نَحْوِيُّthe grammarian

Example sentences

• وَقَدْ كَانَ شُعْبَةُ يُحَدِّثُ، فَإِذَا رَأَى الْمَزِيدُ النَّحْوِيُّ قَالَ إِنَّهُ أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْبَسِيطُ

  And indeed Shu'ba used to narrate, and whenever al-Mazid the grammarian saw him, he would say: Indeed he is Abu Zayd al-Basit:

  النَّحْوِيُّ — the grammarian. A describing word formed from a noun (an affiliation-style adjective, 'the grammar one' = the grammarian) attached as an epithet to the name. As an Arabic adjective it follows its noun and matches its definiteness with al-, so it trails and agrees with the name.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →