Alongside wijdān the text adds a technical note: whether the underlying verb is intransitive or transitive can affect how an active or passive quality is expressed.
The lesson is not to infer the agent–patient relationship from the pattern أَفْعَلَ alone. Examine the base verb's transitivity and the actual statement. The examples illustrate the distinction; they do not license a universal interpretation independent of lexical usage.
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The Textbook’s Note on Wijdān
Fifteen Semantic Properties of Form IV (Ifʿāl): From Causation to Responsiveness
Alongside wijdān the text adds a technical note: whether the underlying verb is intransitive or transitive can affect how an active or passive quality is expressed.
The lesson is not to infer the agent–patient relationship from the pattern أَفْعَلَ alone. Examine the base verb's transitivity and the actual statement. The examples illustrate the distinction; they do not license a universal interpretation independent of lexical usage.