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بَاتَ الطِّفْلُ نَائِمًا
Translation: The child spent the night asleep.
بَاتَ: past incomplete verb.
الطِّفْلُ: nominative ism bāta.
نَائِمًا: accusative khabar bāta.

The child is the entity being described; sleeping is the state predicated of that child.

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The Ism of Kāna and Its Sisters

بَاتَ الطِّفْلُ نَائِمًا
Translation: The child spent the night asleep.
بَاتَ: past incomplete verb.
الطِّفْلُ: nominative ism bāta.
نَائِمًا: accusative khabar bāta.

The child is the entity being described; sleeping is the state predicated of that child.