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الْأَوَّلُ: سَمَاعِيٌّ، نَحْوُ: «امْرَأً وَنَفْسَهُ»، وَ«وَانْتَهُوا خَيْرًا لَكُمْ»، وَ«أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا»، وَالْبَوَاقِي قِيَاسِيَّةٌ.
Translation: The first group consists of attested expressions, including “wa-ntahū khayran lakum” and “ahlan wa-sahlan”; the remaining contexts are pattern-governed.

Samāʿī describes established usage received from Arabic speakers, not a freely productive template.
The Quranic phrase cited is part of Qurʾān 4:171; it appears here as a grammatical example.

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Al-Mafʿūl Bih: Definition, Fronting and Omission

الْأَوَّلُ: سَمَاعِيٌّ، نَحْوُ: «امْرَأً وَنَفْسَهُ»، وَ«وَانْتَهُوا خَيْرًا لَكُمْ»، وَ«أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا»، وَالْبَوَاقِي قِيَاسِيَّةٌ.
Translation: The first group consists of attested expressions, including “wa-ntahū khayran lakum” and “ahlan wa-sahlan”; the remaining contexts are pattern-governed.

Samāʿī describes established usage received from Arabic speakers, not a freely productive template.
The Quranic phrase cited is part of Qurʾān 4:171; it appears here as a grammatical example.