LessonsAl-Mafʿūl Bih: Definition, Fronting and OmissionQuiz

ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا
Translation: Zayd struck ʿAmr.
ضَرَبَ: past verb, built on fatḥa.
زَيْدٌ: nominative subject (fāʿil), marked by ḍamma.
عَمْرًا: accusative direct object, marked by fatḥa.

The doer is the subject; the recipient of the action is the object.

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Al-Mafʿūl Bih: Definition, Fronting and Omission

ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا
Translation: Zayd struck ʿAmr.
ضَرَبَ: past verb, built on fatḥa.
زَيْدٌ: nominative subject (fāʿil), marked by ḍamma.
عَمْرًا: accusative direct object, marked by fatḥa.

The doer is the subject; the recipient of the action is the object.