al-Kanz al-Lughawi fi al-Lisan al-Arabi
- Author died
- 244 AH
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- Maktabat al-Mutanabbi
Al-Kanz al-Lughawi fi al-Lisan al-Arabi (The Linguistic Treasure in the Arabic Tongue) is a published collection of early Arabic lexicographical treatises compiled and edited by the Austrian orientalist August Haffner (1869–1914 CE), bringing together foundational philological monographs by classical scholars, including Ibn al-Sikkit (d. 244 AH / 858 CE) and al-Asma'i .
Contents and Publication
The collection brings together rare thematic treatises (rasa'il) from the early Arabic grammatical and lexicographical tradition . The primary texts included in the volume are:
- Kitab al-Qalb wa-l-Ibdal (Book of Metathesis and Phonetic Alternation) by Ibn al-Sikkit, which covers linguistic shifts and letter substitutions in Arabic vocabulary and occupies pages 158–232 of the volume .
- Kitab al-Ibil (Book of the Camel) by al-Asma'i, devoted to the terminology and characteristics of camels .
- Kitab Khalq al-Insan (Book of the Creation of Man) by al-Asma'i, focusing on anatomical terms and descriptors of human physical features .
The work was printed in Beirut by the Catholic Press (al-Matba'ah al-Kathulikiyyah) in 1903 CE, and was also issued between Leipzig and Beirut spanning 1903–1905 CE .
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