Explanation of the Hundred Factors of al-Jurjani, by al-Shahroudi, known as Musannafak, d. 875 AH (Standard Factors): A Study and Critical Edition

Abstract

This research examines a grammatical text focusing on standard grammatical factors, which are the verbal and semantic factors that govern the inflection of nouns. The author divides these standard factors into seven types, outlining the conditions for each, providing examples and grammatical analysi.

 Hebegins with the verb in its absolute sense, then addresses the operative nouns of derivatives:

The book discusses the active participle, the passive participle, and the adjectival participle, clarifying their conditions of function, dependence, and the meanings of the present and future tenses. It then addresses the verbal noun (masdar), explaining its functions, its degrees of strength and weakness, its types of genitive constructions in transitive and intransitive verbs, and its role as a substitute for the verb in various meanings. Finally, it covers the genitive construction and its types: semantic and verbal.

Heexplained the effect of each on definition, specification, and function. He concluded with the complete noun, explaining what it is made of through nunation (tanween), the dual nun, or the plural nun, and the resulting accusative case for the accusative of specification.