SIbawayh's View of al-Mubtada' and al-ibtida

1 . Introduction Slbawayhi ' s terminology on the subject of the nominal sentence , calls al-mubtada \ includes some technical terms and phrases from the root b-d- \ whose meaning needs some explanation . will attempt to define and explain these terms according to their inferred from the text of the Kitab . The data in the old grammatical sources show that in some Sibawayhi ' s view of this terminology differs from that of some of grammarians . These differences , however , are not discussed in since I plan to deal with them in a separate article . ' 2 . Inventory of SIbawayhPs terminology referring to the nominal sentence and its two indispensable parts Slbawayhi calls the nominal sentence al-ibtida * ( see § 5 . 3 ) . The this type of sentence is termed al-mubtada ' ( see § 4 . 1 ) , al-ism aland al-ibtida' ( see § 5 . 2 ) . The predicate of the nominal sentence termed al-mabniyy c ala 1-mubtadd ' , al-mabniyy ' alayhi and 5 al-xabai : A predicate composed of a preposition + a geniti...  אל הספר
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