A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar!

  1. The Diptotes ================

The Diptotes is a category of proper names of individuals, countries, cities, and towns. These nouns share the following characteristics:

a. They do not take the definite article.

b. In spite of the absence of the definite article, they do not take Nunation.

c. In the genitive case they take the accusative case marker instead.

a. Omer's hobbies               هواياتُ عمرَ

b. from Baghdad              **من بغدادَ    **