Lā resembling laysa: «لَا رَجُلٌ حَاضِرًا» — nominative noun, accusative predicate.
Lā of generic negation: «لَا رَجُلَ حَاضِرٌ» — built noun in accusative position, nominative predicate.
Non-governing lā: «لَا رَجُلٌ حَاضِرٌ» — nominative mubtadaʾ and predicate.
The letters lā alone do not determine which pattern is present.
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Common Error: Three Kinds of Lā
The Predicate of Mā and Lā Resembling Laysa
Lā resembling laysa: «لَا رَجُلٌ حَاضِرًا» — nominative noun, accusative predicate.
Lā of generic negation: «لَا رَجُلَ حَاضِرٌ» — built noun in accusative position, nominative predicate.
Non-governing lā: «لَا رَجُلٌ حَاضِرٌ» — nominative mubtadaʾ and predicate.
The letters lā alone do not determine which pattern is present.