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Waṣf
(6,926 words)
(a.), lit. “description”. I. In poetry 1.
Description This literary genre, through its dimensions, its significative function and its evolution, has played a role of the greatest importance in the long process of the development of Arabic poetry. By its etymology, the term signifies embellishment (al-D̲j̲awharī,
al-Ṣiḥāḥ , Beirut 1404/1984, iv, 1438-9;
Tahd̲h̲īb al-lug̲h̲a , xii, 248a; al-Zamak̲h̲s̲h̲arī,
Asās al-balāg̲h̲a , 1024a-1025a;
LA, s.v.
w-ṣ-f ,
waṣafa al-s̲h̲ayʾa ḥallāhu “he described a thing, meaning that he…
