أَمَّا الْوَصْفُ، فَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ مَعَ الْعَلَمِيَّةِ أَصْلًا. وَشَرْطُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَصْفًا فِي أَصْلِ الْوَضْعِ.
Translation: As for waṣf (adjectival status), it does not combine with proper-name status as a simultaneous cause. Its condition is that the word be adjectival in its original assignment.
Waṣf means a describing quality. Aṣl al-waḍʿ means the word's original lexical function.
The book stresses original adjectival use, not merely whether a word can now name someone or something.
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Causes of Diptote Status — ʿAdl and Waṣf
أَمَّا الْوَصْفُ، فَلَا يَجْتَمِعُ مَعَ الْعَلَمِيَّةِ أَصْلًا. وَشَرْطُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَصْفًا فِي أَصْلِ الْوَضْعِ.
Translation: As for waṣf (adjectival status), it does not combine with proper-name status as a simultaneous cause. Its condition is that the word be adjectival in its original assignment.
Waṣf means a describing quality. Aṣl al-waḍʿ means the word's original lexical function.
The book stresses original adjectival use, not merely whether a word can now name someone or something.