فُنُونِarts in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَفِي الْجُمْلَةِ تَرْكٌ كَتَبَةٌ الْفُنُونِ آثارًا بَارِزَةً فِي عِلْمٍ وَمُصَنَّفَاتِ ابْنِ الْجَوْزِيِّ،

  Overall, the Book of Arts left notable traces on the scholarship and writings of Ibn al-Jawzi,

  الْفُنُونِ — the arts. A definite plural noun with al-, naming the field, the arts or disciplines, that the book belongs to. It forms part of the book's title with the preceding noun. Its al- gives the disciplines their generic, collective sense.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →

• قَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عَنْ كِتَابِ الْفُنُونِ وَهَذَا الْكِتَابُ مِئَتَا مُجَلَّدٍ،

  He, may God have mercy on him, said about the Book of the Arts: This book consists of two hundred volumes.

  الْفُنُونِ — the Arts. The owning second member of the title 'the Book of the Arts'. It carries al- and the genitive, supplying the title's definiteness. It completes the work's name as the topic he spoke about.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →