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Sibawayh
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Also known as Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri, Sībawayh

Sibawayh ( (also pronounced in many modern dialects) ; ' ; ), whose full name is Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri (, '), was a Persian leading grammarian of Basra and author of the Third book on Arabic grammar. His famous unnamed work, referred to as Al-Kitāb, or "The Book", is a five-volume seminal discussion of the Arabic language.

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  • al-Lahajāt fī al-kitāb lī-Sībawayh
  • Shawāhid al-Kitāb
  • Sharḥ abyāt Sībawayh
  • Sibawaihi's Buch über die Grammatik nach der Ausgabe von H. Derenbourg und dem Commentar des 
  • Le livre de Sîbawaihi

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Key facts

Philosopher.caption
Entrance to Sybawayh's tomb in Shiraz
Philosopher.name
Sybawayh
Philosopher.birth_date
, Shiraz, Persia, Abbasid Caliphate
Philosopher.death_date
c. 796, Shiraz, Persia or Basra, Iraq, Abbasid Caliphate
Philosopher.main_interests
Arabic and Persian
Philosopher.region
Islamic philosophy
Philosopher.era
Medieval philosophy
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Sibuye1.jpg

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Amr
Gender
male
Place of birth
Ardakan
Place of death
Shiraz
Occupation
linguist
Languages spoken
Persian
Notable work
Kitāb Sībawayh
Student of
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi
Field of work
grammar
Image
Bust of Sibawayh, 28 February 2022 (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
0760-01-01
ethnic group
Persians
birth name
عمرو بن عثمان بن قنبر الحارثي
name in native language
سیبویه
short name
سيبويه‎
described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons category
Sibawayh
date of death
0797-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Biography
  • Debates
  • The Question of the Hornet
  • Legacy
  • ''Al-Kitāb''
  • Grammarians of Basra
  • Format
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Sibawayh ( (also pronounced in many modern dialects) ; ' ; ), whose full name is Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri (, '), was a Persian leading grammarian of Basra and author of the Third book on Arabic grammar. His famous unnamed work, referred to as Al-Kitāb, or "The Book", is a five-volume seminal discussion of the Arabic language.

Ibn Qutaybah, the earliest extant source, in his biographical entry under Sibawayh simply wrote: He is Amr ibn Uthman, and he was mainly a grammarian. He arrived in Baghdad, fell out with the local grammarians, was humiliated, went back to some town in Persia, and died there while still a young man.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sibawayh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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