The Book of Literary Expressions
(كتاب الألفاظ الكتابية)

Name: The Book of Literary Expressions
Author: Hamadhānī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻĪsá, died circa 932

Title	The Book of Literary Expressions
Title Original	كتاب الألفاظ الكتابية
Author	Hamadhānī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻĪsá, died circa 932
Publication Date:	1885
Publication Place	- Matbaʻat al-Abāʼ al-Yasuʻīyyīn
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	Library of Congress
Library Asset ID	2021666248
Record ID	22053510
Date	1885
Sample Text	Published in 1885 by the Jesuit Fathers' printing press of Beirut, the present volume contains an edition of one of the three extant versions of Kitāb al-Alfāẓ al-Kitābiyya (The book of literary expressions) by the tenth-century grammarian, 'Abd al-Raḥmān ibn 'Īsā al-Hamd̲ānī. This work presents a collection of difficult words and expressions found in classical Arabic literary texts. For each word or expression, the author offers a number of synonyms and paraphrases intended to guide the reader to a better understanding of the lexical, grammatical, and syntactical peculiarities of the language used by authors writing in classical Arabic. There are no explicit references to the literary works where these expressions are found; they are all introduced by the phrase "it is said." Qurʼanic verses are mentioned as well, when the features discussed in the chapters have parallels in the Qurʼan. An index to all the expressions analyzed in the book and a word index conclude the work.
Sınıflandırma	492
Tür	text

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The Book of Literary Expressions

(كتاب الألفاظ الكتابية)

Author Hamadhānī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻĪsá, died circa 932

Publication Date 1885

Publication Place - Matbaʻat al-Abāʼ al-Yasuʻīyyīn

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library Library of Congress

Library Asset ID 2021666248

Record ID 22053510

Date 1885

Sample Text Published in 1885 by the Jesuit Fathers' printing press of Beirut, the present volume contains an edition of one of the three extant versions of Kitāb al-Alfāẓ al-Kitābiyya (The book of literary expressions) by the tenth-century grammarian, 'Abd al-Raḥmān ibn 'Īsā al-Hamd̲ānī. This work presents a collection of difficult words and expressions found in classical Arabic literary texts. For each word or expression, the author offers a number of synonyms and paraphrases intended to guide the reader to a better understanding of the lexical, grammatical, and syntactical peculiarities of the language used by authors writing in classical Arabic. There are no explicit references to the literary works where these expressions are found; they are all introduced by the phrase "it is said." Qurʼanic verses are mentioned as well, when the features discussed in the chapters have parallels in the Qurʼan. An index to all the expressions analyzed in the book and a word index conclude the work.

Sınıflandırma 492

Tür text