كَسَرْتُهُ فَانْكَسَرَ
Translation: I broke it; it therefore broke.
أَغْلَقْتُ الْبَابَ فَانْغَلَقَ
Translation: I closed the door; it therefore closed.
In each pair, the first clause expresses an initiating action and the second the affected thing's resulting state. Mutāwaʿah is not merely a repeated synonym: it shifts what the clause focuses on and who is its subject.
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Changing Grammatical Roles in a Result Pair
كَسَرْتُهُ فَانْكَسَرَ
Translation: I broke it; it therefore broke.
أَغْلَقْتُ الْبَابَ فَانْغَلَقَ
Translation: I closed the door; it therefore closed.
In each pair, the first clause expresses an initiating action and the second the affected thing's resulting state. Mutāwaʿah is not merely a repeated synonym: it shifts what the clause focuses on and who is its subject.