«فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ رَجَعَ مُتَدَهْدِهًا وَتَقَهْقَرَ مُقَهْقِهًا»
He soon returned, swaying with mirth and stepping backward in peals of laughter.
Mutadahdihan / muqahqihan enact both motion and noise. Repeated sounds help the prose mimic the agent’s uncontrollable laughter.
The judge asks «مَهِيمَ يَا أَبَا مَرْيَمَ؟»—what has happened, Abū Maryam? A serious inquiry becomes a comic scene.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — The Judge’s Mercy, Abū Zayd’s Secret and Final Regret
«فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ رَجَعَ مُتَدَهْدِهًا وَتَقَهْقَرَ مُقَهْقِهًا»
He soon returned, swaying with mirth and stepping backward in peals of laughter.
Mutadahdihan / muqahqihan enact both motion and noise. Repeated sounds help the prose mimic the agent’s uncontrollable laughter.
The judge asks «مَهِيمَ يَا أَبَا مَرْيَمَ؟»—what has happened, Abū Maryam? A serious inquiry becomes a comic scene.