المحكم والمحيط الأعظم
المحكم والمحيط الأعظم
Ibn Sida's great dictionary — 'the most wondrous and soundest of books,' in the phrase of the Mutammih 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
"Al-Muhkam wal-Muhit al-Azam" (The Firm and the Greatest Ocean), a dictionary of the Arabic language by Ibn Sida al-Mursi. Al-Matmah describes it as the most original and most carefully made book of its kind, and says that the author was alone in it. 1
Connections
- Authored by
- ابن سيده المرسي
People and things also explored
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 31
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islam.museum contributors. “المحكم والمحيط الأعظم”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/al-muhkam-ibn-sida/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.