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

The genitive in fa-mithliki is explained as governed by an understood rubba, conveying “many a woman like you.” The suffix -ki completes the construct and addresses the beloved.

Ḥublā describes pregnancy. It follows the pattern fuʿlā, with final alif maqṣūrah preventing a visibly expressed case ending. Wa-murḍiʿin coordinates another category in the speaker’s sweeping claim.

The two descriptions need not refer to the same individual at once: mentioning pregnant and nursing women broadens the asserted range of his experiences.

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Fa-mithliki and ḥublā: an understood rubba

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

The genitive in fa-mithliki is explained as governed by an understood rubba, conveying “many a woman like you.” The suffix -ki completes the construct and addresses the beloved.

Ḥublā describes pregnancy. It follows the pattern fuʿlā, with final alif maqṣūrah preventing a visibly expressed case ending. Wa-murḍiʿin coordinates another category in the speaker’s sweeping claim.

The two descriptions need not refer to the same individual at once: mentioning pregnant and nursing women broadens the asserted range of his experiences.