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Intermediate Lexicon Lexicon is Arabic version of the Arabic Language Academy in Cairo

Intermediate Lexicon Lexicon is Arabic version of the Arabic Language Academy in Cairo, the third edition in 1998, consists of 1900 pages in two parts.

Saw the Arabic Language Academy of the most important means setting provides the reader with a glossary and cultured what he needs from linguistic materials, in a clear style, close to the outlet, is easy to understand. It was agreed that this dictionary is called "mediator lexicon," and all of the compound to a committee of its members put this lexicon. This lexicon mode after including guided approved compound Council conference of the words of a civilized novel, or new terms or placed movable, in various fields of science and the arts, or accurate and clear scientific definitions of things.

For all prepared to this dictionary is not preparing for other means of renewal, he met unless the meet in the other features and benefits, which has been neglected a lot of brutal words, the dura, or abandoned use of the not needed. Some synonyms that arise from the different dialects as well as overlooked and then take care of the neighborhood's easy to prove Almonos of words and formulas, and in particular the student and the interpreter feel needed, taking into account the accuracy and clarity of words or a definition.

And were used to explain the words of this dictionary texts and dictionaries that depends on them, and strengthened by citing Qur'anic verses and hadith, the sayings of Arab and compositions rhetorical Maxims for eloquent writers, poets, included lexicon what he needs from the different images were also in the body of the lexicon entry subjects necessary to enter the words generated or updated, or Arabized or exotic, approved by the compound, and accepted by writers, they moved out of their tongues, and took out their pens.

It was arranged lexicon materials, as is customary, and in alphabetical order alphabetical. And his approach boils down to approach the Arabic Language Academy in the order of the lexicon materials are as follows:

Provide acts on the names.

Provide more abstract verbs.

Provide sensory effect on the mental sense, the real figuratively.

To provide the necessary reaction to transitive verb