Forms of spending what is not spent and preventing spending in Arabic

(An analytical study on selected examples of the Seven Mu’allaqat)

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the patterns of declension of diptotes (non-declinable nouns) and
the prevention of declension of normally declinable nouns in Arabic through a selected corpus
from one of the most renowned anthologies of Arabic poetry, namely the Seven Mu‘allaqāt
.
The study adopts the analytical approach by examining this phenomenon in selected examples
from the Seven Mu‘allaqāt, presenting the opinions of scholars concerning it, and offering my
own viewpoint.