The morphological disagreement between Al-Farra’ (207 AH) and Al-Zajjaj (311 AH) - a comparative morphological study

Abstract

The subject of the research revolves around the morphological dispute between two of the poles of Arabic, namely Al-Farra’ (207 AH) from the Kufi school, and Al-Zajjaj (311 AH) from the Basra school, as the subject of the dispute has existed since the emergence of the science of composition, and the books of authors have flourished with this type of dispute since ancient times until our present era, and despite the fact that Grammatical disputes have received great attention from ancient and modern scholars, compared to the morphological dispute, which has not received the same attention as grammar. Although morphology is one of the two parts of the Arabic language and is an important science, it has not received the same attention. Therefore, the aim of the research was to address the most important controversial issues between Al-Farra’ and Al-Zajjaj. As for the purpose of writing Research and selection of the topic of morphological dispute; it aims to demonstrate the importance of morphological dispute and that it is no less important than grammatical dispute; because morphology is based on the secret of word formulation, where the more correct and solid the formulation, the stronger the style in its structure and meaning. As for the methodology followed in writing the research, it is a comparative historical methodology. In addition, the research relies on the most important ancient and modern sources