What is the role of “lam” in “lam ukhsirhu”?
The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Abū Ḥabīb’s Poetic Reply
- Asking a past-tense question
- Negating and jussively governing the imperfect
- Making a noun genitive
- Omitting a conditional result
The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Abū Ḥabīb’s Poetic Reply