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Descriptive grammar in Arabic (قواعد, meaning "rules"), underwent development in the late 700s. The earliest known Arabic grammarian is ʻAbd Allāh ibn Abī Isḥāq. The efforts of three proceeding generations of grammarians culminated in the book of the Persian scholar Sibawayhi. Recent efforts aim to annotate the entire Arabic Grammar of the Quran, using traditional syntax:
Read more about this topic: Classical Arabic
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