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شَابَ قَرْنَاهَا literally means, “Her two sidelocks turned grey.”

This is predication: the verb «شَابَ» says something about «قَرْنَاهَا». The book’s note identifies it as a woman’s epithet.

When the whole clause is used as a proper name, it is an isnādī compound.

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Predicative Name: Shāba Qarnāhā

Diptote Causes — Compounding and Its Conditions

شَابَ قَرْنَاهَا literally means, “Her two sidelocks turned grey.”

This is predication: the verb «شَابَ» says something about «قَرْنَاهَا». The book’s note identifies it as a woman’s epithet.

When the whole clause is used as a proper name, it is an isnādī compound.