«لَا عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ كِتَابٌ وَلَا دَفْتَرٌ» = There is neither a book nor a notebook on the table.
lā: non-governing negation in this pattern.
ʿalā l-ṭāwilati: prepositional phrase associated with fronted predicate.
kitābun: delayed nominative subject.
wa lā daftarun: coordinated repeated negation and nominative noun.
In «لَا كِتَابَ عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ», no phrase intervenes, so kitāba is a built noun of working lā.
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Ism Inna and the Noun Governed by Lā of Generic Negation
«لَا عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ كِتَابٌ وَلَا دَفْتَرٌ» = There is neither a book nor a notebook on the table.
lā: non-governing negation in this pattern.
ʿalā l-ṭāwilati: prepositional phrase associated with fronted predicate.
kitābun: delayed nominative subject.
wa lā daftarun: coordinated repeated negation and nominative noun.
In «لَا كِتَابَ عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ», no phrase intervenes, so kitāba is a built noun of working lā.