Naṣr bn ʿĀṣim al-Laythī or al-Duʾalī (; died 708/709) was an
Arabic grammarian from Basra.
Theodor Nöldeke
Theodor Nöldeke (; born 2 March 1836 – 25 December 1930) was a German orientalist and scholar, originally a student of Heinrich Ewald. He is one of the founders of the field of Quranic studies, especially through his foundational work titled ...
, Friedrich Schwally, Gotthelf Bergsträsser and Otto Pretzl, ''The History of the Qurʾān'', trans. Wolfgang H. Behn (Brill, 2013). p. 592. He is known as one of the first Arabic grammarians.
Nasr ibn 'Asimm along with another famous Arabic grammarian from Basra,
Yahya ibn Ya'mar, were asked to solve problems within the language. Nasr and Yahya invented a system of dots to distinguish each of these letters.
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Regarding who is the father of Arabic grammar: most scholars are of the view that Arabic grammar was invented by Abu al-Aswad al-Duʾalī, and that he had been taught by the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Others say that Naṣr ibn 'Āṣim developed grammar.
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Arab grammarians
Grammarians of Basra
7th-century Arabic-language poets
7th-century Arab people