Diptote Causes — Compounding and Its Conditions

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• Which compound does the book intend as the diptote-causing type?
• What is Baʿlabakk an example of in the book?
• What is the grammatical status of ʿAbdu in ʿAbd Allāh?
• Why is ʿAbd Allāh treated as fully declinable here?
• What is the book’s classification of Maʿdīkarib?
• How does the book classify Shāba Qarnāhā?
• What is the case of Baʿlabakk in “Baʿlabakku madīnatun”?
• What is Baʿlabakk’s role in “Zurtu Baʿlabakka”?
• What does fatḥa mark on Baʿlabakk after ilā?
• Parse ʿabdu in “Jāʾa ʿAbdu Allāhi.”
• Parse ʿabda in “Raʾaytu ʿAbda Allāhi.”
• Which ending marks the genitive on ʿabdi in “marartu bi-ʿabdi Allāh”?
• Why does ʿabdu in iḍāfa lack tanwīn?
• What is Shāba in the original clause?
• What is the role and case of qarnā in the underlying sentence?
• What is the case position of hā in qarnāhā?
• Why is the dual nūn absent in qarnāhā?
• As an epithet, what compound type is Shāba Qarnāhā?
• Which pairing correctly states the book’s classifications?
• Is the absence of tanwīn by itself decisive evidence of diptote status?
• What marks the genitive of Maʿdīkarib after bi-
• Which name contains an ordinary muḍāf + muḍāf ilayh construction?
• What is the best method for parsing a compound proper name such as Baʿlabakk?
• According to the book, every compound proper name is diptote.
• Baʿlabakk has both proper-name status and mazjī composition.
• In ʿabdi Allāhi both nouns may have kasra, for different grammatical reasons.
• In the underlying clause Shāba Qarnāhā, qarnā is a dual subject.
• Diptote and mabnī mean exactly the same thing.
• Calling ʿAbd Allāh fully declinable requires writing tanwīn on ʿabdu.
• Baʿlabakk is genitive after ilā even though its ending is fatḥa.
• Using Shāba Qarnāhā as an epithet and as an ordinary sentence is grammatically identical.
• The book treats Maʿdīkarib as a diptote compound proper name.