What others said about Arabic Read in the original
At the close of his history of Arabic studies in Europe, on the need for a comprehensive dictionary of Arabic:
“…a thesaurus of the Arabic language, whose making will surely occupy more than one generation.”
Johann Fück
1894–1974
German Arabist, professor at Halle, historian of Arabic style.
Original text — German
…ein Thesaurus der arabischen Sprache, dessen Herstellung gewiß mehr als eine Generation beschäftigen wird.
In Arabic
…معجمٌ جامعٌ للغة العربيّة، سيشغل إعدادُه أكثرَ من جيلٍ بلا ريب.
Source
Die arabischen Studien in Europa bis in den Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1955, p. 327
The English translation is Voice of Arabic's, made from the original.
Fück wrote in German; the Arabic and English are our translations from the original. His word is «Thesaurus»: he means a historical dictionary on the pattern of the great Western ones, tracing each word through its texts.
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