تَوْكِيد
tawkid
Corroborative emphasis (tawkid)
Nahw · syntaxSyntactic roleadvanced term2,766+ in the Qur'an
In one line
Corroboration — a follower (نفس، كل، عين…) that emphasises its noun and shares its case.
Classical definition
التَّوْكِيدُ تَابِعٌ لِلْمُؤَكَّدِ فِي رَفْعِهِ وَنَصْبِهِ وَخَفْضِهِ وَتَعْرِيفِهِ.
(الآجرّومية)
How to spot it
Recognition test
Words like كُلّ، نَفْس، عَيْن repeating to stress the noun, and matching its case, are tawkid.
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