ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Fragrance, Rain-fed Meadow and Sensory Similes (verses 12–19)

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• What does ḥalūbah denote in verse 12?
• How many animals does ithnatān wa-arbaʿūn count?
• What is compared through ka-khāfiyat al-ghurāb al-asḥam?
• What is the syntactic role of ḥalūbatan after the number?
• What does tastabīka primarily mean?
• To what does ghurūb refer in dhī ghurūb?
• What is the suffix -ka in tastabīka?
• Which sense is especially prominent in ʿadhbin muqabbaluhu ladhīdh al-maṭʿam?
• What is represented by fārat tājir here?
• Who is described by qasīmah?
• What does sabaqat ʿawāriḍahā ilayka suggest?
• What is the case function of fārata after ka-anna?
• What does unufan describe in rawḍatan unufan?
• What is ghayth in this passage?
• What quality is conveyed by qalīl al-diman?
• How do the musk and meadow comparisons relate?
• What human quality is suggested by jādat ʿalayhi of the clouds?
• What is bikr ḥurrah describing in this setting?
• What comparison is made in kulla qarāratin ka-l-dirham?
• Who is the implied plural subject of fa-tarakna?
• What is emphasized by saḥḥan wa-taskāban?
• What does lam yataṣarram mean in context?
• What grammatical effect does lam have on an imperfect verb?
• What does the poet compare the fly’s sound to?
• What does khalā suggest in khalā al-dhubāb bihā?
• What is the grammatical role of gharidan?
• What action is depicted by yaḥukku dhirāʿahu bi-dhirāʿihi?
• What is the key likeness in qadḥ al-mukibb ʿalā al-zinād?
• Which description best matches al-ajdham?
• Which description best captures the sensory sequence in verses 12–19?