LessonsImruʾ al-Qays: Movement, Mirror, Gaze, and Gazelle Imagery (Verses 30–34)Quiz

The root of haṣartu is h-ṣ-r (ه ص ر), associated with bending, pressing, or pulling something so that it yields. With the first-person suffix, it is a perfect verb, first-person singular: “I pulled/bent.”

In bi-fūday raʾsihā, fūd denotes the hair at a side of the head or around the temple. Fūday is dual: after the preposition bi- it appears in the genitive with yāʾ, and the dual nūn is dropped because it is the first term of a construct. Raʾsihā completes that construct.

The expression combines verb, point of contact, dual inflection, and iḍāfah. Taking fūday as singular would obscure the image of the two sides of the head.

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Haṣartu and fūday: root meaning and dual form

Imruʾ al-Qays: Movement, Mirror, Gaze, and Gazelle Imagery (Verses 30–34)

The root of haṣartu is h-ṣ-r (ه ص ر), associated with bending, pressing, or pulling something so that it yields. With the first-person suffix, it is a perfect verb, first-person singular: “I pulled/bent.”

In bi-fūday raʾsihā, fūd denotes the hair at a side of the head or around the temple. Fūday is dual: after the preposition bi- it appears in the genitive with yāʾ, and the dual nūn is dropped because it is the first term of a construct. Raʾsihā completes that construct.

The expression combines verb, point of contact, dual inflection, and iḍāfah. Taking fūday as singular would obscure the image of the two sides of the head.