The text "Alfiyya" by Ibn Malik is a rhyming book on #Arabic grammar. Originally intended for beginner students, it is still studied to this day, with numerous commentaries.

The author, commonly known as Ibn Malik, was a Andalusian (Modern day Spain) linguistic who lived in the 1200s.

Here's a longer explanation of this book by Shaykh Joe Bradford (only the introduction is Arabic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0IlkMXj_SY

You can buy modern publications!

In #Arabic, if two synonyms are used apart, they mean the same thing.

And if they are brought together, their shades of meanings are emphasized.

I recently saw this in الظن (al-dhann) and التخمين (al-takhmeen), the former means speculation and the latter means conjecture.

This is a manuscript of the famous primer in Arabic grammar, Al-Ajrumiyya. It was originally written for young students and is still studied by introductory students of classical #Arabic.

I personally still refer to it as a reference!

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One interesting thing about Arabic is the flexible of word-order. The *same words* can be used to emphasize meaning, create impact, focus, etc

For example, the normal way to say: Nafis taught Zayd
علَّم نفيسٌ زيدًا
Word order: Taught Nafis Zayd

But you can also change it to
علَّم نفيسًا زيدٌ
The word order is the same, but the ending shave changed so it says: Zayd taught Nafis

You can even say
نفيسٌ علَّم زيدًا
Word order and meaning: Nafis taught Zayd. It means "It was ZAYD who taught Nafis"