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A discussion of a controversy in Arabic linguistic & juridical sources on the interpretation of the grammatical category of the plural: does a plural noun refer to two or more, or three or more? The origin & development of this controversy is studied on the basis of the scattered references to it in Arabic sources from the eighth through eleventh centuries. It started as an exegetical problem regarding the interpretation of a Qur'anic verse dealing with inheritance. Although very soon the consensus among linguists & lawyers became that the minimal plural is two, legal theorists of the Mu'tazili-school continued to defend the position that the minimal plural is three. It is shown that the underlying debate concerned the generic interpretation of the indeterminate plural, which was held by Mu'tazili-schools & precluded the current opinion about the minimal plural. 34 References. AA

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