Al-muqaddimah Al-ajurrumiyyah [on the Science of Arabic Grammar]

The Chapter on the TAMYĪZ

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The Tamyīz[^78] is an Ism that is Manṣūb and clarifies what is vague as regards essences or entities, like when you say:

تصبّب زيدٌعرقاً                                                (Zayd is pouringsweat i.e. he is perspiring)

تفقأ بكرٌ شحماً                                                (Bakr expandedin fat )

طاب محمدٌنفساً                                              (Muhammad is amicablein spirit )

اشتريْتُ عشرينغلاماً                            (I bought twentyservants )

ملكتُ تسعيننعجةً                                          (I owned ninetyewes )

زيدٌ أكرم منكأباً وأجمل منكوجهاً                      (Zayd is more noble than youfather -wise and more handsome than youface -wise)

It does not occur except as an Ism Nakirah and does not occur except after the completion of the Kalām.