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Abstract: In this paper, we will study especially the process through which the concept and term of "nahv" has become the basic term of the Arabic linguistics, focusing on the changes it has got through namely and contently and observing along its historical development, contractions or expansions in its meaning and the possible reasons for this. We aim to identify and observe the relationship and the correlation between these changes and the socio-cultural characteristics of the period in question.