ʿAṭf al-Bayān: Definition, Examples, and Contrast with Badal
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- What is the principal function of ʿaṭf al-bayān?
- What determines an explanatory follower’s case?
- What is the role of al-ʿālim in “jāʾa al-rajulu al-ʿālimu”?
- Which is the book’s own example of explanatory apposition?
- What is ʿUmaru in the quoted sentence?
- What is the grammatical case of Abū?
- What is Ḥafṣin in the first example?
- Why are the markers on Abū and ʿUmar different?
- Under which construction does the book use ibn?
- What is the correct status of ʿUmara after ibn?
- Why is the genitive ʿUmar marked by fatḥah?
- Which word is ʿaṭf al-bayān in the poem?
- Which word does Bishr follow?
- What is the case of Bishrin in the verse?
- How should the initial bāʾ in Bishrin be interpreted?
- What makes a badal analysis problematic in the poem?
- What syntactic issue underlies the poetic contrast?
- How is anā parsed at the beginning of the poem?
- What is ibn in the poem?
- How is al-Bakrī parsed?
- Which parsing fits ʿalayhi al-ṭayru?
- What does wuqūʿan describe in the verse?
- Which apposition is nominative after jāʾa akhūka?
- Which form is accusative after raʾaytu akhāka?
- Which form is genitive after marartu bi-akhīka?
- How does coordination differ from explanatory apposition?
- What is nafsuhu in jāʾa Zaydun nafsuhu?
- What does ghayru ṣifatin exclude?
- On which printed page does this chapter occur?
- If Khālid is the prince’s name, what is the role of Khālidun?
- What is al-karīmu in jāʾa al-amīru al-karīmu?
- Why is Khālidan accusative after raʾaytu al-muʿallima?
- If two terms name the same individual, must badal always be impossible?
- What is the grammatical role of Allāhi in qāma ʿAbdu Allāhi ibn ʿUmara?
- Why does ibnu have ḍammah in the source example?
- Why is Bishrin genitive in the verse?
- Does removing ʿUmar eliminate the earlier identification entirely?
- Which word clarifies identity in al-Bakrī Bishrin?
- Why is al-ʿālim not explanatory apposition here?
- ʿAṭf al-bayān follows its antecedent’s case.
- ʿUmaru is a direct object in qāma Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmaru.
- Abū and ʿUmaru must have identical visible nominative endings.
- The book uses ibn in its explanatory-apposition example.
- ʿUmara in ibn ʿUmara is accusative solely because it has fatḥah.
- The bi- in the name Bishr is a separate preposition.
- Bishrin is analysed as explanatory apposition to al-Bakrī.
- Naʿt, emphasis, and explanatory apposition always mean the same thing.
- ʿAṭf al-bayān always requires the conjunction wāw.
- Some straightforward examples can admit both ʿaṭf al-bayān and whole-for-whole badal analysis.
- In the poem anā is mubtada and ibn is its predicate.
- In the poem al-ṭayru is an accusative direct object.