Arabic mutaqārib metre
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The Arabic mutaqārib metre is a classical Arabic poetic meter characterized by a specific repeating pattern of long and short syllables, widely used in pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arabic mutaqārib metre canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arabic mutaqārib metre Context triple: [motaqareb metre, influencedBy, Arabic mutaqārib metre]
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Darqawiyya
Darqawiyya is a prominent Sufi order that emerged as a reformist branch within the Shadhili tradition, known for its emphasis on spiritual poverty, remembrance of God, and social engagement in North Africa.
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An-Najm
An-Najm is the 53rd chapter of the Qur’an, known for its powerful verses affirming the Prophet Muhammad’s divine revelation and warning against idolatry.
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El-Radisiyah
El-Radisiyah is a town located in Egypt’s southern Aswan Governorate along the Nile Valley.
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Skhirat
Skhirat is a coastal town in western Morocco known for hosting key international political negotiations and agreements.
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Aqrabi
Aqrabi was a small sultanate and tribal territory in what is now southern Yemen, historically incorporated into the British-backed Federation of South Arabia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arabic mutaqārib metre Target entity description: The Arabic mutaqārib metre is a classical Arabic poetic meter characterized by a specific repeating pattern of long and short syllables, widely used in pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry.
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A.
Darqawiyya
Darqawiyya is a prominent Sufi order that emerged as a reformist branch within the Shadhili tradition, known for its emphasis on spiritual poverty, remembrance of God, and social engagement in North Africa.
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B.
An-Najm
An-Najm is the 53rd chapter of the Qur’an, known for its powerful verses affirming the Prophet Muhammad’s divine revelation and warning against idolatry.
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C.
El-Radisiyah
El-Radisiyah is a town located in Egypt’s southern Aswan Governorate along the Nile Valley.
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D.
Skhirat
Skhirat is a coastal town in western Morocco known for hosting key international political negotiations and agreements.
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E.
Aqrabi
Aqrabi was a small sultanate and tribal territory in what is now southern Yemen, historically incorporated into the British-backed Federation of South Arabia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic poetic metre
ⓘ
classical Arabic poetic metre ⓘ |
| analyzedIn | Arabic prosodic theory ⓘ |
| basedOn | long and short syllables ⓘ |
| belongsToSystem | ʿarūḍ (Arabic prosody) ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
basīṭ metre
ⓘ
kāmil metre ⓘ ṭawīl metre ⓘ |
| developedInLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeScansion | – u – – repeated four times per hemistich ⓘ |
| hasArabicName | المتقارب ⓘ |
| hasCategory | Arabic quantitative verse metre ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Arabic oral and written poetic tradition ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
studied in Arabic philology
ⓘ
studied in comparative metrics ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
allows limited substitutions of syllable length
ⓘ
highly regular rhythmic pattern ⓘ |
| hasFootName | faʿūlun ⓘ |
| hasFootPattern | faʿūlun faʿūlun faʿūlun faʿūl ⓘ |
| hasFootPatternVariant | faʿūlun faʿūlun faʿūlun faʿūlun ⓘ |
| hasHemistichPattern | faʿūlun faʿūlun faʿūlun faʿūl (per hemistich) ⓘ |
| hasLearningMethod | memorized through metrical circles and examples ⓘ |
| hasMeaningOfName | the approaching (metre) ⓘ |
| hasNotationSystem | represented using tafʿīlāt (metrical feet names) ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfFeetPerVerse | eight feet per full verse ⓘ |
| hasOriginPeriod | pre-Islamic era ⓘ |
| hasPoeticFunction | supports formulaic and thematic repetition in qaṣīda ⓘ |
| hasProsodicNotation | – u – – | – u – – | – u – – | – u – ⓘ |
| hasQuantityType | quantitative metre ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicEffect | march-like, forward-driving rhythm ⓘ |
| hasStatus | one of the standard classical Arabic metres ⓘ |
| hasStructure | two hemistichs per verse ⓘ |
| hasSyllablePattern | repeating pattern of long and short syllables ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration | al-mutaqārib ⓘ |
| hasTypicalLineLength | four feet per hemistich ⓘ |
| hasUsagePeriod | pre-Islamic period to classical Abbasid period ⓘ |
| hasVerseDivision | two equal hemistichs (ṣadr and ʿajuz) ⓘ |
| influenced | later Persian mutaqārib metre adaptations ⓘ |
| isPartOf | al-Buḥūr al-ʿArabiyya (Arabic metrical circles) ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | traditional ʿarūḍ manuals ⓘ |
| usedFor |
elegiac poetry
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epic-style narrative poems ⓘ panegyric poetry ⓘ qaṣīda (classical Arabic ode) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
classical Arabic poetry
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early Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ |
| wasSystematizedBy | al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad al-Farāhīdī ⓘ |
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