Re: Past Tense Stem Vowels in Arabic Verbs

Thanks I will consult the book you mentioned.


Peter T. Daniels schrieb:

Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:

According to some grammarians the medial stem vowel can be understood
as follows:
1. When the stem vowel is Damma u as in Hasuna, kabura it refers to a
permanent quality or at least a quality of long duration.
2. When the medial vowel is kasra i it refers to a quality of short
duration as in shariba, 3amila, sami3a and 3alima

This is not always evident. In addition most verbs in Arabic have fatHa
as the stem vowel. Any ideas.

Consult Benno Landsberger, "Die Eigenbegrifflichkeit der babylonischen
Welt" (1926). (It was translated as "The Conceptual Autonomy of the
Babylonian World" in the 1970s, but you won't need that.)

He laid out the meanings of the various verbal inflection patterns in
Semitic, along with much else.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx

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