Incorrect: “A form that was once a diptote name must remain diptote even when used for an unspecified bearer of that name.”
Correct: the author’s examples طَلْحَةٌ، عُمَرٌ، أَحْمَدٌ take tanwīn when used indefinitely for another bearer of the name because the cause involving proper-name status no longer applies.
Do not extend this to unrelated diptotes with independent causes.
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Restoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and Iḍāfah
Incorrect: “A form that was once a diptote name must remain diptote even when used for an unspecified bearer of that name.”
Correct: the author’s examples طَلْحَةٌ، عُمَرٌ، أَحْمَدٌ take tanwīn when used indefinitely for another bearer of the name because the cause involving proper-name status no longer applies.
Do not extend this to unrelated diptotes with independent causes.