Additional teaching example: قَرَأْتُ الْكِتَابَ نِصْفَهُ — I read half of the book.
قَرَأْتُ: past verb; -tu is subject.
الْكِتَابَ: accusative direct object and antecedent.
نِصْفَهُ: accusative part-for-whole badal; niṣf is mudāf and -hu genitive attached pronoun.
This additional example shows that the badal restricts the intended scope to a part of the book.
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Badal: Definition, Four Types, and Parsing
Additional teaching example: قَرَأْتُ الْكِتَابَ نِصْفَهُ — I read half of the book.
قَرَأْتُ: past verb; -tu is subject.
الْكِتَابَ: accusative direct object and antecedent.
نِصْفَهُ: accusative part-for-whole badal; niṣf is mudāf and -hu genitive attached pronoun.
This additional example shows that the badal restricts the intended scope to a part of the book.