Grammarians have multiple reasons for one effect

Abstract

It comes to mind that for every grammatical, morphological, or linguistic cause in general, there is one cause that is the cause of its existence, but the truth is that it is permissible to have multiple causes for one effect. The cause in general, whether grammatical, linguistic, or morphological, is one of the important topics that has occupied scholars from two aspects, one of which is its nature. Cause, and the other: Is it permissible for more than one cause to produce one effect?

Some Arabic scholars have permitted multiple causes, even if the effect is one, including: Ibn Jinni, Abu al-Barakat al-Anbari, and Ibn Ya’ish. This is clearly evident in the various issues they explained in their writings, and its results appear in the permissibility of multiple causes and one effect.