What is the musnad in «زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ», and why?
Conditions of the Predicate: Ellipsis, Reconstruction and Expression
- Zayd, since the initial noun must always be the predicate
- Qāʾim, because it conveys the judgment of standing
- The whole clause, because a predicate must always be a full clause
- Zayd is the predicate and qāʾim its subject because the attribute is treated as prior