الْفِعْلُ إِمَّا مُتَعَدٍّ، وَهُوَ مَا يَتَوَقَّفُ فَهْمُ مَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مُتَعَلَّقٍ غَيْرِ الْفَاعِلِ، كَضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا
Translation: A verb may be transitive: understanding its meaning depends on something related to it beyond the subject, such as Zayd struck ʿAmr.
The meaning calls for a participant beyond the doer. In ḍaraba Zaydun ʿAmran, ʿAmr is the accusative direct object.
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Author’s Definition: Transitive
Intransitive and Transitive Verbs: One, Two, Three Objects
الْفِعْلُ إِمَّا مُتَعَدٍّ، وَهُوَ مَا يَتَوَقَّفُ فَهْمُ مَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مُتَعَلَّقٍ غَيْرِ الْفَاعِلِ، كَضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا
Translation: A verb may be transitive: understanding its meaning depends on something related to it beyond the subject, such as Zayd struck ʿAmr.
The meaning calls for a participant beyond the doer. In ḍaraba Zaydun ʿAmran, ʿAmr is the accusative direct object.