When an expression retains the designation of an earlier condition, the relation is i'tibar ma kan. When it applies the designation of an anticipated later condition, it is i'tibar ma yakun.
Yatama: people described by reference to their former state of orphanhood.
Khamran: grapes designated by what they can subsequently yield.
Both involve time, but their directions are opposite: a past label continues forward, whereas a future label is brought backward.
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Metonymy, Compound Figurative Expression and Mental Attribution
When an expression retains the designation of an earlier condition, the relation is i'tibar ma kan. When it applies the designation of an anticipated later condition, it is i'tibar ma yakun.
Yatama: people described by reference to their former state of orphanhood.
Khamran: grapes designated by what they can subsequently yield.
Both involve time, but their directions are opposite: a past label continues forward, whereas a future label is brought backward.