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Germs

الجراثيم

Author: ينسب لأبي محمد عبد الله بن مسلم بن قتيبة الدينوري (المتوفى: 276هـ) (d. 276)

About this work

كتاب "الجراثيم" لابن قتيبة الدِّينَوري هو معجم لغوي متخصص في أسماء أعضاء الإنسان وصفاتها الخَلقية والخُلقية، إضافة إلى ألفاظ تتعلق بخلق الإنسان وتطوره في الرحم. يندرج الكتاب ضمن تصنيف الغريب والمعاجم ولغة الفقه، ويبدأ بمقدمة عن تقسيم العوالم والمخلوقات، ثم يتناول بالتفصيل أجزاء الجسم من الرأس إلى القدم، مع ذكر نعوتها وأوصافها المختلفة، مستشهدًا بأقوال العرب وأشعارهم.

Translation

The book “Germs” by Ibn Qutaybah Al-Dinauri is a linguistic dictionary specializing in the names of human organs and their innate and moral characteristics, in addition to terms related to the creation of man and his development in the womb. The book falls within the classification of strangers, dictionaries, and the language of jurisprudence. It begins with an introduction to the division of worlds and creatures, then deals in detail with parts of the body from head to foot, mentioning their various epithets and descriptions, citing Arab sayings and poetry.

Topics covered

  • Chapter on the soul, body and person
  • The head and what is in it, its hair and its epithet
  • And sputum means one-eyed person, his eye sputum is sputum with sputum. Ru’bah bin Al-Ajaj said:
  • Nose and what's in it
  • The poetry of Maalanks and Maalankak, both of them: dense and social.
  • Beard and what's in it
  • Al-Lahyan
  • Head and neck
  • The side of the neck is one of its two sides, each of which is straight.
  • The plate: of steel, and the neck: the vertebra, and each one is a layer.
  • Humerus, shoulder, arm and hand
  • It is said that the elbow of his hand, if it is dry, is equal to the elbow, and the foot is equal to the elbow. And a woman as a vessel.
  • Chapter: Tall people
  • Different creations, natures, and attributes
  • Colors section
  • Chapter on tongues, speech, sounds, and silence
  • Nagmat: Nagmat, which is hidden speech.
  • Clever men, ugliness, division of livelihood, and nausea of ​​the soul
  • The man was stubborn in his vomiting: some of it followed another, and did not stop.
  • Walking and its types, fatigue, stooping, and superiority in every aspect
  • Speed ​​in running. The dagger is an enemy with a leap.
  • Names of groups of people
  • And the lessons and the greatness of the group of people.
  • Origins in people and lineage
  • He is the sucker of his people, meaning they are pure, and so are the two and the plural.

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