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literature arts
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شِعْر
shiʿr
poetry
B2nounroot: ش-ع-ر
يُعَدُّ الشِّعرُ العَرَبِيُّ مِن أَغنى الآدابِ العالَمِيَّة.
yuʿaddu sh-shiʿru l-ʿarabiyyu min aghnā l-ādābi l-ʿālamiyya.
Arabic poetry is among the richest in world literature.
نَثْر
nathr
prose
B2nounroot: ن-ث-ر
بَرَعَ في كِتابَةِ النَّثرِ الأَدَبِيّ.
baraʿa fī kitābati n-nathri l-adabiyy.
He excelled in writing literary prose.
نَقْد أَدَبِيّ
naqd adabiyy
literary criticism
B2nounroot: ن-ق-د / أ-د-ب
تَخَصَّصَ في النَّقدِ الأَدَبِيِّ الحَديث.
takhaṣṣaṣa fī n-naqdi l-adabiyyi l-ḥadīth.
He specialized in modern literary criticism.
بَيْت شِعْرِيّ
bayt shiʿriyy
verse / line of poetry
B2nounroot: ب-ي-ت / ش-ع-ر
حَفِظَ مِئاتِ الأَبياتِ الشِّعرِيَّة.
ḥafiẓa miʾāti l-abyāti sh-shiʿriyya.
He memorized hundreds of verses of poetry.
قَافِيَة
qāfiya
rhyme
B2nounroot: ق-ف-و
اِلتَزَمَ الشّاعِرُ بِالقافِيَةِ المُوَحَّدَة.
iltazama sh-shāʿiru bi-l-qāfiyati l-muwaḥḥada.
The poet adhered to a unified rhyme.
بَلَاغَة
balāgha
rhetoric / eloquence
B2nounroot: ب-ل-غ
تَتَمَيَّزُ العَرَبِيَّةُ بِالبَلاغَةِ والفَصاحَة.
tatamayyazu l-ʿarabiyyatu bi-l-balāghati wa-l-faṣāḥa.
Arabic is distinguished by its rhetoric and eloquence.
اِسْتِعَارَة
istiʿāra
metaphor
B2nounroot: ع-و-ر
اِستَخدَمَ الكاتِبُ اِستِعارَةً جَميلَةً في النَّصّ.
istakhdama l-kātibu stiʿāratan jamīlatan fī n-naṣṣ.
The writer used a beautiful metaphor in the text.
كِنَايَة
kināya
metonymy / allusion
B2nounroot: ك-ن-ي
الكِنايَةُ مِن أَهَمِّ أَساليبِ البَلاغَةِ العَرَبِيَّة.
al-kināyatu min ahammi asālībi l-balāghati l-ʿarabiyya.
Metonymy is one of the most important Arabic rhetorical devices.
سَرْد
sard
narration / narrative
B2nounroot: س-ر-د
تَمَيَّزَتِ الرِّوايَةُ بِأُسلوبِ سَردٍ مُشَوِّق.
tamayyazati r-riwāyatu bi-uslūbi sardin mushawwiq.
The novel was distinguished by an engaging narrative style.
شَخْصِيَّة أَدَبِيَّة
shakhṣiyya adabiyya
literary character
B2nounroot: ش-خ-ص / أ-د-ب
ابتَكَرَ الكاتِبُ شَخصِيَّةً أَدَبِيَّةً مُعَقَّدَة.
ibtakara l-kātibu shakhṣiyyatan adabiyyatan muʿaqqada.
The writer created a complex literary character.
حَبْكَة
ḥabka
plot (of a story)
B2nounroot: ح-ب-ك
تَتَمَيَّزُ الرِّوايَةُ بِحَبكَةٍ مُتَشابِكَة.
tatamayyazu r-riwāyatu bi-ḥabkatin mutashābika.
The novel features an intricate plot.
خَطّ عَرَبِيّ
khaṭṭ ʿarabiyy
Arabic calligraphy
B2nounroot: خ-ط-ط / ع-ر-ب
يُعَدُّ الخَطُّ العَرَبِيُّ فَنًّا إسلامِيًّا راقِيًا.
yuʿaddu l-khaṭṭu l-ʿarabiyyu fannan islāmiyyan rāqiyan.
Arabic calligraphy is a refined Islamic art.