البَلاغَة

balāgha

Balagha — Rhetoric


Speech that fits its situation: the sciences of meanings, of exposition, and of embellishment.

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balāghaعِلْم المَعانيThe science of meanings

The science by which the forms of Arabic speech are known to fit the requirement of the situation.

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balāghaالاسْتِعارَةMetaphor

A simile one of whose two terms has been dropped: the word is borrowed for what it does not literally name, and the likeness is what licenses the loan.

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balāghaالتَّشْبيهSimile

Declaring that one thing shares a quality with another, by means of a particle such as ka- or ka-anna.

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