LessonsDiptote Causes — Additional Alif and Nūn and Their ConditionsQuiz

رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا سَكْرَانَ — I saw an intoxicated man.

رَأَيْتُ is verb and subject; رَجُلًا is the accusative direct object; سَكْرَانَ is its accusative adjective with fatḥa.

Both are accusative, but only the fully declinable noun takes tanwīn.

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Sakrān: Accusative Adjective

Diptote Causes — Additional Alif and Nūn and Their Conditions

رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا سَكْرَانَ — I saw an intoxicated man.

رَأَيْتُ is verb and subject; رَجُلًا is the accusative direct object; سَكْرَانَ is its accusative adjective with fatḥa.

Both are accusative, but only the fully declinable noun takes tanwīn.