to know
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poetry
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | šiʕr- | |
| meaning 1 | knowledge | layta šiʕrī mā kāna Would that I knew what happened. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | poetry; verse | |
| reference | Lane: 1560 | |
| comment | Cf. šaʕara 'to know' (ibid. 1559). The predominant signification of شِعْرٌ is poetry, or verse, because of its preeminence by reason of the measure and the rhyme, though every kind of knowledge is شِعْرٌ. |
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