LessonsʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part IQuiz

In laff wa-nashr, several items are first gathered in an expression, then their attributes, actions, or judgments are supplied without repeatedly identifying each item’s corresponding element.

The initial enumeration is the laff (“gathering”); the later distribution of associated elements is the nashr (“spreading”). The listener reconstructs the pairings from their natural relationships.

The later correspondences may be in the original order or a different order. Proper analysis requires mapping each later element to its referent.

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Laff wa-nashr: distribute what was first gathered

ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part I

In laff wa-nashr, several items are first gathered in an expression, then their attributes, actions, or judgments are supplied without repeatedly identifying each item’s corresponding element.

The initial enumeration is the laff (“gathering”); the later distribution of associated elements is the nashr (“spreading”). The listener reconstructs the pairings from their natural relationships.

The later correspondences may be in the original order or a different order. Proper analysis requires mapping each later element to its referent.