Abu Ali Al-Qali Ismail bin Al-Qasim: almaqsur walmamdud

(The shortened and the elongated) (967)

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Taken from: المقصور والممدود لأبي علي القالي [أبو علي القالي] https://shamela.ws/book/20949/148

 

- Giraffe is the plural of giraffe, and giraffe is a group of people, and giraffe also:

  A well-known animal with long arms and short legs. Sibawayh (1) said instead of some of all:

“God created the giraffe with its hands longer than its legs.”

 

(1) Maybe: Sibawayh: Al Kitab (The Book) (d796) First Book on Arab Grammar.