LessonsLexical Polysemy and Wordplay — Applied Study of Ten MaqāmātQuiz

وَانْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ كَانَ ذَا نَدِيٍّ وَنَدًى وَجِدَةٍ وَجَدٍّ وَعَقَارٍ
Consider someone who once enjoyed a gathering, generosity, wealth, good fortune and property.

Nadī points toward a social gathering or standing; nadā to bounty and giving. Together they portray both an active social place and an open-handed person before the reversal of fortune.

The continuation adds wealth, good fortune, and property. Keep the nouns distinct: the rhetorical catalogue works by accumulating separate dimensions of former prosperity.

Semantic distinction exercise
Which meaning does nadā carry in this passage?

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Nadī and nadā

Lexical Polysemy and Wordplay — Applied Study of Ten Maqāmāt

وَانْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ كَانَ ذَا نَدِيٍّ وَنَدًى وَجِدَةٍ وَجَدٍّ وَعَقَارٍ
Consider someone who once enjoyed a gathering, generosity, wealth, good fortune and property.

Nadī points toward a social gathering or standing; nadā to bounty and giving. Together they portray both an active social place and an open-handed person before the reversal of fortune.

The continuation adds wealth, good fortune, and property. Keep the nouns distinct: the rhetorical catalogue works by accumulating separate dimensions of former prosperity.

Semantic distinction exercise
Which meaning does nadā carry in this passage?