A mafʿūl lahu expresses why an action occurs. The book describes its accusative with the semantic lām of causation understood.
Taʾdīban expresses the purpose of the first action; jubnan the cause of the second.
Al-Zajjāj’s reconstructions use verbs cognate with those verbal nouns. Distinguish the author’s original constructions from the alternative grammatical reconstructions.
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Al-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an Action
A mafʿūl lahu expresses why an action occurs. The book describes its accusative with the semantic lām of causation understood.
Taʾdīban expresses the purpose of the first action; jubnan the cause of the second.
Al-Zajjāj’s reconstructions use verbs cognate with those verbal nouns. Distinguish the author’s original constructions from the alternative grammatical reconstructions.