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Predicate المَحْمُول
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Predicate
al-maḥmūl
المَحْمُول
The (maḥmūl) of a is what is affirmed or denied of the .
Explanation
In “every human is an animal”, “animal” is the .
Also written as: mahmul, predicate term.
In the text
وَالْجُزْءُ الأَوَّلُ مِنَ الْحَمْلِيَّةِ يُسَمَّى: مَوْضُوعًا، وَالثَّانِي: مَحْمُولًا؛ وَالْجُزْءُ الأَوَّلُ مِنَ الشَّرْطِيَّةِ يُسَمَّى: مُقَدَّمًا، وَالثَّانِي: تَالِيًا.The first part of a categorical is called the subject and the second the predicate; the first part of a conditional is called the antecedent and the second the consequent.Related terms
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Question 1
What is the predicate (maḥmūl) of a categorical proposition?
The is what is said of the , whether affirmed (“Every human is an animal”) or denied (“No human is a stone”).
Question 2
Which of these has “mortal” as its predicate?
In “Every human is mortal”, being mortal is affirmed of human, so “mortal” is the ; in the other three “mortal” is the .
Question 3
What does al-Abharī call the second part of a categorical proposition?
The first part is called al-mawḍūʿ (the ) and the second al-maḥmūl (the ); al-ḥadd is the .
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