A grammar of the Arabic language . resented: ^ xO X o^ X o? oxo* o^ X oy oxo^ The following verse will serve as a memoria technica for the circle XX O-O ? O X c o S J»x«U L->w« ^>X*-11 LaaJ («i^ - O-O i X -Ji O ^ ^?^ ^ t,_ ? X ^^ X By commencing at the word J^l, which suggests),jjy(, we have a verse in that measure; commencingwith ^J^, which recalls j^;>a^5^ , a verse is obtained inthe metre of SixiA) and similarly with ]=Lj for l^-^jf,the verse affording a complete specimen of all threemetres with a rhyme for each. The followins; diaj^jram of the circle exhibits all thefacts I have p
A grammar of the Arabic language . resented: ^ xO X o^ X o? oxo* o^ X oy oxo^ The following verse will serve as a memoria technica for the circle XX O-O ? O X c o S J»x«U L->w« ^>X*-11 LaaJ («i^ - O-O i X -Ji O ^ ^?^ ^ t,_ ? X ^^ X By commencing at the word J^l, which suggests),jjy(, we have a verse in that measure; commencingwith ^J^, which recalls j^;>a^5^ , a verse is obtained inthe metre of SixiA) and similarly with ]=Lj for l^-^jf,the verse affording a complete specimen of all threemetres with a rhyme for each. The followins; diaj^jram of the circle exhibits all thefacts I have pointed out in connexion with this partof my subject. The two outer circles contain the memoriatechnica verse, the point at which each metre begins THE FIEST AND SECOND CIRCLES. 207 being indicated. The next three inner circles containthe conventional feet of each metre ; the commencementsbeing also noted. The t\70 innermost circles contain theLatin symbols and the Arabic ^ O ^o-o ^ y 1st ciecle, c-iiii^^l i(jlj. Note.—That in selecting a word as the representativeof the elements forming any foot, a form must be chosenwhich actually exists. This is exhibited very clearly in thecircle. The same element ^^j being represented by^, O^ P ? when beginning the foot ^^i ^ = J^^xi, but when it endsa foot, as ^^,-j ^JJ = ^^^^i, it is represented by ^U, because^w form of the root jJe could end in ^xs. ^oco-o p> THE SECOND CICRLE J -V b. * •?•M ac;reeinir, 05 (193). The second circle is calledbecause all its feet agree in length, consisting of sevenletters each. It contains two metres, viz.; 298 ARAEIC GRAMMAR. o/ 9 O? ^ ^ 9 it P ^ ^ 9 ^^_jll ^^ j^-Jk^li^ ^-ilcU^ The mcmoria techiica for which is : ,l_C A^ C-«3 9 ^ f -> •Si o^^- The following diagram explains the formation of thefeet and metres:grammarofarabicl00palm
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