The textbook exercises include place names such as Islamabad and Muzaffarnagar. Used as established names, the complete expression identifies one place; its component words are not intended to denote constituent parts of that place. In this use, such a name can be treated as mufrad. By contrast, a descriptive phrase such as “an inhabited city” intentionally combines the meanings of its constituents and is murakkab.
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Established place names versus descriptive phrases
Simple and Composite Expressions: Definitions, Four Forms, and Examples
The textbook exercises include place names such as Islamabad and Muzaffarnagar. Used as established names, the complete expression identifies one place; its component words are not intended to denote constituent parts of that place. In this use, such a name can be treated as mufrad. By contrast, a descriptive phrase such as “an inhabited city” intentionally combines the meanings of its constituents and is murakkab.