LessonsImruʾ al-Qays: A Guarded Tent, the Pleiades, Objection, and Dunes (Verses 23–29)Quiz

Taʿarraḍat is a third-person feminine singular perfect, with al-thurayyā as its subject. Taʿarruḍa is a verbal noun from the same base, used as a cognate accusative to characterize the action.

Athnāʾi al-wishāḥ evokes the separate parts or sections of an ornament. Al-mufaṣṣal qualifies a sash set with discrete decorative pieces. The spaced yet ordered appearance of stars is thus rendered through a crafted human object.

ExpressionGrammatical or rhetorical role
TaʿarraḍatVerb describing the star cluster
TaʿarruḍaCognate accusative (mafʿūl muṭlaq)
Athnāʾ al-wishāḥParts of the compared ornament
Al-mufaṣṣalQualification of the jeweled sash

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Taʿarruḍa athnāʾi al-wishāḥ: syntax and simile

Imruʾ al-Qays: A Guarded Tent, the Pleiades, Objection, and Dunes (Verses 23–29)

Taʿarraḍat is a third-person feminine singular perfect, with al-thurayyā as its subject. Taʿarruḍa is a verbal noun from the same base, used as a cognate accusative to characterize the action.

Athnāʾi al-wishāḥ evokes the separate parts or sections of an ornament. Al-mufaṣṣal qualifies a sash set with discrete decorative pieces. The spaced yet ordered appearance of stars is thus rendered through a crafted human object.

ExpressionGrammatical or rhetorical role
TaʿarraḍatVerb describing the star cluster
TaʿarruḍaCognate accusative (mafʿūl muṭlaq)
Athnāʾ al-wishāḥParts of the compared ornament
Al-mufaṣṣalQualification of the jeweled sash