Imruʾ al-Qays: The Horse’s Form, Similes, and Wild Quarry (Verses 59–64)
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- What is the dual aytalā in aytalā ẓabyin?
- Which quality is central to sāqā naʿāmah?
- Which animal supplies the gait image in sirḥān?
- What does tatful refer to in taqrīb tatful?
- What chiefly distinguishes irkhāʾ from taqrīb?
- What grammatical feature do aytalā and sāqā share?
- What does ḍalīʿ describe in verse 60?
- From which viewpoint does idhā istadbartahu describe the horse?
- What does farj mean in sadda farjahu?
- What nuance does fuwayqa add in fuwayqa al-arḍ?
- Which defect is denied by laysa bi-aʿzal?
- What does bāʾ do in laysa bi-aʿzal?
- Which part does al-matnayn refer to in verse 61?
- What action is indicated by idhā intaḥā?
- Which sensory quality is emphasized by madāk ʿarūs?
- What is ṣalāyat ḥanẓal?
- What is the rhetorical function of kaʾanna in verse 61?
- What feature is shared by the two simile objects in verse 61?
- What does al-hādiyāt mean in verse 62?
- What visual contrast drives ʿuṣārat ḥinnāʾ bi-shaybin murajjal?
- To what does the pronoun in naḥrihi refer?
- What does murajjal describe?
- What does ʿanna convey in fa-ʿanna lanā sirbun?
- Which animals does niʿāj refer to in verse 63?
- What does ʿadhārā mean in ʿadhārā dawār?
- What picture is created by mulāʾ mudhayyal?
- What does the feminine plural suffix in fa-adbarna refer to?
- What is central to al-jazʿ al-mufaṣṣal?
- Which kinship lines are invoked by muʿamm and mukhawwal?
- What is the main progression of verses 59–64?