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الغريب المصنف

Author: أبو عُبيد القاسم بن سلاّم بن عبد الله الهروي البغدادي (المتوفى: 224هـ) (d. 224)

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الغَرِيبُ المُصَنَّفُ أو مُصَنَّفُ الغَرِيبِ هو معجم موضوعي ألّفه أبو عبيد القاسم بن سلاّم، أورد فيه كل ما يتعلّق بأسماء وصِفَات الأشياء والمخلوقات بحسب الموضوع والمعنى، إذ حرص أبو عبيد على تصنيف المفردات اللغوية في حقول دلالية موضوعية، وهو يُعدّ أقدم معجم موضوعي عربي معروف. وقد حظي الكتاب بتقدير علماء اللغة القدامى حتى أنهم وضعوا له الشروحات والانتقادات ككتب «شرح الغريب المصنف» لابن سيده الأندلسي و«الرد على الغريب المصنف» لأبي نعيم الأصفهاني. وقد رُوِيَ عن أبي عبيد أنه قال وهو يتحدث عن كتابه الغريب المصنف:

Translation

Al-Gharib Al-Musannaf or Musannaf Al-Gharib is a topical dictionary written by Abu Ubaid Al-Qasim bin Salam, in which he lists everything related to the names and descriptions of things and creatures according to subject and meaning, as Abu Ubaid was keen to classify linguistic vocabulary into objective semantic fields, and it is considered the oldest known Arabic topical dictionary. The book was appreciated by ancient linguists to the extent that they wrote explanations and criticisms of it, such as the books “Explanation of the Gharib al-Musannaf” by Ibn Sayyidah al-Andalusi and “The Response to the Gharib al-Musannaf” by Abu Naim al-Isfahani. It was narrated on the authority of Abu Ubaid that he said while talking about his book Al-Gharib Al-Musannaf:

Topics covered

Introduction to the investigator
The book on the creation of man
Chapter on naming and describing human beings
Chapter on the attributes of human creation
Chapter on epithets that bring tears to the eye
Chapter on the names of the soul
Chapter: Tall people
Chapter on epithets of length with accuracy and greatness
Chapter on short people
Chapter on adjectives of short with ghee and thick
Section on colors and their differences
Chapter on sounds and their differences
Chapter on the sounds of people’s speech, movement, and so on
Chapter on tongues and speech
Chapter on praiseworthy morals among people
Chapter on reprehensible morals and miserliness
Chapter on distress in strength and character
The door to courage and extreme courage
Chapter on the intelligence and unity of the heart
Chapter on cowardice and weak heart
Chapter on weak mind and foolish opinion
Chapter on the weak body
The crazy door
The door to gluttony and a person’s involvement in what does not concern him
The door of the evil one who hastens to do what he should not do

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