Asmāʾ al-Afʿāl — Definition, Uses and Parsing

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• What defines a verb-noun?
• What does «رُوَيْدَ» mean?
• What is «رُوَيْدَ»?
• Who is the subject in «رُوَيْدَ زَيْدًا»?
• Why is Zayd accusative in this expression?
• How do «أَمْهِلْ» and «رُوَيْدَ» differ?
• Closest meaning of «هَيْهَاتَ»?
• Which class is «هَيْهَاتَ»?
• How is Zayd parsed in «هَيْهَاتَ زَيْدٌ»?
• What is the key syntactic contrast?
• Which pattern is mentioned for imperative verb-nouns?
• From what base is this pattern described as productive?
• Meaning of «نَزَالِ»?
• What is the final kasra of «نَزَالِ»?
• Who is the subject of «نَزَالِ»?
• Meaning of «تَرَاكِ»?
• Which category is «تَرَاكِ»?
• What explicit object follows the isolated source example «تَرَاكِ»?
• What is «فَجَارِ» in this passage?
• What meaning is given for «فَجَارِ»?
• How is «فَسَاقِ» classified?
• What is «يَا» in «يَا فَسَاقِ»?
• What is «لَكَاعِ» here?
• What does «قَطَامِ» exemplify?
• Which two names accompany «قَطَامِ»?
• What are the three classes referenced by «هَذِهِ الثَّلَاثَةُ»?
• What distinguishes «نَزَالِ» from «قَطَامِ»?
• Why is Zayd in the genitive in «مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ»?
• Why does «نَزَالِ» end in kasra?
• What is «قَطَامِ» in «جَاءَتْ قَطَامِ»?
• How should «هَيْهَاتَ» final fatḥa be analyzed?
• Fundamental distinction between verb-noun and ordinary imperative?
• What does triliteral mean?
• What should be checked first for a faʿāli form?
• Why is «فَجَارِ» not a verb-noun here?
• What is «لَكَاعِ» in «يَا لَكَاعِ»?
• Why does the source include «فَجَارِ»?
• Which verb is closest to «تَرَاكِ»?
• Correct meaning of «هَيْهَاتَ زَيْدٌ»?
• What distinguishes «فَسَاقِ» and «قَطَامِ»?
• Which is the correct analysis of «رُوَيْدَ زَيْدًا»?
• Which is the correct analysis of «هَيْهَاتَ زَيْدٌ»?
• How is «مِنَ الْجَبَلِ» parsed?
• «رُوَيْدَ» conveys an imperative meaning.
• In «رُوَيْدَ زَيْدًا», Zayd is the subject.
• «زَيْدٌ» in «هَيْهَاتَ زَيْدٌ» is nominative.
• «نَزَالِ» means «انْزِلْ».
• «تَرَاكِ» is a past-meaning verb-noun.
• The final kasra of «نَزَالِ» must be genitive case.
• «فَجَارِ» functions as a verbal noun here.
• The source classifies «فَسَاقِ» as an imperative verb-noun.
• «قَطَامِ» is an example of a feminine proper name.
• Sharing the faʿāli pattern makes «نَزَالِ» and «قَطَامِ» the same category.
• «أَمْهِلْ» and «رُوَيْدَ» both command, but differ in category.
• The final note excludes these verbal nouns, feminine epithets, and proper names from verb-nouns.