LessonsThe Rule of the Muʿrab: Visible and Estimated CaseQuiz

جَاءَنِي زَيْدٌ
Translation: Zayd came to me.
زَيْدٌ ← subject; nominative; ḍamma.

رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا
Translation: I saw Zayd.
زَيْدًا ← direct object; accusative; fatḥa.

مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ
Translation: I passed by Zayd.
زَيْدٍ ← prepositional noun; genitive; kasra.

Remember
It is still the same person and noun. The syntactic role and the overt case vowel change. The text calls this اخْتِلَافًا لَفْظِيًّا.

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One noun, three visible endings

The Rule of the Muʿrab: Visible and Estimated Case

جَاءَنِي زَيْدٌ
Translation: Zayd came to me.
زَيْدٌ ← subject; nominative; ḍamma.

رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا
Translation: I saw Zayd.
زَيْدًا ← direct object; accusative; fatḥa.

مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ
Translation: I passed by Zayd.
زَيْدٍ ← prepositional noun; genitive; kasra.

Remember
It is still the same person and noun. The syntactic role and the overt case vowel change. The text calls this اخْتِلَافًا لَفْظِيًّا.