LessonsAl-Murakkabāt — Compound Numerals, the Twelve Exception and Declining BaalbekQuiz

قَامَ زَيْدٌ — Zayd stood.
قَامَ: past verb.
زَيْدٌ: nominative subject.

بَعْلَبَكُّ مَدِينَةٌ — Baalbek is a city.
بَعْلَبَكُّ: topic; a compound proper name with a fixed first part and nominative second part.
مَدِينَةٌ: nominative predicate.

قَامَ زَيْدٌ is a clause; بَعْلَبَكّ is one compound noun, not itself a sentence.

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Proper-name compound versus a clause

Al-Murakkabāt — Compound Numerals, the Twelve Exception and Declining Baalbek

قَامَ زَيْدٌ — Zayd stood.
قَامَ: past verb.
زَيْدٌ: nominative subject.

بَعْلَبَكُّ مَدِينَةٌ — Baalbek is a city.
بَعْلَبَكُّ: topic; a compound proper name with a fixed first part and nominative second part.
مَدِينَةٌ: nominative predicate.

قَامَ زَيْدٌ is a clause; بَعْلَبَكّ is one compound noun, not itself a sentence.