LessonsThree Types of Kināyah: Referent, Attribute, and AttributionQuiz

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The second seeks a quality.

Here the expression leads to an unnamed attribute: generosity, courage, height, or dullness, for example. This division answers “Which quality is being conveyed?”

The bearer may be mentioned, but mentioning the bearer alone does not turn the expression into kināyah concerning attribution. What matters is the intended meaning.

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Alluding to an attribute

Three Types of Kināyah: Referent, Attribute, and Attribution

الثانية ... المطلوب بها صفة
The second seeks a quality.

Here the expression leads to an unnamed attribute: generosity, courage, height, or dullness, for example. This division answers “Which quality is being conveyed?”

The bearer may be mentioned, but mentioning the bearer alone does not turn the expression into kināyah concerning attribution. What matters is the intended meaning.