Re: [tied] Re: All of creation in Six and Seven

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:22:26 +0100, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

>Yes. Arabic `ayn is completely ignored when Arab words get borrowed into
>European languages, whether the process is direct or indirect. Nobody
>distinguishes the `ayn in Iraq from the 'alif in Iran.

Also, the only Semitic language to have -um in the word for seven,
Akkadian, had lost the `ayn itself (sebet(t)um), so the whole point may
well be moot.

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