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

Jayyāsh is an emphatic descriptor of welling or surging energy, connected to j-y-sh (ج ي ش). Jāsha suggests rising or boiling up. Ḥamy relates to heat or fierce intensity; mirjal is a large cooking vessel or cauldron.

Ihtizām conveys forceful stirring, disturbance, or vibration. Kaʾanna introduces the comparison and ghalyu mirjal supplies its vivid counterpart. An otherwise abstract description of stamina becomes a visible, boiling image.

Ḥamyuhu should not be confined to human anger: here it represents energetic heat and excitement. The pairing is a spare physique with exceptional vigor.

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Jayyāsh, ihtizām, and ḥamy: derivation and meaning

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

Jayyāsh is an emphatic descriptor of welling or surging energy, connected to j-y-sh (ج ي ش). Jāsha suggests rising or boiling up. Ḥamy relates to heat or fierce intensity; mirjal is a large cooking vessel or cauldron.

Ihtizām conveys forceful stirring, disturbance, or vibration. Kaʾanna introduces the comparison and ghalyu mirjal supplies its vivid counterpart. An otherwise abstract description of stamina becomes a visible, boiling image.

Ḥamyuhu should not be confined to human anger: here it represents energetic heat and excitement. The pairing is a spare physique with exceptional vigor.