Nasr Ibn Asim

نصر بن عاصم

Laythi grammarian credited by some with first drawing grammar 1

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Nasr ibn Asim al-Du'ali, also said to be al-Laythi, was one of the readers and the eloquent of his time 2.

Grammar

Those who disagreed with the school of Abu al-Aswad hold that he was the one who laid down the rules of grammar. Abu Amr ibn al-Ala' and others learned from him 2.

Sources

  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.103-104
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