Scholars and Linguists: The Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language is an unprecedented cognitive achievement
A number of scholars and secretaries of linguistic and scientific academies in the Arab world confirmed that the Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language Project, whose first volumes was launched by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lexicon Project, unified the efforts of the Arabic Language Councils, and succeeded in The achievement of an unprecedented cognitive achievement in the history of Arabic chronicled the vocabulary of the Arabic language for the first time to about 17 centuries of its rich history.
This came during a meeting with four scholars and secretaries of the Arab linguistic academies, in which they emphasized the importance of this historical achievement and its great role in introducing the history of the language from the period preceding the Islamic era to the present day, and providing an integrated database that serves Arab and foreign scholars and provides them with many basics related to science Language and its history.
The Secretary General of the Federation of Linguistic and Scientific Academies, the Secretary General of the Cairo Academy in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Abdel Hamid Madkour, said: “The Historical Lexicon Project for the Arabic Language seeks to write a history for each vocabulary in the Arabic language, from the time it was spoken by a native speaker until the present day, as it differs from the dictionaries. Existing, which constitutes only 5% of this dictionary, which we create to be a comprehensive picture of the Arabic language with all its words, history and true and metaphorical meanings, thanks to the generous patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, who built for this The dictionary is an edifice and I provide it with everything necessary for its completion.
The head of the Arab Tongue Council in Mauritania, Dr. Khalil Al-Nahawi, said: “The dictionary was able to fold distances that could not be folded over centuries with a few months, and today there is an urgent need for the history of the Arabic language, which has the longest and oldest history of other languages that often date back to a few centuries, but in this dictionary we date For more than 17 centuries of codification of the Arabic language, but beyond that, and we trace the birth of the word and the changes that occurred to it and the semantic transformations that occurred on it from era to era, it is an unprecedented addition in the history of the Arabic language ».
The former Secretary General of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Arabic Language Service, Dr.
Abdullah bin Saleh Al-Washmi, the scientific and linguistic importance of the historical dictionary, stems first from the fact that it dates one of the oldest languages in the world, which makes the existence of a historical dictionary for it necessary, and it is also the right of the Arab child and youth to know the vocabulary that his parents spoke And his grandparents, and that the vocabulary he uttered has a long historical path. ”
The scientific director of the Historical Lexicon Project, Dr. Mamoun Wajih, described that major scientific works need collective work, and for this reason the implementation of the project was planned under the patronage and support of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and with the support and supervision of the Federation of Arab Linguistic Colleges in Cairo , Which includes a group of thinkers and linguists, what was a guarantee for the success of this great project by accomplishing the first eight volumes of it.
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