Imruʾ al-Qays: Dialogue in ʿUnayzah’s Litter, Boasting, and an Oath (Verses 13–18)

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• What does al-khidr mean in the context of verse 13?
• What is the function of the second khidr in khidra ʿUnayzah?
• What is the main conversational force of lak al-waylāt?
• What does the woman fear in murjilī?
• What is the grammatical subject of māla in māla al-ghabīṭ?
• How does ʿaqartu maṭiyyatī differ from ʿaqarta baʿīrī here?
• What does fa-nzil demand in verse 14?
• What effect comes from fa-qālat, taqūlu, and fa-qultu?
• To whom is the imperative sīrī addressed?
• What does arkhī zimāmahu ask for?
• From which derived form is the imperative arkhī?
• What is the literal meaning of janā in janāki?
• Which meaning best fits al-muʿallal here?
• What is the function of lā in wa-lā tubʿidīnī?
• What is the retained nūn in tubʿidīnī?
• What accounts for the genitive in fa-mithliki?
• What does ḥublā describe?
• Which morphology best describes murḍiʿ?
• What is the principal meaning of fa-alhaytuhā?
• Of which singular is tamāʾim the plural?
• Dhī is the genitive form of which word?
• What does the description muḥwil suggest about the child?
• Who is crying in idhā mā bakā?
• How is mā best interpreted after idhā here?
• What is the principal image in bi-shiqq wa-taḥtī shiqquhā?
• What verbal form occurs in lam yuḥawwal?
• What is al-kathīb?
• What does taʿadhdharat ʿalayya describe?
• What does ālat ḥalfatan mean?
• What quality of the oath is expressed by lam taḥallal?