LessonsThree Types of Kināyah: Referent, Attribute, and AttributionQuiz

إن السماحة والمروءة والندى في قبة ضربت على ابن الحشرج
Generosity, honour, and open-handedness are in a tent erected over Ibn al-Ḥashraj.

The qualities are named explicitly. The kināyah lies instead in the indirect attribution to Ibn al-Ḥashraj: qualities are placed in the tent occupied by him, thereby being associated with its occupant.

The purpose is to praise Ibn al-Ḥashraj, not merely to define generosity.

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Ibn al-Ḥashraj: placing qualities in a tent

Three Types of Kināyah: Referent, Attribute, and Attribution

إن السماحة والمروءة والندى في قبة ضربت على ابن الحشرج
Generosity, honour, and open-handedness are in a tent erected over Ibn al-Ḥashraj.

The qualities are named explicitly. The kināyah lies instead in the indirect attribution to Ibn al-Ḥashraj: qualities are placed in the tent occupied by him, thereby being associated with its occupant.

The purpose is to praise Ibn al-Ḥashraj, not merely to define generosity.