THE FORMATION OF ARABIC MORPHOLOGY (SARF) AND ITS EARLIEST SOURCES
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https://doi.org/10.57033/mijournals-2026-6-0106Keywords:
sarf, tasrif, emergence, teaching of sarf, Arabic morphology, ishtiqaqAbstract
Sarf (morphology) is the science that studies the rules governing how the
structure of words changes in order to convey specific meanings. Within this field, terms
such as sarf, tasrif (inflection), and ishtiqaq (derivation) are used. The science of sarf
primarily deals with nouns and verbs. The subject matter of sarf is Arabic words and
how they change form to express meaning. It also examines transformations involving
weak letters and similar linguistic phenomena. According to historical narrations, the
first person to address this science was ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib. Some sources also mention
Mu’adh ibn al-Harra as one of the earliest founders of the science of sarf.
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