LessonsTajrīd: Definition, Seven Forms, and Rhetorical IntensificationQuiz

Tajrīd has one underlying mechanism but several linguistic realizations. Particles and constructions determine how the extracted figure relates to its source.

FormDistinctive construction
1Extractive min
2Bāʾ attached to the source
3Accompanying bāʾ attached to the extract
4Fī attached to the source
5No intervening particle
6By kināyah (allusion)
7Self-address

These are seven modes of expression, not seven unrelated meanings. All depend on the imaginative extraction of a bearer of the same characteristic.

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Overview of the seven forms

Tajrīd: Definition, Seven Forms, and Rhetorical Intensification

Tajrīd has one underlying mechanism but several linguistic realizations. Particles and constructions determine how the extracted figure relates to its source.

FormDistinctive construction
1Extractive min
2Bāʾ attached to the source
3Accompanying bāʾ attached to the extract
4Fī attached to the source
5No intervening particle
6By kināyah (allusion)
7Self-address

These are seven modes of expression, not seven unrelated meanings. All depend on the imaginative extraction of a bearer of the same characteristic.