Reasoning by lightness in Sharh al-Maluki fi al-Tasrif by Ibn Ya’ish (d. 643 AH)

Abstract

Lightness is one of the most important reasons for which changes occur in the structure of the Arabic sentence. The morphologists have given much of the reason for lightness, especially Ibn Ya’ish. The verb of lightness is the goal of the speaker’s tongue. This research aims to highlight this reason in the book (Sharh al-Maluki fi al-Tasrif) through It dealt with the most important issues and issues that came up in this book, and the opinions and doctrines they entail. The reasoning with lightness in Al-Maluki’s explanation went in four directions: the first: it is the reasoning for general morphological issues, the second: the reasoning for substitution, the third: the reasoning for deletion, and the fourth: we gave It is called (lightness of fatha), and whoever contemplates these trends will find that the first and fourth can be called (lightness) only, and the second and third (lightness with Dilution), so the name of the research came to include the four trends, and on the basis of them it was divided into sections, Then it is followed by a statistical table to explain the explained issues.This research took the descriptive and analytical approach, relying on a number of Arabic sources, including: The Book of Sibawayh, Al-Khasāsīs, Sharh al-Tasrif al-Muluki by al-Uthmani, al-Mufassāl and its explanation, al-Lubāb fi the reasons for construction and parsing, al-Mumti’ al-Kabīr fi al-ṣarf, Shafiya’s explanations by Ibn al-Hajib, and the explanations of al-Tashil: appendix and completion. , Al-Musa’id, smoothing the rules, resorption of the genitive from Lisan Al-Arab, similes and analogues, and others.