Sibawayh

Also known as Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri, Sībawayh

Sibawayh ( (also pronounced in many modern dialects) ; ' ; ), whose full name is Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri (, '), was a Persian leading grammarian of Basra and author of the Third book on Arabic grammar. His famous unnamed work, referred to as Al-Kitāb, or "The Book", is a five-volume seminal discussion of the Arabic language.

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al-Lahajāt fī al-kitāb lī-Sībawayh
Shawāhid al-Kitāb
Sharḥ abyāt Sībawayh
Sibawaihi's Buch über die Grammatik nach der Ausgabe von H. Derenbourg und dem Commentar des 
Le livre de Sîbawaihi

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Philosopher.caption: Entrance to Sybawayh's tomb in Shiraz
Philosopher.name: Sybawayh
Philosopher.birth_date: , Shiraz, Persia, Abbasid Caliphate
Philosopher.death_date: c. 796, Shiraz, Persia or Basra, Iraq, Abbasid Caliphate
Philosopher.main_interests: Arabic and Persian
Philosopher.region: Islamic philosophy
Philosopher.era: Medieval philosophy
Philosopher.image: Sibuye1.jpg

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Image: Bust of Sibawayh, 28 February 2022 (cropped).jpg

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date of birth: 0760-01-01
birth name: عمرو بن عثمان بن قنبر الحارثي
name in native language: سیبویه
short name: سيبويه‎
Commons category: Sibawayh
date of death: 0797-01-01

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Biography
Debates
The Question of the Hornet
Legacy
''Al-Kitāb''
Grammarians of Basra
Format
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
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Ibn Qutaybah, the earliest extant source, in his biographical entry under Sibawayh simply wrote: He is Amr ibn Uthman, and he was mainly a grammarian. He arrived in Baghdad, fell out with the local grammarians, was humiliated, went back to some town in Persia, and died there while still a young man.