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ʾAṣl
(3,177 words)
The term
ʾaṣl is primarily used as one of the major tools of analysis in Arabic grammatical theory. It is first encountered in the
Kitāb of Sībawayhi (d. 180/796) where it occurs 569 times (Troupeau 1976
sub ʾṢL), all of which, with the exception of four instances, indicate a methodological notion. Although the term itself may be generally translated as ‘origin’, ‘principle’, or ‘base’, it is used in a variety of specialized senses, the most basic of which are (for use by Sībawayhi, see Baalbaki 1988:163–164): i.The form, pattern, case ending, etc. which agrees with the
qiyās, that is, wit…
Date:
2018-04-01
Tamyīz
(1,092 words)
The term
tamyīz is used by the Arab grammarians to refer to one of the functions of the accusative. Generally translated as ‘specification’ or ‘specifier’,
tamyīz, especially in the earlier sources, has the synonyms
mumayyiz, mufassir, tafsīr, mubayyin, and
tabyīn (see, however, Ibn Šuqayr,
Muḥallā 15–16, where
tafsīr is reserved for the accusative after numbers; cf. Mubarrad,
Muqtaḍab II, 144, 164, 173, III, 32, 91, 259, where
tabyīn and
tamyīz are distinguished, but not uniformly). Although Sībawayhi (d. 180/796) discusses
tamyīz in various places of his
Kitāb (I, 204–211, II, …
Date:
2018-04-01
Bināʾ
(1,494 words)
The term
bināʾ is used in Arabic grammar to describe words which have fixed end-vowels. It may be generally translated as ‘indeclinability’, and is thus the antithesis of the term for ‘declinability’,
ʾiʿrāb. This meaning most probably developed from the sense of ‘phonetic structure’, which
bināʾ (pl.
ʾabniya) indicates in expressions like
bināʾ li-l-majhūl ‘passive form’,
ʾabniyat al-jamʿ ‘plural patterns’, etc. The centrality of
bināʾ to grammatical theory is best demonstrated by its discussion, along with
ʾiʿrāb, by Sībawayhi (d. 180/796) in the very early parts of his
Kitāb (I,…
Date:
2018-04-01