Genitive describes the syntactic case produced by a governing element; its visible sign is not always kasra.
بِعِمْرَانَ: genitive, marked by fatḥa because it is a diptote.
بِسَعْدَانٍ: genitive, marked by kasra and tanwīn because it is fully declinable.
Distinguishing case from case marking is essential to correct parsing.
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Diptote Causes — Additional Alif and Nūn and Their Conditions
Genitive describes the syntactic case produced by a governing element; its visible sign is not always kasra.
بِعِمْرَانَ: genitive, marked by fatḥa because it is a diptote.
بِسَعْدَانٍ: genitive, marked by kasra and tanwīn because it is fully declinable.
Distinguishing case from case marking is essential to correct parsing.