LessonsSimple and Compound Expressions: Terms and Their Semantic DivisionsQuiz

وإن لم يشتهر في الثاني ولم يترك الأول، بل يستعمل في الموضوع الأول مرة وفي الثاني أخرى، يسمى بالنسبة إلى الأول حقيقة وبالنسبة إلى الثاني مجازا
Where the later sense has not replaced the original and the expression continues to be used sometimes in the original and sometimes in the associated sense, the original use is literal (ḥaqīqah) and the second figurative (majāz).

“Asad” literally means a lion. Applied to a courageous man, it is figurative through the association of courage.

The animal and the brave man are not one referent. The secondary use relies on a recognizable relation while the original sense remains in use.

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Literal and figurative meaning

Simple and Compound Expressions: Terms and Their Semantic Divisions

وإن لم يشتهر في الثاني ولم يترك الأول، بل يستعمل في الموضوع الأول مرة وفي الثاني أخرى، يسمى بالنسبة إلى الأول حقيقة وبالنسبة إلى الثاني مجازا
Where the later sense has not replaced the original and the expression continues to be used sometimes in the original and sometimes in the associated sense, the original use is literal (ḥaqīqah) and the second figurative (majāz).

“Asad” literally means a lion. Applied to a courageous man, it is figurative through the association of courage.

The animal and the brave man are not one referent. The secondary use relies on a recognizable relation while the original sense remains in use.