Al-Munādā: Vocative Types and Rules

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• What is a munādā?
• How many vocative particles does the text list?
• What is “yā” in “yā ʿAbda llāhi”?
• Parse “ʿabda” in the source example.
• What is omitted in “Yūsufu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā”?
• How is “Yūsufu” parsed in the quotation?
• Is Zaydu a subject or vocative in “yā Zaydu”?
• What type of indefinite is “rajulu” in “yā rajulu”?
• What is the built ending of “yā Zaydāni”?
• Which built ending occurs in “yā Zaydūna”?
• Why does Zayd have kasra in “yā la-Zaydin”?
• What special construction is “yā Zaydā” an example of?
• What is “Allāhi” in “yā ʿAbda llāhi”?
• Which is the source example of a quasi-construct vocative?
• What is “jabalan” in the source example?
• Classify “ṭāliʿan” in the source example.
• Why is “rajulan” accusative?
• Parse “khudh” in “khudh bi-yadī”.
• Which example has an intended indefinite vocative?
• Which is the source construction for calling an al-definite noun?
• What is “hā” in “yā ayyuhā r-rajulu”?
• Parse “ar-rajulu” in the source formula.
• Which expression marks feminine agreement in the vocative formula?
• What is tarḫīm?
• What shortened form is given for Mālik?
• What is the source’s truncation of Manṣūr?
• What is the source’s truncation of ʿUthmān?
• Which two truncated forms does the book give for Ḥārith?
• What does “wā Zaydāh” illustrate?
• What is the source’s distinction between wā and yā?
• What do the final alif and hāʾ indicate in “yā Zaydāh”?
• Which contains a true construct vocative?
• Which of the following is built on ḍamma?
• Does a visible ḍamma make the vocative syntactic position nominative?
• Which vocative is overtly accusative?
• Which is an unspecified indefinite vocative?
• Which new chapter follows the vocative in the book?
• Zaydu in “yā Zaydu” is a vocative in accusative position.
• “Yā rajulu” and “yā rajulan” necessarily address the same specific man.
• “Jabalan” in “yā ṭāliʿan jabalan” is genitive muḍāf ilayh.
• “Yā Zaydāni” is built on alif but occupies an accusative position.
• The text cites “yā ayyuhā r-rajul” for an al-definite noun.
• Truncation and lamentation mean exactly the same as plain address.
• The book says wā is common to ordinary address and lamentation.
• No vocative particle is spoken in “Yūsufu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā”.
• Both “yā ʿAbda llāhi” and “yā ṭāliʿan jabalan” are accusative, but their constructions differ.
• “Yā Ḥāri” and “yā Ḥāru” are both attested truncated forms in the source.