Sabab

"Sabab," the orig. and material sense of the word; hence "a cause," etc.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

"Sabab" (the tent-rope) is composed of two letters, a vowelled and a quiescent consonant as "Lam." [

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

These three elements, the Sabab, Watad and Fásilah, combine further into feet Arkáan, pl. of Rukn, or Ajzáa, pl. of Juz, two words explained supra p. 236.

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Fá. ‘ilun, i.e. Sabab khafíf followed by Watad majmú’ = the Latin Creticus (- U -).

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Zuháf applies, as a rule, occasionally and optionally to the second letter of a Sabab in those feet which compose the Hashw or body-part of a verse, making a long syllable short by suppressing its quiescent final, or contracting two short quantities in a long one, by rendering quiescent a moved letter which stands second in a Sabab sakíl.

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Sabab and Fásilah, rules the arrangement of the Arabic metres, which are divided into five circles (Dawáir, pl. of Dáirah), so called for reasons presently to be explained.

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Besides the changes already mentioned, it consists in adding one or two letters to a Sabab or Watad, or curtailing them more or less, even to cutting them off altogether.

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Watad are subject to different kinds of alterations it is evident that the effect of such alterations upon a foot will vary, if Sabab and Watad occupy different places with regard to each other.

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“Sabab,” the orig. and material sense of the word; hence “a cause,” etc.

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The metres, our feet, were called “Arkán,” the stakes and stays of the tent; the syllables were “Usúl” or roots divided into three kinds: the first or “Sabab” (the tent-rope) is composed of two letters, a vowelled and a quiescent consonant as

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