LessonsSupplementary Practice — Integrated Grammatical and Rhetorical Analysis of Arabic TextsQuiz

فَدَارِهِمْ مَا دُمْتَ فِي دَارِهِمْ
Treat them gently as long as you remain in their home.

The first “dārihim” is an imperative from the verb of considerate dealing: deal kindly with them. In the second “dārihim,” “dār” is a noun meaning home, followed by a possessive pronoun.

The sound sequence matches while meaning and grammatical word class differ. This makes the expression a familiar example of complete jinās, specifically mustawfā, with the grammatical analysis providing the proof.

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Text 8: punning and morphology

Supplementary Practice — Integrated Grammatical and Rhetorical Analysis of Arabic Texts

فَدَارِهِمْ مَا دُمْتَ فِي دَارِهِمْ
Treat them gently as long as you remain in their home.

The first “dārihim” is an imperative from the verb of considerate dealing: deal kindly with them. In the second “dārihim,” “dār” is a noun meaning home, followed by a possessive pronoun.

The sound sequence matches while meaning and grammatical word class differ. This makes the expression a familiar example of complete jinās, specifically mustawfā, with the grammatical analysis providing the proof.