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Simple utterance المُفْرَد
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Simple utterance
al-mufrad
المُفْرَد
A (mufrad) is one whose part does not signify a part of its meaning.
Explanation
In “human” (insān), the syllables carry no part of the meaning; the word signifies as a whole.
Also written as: mufrad, single term, simple expression.
In the text
ثُمَّ اللَّفْظُ إِمَّا مُفْرَدٌ: وَهُوَ الَّذِي لَا يُرَادُ بِالْجُزْءِ مِنْهُ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى جُزْءِ مَعْنَاهُ كَالإِنْسَانِ، وَإِمَّا مُؤَلَّفٌ: وَهُوَ الَّذِي لَا يَكُونُ كَذَلِكَ كَرَامِي الْحِجَارَةِ.Next, an utterance is either simple, one whose part is not meant to signify a part of its meaning, like “human”; or composite, one that is not so, like “thrower of stones”.Examples
- إِنْسَان“human”
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Question 1
What is a simple utterance (mufrad)?
المُفْرَد
A is one whose part does not signify a part of its meaning.
Question 2
Which of these is a simple utterance?
No part of the word “horse” signifies part of its meaning; in the other two, each word signifies part of the whole meaning.
Question 3
The word insān (“human”) has several letters and syllables. Why is it still a simple utterance?
إِنْسَان
What makes an is that its parts do not signify parts of its meaning, not its length or word class.
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