Breakdown of أنا باحث عن متبرع ممول مشروعا خيريا.
أناana
I
بحث عنbaHatha 'an
to search for
مشروعmashrû'
project / draft (bill)
خيريkhayriyy
charitable
متبرعmutabarri'
donor
مولmawwala
to fund / to finance
Questions & Answers about أنا باحث عن متبرع ممول مشروعا خيريا.
Why is مشروعا in the accusative case (mansub) when it comes right after a genitive noun?
مشروعا is the direct object of the active participle ممول (funding). In Arabic, an active participle can govern a phrase just like its corresponding verb. Since funding needs an object to receive the action, مشروعا takes the accusative case (mansub).
Doesn't an active participle need the definite article ال to act like a verb? Why does ممول work here without it?
An indefinite active participle can also act like a verb if it meets certain conditions. One major condition is that it must rely on a preceding word, such as a subject or a noun it modifies. Here, ممول acts as an adjective describing the preceding noun متبرع, which gives it the grammatical power to govern the object مشروعا.
What case ending does ممول itself take in this sentence?
It takes the genitive case (majroor) and would be pronounced مُمَوِّلٍ (mumawwilin). Even though it acts like a verb to govern the word after it, grammatically it is still an adjective modifying متبرع (a donor). Since متبرع is genitive because of the preposition عن, its adjective ممول must match it in case.
باحث is also an active participle. Why doesn't it take a direct object in the accusative case like ممول does?
Active participles inherit the behavior of their root verbs. The verb for searching (بحث) requires the preposition عن to connect to what is being searched for. Therefore, its active participle باحث must also use عن, whereas the verb for funding (مول) is transitive and takes a direct object directly.
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