PROHIB: Prohibition
| PROHIB: Prohibition | |
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| Category | Sentence Construction & Syntactical Stylistics (‘ilm al-ma‘ānī) |
| Subcategory | Sentence-Type Switches |
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| Code | A-4 |
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| Code | Q45 |
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| ID | W4415329565 |
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| 🔗 DOI | 10.64393/balagha.Q45 |
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| ARDT | v0.1.0, v0.1.1 |
Definition
The role of the prohibitive is to communicate a compelling prohibition. The prohibitive may be recognised by the use of lā and the present tense in the jussive mood.
For rhetorical purposes, the prohibitive may be used for purposes other than prohibition.[1][2][3][4]
Examples
1) To supplicate
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا
“Our Lord! Do not punish us if we forget or make a mistake.
Quran 2: 286
2) To threaten
لا تستخدم حزام الأمان.
Do not use a seatbelt.
(Implied threat of harm in the event of an accident)
3) To express sarcasm
لا تمارس الرياضة لأن صحتك ليست مهمة.
Don’t do any exercise, because your health is not important.
4) To guide
لا تضيع وقتك
Do not waste your time
5) To challenge
لا تحاولْ الحصول على درجات أفضل من أخيك.
Do not try to get better grades than your brother.
6) To rebuke
لا تفخرْ كثيراً بإنجازاتك.
Do not be so proud of your achievements.
7) To express a desire
يا نقودي، ابق في جيبي
Oh money, stay in my pocket!
References
- ↑ Hussein Abdul-Raof, Arabic Rhetoric: A Pragmatic Analysis (Oxford: Routledge, 2006), 118-19, ISBN 9780415386098. DOI: 10.4324/9780203965399
- ↑ Ayman Amin Abd Al-Ghani, Al-Kāfī fī al-Balāgha: Al-Bayān, wa al-Badiʿ wa al-Maʿānī (Cairo: Dār al-Tawfīqiyya lil-Turāth, 2011), 336-339.
- ↑ Ḥafnī Nāṣif, Muḥammad Diyāb, Sultan Muḥammad and Muṣṭafā Ṭammām, Durūs al-Balāgha (Beirut: Dār Ibn Ḥazm, 2012), 32-33, ISBN 9786144162798.
- ↑ Basil Hatim, Arabic Rhetoric: The Pragmatics of Deviation from Linguistic Norms, LINCOM Studies in Communication 04 (Munich: Lincom Europa, 2010), 159-161, ISBN 9783929075731.
Page history
- 2026-02-10 - Migration to Semantic Device Identifiers: Renamed from A-4: Prohibition to PROHIB: Prohibition.
- 2025-11-20 - Page incorporated into the Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy (v0.1.1).
- 2024-04-22 - Page created: Prohibition.
