LessonsAl-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic PositionsQuiz

كَمْ رَجُلًا ضَرَبْتَ؟ — Kam is an accusative object, governed by the verb.
بِكَمْ رَجُلًا مَرَرْتَ؟ — Kam is genitive-position, governed by bi.
غُلَامَ كَمْ رَجُلًا ضَرَبْتَ؟ — Kam is genitive-position as muḍāf ilayh after ghulām.

In all three, rajulan is the accusative interrogative tamyīz. Changing the governor changes kam’s syntactic position, not necessarily its tamyīz.

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Integrated parsing: three governors

Al-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic Positions

كَمْ رَجُلًا ضَرَبْتَ؟ — Kam is an accusative object, governed by the verb.
بِكَمْ رَجُلًا مَرَرْتَ؟ — Kam is genitive-position, governed by bi.
غُلَامَ كَمْ رَجُلًا ضَرَبْتَ؟ — Kam is genitive-position as muḍāf ilayh after ghulām.

In all three, rajulan is the accusative interrogative tamyīz. Changing the governor changes kam’s syntactic position, not necessarily its tamyīz.