Abduh al-Rajihi
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- 1431 AH
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Abduh al-Rajihi (d. 1431 AH / 2010 CE) was a modern scholar of the Arabic language and grammarian, known for his pedagogical manuals on Arabic syntax and morphology, including al-Tatbiq al-Nahwi and al-Tatbiq al-Sarfiyy.
Scholarly Contribution
Al-Rajihi focused on applied Arabic linguistics, producing instructional curricula to facilitate the study of grammatical and morphological rules for students. In al-Tatbiq al-Nahwi (Applied Syntax), he formulated an applied pedagogical method to train university students in sentence structure and grammatical parsing (iʿrāb), emphasizing functional sentence analysis rather than theoretical subfield debates. Alongside his work on syntax, he authored al-Tatbiq al-Sarfiyy (Applied Morphology) to provide a parallel practical framework for the study of Arabic morphology.
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List of Works
al-Tatbiq al-Nahwi (Applied Grammar) is a textbook on Arabic syntax and sentence analysis designed to provide a practical, applied approach to Arabic grammar and parsing (i'rab). Rather than offering an exhaustive exposition of all grammatical subfields, it trains university students in understanding the structure and functional system of the Arabic sentence through practical analysis.