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

Tajāwaztu is the first-person singular perfect of Form VI from the root j-w-z: “I crossed” or “I passed beyond.” Aḥrāsan and maʿsharan are accusative; the second is coordinated with the first.

Ilayhā means “toward her,” with its feminine pronoun referring to the woman. The syntax separates the destination from the obstacles along the way and clarifies the direction of the narrated movement.

WordForm or function
TajāwaztuForm VI; first-person perfect
AḥrāsanPlural relating to guards; accusative
IlayhāPreposition with third-person feminine pronoun
MaʿsharanGroup; coordinated accusative

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Tajāwaztu aḥrāsan wa-maʿsharan: grammar of the passage

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

Tajāwaztu is the first-person singular perfect of Form VI from the root j-w-z: “I crossed” or “I passed beyond.” Aḥrāsan and maʿsharan are accusative; the second is coordinated with the first.

Ilayhā means “toward her,” with its feminine pronoun referring to the woman. The syntax separates the destination from the obstacles along the way and clarifies the direction of the narrated movement.

WordForm or function
TajāwaztuForm VI; first-person perfect
AḥrāsanPlural relating to guards; accusative
IlayhāPreposition with third-person feminine pronoun
MaʿsharanGroup; coordinated accusative