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Saturday, June 6, 2026

more stealthy than a cat أدب من ضيون

Ḍayūn: The male cat. The correct form should be Ḍayn, but this is an irregular correction. Its diminutive is Ḍayyīn, and some say Ḍayyūn. The poet said: Adab at night to his neighbor, from Ḍayūn, creeps to a farnab.
(Al-Qarnab: The mouse, or the jerboa, or the offspring of the jerboa, and its beginning is a fatha on the qāf or a kasra on the fā’)
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The proverb "more stealthy than a cat" is used to describe someone who moves and creeps furtively at night, as the word "cat" (in the verse I quoted) refers to a male cat that moves silently at night.
There is no exact English equivalent, but the closest parallels in terms of meaning and imagery are:
As stealthy as a cat.
To creep around like a cat.
To move with catlike stealth.
Like a cat stalking its prey.
So, if you want a natural English proverb that corresponds to the Arabic image, the best equivalent is:
As stealthy as a cat.
Or, if the focus is on stealthy movement at night:
He creeps around like a cat in the night.
This is closer to the meaning of “literature from Dion” as it was used among the Arabs, even if it is not a fixed, inherited English proverb.

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الضيون : السنور الذكر وكان القياس أن يقال : ضين وهذا من التصحيح الشاذ وتصغيره ضيين وبعضهم يقول : ضييون قال الشاعر :
أدب بالليل إلى جاره من ضيون دب إلى فرنب
( القرنب : الفأرة أو اليربوع أو ولد الفأرة من اليربوع وأوله قاف مفتوحة أو فاء مكسورة )


creepy than a beetleأدب من قرنبى

It is a small creature resembling a beetle
The poet said:
O servants of God, my heart is captivated by the most beautiful of those who walk, and the ugliest of them in marriage
It creeps upon her insides every night like a scorpion, climbing a flat, sandy hill
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The proverb "more creepy than a beetle" (referring to creeping, not to manners) is used to describe someone who crawls or moves slowly and stealthily, or who clings to something excessively. A beetle is a small insect similar to a lily.
There is no exact English equivalent, but the closest equivalents in meaning are:
He crawls like a beetle.
To creep around like a bug.
To cling like a limp.
To crawl on all fours.
If the intention is to convey the proverb's figurative meaning, the best equivalent is:
He creeps around like a beetle.
Or, in the context of excessive clinging:
He clings like a limp.

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وهي دويبة شبه الخنفساء
قال الشاعر
ألا يا عباد الله قلبي متيم        بأحسن من يمشي وأقبحهم بعلا
يدب على أحشائها كل ليلة      دبيب القرنبى بات يعلو نقا سهلا

مميزة

إنه لأريض للخير He is worthy of goodness.

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