Indefiniteness
type: Item
instance of: Arabic rhetorical device
part of: Sentence Construction & Syntactical Stylistics (‘ilm al-ma‘ānī)
title: Indefiniteness
title: التنكير @ar
Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric ID: INDEF
Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric page code: 890
BALAGHA Score ID: INDEF
described at URL: INDEF: Indefiniteness
DOI: 10.64393/balagha.Q267
OpenAlex ID: W4415329686
cites work: Durūs al-Balāgha
cites work: First Steps to Understanding Balaghah
cites work: Arabic Rhetoric: The Pragmatics of Deviation from Linguistic Norms
Balagha Corpus ID: A08DefinitenessandIndefiniteness
Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric status: Active
label: التنكير @ar
description: Arabic rhetorical device involving the use of indefiniteness where definiteness is expected