Amali al-Marzooqi
- Author died
- 421 AH
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- Amali al-Marzooqi
Amali al-Marzooqi (Amālī al-Marzūqī) is a collection of scholarly dictations on Arabic philology, grammar, and morphology by the linguist Abu Ali al-Marzuqi (d. 421 AH / 1030 CE) .
Subject Matter and Content
The work belongs to the traditional genre of amālī (academic dictations), in which a scholar dictated linguistic, grammatical, and literary treatises to students . In it, al-Marzuqi addresses fine points of Arabic morphology (taṣrīf), syntax, and lexicography .
Among the morphological problems examined in the text are the nominal patterns of weak-radical roots, including the pattern mafʿal with weak middle radicals (muʿtall al-ʿayn) and rare non-analogous forms such as mawhib, muwaḥḥid, and muwakkil, as well as whether the pattern mafʿil occurs among defective roots with weak final radicals (muʿtall al-lām) . The text also provides detailed analyses of lexical items, weights, and nuances of usage, such as the forms and morphological weights of words like al-immar, al-immarah, and al-immaʿah (referring to a conformist person), as well as expressions describing unlined clothing (asmāṭ) .
Transmission and Publication
Manuscripts of the work have been preserved in collections including Dar al-Kutub in Cairo (under classifications such as MS 877 Adab Taymūr and MS 3300 Adab) . The text was edited by Yahya Wahib al-Jabburi and published in Beirut by Dar al-Gharb al-Islami in 1995 .
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