LessonsAl-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic PositionsQuiz

غُلَامَ: fronted accusative object and muḍāf governing kam.
كَمْ: interrogative, fixed on sukūn, in the genitive position as muḍāf ilayh.
رَجُلًا: accusative tamyīz.
ضَرَبْتَ: past verb and subject tāʾ.

Kam is genitive here even without a visible preposition, because it is the second element of an iḍāfah.

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Parsing kam in an iḍāfah

Al-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic Positions

غُلَامَ: fronted accusative object and muḍāf governing kam.
كَمْ: interrogative, fixed on sukūn, in the genitive position as muḍāf ilayh.
رَجُلًا: accusative tamyīz.
ضَرَبْتَ: past verb and subject tāʾ.

Kam is genitive here even without a visible preposition, because it is the second element of an iḍāfah.