-muttaḥidata	—
Genitive	—	الْوِلَايَاتِ الْمُتَّحِدَةِ al-wilāyāti l-muttaḥidati	—

Note the use of a - to indicate no singular, with both the main noun and modifier expressed as plurals, so that the declension table labels them as plural rather than singular.

Adjectival construction #3

A tricky example is كَانُون الثَانِي (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī, “January”, literally “the second Kānūn”). Despite appearances this is an adjectival construction, not an ʾiḍāfa construction. كَانُون (kānūn) is actually a diptote proper noun, morphologically indefinite but syntactically definite, i.e. its declension is indefinite but it is treated grammatically as definite for the purposes of modifiers. This can be expressed using the lower-level parameters to override parts of what is normally generated by |idafa= (including in its default value of |idafa=adj). The declension for this phrase can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|كَانُون:di|mod=ثَانٍ|state=ind-def}}

which produces

Declension of noun كَانُون الثَّانِي (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	كَانُون الثَّانِي kānūn aṯ-ṯānī	—
Nominative	—	كَانُونُ الثَّانِي kānūnu ṯ-ṯānī	—
Accusative	—	كَانُونَ الثَّانِيَ kānūna ṯ-ṯāniya	—
Genitive	—	كَانُونَ الثَّانِي kānūna ṯ-ṯānī	—

In this case, we use |, which sets the overall state to definite, but declines the base noun as indefinite. (This is equivalent to using |state=def|basestate=ind.) This is consistent with the fact that the expression is grammatically definite and its modifier will appear with the definite article. Note also that we need to write the modifier in its indefinite form ثَانٍ (ṯānin); the appropriate definite form is automatically generated.

Other similar examples are أَمْرِيكَا الشَمَالِيَّة (ʔamrīkā š-šamāliyya, “North America”), كُورِيَا الجَنُوبِيَّة (kōriyā l-janūbiyya, “South Korea”) and فِرْجِينِيَا الغَرْبِيَّة (firjīniyā l-ḡarbiyya, “West Virginia”).

Prefix example #1

An example where |prefix= (actually |modprefix=) comes in handy is the phrase التَوْرَاة وَالإِنْجِيل (at-tawrāh wa-l-ʾinjīl). The declension for this phrase can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|تَوْرَاة|mod=إِنْجِيل|modprefix=وَ/wa-|state=def}}

which produces

Declension of noun التَّوْرَاة وَالْإِنْجِيل (at-tawrāh wa-l-ʔinjīl)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	التَّوْرَاة وَالْإِنْجِيل at-tawrāt wa-l-ʔinjīl	—
Nominative	—	التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ at-tawrātu wa-l-ʔinjīlu	—
Accusative	—	التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ at-tawrāta wa-l-ʔinjīla	—
Genitive	—	التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ at-tawrāti wa-l-ʔinjīli	—

Note the use of a prefix to handle the conjunction وَ (wa-, “and”), and the automatic implementation of elision in the transliteration.

Another prefix example is found in the documentation for {{ar-decl-numeral}}.

Prefix example #2

A similar example occurs with numbers, such as تِسْعَة وَعِشْرُون (tisʿa wa-ʿišrūn, “twenty-nine”). The declension can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-numeral|تِسْعَة|f=تِسْع|mod=عِشْرُون|modprefix=وَ/wa-|state=ind,def}}

which produces

Declension of numeral تِسْعَة وَعِشْرُون (tisʕa wa-ʕišrūn)

Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)			basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِسْعَة وَعِشْرِين tisʕa wa-ʕišrīn	التِّسْعَة وَالْعِشْرِين at-tisʕa wa-l-ʕišrīn	—	تِسْع وَعِشْرِين tisʕ wa-ʕišrīn	التِّسْع وَالْعِشْرِين at-tisʕ wa-l-ʕišrīn	—
Nominative	تِسْعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ tisʕatun wa-ʕišrūna	التِّسْعَةُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ at-tisʕatu wa-l-ʕišrūna	—	تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ tisʕun wa-ʕišrūna	التِّسْعُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ at-tisʕu wa-l-ʕišrūna	—
Accusative	تِسْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ tisʕatan wa-ʕišrīna	التِّسْعَةَ وَالْعِشْرِينَ at-tisʕata wa-l-ʕišrīna	—	تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ tisʕan wa-ʕišrīna	التِّسْعَ وَالْعِشْرِينَ at-tisʕa wa-l-ʕišrīna	—
Genitive	تِسْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ tisʕatin wa-ʕišrīna	التِّسْعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ at-tisʕati wa-l-ʕišrīna	—	تِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ tisʕin wa-ʕišrīna	التِّسْعِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ at-tisʕi wa-l-ʕišrīna	—

Multiple modifiers #1

Things get more complicated when multiple modifiers are involved, because there are various possibilities: Each of the modifiers can independently be adjectival or ʾidāfa, and a second or further-on adjectival modifier can modify an earlier ʾidāfa modifier rather than the base.

Perhaps the simplest case is when all modifiers are adjectival. An example is غُدَّة بَصَلِيَّة إِحْلِيلِيَّة (ḡudda baṣaliyya ʾiḥlīliyya, “bulbourethral gland”, literally “bulbous urethral gland”). This can appear in multiple states and numbers, e.g. definite plural الغُدَد البَصَلِيَّة الإِحْلِيلِيَّة (al-ḡudad al-baṣaliyya l-ʾiḥlīliyya). This can be expressed as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|غُدَّة|pl=غُدَد|mod=بَصَلِيَّة|modpl=بَصَلِيَّة|mod2=إِحْلِيلِيَّة|mod2pl=إِحْلِيلِيَّة}}

which produces

Declension of noun غُدَّة بَصَلِيَّة إِحْلِيلِيَّة (ḡudda baṣaliyya ʔiḥlīliyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُدَّة بَصَلِيَّة إِحْلِيلِيَّة ḡudda baṣaliyya ʔiḥlīliyya	الْغُدَّة الْبَصَلِيَّة الْإِحْلِيلِيَّة al-ḡudda l-baṣaliyya l-ʔiḥlīliyya	غُدَّة ... الْبَصَلِيَّة الْإِحْلِيلِيَّة ḡuddat ... al-baṣaliyya l-ʔiḥlīliyya
Nominative	غُدَّةٌ بَصَلِيَّةٌ إِحْلِيلِيَّةٌ ḡuddatun baṣaliyyatun ʔiḥlīliyyatun	الْغُدَّةُ الْبَصَلِيَّةُ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةُ al-ḡuddatu l-baṣaliyyatu l-ʔiḥlīliyyatu	غُدَّةُ ... الْبَصَلِيَّةُ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةُ ḡuddatu ... al-baṣaliyyatu l-ʔiḥlīliyyatu
Accusative	غُدَّةً بَصَلِيَّةً إِحْلِيلِيَّةً ḡuddatan baṣaliyyatan ʔiḥlīliyyatan	الْغُدَّةَ الْبَصَلِيَّةَ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةَ al-ḡuddata l-baṣaliyyata l-ʔiḥlīliyyata	غُدَّةَ ... الْبَصَلِيَّةَ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةَ ḡuddata ... al-baṣaliyyata l-ʔiḥlīliyyata
Genitive	غُدَّةٍ بَصَلِيَّةٍ إِحْلِيلِيَّةٍ ḡuddatin baṣaliyyatin ʔiḥlīliyyatin	الْغُدَّةِ الْبَصَلِيَّةِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةِ al-ḡuddati l-baṣaliyyati l-ʔiḥlīliyyati	غُدَّةِ ... الْبَصَلِيَّةِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةِ ḡuddati ... al-baṣaliyyati l-ʔiḥlīliyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُدَّتَيْن بَصَلِيَّتَيْن إِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْن ḡuddatayn baṣaliyyatayn ʔiḥlīliyyatayn	الْغُدَّتَيْن الْبَصَلِيَّتَيْن الْإِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْن al-ḡuddatayn al-baṣaliyyatayn al-ʔiḥlīliyyatayn	غُدَّتَيْ ... الْبَصَلِيَّتَيْن الْإِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْن ḡuddatay ... al-baṣaliyyatayn al-ʔiḥlīliyyatayn
Nominative	غُدَّتَانِ بَصَلِيَّتَانِ إِحْلِيلِيَّتَانِ ḡuddatāni baṣaliyyatāni ʔiḥlīliyyatāni	الْغُدَّتَانِ الْبَصَلِيَّتَانِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّتَانِ al-ḡuddatāni l-baṣaliyyatāni l-ʔiḥlīliyyatāni	غُدَّتَا ... الْبَصَلِيَّتَانِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّتَانِ ḡuddatā ... al-baṣaliyyatāni l-ʔiḥlīliyyatāni
Accusative	غُدَّتَيْنِ بَصَلِيَّتَيْنِ إِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْنِ ḡuddatayni baṣaliyyatayni ʔiḥlīliyyatayni	الْغُدَّتَيْنِ الْبَصَلِيَّتَيْنِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḡuddatayni l-baṣaliyyatayni l-ʔiḥlīliyyatayni	غُدَّتَيْ ... الْبَصَلِيَّتَيْنِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْنِ ḡuddatay ... al-baṣaliyyatayni l-ʔiḥlīliyyatayni
Genitive	غُدَّتَيْنِ بَصَلِيَّتَيْنِ إِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْنِ ḡuddatayni baṣaliyyatayni ʔiḥlīliyyatayni	الْغُدَّتَيْنِ الْبَصَلِيَّتَيْنِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḡuddatayni l-baṣaliyyatayni l-ʔiḥlīliyyatayni	غُدَّتَيْ ... الْبَصَلِيَّتَيْنِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّتَيْنِ ḡuddatay ... al-baṣaliyyatayni l-ʔiḥlīliyyatayni
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُدَد بَصَلِيَّة إِحْلِيلِيَّة ḡudad baṣaliyya ʔiḥlīliyya	الْغُدَد الْبَصَلِيَّة الْإِحْلِيلِيَّة al-ḡudad al-baṣaliyya l-ʔiḥlīliyya	غُدَد ... الْبَصَلِيَّة الْإِحْلِيلِيَّة ḡudad ... al-baṣaliyya l-ʔiḥlīliyya
Nominative	غُدَدٌ بَصَلِيَّةٌ إِحْلِيلِيَّةٌ ḡudadun baṣaliyyatun ʔiḥlīliyyatun	الْغُدَدُ الْبَصَلِيَّةُ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةُ al-ḡudadu l-baṣaliyyatu l-ʔiḥlīliyyatu	غُدَدُ ... الْبَصَلِيَّةُ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةُ ḡudadu ... al-baṣaliyyatu l-ʔiḥlīliyyatu
Accusative	غُدَدًا بَصَلِيَّةً إِحْلِيلِيَّةً ḡudadan baṣaliyyatan ʔiḥlīliyyatan	الْغُدَدَ الْبَصَلِيَّةَ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةَ al-ḡudada l-baṣaliyyata l-ʔiḥlīliyyata	غُدَدَ ... الْبَصَلِيَّةَ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةَ ḡudada ... al-baṣaliyyata l-ʔiḥlīliyyata
Genitive	غُدَدٍ بَصَلِيَّةٍ إِحْلِيلِيَّةٍ ḡudadin baṣaliyyatin ʔiḥlīliyyatin	الْغُدَدِ الْبَصَلِيَّةِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةِ al-ḡudadi l-baṣaliyyati l-ʔiḥlīliyyati	غُدَدِ ... الْبَصَلِيَّةِ الْإِحْلِيلِيَّةِ ḡudadi ... al-baṣaliyyati l-ʔiḥlīliyyati

Note that the non-personal plural of the feminine adjective بَصَلِيَّة (baṣaliyya, “bulbous”) happens to be the same as the singular since non-personal nouns take feminine singular agreement, but the |modpl= parameter still needs to be expressed; likewise for إِحْلِيلِيَّة (ʔiḥlīliyya, “urethral”).

Multiple modifiers #2

Another example with entirely adjectival modifiers is البَحْر الأَبْيَض المُتَوَسِّط (al-baḥr al-ʔabyaḍ al-mutawassiṭ, “Mediterranean Sea”), this time only in the definite singular. This can be expressed with a |state=def parameter, as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|بَحْر|mod=أَبْيَض|mod2=مُتَوَسِّط|state=def}}

which produces

Declension of noun الْبَحْر الْأَبْيَض الْمُتَوَسِّط (al-baḥr al-ʔabyaḍ al-mutawassiṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْبَحْر الْأَبْيَض الْمُتَوَسِّط al-baḥr al-ʔabyaḍ al-mutawassiṭ	—
Nominative	—	الْبَحْرُ الْأَبْيَضُ الْمُتَوَسِّطُ al-baḥru l-ʔabyaḍu l-mutawassiṭu	—
Accusative	—	الْبَحْرَ الْأَبْيَضَ الْمُتَوَسِّطَ al-baḥra l-ʔabyaḍa l-mutawassiṭa	—
Genitive	—	الْبَحْرِ الْأَبْيَضِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ al-baḥri l-ʔabyaḍi l-mutawassiṭi	—

Multiple modifiers #3

Consider مُنَظَّمَة التَحْرِير الفِلَسْطِينِيَّة (munaẓẓamat at-taḥrīr al-filasṭīniyya, “Palestine Liberation Organization”). مُنَظَّمَة (munaẓẓama, “organization”) has an ʾidāfa modifier تَحْرِير (taḥrīr, “liberation”) and a second adjectival modifier فِلَسْطِينِيّ (filasṭīniyy, “Palestinian”) (the fact that this modifies مُنَظَّمَة (munaẓẓama) and not تَحْرِير (taḥrīr) is clear from the feminine gender of the adjective). The first, ʾidāfa modifier appears only in the definite state, which can be expressed by |idafa=def, and the fact that the second adjectival modifier modifies the base noun could be expressed by |idafa2=adj, but this is the default and so can be omitted, as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|مُنَظَّمَة|mod=تَحْرِير|mod2=فِلَسْطِينِيَّة|idafa=def}}

which produces

Declension of noun مُنَظَّمَة التَّحْرِير الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّة (munaẓẓamat at-taḥrīr al-filasṭīniyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	مُنَظَّمَة التَّحْرِير الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّة munaẓẓamat at-taḥrīr al-filasṭīniyya	—
Nominative	—	مُنَظَّمَةُ التَّحْرِيرِ الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّةُ munaẓẓamatu t-taḥrīri l-filasṭīniyyatu	—
Accusative	—	مُنَظَّمَةَ التَّحْرِيرِ الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّةَ munaẓẓamata t-taḥrīri l-filasṭīniyyata	—
Genitive	—	مُنَظَّمَةِ التَّحْرِيرِ الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّةِ munaẓẓamati t-taḥrīri l-filasṭīniyyati	—

Multiple modifiers #4

Another example is جَنُوب القَارَّة الأَفْرِيقِيَّة (janūb al-qārra l-ʾafrīqiyya, “Southern Africa”, literally “the South of the African continent”). In this case قَارَّة (qārra, “continent”) is an ʾidāfa modifier of جَنُوب (janūb, “south”), and أَفْرِيقِيّ (ʔafrīqiyy, “African”) modifies قَارَّة (qārra), meaning it will agree in case, number and state (in this case, fixed to genitive singular definite). This can be expressed as follows, with a parameter |idafa2=adj-mod indicating that the second modifier is an adjectival modifier of the first modifier:

{{ar-decl-noun|جَنُوب|mod=قَارَّة|mod2=أَفْرِيقِيَّة|idafa=def|idafa2=adj-mod}}

which produces

Declension of noun جَنُوب الْقَارَّة الْأَفْرِيقِيَّة (janūb al-qārra l-ʔafrīqiyya)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	جَنُوب الْقَارَّة الْأَفْرِيقِيَّة janūb al-qārra l-ʔafrīqiyya	—
Nominative	—	جَنُوبُ الْقَارَّةِ الْأَفْرِيقِيَّةِ janūbu l-qārrati l-ʔafrīqiyyati	—
Accusative	—	جَنُوبَ الْقَارَّةِ الْأَفْرِيقِيَّةِ janūba l-qārrati l-ʔafrīqiyyati	—
Genitive	—	جَنُوبِ الْقَارَّةِ الْأَفْرِيقِيَّةِ janūbi l-qārrati l-ʔafrīqiyyati	—

Multiple modifiers #5

A similar example requiring |idafa=ind-def is جُمْهُورِيَّة غِينِيَا الاِسْتِوَائِيَّة (jumhūriyyat ḡīniyā l-istiwāʾiyya, “Republic of Equatorial Guinea”). In this case, غِينِيَا (ḡīniyā, “Guinea”) is a proper noun, grammatically definite but morphologically indefinite (similar to مِصْر (miṣr, “Egypt”), above), and اِسْتِوَائِيّ (istiwāʔiyy, “equatorial”) agrees with it, requiring the definite state. This is signalled using |idafa=ind-def:

{{ar-decl-noun|جُمْهُورِيَّة|mod=غِينِيَا|mod2=اِسْتِوَائِيَّة|state=def|idafa=ind-def|idafa2=adj-mod}}

which produces

Declension of noun جُمْهُورِيَّة غِينِيَا الِاسْتِوَائِيَّة (jumhūriyyat ḡīniyā l-istiwāʔiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	جُمْهُورِيَّة غِينِيَا الِاسْتِوَائِيَّة jumhūriyyat ḡīniyā l-istiwāʔiyya	—
Nominative	—	جُمْهُورِيَّةُ غِينِيَا الِاسْتِوَائِيَّةِ jumhūriyyatu ḡīniyā l-istiwāʔiyyati	—
Accusative	—	جُمْهُورِيَّةَ غِينِيَا الِاسْتِوَائِيَّةِ jumhūriyyata ḡīniyā l-istiwāʔiyyati	—
Genitive	—	جُمْهُورِيَّةِ غِينِيَا الِاسْتِوَائِيَّةِ jumhūriyyati ḡīniyā l-istiwāʔiyyati	—

Multiple modifiers #6

An example with two ʾidāfa modifiers which can appear in various states and numbers is وَاجِهَة بَرمَجَة تَطْبِيقَات (wājihat barmajat taṭbīqāt, “application programming interface”), declined as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|وَاجِهَة|pl=وَاجِهَات|mod=بَرْمَجَة|mod2=-|mod2pl=تَطْبِيقَات|idafa=yes|idafa2=pl}}

which produces

Declension of noun وَاجِهَة بَرْمَجَة تَطْبِيقَات (wājihat barmajat taṭbīqāt)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاجِهَة بَرْمَجَة تَطْبِيقَات wājihat barmajat taṭbīqāt	وَاجِهَة بَرْمَجَة التَّطْبِيقَات wājihat barmajat at-taṭbīqāt	وَاجِهَة بَرْمَجَة تَطْبِيقَات wājihat barmajat taṭbīqāt
Nominative	وَاجِهَةُ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihatu barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَةُ بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihatu barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَةُ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihatu barmajati taṭbīqāti
Accusative	وَاجِهَةَ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihata barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَةَ بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihata barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَةَ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihata barmajati taṭbīqāti
Genitive	وَاجِهَةِ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihati barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَةِ بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihati barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَةِ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihati barmajati taṭbīqāti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَة تَطْبِيقَات wājihatay barmajat taṭbīqāt	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَة التَّطْبِيقَات wājihatay barmajat at-taṭbīqāt	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَة تَطْبِيقَات wājihatay barmajat taṭbīqāt
Nominative	وَاجِهَتَا بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihatā barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَتَا بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihatā barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَتَا بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihatā barmajati taṭbīqāti
Accusative	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihatay barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihatay barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihatay barmajati taṭbīqāti
Genitive	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihatay barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihatay barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَتَيْ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihatay barmajati taṭbīqāti
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاجِهَات بَرْمَجَة تَطْبِيقَات wājihāt barmajat taṭbīqāt	وَاجِهَات بَرْمَجَة التَّطْبِيقَات wājihāt barmajat at-taṭbīqāt	وَاجِهَات بَرْمَجَة تَطْبِيقَات wājihāt barmajat taṭbīqāt
Nominative	وَاجِهَاتُ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihātu barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَاتُ بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihātu barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَاتُ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihātu barmajati taṭbīqāti
Accusative	وَاجِهَاتِ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihāti barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَاتِ بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihāti barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَاتِ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihāti barmajati taṭbīqāti
Genitive	وَاجِهَاتِ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتٍ wājihāti barmajati taṭbīqātin	وَاجِهَاتِ بَرْمَجَةِ التَّطْبِيقَاتِ wājihāti barmajati t-taṭbīqāti	وَاجِهَاتِ بَرْمَجَةِ تَطْبِيقَاتِ wājihāti barmajati taṭbīqāti

Multiple modifiers #7

A complex example with three modifiers is نِصْف الكُرَة الأَرْضِيَّة الشَمَالِيّ (niṣf al-kura l-ʾarḍiyya š-šamāliyy, “Northern Hemisphere”, literally “the northern half of the earthly ball”). The first modifier is an ʾidāfa; the second is adjectival, modifying the first, and the third is adjectival, modifying the base. This would be specified as follows:

{{ar-decl-noun|نِصْف|mod=كُرَة|mod2=أَرْضِيَّة|mod3=شَمَالِيّ|idafa=def|idafa2=adj-mod}}

which produces

Declension of noun نِصْف الْكُرَة الْأَرْضِيَّة الشَّمَالِيّ (niṣf al-kura l-ʔarḍiyya š-šamāliyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	نِصْف الْكُرَة الْأَرْضِيَّة الشَّمَالِي niṣf al-kura l-ʔarḍiyya š-šamālī	—
Nominative	—	نِصْفُ الْكُرَةِ الْأَرْضِيَّةِ الشَّمَالِيُّ niṣfu l-kurati l-ʔarḍiyyati š-šamāliyyu	—
Accusative	—	نِصْفَ الْكُرَةِ الْأَرْضِيَّةِ الشَّمَالِيَّ niṣfa l-kurati l-ʔarḍiyyati š-šamāliyya	—
Genitive	—	نِصْفِ الْكُرَةِ الْأَرْضِيَّةِ الشَّمَالِيِّ niṣfi l-kurati l-ʔarḍiyyati š-šamāliyyi	—