عَلِمْتُ أَزَيْدٌ عِنْدَكَ أَمْ عَمْرٌ؟
Translation: I learned whether it was Zayd or ʿAmr who was with you.
The interrogative hamza prevents overt accusative on the clause’s predicative elements. The embedded interrogative clause fills the two-object position.
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عَلِمْتُ أَزَيْدٌ عِنْدَكَ أَمْ عَمْرٌ؟
Translation: I learned whether it was Zayd or ʿAmr who was with you.
The interrogative hamza prevents overt accusative on the clause’s predicative elements. The embedded interrogative clause fills the two-object position.