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مَرَرْتُ بِنِسْوَةٍ أَرْبَعٍ
Translation: I passed by four women.

مَرَرْتُ: past verb with attached first-person subject. بِ: preposition.
نِسْوَةٍ: genitive noun governed by bi-, with kasra and tanwīn.
أَرْبَعٍ: numerical modifier of «نِسْوَةٍ», genitive with kasra and tanwīn; the book classifies this use as munṣarif.

Do not call it a diptote merely because its visible pattern resembles the verb pattern.

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Parsing the Book’s «أَرْبَعٍ» Example

Causes of Diptote Status — ʿAdl and Waṣf

مَرَرْتُ بِنِسْوَةٍ أَرْبَعٍ
Translation: I passed by four women.

مَرَرْتُ: past verb with attached first-person subject. بِ: preposition.
نِسْوَةٍ: genitive noun governed by bi-, with kasra and tanwīn.
أَرْبَعٍ: numerical modifier of «نِسْوَةٍ», genitive with kasra and tanwīn; the book classifies this use as munṣarif.

Do not call it a diptote merely because its visible pattern resembles the verb pattern.