Linguistic explanation in the book Lisan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur

Abstract

This research sheds light on the phenomenon of linguistic reasoning in Ibn Manzur’s Lisan al-Arab dictionary, which is one of the features of this great book, as Lisan al-Arab was not just a dictionary concerned with collecting linguistic vocabulary and explaining their meaning, but it went beyond that to examining phonetic issues and discussing grammatical opinions, rhetorical analyzes and morphological directions. Linguistic explanation is one of the prominent features of this book. Dictionaries are a receptacle for the heritage of nations, as they preserve the language and its literature. They are a reference for interrogating and interpreting linguistic texts and explaining their meanings. Lisan al-Arab is one of the most important of these dictionaries, as it is encyclopedic because it contained huge linguistic material, the basis of which was language. Arabs, with its materials and details, and with what it consists of dialects, proverbs, poems, sayings, and texts, in addition to the explanatory material, the Prophetic hadiths, and the Qur’anic readings. The purpose of linguistic reasoning is to explain linguistic phenomena, reach what is behind those phenomena, and explain the reasons that made them what they are. Researchers point out that the emergence of Linguistic reasoning coincided with the beginning of the emergence of linguistic studies, and it includes levels of language and is not specific to a specific type, even if it is clearer in grammar. Ibn Manzur was interested in linguistic reasoning in all its details, and was not limited to collecting linguistic material and explaining its vocabulary. Rather, we will prove it through this research. It is humble that attention has been paid to linguistic reasoning, whether it is in grammar, morphology, sound, or lexical meaning. In this research, we will shed light on the phenomenon of linguistic reasoning in the book (Lisan al-Arab) according to the levels of the language