ExpressionGrammatical pointithnatān wa-arbaʿūncompound number followed by tamyīz ḥalūbatantastabīkaimperfect verb with object suffix -kaka-anna fārataka-anna followed by its accusative nounrawḍatan unufanaccusative noun and adjectivelam yataṣarramimperfect made jussive by lamgharidan / harijancircumstantial descriptions of the fly
Case endings are linked to meaning. For example, identifying gharidan as a ḥāl explains why the line describes a momentary mode of sound, not merely the fly’s name.
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ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Fragrance, Rain-fed Meadow and Sensory Similes (verses 12–19)
ExpressionGrammatical pointithnatān wa-arbaʿūncompound number followed by tamyīz ḥalūbatantastabīkaimperfect verb with object suffix -kaka-anna fārataka-anna followed by its accusative nounrawḍatan unufanaccusative noun and adjectivelam yataṣarramimperfect made jussive by lamgharidan / harijancircumstantial descriptions of the fly
Case endings are linked to meaning. For example, identifying gharidan as a ḥāl explains why the line describes a momentary mode of sound, not merely the fly’s name.