"Biliteral" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (No. 5), like its "root" Fa'u.lun (No. 1), is quinqueliteral. All other feet, primary or secondary, consist necessarily of seven letters, as they contain a triliteral Watad (see supra i. 2) with either two biliteral Sabab khafif (i. 1) or a quadriliteral Fasilah (i. 3). They are, therefore, called Saba'i ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton |
