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{{Short description|Arabic dictionary}}
'''''Matn al-Lugha''''' ({{Langx|ar|متن اللُّغة}}; "Corpus of the Language") was one of earliest modern monolingual dictionaries of the Arabic language, written by Lebanese linguist [[Ahmad Rida|Sheikh Ahmed Rida]], an important figure of the [[Nahda|Arab literary renaissance]]. The five-volume dictionary is considered as one of the most influential resources in the history of the Arabic language lexicography.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rida |first=Ahmad |url=https://waqfeya.net/book.php?bid=11968 |title=معجم متن اللغة : موسوعة لغوية حديثة |publisher=Dar Maktabat al-Hayat |year=1958 |location=Beirut |language=ar |trans-title=The language corpus dictionary: a modern linguistic encyclopedia |author-link=Ahmad Rida |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528104949/https://waqfeya.net/book.php?bid=11968 |archive-date=2022-05-28}}</ref>
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