زَيْدٌ شَاعِرٌ لَا كَاتِبٌ
Zayd is a poet, not a writer.
If the listener is undecided between two alternatives, coordination identifies the correct one and may serve qasr al-taʿyīn. Ifrād, qalb, and taʿyīn are defined by the listener’s state, not three different inflections.
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Qasr by Coordination, Negation–Exception, and Innamā
زَيْدٌ شَاعِرٌ لَا كَاتِبٌ
Zayd is a poet, not a writer.
If the listener is undecided between two alternatives, coordination identifies the correct one and may serve qasr al-taʿyīn. Ifrād, qalb, and taʿyīn are defined by the listener’s state, not three different inflections.