ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبًا
Translation: I certainly struck.
ضَرَبْتُ: past verb; attached tāʾ is the subject pronoun.
ضَرْبًا: accusative absolute object, visible fatḥa; used for emphasis.
The verb already states the action. The added maṣdar emphasizes it; it does not name a recipient of the blow.
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The Accusatives: Al-Mafʿūl al-Muṭlaq
ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبًا
Translation: I certainly struck.
ضَرَبْتُ: past verb; attached tāʾ is the subject pronoun.
ضَرْبًا: accusative absolute object, visible fatḥa; used for emphasis.
The verb already states the action. The added maṣdar emphasizes it; it does not name a recipient of the blow.