Nawasikh are elements that enter a nominal predication and change its syntactic arrangement and often the way its judgment is understood. The source especially discusses «كان» and related verbs as qualifications of time or persistence.
“Zayd is standing” presents an unqualified relation. «كان زيد قائمًا» places that relation in the past, demonstrating that the governing construction contributes semantic content as well as case marking.
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Al-Itlaq wa al-Taqyid: Rhetorical Functions of Unrestricted and Qualified Expression
Nawasikh are elements that enter a nominal predication and change its syntactic arrangement and often the way its judgment is understood. The source especially discusses «كان» and related verbs as qualifications of time or persistence.
“Zayd is standing” presents an unqualified relation. «كان زيد قائمًا» places that relation in the past, demonstrating that the governing construction contributes semantic content as well as case marking.