LessonsIlm al-Badiʿ: The First Nine Semantic Rhetorical DevicesQuiz

«التوجيه: إفادة معنى بألفاظ موضوعة له، ولكنها أسماء لأناسٍ أو غيرهم»
Tawjih expresses a meaning through ordinary words that also function as personal names or names of other things.

The sentence makes sense in its ordinary reading while the names embedded in its wording offer an additional pattern. In tawriyah the concealed remote sense is fundamental; in tawjih the coordination of common meanings and names is the distinctive feature.

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Tawjih: directing an expression to two readings

Ilm al-Badiʿ: The First Nine Semantic Rhetorical Devices

«التوجيه: إفادة معنى بألفاظ موضوعة له، ولكنها أسماء لأناسٍ أو غيرهم»
Tawjih expresses a meaning through ordinary words that also function as personal names or names of other things.

The sentence makes sense in its ordinary reading while the names embedded in its wording offer an additional pattern. In tawriyah the concealed remote sense is fundamental; in tawjih the coordination of common meanings and names is the distinctive feature.