Yunus ibn Habib

Yunus ibn Habib (Arabic: أبو عبد الرحمن يونس بن حبيب الضبي‎; died after 183 AH/798 CE) was a reputable 8th century Arab linguist.

His notable teachers include: Hammad ibn Salamah from whom he took knowledge in Arabic grammar, Al-Akhfash al-Akbar and Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala'[1]. His students include Sibawayh, ʻAlī ibn Ḥamzah al-Kisāʼī, Yaḥyá ibn Ziyād al-Farrāʼ and Abu 'Ubaydah Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna.[1]

Works

List of known works by Yunus ibn Habib:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān (1988), Hārūn, ʻAbd al-Salām Muḥammad, ed., Al-Kitāb Kitāb Sībawayh Abī Bishr ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān ibn Qanbar, Introduction (3rd ed.), Cairo: Maktabat al-Khānjī, pp. 9–11