جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ صَالِحٌ أَبُوهَا — A woman whose father is righteous came.
امْرَأَةٌ: nominative feminine subject.
صَالِحٌ: nominative masculine relational adjective; its quality belongs to the father.
أَبُوهَا: subject of the active-participle adjective (nominative by wāw), with -hā referring to the woman.
This teaching example illustrates why the relational adjective need not match the woman in gender.
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The Tawābiʿ and Naʿt: Direct and Relational Attributes
جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ صَالِحٌ أَبُوهَا — A woman whose father is righteous came.
امْرَأَةٌ: nominative feminine subject.
صَالِحٌ: nominative masculine relational adjective; its quality belongs to the father.
أَبُوهَا: subject of the active-participle adjective (nominative by wāw), with -hā referring to the woman.
This teaching example illustrates why the relational adjective need not match the woman in gender.