LessonsSix Kinds of Signification and the Three Modes of Verbal ConventionQuiz

الدلالة لغة هو الإرشاد
In ordinary language, dalālah means guidance.

كون الشيء بحيث يلزم من العلم به العلم بشيء آخر
A thing being such that knowing it entails knowing another thing.

The lexical definition highlights guidance; the technical definition describes the transition from one known thing to another. This need not involve speech. Seeing smoke and inferring fire is also a form of signification.

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Lexical and technical meanings of dalālah

Six Kinds of Signification and the Three Modes of Verbal Convention

الدلالة لغة هو الإرشاد
In ordinary language, dalālah means guidance.

كون الشيء بحيث يلزم من العلم به العلم بشيء آخر
A thing being such that knowing it entails knowing another thing.

The lexical definition highlights guidance; the technical definition describes the transition from one known thing to another. This need not involve speech. Seeing smoke and inferring fire is also a form of signification.