عريض القفا
One with a broad nape.
In a conventional use, this alludes to dullness or slowness of understanding. The physical feature does not logically prove the mental quality; a familiar idiom or association must be supplied.
Without that convention, the hearer understands only the physical description. Ramz is marked by a subtle link even though there are few intervening steps.
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Taʿrīḍ, Talwīḥ, Ramz, Īmāʾ and Ishārah; the Rhetorical Force of Figurative Speech
عريض القفا
One with a broad nape.
In a conventional use, this alludes to dullness or slowness of understanding. The physical feature does not logically prove the mental quality; a familiar idiom or association must be supplied.
Without that convention, the hearer understands only the physical description. Ramz is marked by a subtle link even though there are few intervening steps.