مفتشو الأمم المتحدة

[jmt356]

Suggestion: UN inspectors
But then wouldn't that be مفتشون الامم المتحدة? Or is the ن dropped in إضافة constructions, as it does for the first word in an اضافة when it is in the dual, e.g., عيني احمد.

 

[ayed]

Suggestion: UN inspectors
But then wouldn't that be مفتشون الامم المتحدة? Or is the ن dropped in إضافة constructions, as it does for the first word in an اضافة when it is in the dual, e.g., عيني احمد.

Yes, your guessing is right
Non is dropped in case of idafah
عينا أحمد

 

[jmt356]

So does مفتشو الأمم المتحدة mean "the two inspectors of the UN"?

 

[Finland]

Hello!

So does مفتشو الأمم المتحدة mean "the two inspectors of the UN"?

No, it is in plural, not dual here.

The dual would be مفتشا الأمم المتحدة.

HTH
S

 

[jmt356]

So do you also drop the ن in a plural noun when the plural noun is in an اضافة construction, as in:

• معلمو احمد (Ahmed’s teachers)

 

[ayed]

So do you also drop the ن in a plural noun when the plural noun is in an اضافة construction, as in:

• معلمو احمد (Ahmed’s teachers)

Yes, we do.

 

[jmt356]

Does the rule also apply to possessive-ending pronouns? For example, is this correct:
معلموه (his teachers)

Or is it rather:
معلمونه (his teacher)

 

[ayed]

Does the rule also apply to possessive-ending pronouns? For example, is this correct:
معلموه (his teachers)

Or is it rather:
معلمونه (his teacher)

إYes, it does .

 

[the_diana]

معلموه plural
معلماه dual