مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَحْسَنَ فِي عَيْنِهِ الْكُحْلُ مِنْهُ فِي عَيْنِ زَيْدٍ.
The classical technical sentence denies that kohl looks better in another man’s eye than in Zayd’s. It is a special illustration of overt-subject government.
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The Special Kohl Construction
Ism al-Tafḍīl: Formation, Comparison, Agreement and Parsing
مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَحْسَنَ فِي عَيْنِهِ الْكُحْلُ مِنْهُ فِي عَيْنِ زَيْدٍ.
The classical technical sentence denies that kohl looks better in another man’s eye than in Zayd’s. It is a special illustration of overt-subject government.