Breakdown of دققت المدققة نفسها في الأصناف كلها.
الal
the
فيfî
in / about, regarding
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
كلkull
all / every
نفسnafs
self (reflexive)
دققdaqqaqa
to audit
مدققmudaqqiq
auditor
صنفsinf
item / kind, type
Questions & Answers about دققت المدققة نفسها في الأصناف كلها.
Why does نفسها take a nominative case (a damma on the letter Seen)?
نفس (self) is being used here for corroborative emphasis (التوكيد المعنوي). It emphasizes the subject, المدققة (the auditor). Because the subject is nominative, the emphasis word must copy its case, becoming نفسُ (nafsu), before attaching the pronoun ـها to match the auditor's gender.
Why does the second emphasis word, كلها (all of them), use the feminine singular pronoun ـها?
It emphasizes الأصناف (the items). Because الأصناف is a non-human plural, Arabic grammar treats it as feminine singular. Therefore, the attached pronoun must be ـها (literally 'all of her') to match.
What case ending belongs on كلها (all of them) in this sentence?
It takes a genitive case with a kasra under the Lam, making it كلِّها (kulli-hā). Just like نفسها copied the nominative subject, كلّ must copy the case of الأصناف, which is genitive because it comes right after the preposition في (in).
Why is the preposition في used when the English translation just says 'scrutinized the items'?
The Arabic verb دقّق (to scrutinize or check closely) naturally pairs with the preposition في. While English uses a direct object here, Arabic expresses this action as scrutinizing 'into' or 'in' something.
The verb دققت and the noun المدققة sound very similar. How are they related?
They come from the same root (د-ق-ق). دقّق is a Form II verb meaning 'to scrutinize,' and مُدقِّق is its active participle (the one who does the action). Adding the feminine marker ـة gives us المدققة—literally 'the female scrutinizer' or 'the auditor.'
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