the gazelle
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Abū al-Ḥusayn · Darcas · Dorcas · Dīsān · gazelle · ghazāl · الغزال · غزال
spoken of as
1 expressionGazelle1 mention
Kitāb mīzān al-ḥaqq fī al-manṭiq (Arabic)
as when we conceive the two wings of an eagle, then conceive the body of a horse, then the legs of a gazelle, then the head of a man, and then bring all of them together and so conceive a mare having an eagle's wings, a gazelle's legs and a man's face;
in the texts
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The animal of grace in Arabic, Hebrew and Greek naming, bearing a kunyah among the Arabs and furnishing Daghfal's image for the Banū ʻĀmir.
they call the brave man a lion, and the man quick to spring a leopard, and they call the graceful girl a gazelle or a dove.
Like a lion, or the lion — Leonidas Lion of the forest — Napoleon Rock — Peter Lover of horses — Philip Gazelle — Darcas Lion — Leo
as they say Dabūrā (a bee), and Arbah (a lion), and Yūnā (a dove), and Rāḥīl (a ewe), and Shuwāl (a fox), and Kālib (a dog), and Dīsān (a gazelle);
Kitāb mīzān al-ḥaqq fī al-manṭiq
A gazelle whose legs are one of the parts compounded into the imagined winged horse
as when we conceive the two wings of an eagle, then conceive the body of a horse, then the legs of a gazelle, then the head of a man, and then bring all of them together and so conceive a mare having an eagle's wings, a gazelle's legs and a man's face;