Defects of the witness in the intermediate dictionary

Abstract

Our objective in this article entitled " The defects of the citation in ALMOAJAM ALWASSITE" is to re-read the 4th edition of "ALMOAJAM ALWASSITE" published by the Academy of the Arabic language in Cairo and to examine its shortcomings in order to overcome them and to develop each subsequent lexical work. The purpose of this article, which is of a critical corrective nature, is to find the answer to the problematic of citation, which we believe is in need of a review, including: To what extent has "ALMOAJAM ALWASSITE" remained faithful to the commitments made at the introduction, with regard to the citation? What is the methodology used to provide citations and to extract them from their sources? Is this work achieved a degree of perfection and maturity, which qualifies its fourth edition published in 2004, without including any modification of the third edition?