AspectDirectSababī
ExampleZayd qāmaZayd abūhu qāʾim
Immediate bearer of predicateZaydThe father
Outer subjectZaydZayd
ConnectorVerbal subject pronounPossessive pronoun
Sababī construction does not simply mean there are several words or a genitive. It means the predicate works through a clause assigning a quality or action to something linked to the outer subject.
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When the Predicate Is a Clause: Strengthened Attribution, Causal Predication, and Adverbial Phrases
AspectDirectSababī
ExampleZayd qāmaZayd abūhu qāʾim
Immediate bearer of predicateZaydThe father
Outer subjectZaydZayd
ConnectorVerbal subject pronounPossessive pronoun
Sababī construction does not simply mean there are several words or a genitive. It means the predicate works through a clause assigning a quality or action to something linked to the outer subject.