If a robe is woven on a loom of two beams, it is called munayyar. If it has little quadrangular shapes on it resembling a wild ass's eyes, it is called mu‘ayyan. If it has stripes, it is called mu‘aḍḍad and mushaṭṭab. If it has long trailing forms on it, then it is musayyar. If it has white stripes, or other designs in white, it is mufawwaf. If it has a chevroned pattern it is called musahham. If it has columnar forms, it is called mu‘ammad. If it has a zigzag pattern, it is called mu‘arraj. If it has crescent-shaped figures, it is called muhallal. If it is embroidered with cubical forms, it is called muka‘‘ab. According to Abu ‘Amr, if it flashes [with metal coins?] it is called mufallas, if it has birdlike forms, it is called muṭayyar, and if it has horse designs it is called mukhayyal.
Abu 'l-Ḥasan al-Salami gave an excellent description of a battlefield (meter: kāmil):
The sky was a patterned robe, muṭayyar with its vultures.
The earth was a patterned bed spread, mukhayyal with fine horses.
From The Statutes of Lexicography by Abu Mansur al-Tha‘alibi
