وَحَرْفُ النِّدَاءِ قَائِمٌ مَقَامَ «أَدْعُو» وَ«أَطْلُبُ».
Translation: The vocative particle takes the place of “I call” and “I seek”.
This explains the underlying object-like relation. Some vocatives are nevertheless indeclinable in form and occupy an accusative syntactic position.
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Al-Munādā: Vocative Types and Rules
وَحَرْفُ النِّدَاءِ قَائِمٌ مَقَامَ «أَدْعُو» وَ«أَطْلُبُ».
Translation: The vocative particle takes the place of “I call” and “I seek”.
This explains the underlying object-like relation. Some vocatives are nevertheless indeclinable in form and occupy an accusative syntactic position.