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مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ أَسْوَدَ
Translation: I passed by a black man.

مَرَرْتُ: past verb with subject tāʾ. بِ: preposition.
رَجُلٍ: genitive noun, marked by kasra and tanwīn.
أَسْوَدَ: genitive adjective of «رَجُلٍ», marked by fatḥa as a diptote.

Both noun and adjective are grammatically genitive, though their visible markers differ.

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Causes of Diptote Status — ʿAdl and Waṣf

مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ أَسْوَدَ
Translation: I passed by a black man.

مَرَرْتُ: past verb with subject tāʾ. بِ: preposition.
رَجُلٍ: genitive noun, marked by kasra and tanwīn.
أَسْوَدَ: genitive adjective of «رَجُلٍ», marked by fatḥa as a diptote.

Both noun and adjective are grammatically genitive, though their visible markers differ.