Research Article | Open Access
Reference of Predicates in Al-Maqsoura Poem by Al-Jawahiri
Dr. Ameen Obaied Chichan Dr. Hassan Obaied Al-Ma'mori
Pages: 1169-1172
Abstract
The present study tackles the reference of predicates in the most famous poems of the
Iraqi poet Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, which is his poem that is known as AlMaqsoura. Predicates occurred in many forms in this poem as known in the Arabic
syntax. They were sometimes singular, which is the origin of predicates in Arabic. The
singular predicate was sometimes definite and some other times, it was indefinite due
to what the poet intended by virtue of the length of his poem and the richness of its
content. Predicates were structured as a nominal sentence due to semantic reasons.
They were also structured as verbal sentences to express the indications intended by
the poet that only a verbal sentence could perform. In addition, predicates were
sometimes structured as semi-sentences consisting either of an adverb or a
prepositional phrase. The poet’s employments of predicates varied according to the
possibilities provided by the language. Predicates were sometimes obligatorily
topicalized, and permissibly in other positions. Predicates were also omitted in places
where omission was more significant as is known from the eloquence of omission in
the Arabic language when the meaning is drawn into the mind of the listener.
Keywords
Al--Jawahiri, Poetry, Sentence, Predicate.