قَاتَلَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا
Translation: Zayd fought ʿAmr; the two confronted each other.
Qātala is a past active verb; Zaydun is a nominative subject; ʿAmran is an accusative direct object.
The grammatical object may be an active participant semantically. Participation does not require two grammatical subjects.
LessonsSeven Semantic Properties of Form III (Mufāʿalah): Participation, Equivalence, Causing a State, and Independent UsesQuiz
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Parsing a Participatory Sentence
قَاتَلَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا
Translation: Zayd fought ʿAmr; the two confronted each other.
Qātala is a past active verb; Zaydun is a nominative subject; ʿAmran is an accusative direct object.
The grammatical object may be an active participant semantically. Participation does not require two grammatical subjects.