مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري

Abstract :

This study examines Ibn Side, a linguist lived in Andalus in V. Century of the Hegira, and his works. It comes to conlusion that Ibn Side wrote a lot of works, but a few of them has reached today. Al-Muhassas is one of his important works that made him well-known. This work may be classified as a subject-based dictionary which collects words not alphabetically and by pronunciation, but according their meanings. In this dictionary, referred sources are usually mentioned, the words connected to a given subject are put together under titles, the nuances between words are implied, and sometimes, morphology and grammar topics are mentioned. This work, citing the verses of Holy Quran, the sayings of the Prophet and poems which are used as a basis for Arabic grammar rules, not only narrates the references and viewpoints, but also analyzes them in details, and occasionally evaluates and corrects them. Unlike ordinary dictionary collections, this book deals with morphology and grammar.