Note 739 — Chapter VIII
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Ibnu ’l-Fáriḍ, like Mutanabbí, shows a marked fondness for diminutives. As he observes (Díwán, p. 552):—
má qultu ḥubayyibí mina ’l-taḥqíri bal ya‘dhubu ’smu ’l-shakhṣi bi-’l-taṣghíri. "Not in contempt I say 'my darling.' No! By 'diminution' names do sweeter grow."