Sibawayh

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Sibawayh was an 8th-century Persian scholar whose foundational treatise on Arabic grammar, al-Kitāb, established the systematic study and rules of Classical Arabic.

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Label Occurrences
Sibawayh canonical 7
Sībawayh 4
Imām al-naḥw 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf grammarian ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
person ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
associatedWith Basran school ⓘ
birthPlace Persia ⓘ
century 8th century ⓘ
classification Basran grammarian ⓘ
contributedTo codification of Arabic grammatical rules ⓘ
systematic study of Classical Arabic ⓘ
culturalBackground Persian in Arab-Islamic milieu ⓘ
diedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
educatedIn Basra ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
fieldOfWork Arabic grammar ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
fullName ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar ⓘ
hasGenre grammar treatise ⓘ
hasLegacy basis for later Arabic grammatical works ⓘ
standard reference for Classical Arabic grammar ⓘ
influenced Arabic grammatical tradition ⓘ
Basran school of grammar ⓘ
influencedBy Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi ⓘ
knownFor foundational treatise on Arabic grammar ⓘ
systematic description of Classical Arabic ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
languageOfWriting Arabic ⓘ
mainSubjectOfWork Classical Arabic ⓘ
nameInArabic سيبويه ⓘ
notableWork al-Kitāb ⓘ
notableWorkInArabic الكتاب ⓘ
occupation philologist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
regionOfActivity Basra ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
studied Arabic poetry ⓘ
Quranic Arabic ⓘ
studiedUnder Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi ⓘ
usedSources Bedouin speech ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
pre-Islamic poetry ⓘ
wroteAbout Arabic case endings ⓘ
Arabic inflection ⓘ
morphology ⓘ
phonology ⓘ
syntax ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Mubarrad → influencedBy → Sībawayh ⓘ
linked to: Sibawayh
Kitab of Sibawayh → author → Sibawayh ⓘ
al-Kitāb → author → Sībawayh ⓘ
linked to: Sibawayh
سيبويه → title → شيخ النحاة ⓘ
linked to: Sibawayh
ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar → hasAlias → Sībawayhi ⓘ
linked to: Sibawayh
ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar → hasAlias → Sībawayh ⓘ
linked to: Sibawayh
ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar → hasHonorific → Imām al-naḥw ⓘ
linked to: Sibawayh
Yunus ibn Habib → influenced → Sibawayh ⓘ