A Courtship Imagery with the Masculine in Mamluk Poetry, Ibn Al –Naqeeb Al – Fakisi (687) as a Model

Abstract

Spinning in language: Spinning: A woman spins cotton, linen and other things, she spins it with spinning, and a woman spins. And spinning also: spun. And ghazal: that which is spun is masculine, and plural is a yarn. And ghazal: the hadith of boys and girls. Ibn Sidah: Spinning, having fun with women, as well as flirting.