Ibn Muti al-Zawawi
Ibn Mu‘ṭī al-Zawāwī (ابن معطي الزواوي)—Abū 'l-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Nur Zayn al-Dīn al-Zawāwī, or Abū Zakarīyā’ Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Mu’ṭī ibn ‘Abdannūr az-Zawāwī (c. 1168-1169 – 1231 CE (564–628 AH)); was a Ḥanafī faqīh (jurist), grammarian, poet and philologian of the Maghreb and the author of first versified grammatical work, the Alfiyya, commentaries on grammatical treatises and versified lexicographic works. He also wrote numerous works on various scholarly categories. He was one of the foremost medieval grammarians.
Ibn Muti al-Zawawi | |
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| Born | c. 1168–1169 (564 AH) |
| Died | September 1231 (aged 61–63) (Dhu al-Qadah, 628 AH) |
| Other names | Abū Zakarīyā’ Yaḥyā b. ‘Abd al-Mu’ṭī b. ‘Abdannūr al-Zawāwī al-Magribī al-Gazā’irī (يحيى بن عبد المعطي بن عبد النور الزواوي); or Abū al-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ‘Abd al-Mu’ṭī b. ‘Abd al-Nūr al-Zawāwī (ابو الحسين يحيىبن عبد المعطي بن عبد النور الزواوي). |
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| Notable works | Al-Durra al-alfiyah fi ‘ilm al-‘arabiyah |
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