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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:
Patrick Ryan wrote:
>> There are a number of prefixes like ?a- that can be added to
Arabic verbs to produce various nuances of the basic verbal idea but
note: these are added to triliterals. ?a to f-l-H.
> This is the Form IV of Arab grammarians.
> Your last statement : **added to tri-literals** is false :
> zaqq : to jump = ?azaq (z_q : 2)
> aqlawla : to fly in the air very high : Form XII (q_l : 2)
> Apart from a good dictionary of Arabic, I warmly recommend you
also get a good grammar.
Please avoid needless pedantry - especially when you get it wrong. Or
are you saying that the root of _?aslama_ submit is not s-l-m?
Patrick is clearly saying that prefixing ?a- merely produces a
different one of the verb forms, and denying that new roots can be
formed in this manner. I have no doubt that new roots have arisen in
this fashion, though I expect that historically this is far from the
only way a biliteral root could become a triliteral with initial /?/.
Richard.