LessonsʿAṭf al-Bayān: Definition, Examples, and Contrast with BadalQuiz

جَاءَ أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ. — «عُمَرُ» supplies a name, not a quality.

جَاءَ الرَّجُلُ الْعَالِمُ. — «الْعَالِمُ» is an adjectival quality.

Identical nominative endings do not force identical grammatical categories.

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ʿAṭf al-Bayān: Definition, Examples, and Contrast with Badal

جَاءَ أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ. — «عُمَرُ» supplies a name, not a quality.

جَاءَ الرَّجُلُ الْعَالِمُ. — «الْعَالِمُ» is an adjectival quality.

Identical nominative endings do not force identical grammatical categories.