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رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَ
Translation: I saw Aḥmad.

رَأَيْ: past-tense verb built on sukūn with the attached subject tāʾ.
تُ: attached pronoun in the nominative position as subject.
أَحْمَدَ: accusative direct object with visible fatḥa and no tanwīn.

Compare «رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا»: Zayd is also accusative, but it takes tanwīn; Aḥmad does not.

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Parsing: Raʾaytu Aḥmada

Munṣarif and Ghayr Munṣarif — Definitions, Causes and Parsing

رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَ
Translation: I saw Aḥmad.

رَأَيْ: past-tense verb built on sukūn with the attached subject tāʾ.
تُ: attached pronoun in the nominative position as subject.
أَحْمَدَ: accusative direct object with visible fatḥa and no tanwīn.

Compare «رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا»: Zayd is also accusative, but it takes tanwīn; Aḥmad does not.