“O you who have married al-Thurayyā to Suhayl!”

For Suhayl is frequently used as a man’s name, and al-Thurayyā as a woman’s. Other examples include Kilāb, Murra, Ka‘b, Lu’ayy, and similar proper names transferred from earlier meanings. Such names are shared between the referents to which they have been applied and the meanings from which they were transferred. This sharing results from distinct assignments of meaning. No rational person denies this kind of shared designation. Although the expression admits multiple meanings by virtue of its designation,