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

In wa-yawma, the conjunction links this episode to the preceding reminiscence, while yawma functions as a temporal adverbial. Dakhaltu is a perfect verb with the first-person subject suffix -tu.

Al-khidra is accusative after dakhaltu. The following phrase, khidra ʿUnayzah, identifies the same enclosure and can be parsed as an appositional substitution. ʿUnayzah completes the construct and, as a diptote proper name, bears fatḥah in the genitive position.

Taken together, the verse identifies the occasion of entry and immediately follows it with the woman’s reaction, introduced by fa-qālat.

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Syntax of wa-yawma dakhaltu al-khidra

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

In wa-yawma, the conjunction links this episode to the preceding reminiscence, while yawma functions as a temporal adverbial. Dakhaltu is a perfect verb with the first-person subject suffix -tu.

Al-khidra is accusative after dakhaltu. The following phrase, khidra ʿUnayzah, identifies the same enclosure and can be parsed as an appositional substitution. ʿUnayzah completes the construct and, as a diptote proper name, bears fatḥah in the genitive position.

Taken together, the verse identifies the occasion of entry and immediately follows it with the woman’s reaction, introduced by fa-qālat.