Mubtadaʾ and Khabar — Definition and Foundational Rules

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• Which word is mubtadaʾ in «زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ»?
• What is the role of «قَائِمٌ»?
• According to the source, what governs the basic mubtadaʾ and khabar?
• How is Zayd parsed in «قَامَ زَيْدٌ»?
• What is the khabar in «الْمُعَلِّمُ حَاضِرٌ»?
• What is the mubtadaʾ in «كِتَابُ الطَّالِبِ جَدِيدٌ»?
• How is «صَالِحٌ» analyzed in «رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ حَاضِرٌ»?
• What role does «خَيْرٌ» have in the cited Qurʾanic excerpt?
• Why is the indefinite mubtadaʾ licensed in «وَلَعَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ ...»?
• What licenses the indefinite topic in «أَرَجُلٌ فِي الدَّارِ؟»?
• Parse «أَحَدٌ» in «مَا أَحَدٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ».
• What is «مِنْكَ» in the source phrase?
• Identify the mubtadaʾ in «فِي الدَّارِ رَجُلٌ».
• What is «فِي الدَّارِ» in that sentence?
• Why may «سَلَامٌ» function as mubtadaʾ in «سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ»?
• What is the grammatical position of «كَ» in «عَلَيْكَ»?
• If one term is definite and one indefinite, which normally serves as mubtadaʾ?
• In «زَيْدٌ مُعَلِّمٌ», what is «مُعَلِّمٌ»?
• What is «إِلَهُ» in «اللَّهُ إِلَهُنَا»?
• Why is «إِلَهُنَا» definite?
• Which sign marks nominative «أَبُو» in «آدَمُ أَبُونَا»?
• In «آدَمُ أَبُونَا», to what is «نَا» attached as muḍāf ilayh?
• How is «نَبِيُّنَا» parsed in «مُحَمَّدٌ نَبِيُّنَا»?
• Which sentence has a fronted khabar and delayed mubtadaʾ?
• Which is the khabar in «الطَّالِبُ الْمُجْتَهِدُ حَاضِرٌ»?
• What is the grammatical position of «هُوَ» in «هُوَ نَشِيطٌ»?
• Why is «حَاضِرٌ» the khabar of the sentence?
• Which cited example licenses an indefinite topic through supplication?
• How is «ذَا» parsed in the source saying «شَرٌّ أَهَرَّ ذَا نَابٍ»?
• What does the text say when both nouns are definite?
• What is «الطَّالِبِ» in «كِتَابُ الطَّالِبِ جَدِيدٌ»?
• In «زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ», both nouns are nominative, so both are mubtadaʾ.
• The author names ibtidāʾ as their non-overt governor.
• «مُؤْمِنٌ» is the khabar in «وَلَعَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ».
• «رَجُلٌ» is the delayed mubtadaʾ in «فِي الدَّارِ رَجُلٌ».
• An indefinite noun followed by an adjective automatically becomes an object.
• The nominative marker of «أَبُو» in «أَبُونَا» is wāw.
• «عَلَيْكَ» is composed of a preposition and an attached pronoun.
• The source requires the khabar always to be indefinite, never definite.
• In «قَامَ زَيْدٌ», Zayd is mubtadaʾ merely because it has ḍamma.
• «إِلَهُنَا» is definite through iḍāfa to a pronoun.