طويل النجاد
One with a long sword strap.
This familiar allusion indicates tall stature, but its predicative construction bears a relation to the person described. That is why the source treats it differently from a more purely indirect form.
There is a difference between fully explicit predication and kināyah with an explicit element. “Tall in stature” names the target directly, whereas “long in sword strap” still involves inference.
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Three Types of Kināyah: Referent, Attribute, and Attribution
طويل النجاد
One with a long sword strap.
This familiar allusion indicates tall stature, but its predicative construction bears a relation to the person described. That is why the source treats it differently from a more purely indirect form.
There is a difference between fully explicit predication and kināyah with an explicit element. “Tall in stature” names the target directly, whereas “long in sword strap” still involves inference.