Verbs such as «ظَلَّ», «بَاتَ», «أَصْبَحَ», «أَمْسَى» and «أَضْحَى» can associate a predication with a period or transition, according to established usage and context.
Nearness to an event may be expressed by «كَادَ» or «أَوْشَكَ», while certain verbs of cognition express knowledge or apprehension of a judgment. The primary predication is no longer presented as wholly unqualified.
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Al-Itlaq wa al-Taqyid: Rhetorical Functions of Unrestricted and Qualified Expression
Verbs such as «ظَلَّ», «بَاتَ», «أَصْبَحَ», «أَمْسَى» and «أَضْحَى» can associate a predication with a period or transition, according to established usage and context.
Nearness to an event may be expressed by «كَادَ» or «أَوْشَكَ», while certain verbs of cognition express knowledge or apprehension of a judgment. The primary predication is no longer presented as wholly unqualified.