Discussion from the chapter on the object of the action.
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The Shaykh : What are the directions? Abdullah?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The student: I mean: the six directions.
The Shaykh : The six? What are they?
The student: Front and back, right and left.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: And above and below.
The Shaykh : Above and below, these are the six directions. The second one after the six directions, Ahmad!
The student: Measures.
The Shaykh : Measures, for example?
The student: A mile.
The Shaykh : I traveled a mile, a league, a farsakh. Fine. Some people consider a mile and a farsakh not to be a defined measure, but in reality it is defined, though it contains a degree of ambiguity, since one does not know where the mile begins and where it ends. The area is defined, but there is a degree of ambiguity. Fine, there is a third thing as well, yes?
The student: What is derived from the verb.
The Shaykh : What is derived from the verb. *Marama* from *rama* (to throw). You say: I threw to Zayd’s *marama*. *Ramaytu*: verb and subject. *Marama*: an adverb of place, in the accusative case due to being an adverb, and the sign of its accusative is a hidden fatha on its end. *Marama* is prevented from showing it due to impossibility. *Marama* is a dependent noun, and Zayd is the noun it depends on. Fine. I sat in the scholar’s *majlis*. Is it similar?
The student: It is similar.
The Shaykh : It is similar. And *majlis al-adib* here can mean... the scholar. It can be a *ma* source noun (a noun derived from a verb with the prefix *mim*). But if the intention is *majlis al-adib* meaning the place where the scholar sits, what is it now? An adverb of place. We begin the new lesson. The author says .... This is an adverb, meaning: in this assembly.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The student: I mean: the six directions.
The Shaykh : The six? What are they?
The student: Front and back, right and left.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: And above and below.
The Shaykh : Above and below, these are the six directions. The second one after the six directions, Ahmad!
The student: Measures.
The Shaykh : Measures, for example?
The student: A mile.
The Shaykh : I traveled a mile, a league, a farsakh. Fine. Some people consider a mile and a farsakh not to be a defined measure, but in reality it is defined, though it contains a degree of ambiguity, since one does not know where the mile begins and where it ends. The area is defined, but there is a degree of ambiguity. Fine, there is a third thing as well, yes?
The student: What is derived from the verb.
The Shaykh : What is derived from the verb. *Marama* from *rama* (to throw). You say: I threw to Zayd’s *marama*. *Ramaytu*: verb and subject. *Marama*: an adverb of place, in the accusative case due to being an adverb, and the sign of its accusative is a hidden fatha on its end. *Marama* is prevented from showing it due to impossibility. *Marama* is a dependent noun, and Zayd is the noun it depends on. Fine. I sat in the scholar’s *majlis*. Is it similar?
The student: It is similar.
The Shaykh : It is similar. And *majlis al-adib* here can mean... the scholar. It can be a *ma* source noun (a noun derived from a verb with the prefix *mim*). But if the intention is *majlis al-adib* meaning the place where the scholar sits, what is it now? An adverb of place. We begin the new lesson. The author says .... This is an adverb, meaning: in this assembly.