LessonsAl-Ḥāl: Definition, Its Referent, Governing Element and TypesQuiz

جَاءَنِي زَيْدٌ رَاكِبًا
Translation: Zayd came to me while riding.

جَاءَ: past verb, built on fatḥ.
نِ: protective nūn.
ي: first-person attached pronoun in the object position.
زَيْدٌ: nominative subject, marked by ḍamma.
رَاكِبًا: accusative ḥāl, marked by fatḥa; it describes Zayd.

Zayd is the one who came; rākiban specifies his condition while coming.

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Full Parsing: Zayd Came Riding

Al-Ḥāl: Definition, Its Referent, Governing Element and Types

جَاءَنِي زَيْدٌ رَاكِبًا
Translation: Zayd came to me while riding.

جَاءَ: past verb, built on fatḥ.
نِ: protective nūn.
ي: first-person attached pronoun in the object position.
زَيْدٌ: nominative subject, marked by ḍamma.
رَاكِبًا: accusative ḥāl, marked by fatḥa; it describes Zayd.

Zayd is the one who came; rākiban specifies his condition while coming.