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ضَرَبَ أَحْمَدُ وَأَحْمَدٌ آخَرُ
ضَرَبَ: past verb. First أَحْمَدُ: nominative subject, diptote. وَ: conjunction.

Second أَحْمَدٌ: nominative coordinated noun with tanwīn. آخَرُ: nominative diptote adjective. The second “Aḥmad” is an indefinite reference to another bearer of the same name.

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Restoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and Iḍāfah

ضَرَبَ أَحْمَدُ وَأَحْمَدٌ آخَرُ
ضَرَبَ: past verb. First أَحْمَدُ: nominative subject, diptote. وَ: conjunction.

Second أَحْمَدٌ: nominative coordinated noun with tanwīn. آخَرُ: nominative diptote adjective. The second “Aḥmad” is an indefinite reference to another bearer of the same name.