Abstract
This paper is part of my MA. Thesis entitled "syntactic reasoning in Ibn Ghawas' Explanation of Alfiyah Ibn Maut." This book is significant for its many syntactic reasoning and in spite of its importance it is not well known to the scholars and students of Arabic grammar. This paper studies syntactic reasoning of indeclinable verbs in Alfiyah Ibn Maut. It falls into three sections: past tense verb, imperative verb, and present tense verb connected to one of the two emphatic light and dark (noon). In each section the paper lists the syntactic reasoning of Arab grammarians, Ibn Maut's reply to them, and his agreement and disagreement with them.
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