LessonsʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related FiguresQuiz

In compound jinās with close graphic resemblance, the phrase and the single form may resemble each other both when pronounced and when written.

In the separated-writing form, the sounds are close but word boundaries appear differently in writing. A multiword phrase is placed opposite a separate lexical expression.

The criterion is neither visual complexity nor merely a shared rhyme. First identify the full phonetic correspondence, then ask whether the writing preserves or reveals the different divisions.

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Distinguishing the two compound subtypes

ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related Figures

In compound jinās with close graphic resemblance, the phrase and the single form may resemble each other both when pronounced and when written.

In the separated-writing form, the sounds are close but word boundaries appear differently in writing. A multiword phrase is placed opposite a separate lexical expression.

The criterion is neither visual complexity nor merely a shared rhyme. First identify the full phonetic correspondence, then ask whether the writing preserves or reveals the different divisions.