LessonsSimple and Compound Expressions: Terms and Their Semantic DivisionsQuiz

المنقول العرفي باعتبار كون الناقل عرفا عاما
Customary transfer occurs when general usage brings about the change in meaning.

The book uses “dābbah” as an example: its earlier broad sense related to moving creatures on earth, while later customary usage came to favor a narrower class of animals.

The point is not that the senses are unrelated. Rather, a social convention changes which meaning is normally intended. Transfer by common usage must be distinguished from transfer grounded in religious law or specialist terminology.

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Customary transfer: dābbah

Simple and Compound Expressions: Terms and Their Semantic Divisions

المنقول العرفي باعتبار كون الناقل عرفا عاما
Customary transfer occurs when general usage brings about the change in meaning.

The book uses “dābbah” as an example: its earlier broad sense related to moving creatures on earth, while later customary usage came to favor a narrower class of animals.

The point is not that the senses are unrelated. Rather, a social convention changes which meaning is normally intended. Transfer by common usage must be distinguished from transfer grounded in religious law or specialist terminology.