Views on Jamharat Al-Lugha and Maqayees Al-Lugha Dictionaries: A Balance Study

The two dictionaries, Al-Jamhara and Al-Miqyas, are successive dictionaries in terms of time period, as the first was in the third century and the other in the fourth century, in addition to the fact that they belong to one lexical school, which is the alphabetical school. As we know, Ibn Faris reliedin his dictionary on Ibn Duraid’s Al-Jamhara. Perhaps the reader will think that since the two dictionaries belong to one lexical school, they must be identical. Here, the purpose of the research is to shed light on the aspects in which Ibn Faris differedfrom Ibn Duraid and vice versa. As we know, every scholar has a scientific personality that distinguishes him from others, and this is reflected in his writings and scientific convictions towards any linguistic material. It is unreasonable for a dictionary to be an extension of a dictionary in the same way, method, structure and style, as science, as it advances, tends to make things easier for researchers from students of knowledge. By reviewing the two dictionaries, I found some differences and variations between the two dictionaries and shed light on them and reached some results that I will mention in the research, God willing