LessonsTanāzuʿ al-Fiʿlayn — When Two Verbs Compete for One NounQuiz

ضَرَبْتُ وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا — I struck Zayd and honored him.

ضَرَبْتُ: past verb built on sukūn before the subject suffix «تُ», a nominative subject pronoun; its object is understood from context.
وَ: conjunction.
أَكْرَمْتُ: past verb with «تُ» as subject.
زَيْدًا: accusative object of the second verb, marked by fatḥa.

We have chosen the second verb to govern the overt noun in this analysis.

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Tanāzuʿ al-Fiʿlayn — When Two Verbs Compete for One Noun

ضَرَبْتُ وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا — I struck Zayd and honored him.

ضَرَبْتُ: past verb built on sukūn before the subject suffix «تُ», a nominative subject pronoun; its object is understood from context.
وَ: conjunction.
أَكْرَمْتُ: past verb with «تُ» as subject.
زَيْدًا: accusative object of the second verb, marked by fatḥa.

We have chosen the second verb to govern the overt noun in this analysis.