Abstract:
The use of the term (homonym) in the Arabic linguistic and rhetorical study was a starting point to its prominence and its distinction in the modern linguistic study.
For that, this study came to keep track of the term (homonym) and its interference with (polysemy), as well as the ambiguity it poses during its use throughout rhetorics, semantics, and dictionary.
This research also dealt with the problematic of the (homonym) and its distinctiveness in a historical and
descriptive approach to show its definition as well as its relevancy to the modern linguistic studies.