Kufa school of grammar

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The Kufa school of grammar was an influential early Islamic linguistic tradition centered in the Iraqi city of Kufa, known for its distinctive approaches to Arabic grammar and its rivalry with the Basra school.

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instanceOf linguistic tradition ⓘ
school of Arabic grammar ⓘ
basedOn Bedouin Arabic ⓘ
Qurʾanic usage ⓘ
poetic evidence ⓘ
centeredIn Kufa ⓘ
comparedWith Basra school of grammar ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
developedAlongside Basra school of grammar ⓘ
emergedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
emergedInPeriod early Abbasid period ⓘ
field Arabic studies ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
follows Kufan linguistic tradition ⓘ
tradition of Kufa ⓘ
hasApproach acceptance of rare and anomalous forms ⓘ
tradition-oriented grammatical reasoning ⓘ
hasCharacteristic greater acceptance of linguistic variation ⓘ
greater reliance on transmitted reports ⓘ
more descriptive approach to grammar ⓘ
use of Qurʾanic readings as grammatical evidence ⓘ
hasRival Basra school of grammar ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Islamic period ⓘ
influenced later Arabic grammatical tradition ⓘ
medieval Islamic linguistics ⓘ
influencedBy Kufan hadith scholars ⓘ
Qurʾanic reciters of Kufa ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Iraq ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
mainInterest Arabic grammar ⓘ
Arabic lexicography ⓘ
Arabic philology ⓘ
Qurʾanic exegesis ⓘ
notableFigure Al-Farrāʾ ⓘ
Al-Kisāʾī ⓘ
Al-Kūfī grammarians ⓘ
Al-Mufaḍḍal al-Ḍabbī ⓘ
linked to: Abu Amr ibn al-Ala

Al-Ruʾāsī ⓘ
opposedBy Basran grammarians ⓘ
partOf early Islamic scholarship ⓘ
region Iraq ⓘ
scholarlyDiscipline nahw (syntax) ⓘ
ṣarf (morphology) ⓘ
traditionWithin Islamic scholarship ⓘ
usedIn Arabic lexicography ⓘ
Arabic poetry analysis ⓘ
Qurʾanic grammar ⓘ

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Classical Arabic → codifiedBy → Kufa school of grammar ⓘ
Basra school of grammar → influenced → Kufa school of grammar ⓘ
Basra school of grammar → opposedBy → Kufa school of grammar ⓘ
Basra school of grammar → comparedWith → Kufa school of grammar ⓘ
Sibawayh → associatedWith → Basran school ⓘ
linked to: Kufa school of grammar
Al-Kisāʾī → schoolOfThought → Kufan school of grammar ⓘ
linked to: Kufa school of grammar
سيبويه → influenced → المدرسة النحوية الكوفية ⓘ
linked to: Kufa school of grammar
Al-Ruʾāsī → movement → Kufan school of grammar ⓘ
linked to: Kufa school of grammar
Abu Zayd al-Ansari → movement → Kufan school of grammar ⓘ
linked to: Kufa school of grammar
ʿAlī ibn Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Kisāʾī → influence → Kufan school of Arabic grammar ⓘ
linked to: Kufa school of grammar
المدرسة النحوية البصرية → أثّرت_في → المدرسة النحوية البغدادية ⓘ
linked to: Kufa school of grammar