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ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا — Zayd struck ʿAmr.

ضَرَبَ is a third-person masculine singular past verb, built on fatḥ. زَيْدٌ is the nominative subject. عَمْرًا is the accusative direct object. The subject is the one to whom the action is attributed; the object receives the action.

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Example 4: ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا

Rules of the Fāʿil: Explicit Nouns, Pronouns, Number and Gender

ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا — Zayd struck ʿAmr.

ضَرَبَ is a third-person masculine singular past verb, built on fatḥ. زَيْدٌ is the nominative subject. عَمْرًا is the accusative direct object. The subject is the one to whom the action is attributed; the object receives the action.