Definiteness and Proper-Name Status in Diptote Rules

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• According to the text, which form of definiteness is relevant to diptote status?
• What is the force of «إِلَّا» in the book’s rule?
• Why is «زَيْدٌ» definite?
• How does «الرَّجُلُ» become definite?
• Is «زَيْدٌ» a diptote just because it is a proper name?
• Parse Zayd in «جَاءَ زَيْدٌ».
• Why is Zayd accusative in «رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا»?
• What marks the genitive in «مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ»?
• What does lack of tanwīn on «الرَّجُلِ» establish?
• Why is there no tanwīn on «كِتَابِ» in «كِتَابِ زَيْدٍ»?
• In «هَذَا كِتَابٌ», what is «هَذَا»?
• What is the understood subject of «تَجْتَمِعُ»?
• With which cause is ʿalamiyya not paired in the book?
• What is the traditional cause combination for «عُمَرُ»?
• What is the syntactic case of «عُمَرَ» in «مَرَرْتُ بِعُمَرَ»?
• Which statement about «طَلْحَةُ» is correct?
• Which kind of femininity is present in «زَيْنَبُ»?
• Why is the proper name «أَحْمَدُ» a diptote?
• In «مَرَرْتُ بِأَحْمَدَ», what does the fatḥa mark?
• What combination is illustrated by «إِبْرَاهِيمُ»?
• What is the second cause with ʿalamiyya in «عُثْمَانُ»?
• Which cause is illustrated along with proper-name status in «حَضْرَمَوْتَ»?
• Which principle is the most accurate?
• Every definite noun can be classified as a proper name.
• Zayd can be fully declinable although it is a proper name.
• The absence of tanwīn on al-rajuli proves that it is a diptote.
• The implied subject of tajtamiʿu refers to ʿalamiyya.
• Aḥmada can be genitive with fatḥa after bi-.
• The book pairs proper-name status and adjectival status as two coexisting causes in one use.