وَيُذْكَرُ لِلتَّأْكِيدِ، كَـ«ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبًا»، أَوْ لِبَيَانِ النَّوْعِ، نَحْوُ: «جَلَسْتُ جَلْسَةَ الْقَارِي»، أَوْ لِبَيَانِ الْعَدَدِ، كَـ«جَلَسْتُ جَلْسَةً أَوْ جَلْسَتَيْنِ أَوْ جَلْسَاتٍ».
Translation: The maṣdar may emphasize the action, specify its kind, or specify its number; the book supplies an example of each.
All three are absolute-object uses but answer different questions: “really?”, “how?”, and “how many times?”.
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The Accusatives: Al-Mafʿūl al-Muṭlaq
وَيُذْكَرُ لِلتَّأْكِيدِ، كَـ«ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبًا»، أَوْ لِبَيَانِ النَّوْعِ، نَحْوُ: «جَلَسْتُ جَلْسَةَ الْقَارِي»، أَوْ لِبَيَانِ الْعَدَدِ، كَـ«جَلَسْتُ جَلْسَةً أَوْ جَلْسَتَيْنِ أَوْ جَلْسَاتٍ».
Translation: The maṣdar may emphasize the action, specify its kind, or specify its number; the book supplies an example of each.
All three are absolute-object uses but answer different questions: “really?”, “how?”, and “how many times?”.