Re: Is "subHaana" a verb or noun?

qureshna@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
> > qureshna@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > > Dear Group members!
> > >
> > > Another question. In the muslim prayer, one has "subHaana-ka
allaahumma
> > > wa b-Hamdi-ka...". Here, is "subHaana" a kind of verb or is it a
noun
> > > behaving like a verb? Any other examples of this kind of
construction?
> >
> > it's a verbal noun in the accusative.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Naseer
>
> Thank you for your kind reply, Mr. Gursey.
>
> Can you think of other examples of this type where a noun is used in
> the accusative. I only know of the type after "laa" as in "laa
> ilaaha.....".


nouns are in the accusative when they are a direct object of a verb or
in adverbial expressions. use of the accusative is very common.

> 
> Naseer