LessonsMurāʿāt al-Naẓīr, Corresponding Endings, Irṣād and MushākalahQuiz

The classification must follow the sense actually intended in context, rather than every meaning a word might carry. Najm can refer to a celestial star, but it may also denote a plant that grows without a stem.

The first sense fits the sun and moon; the second fits trees and vegetation. Context and syntax determine which congruity is real in a particular passage.

It would therefore be a mistake either to import every possible lexical sense into one utterance or to force a familiar sense when the actual context points elsewhere.

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Congruity depends on the intended sense

Murāʿāt al-Naẓīr, Corresponding Endings, Irṣād and Mushākalah

The classification must follow the sense actually intended in context, rather than every meaning a word might carry. Najm can refer to a celestial star, but it may also denote a plant that grows without a stem.

The first sense fits the sun and moon; the second fits trees and vegetation. Context and syntax determine which congruity is real in a particular passage.

It would therefore be a mistake either to import every possible lexical sense into one utterance or to force a familiar sense when the actual context points elsewhere.