Imruʾ al-Qays: The Horse’s Speed, Agility, and Similes (Verses 52–58)

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• At what time does the poet set out in wa-qad aghtadī?
• What function best describes the wāw in wa-l-ṭayru fī wukunātihā?
• What does wukunātihā mean in the verse?
• Which quality is conveyed by bi-munjarid?
• What are al-awābid?
• What is the rhetorical point of qayd al-awābid?
• Which feature is described by haykal?
• What is the core quality in mikarr mifarr muqbil mudbir maʿan?
• What are muqbil and mudbir morphologically?
• What is the object of comparison in ka-julmūdi ṣakhr?
• Which word is the subject of ḥaṭṭahu al-saylu?
• What nuance is added by min ʿal?
• Which feature of the horse does kumayt describe?
• What does libd denote in yazillu al-libdu?
• What lexical relationship links yazillu and zallat?
• What quality matters in the simile of al-ṣafwāʾ?
• What contrast appears in ʿalā al-dhabl jayyāsh?
• What is a mirjal in ghalyu mirjal?
• What is compared in kaʾanna ihtizāmahu ... ghalyu mirjal?
• What does al-sābiḥāt refer to in verse 56?
• What does wanā convey in ʿalā al-wanā?
• What is the grammatical role of al-ghubār in atharna al-ghubār?
• What scene is conveyed by bi-l-kadīd al-murakkal?
• Why are al-ghulām al-khiff and al-ʿanīf al-muthaqqal contrasted?
• What are ṣahawātihi in the horse description?
• Why does the poet mention garments in wa-yulwī bi-athwāb?
• What is khudhrūf al-walīd in the simile?
• What number is indicated by kaffayhi in tatābuʿu kaffayhi?
• Which word does muwaṣṣal describe in bi-khayṭin muwaṣṣal?
• Which matching of rock, cauldron, and spinning toy is correct?