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Arabic grammar terms (was Re: Current work accounts)



Sèlam!
Attention! All Farsi words are written in *Arabic* translit to preserve
uniformity!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christophe Grandsire"
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:17 PM


> OK, here are some (using your own transliteration):

Muyta shukrã! I consulted some dictionaries, and I think I can add
vocalization in some places, and add some other terms.

> - mad'iy: past,

Sorry, |ma;d'iy|. In Farsi - preterite

> - mud'a;ri3: non-past (or "unaccomplished")

In Farsi - "aorist" (=non-past subjunctive)

>  with three forms:
>   - muda;ri3 marfuw3: indicative,
>   - muda;ri3 mans'uwb: subjunctive,
>   - muda;ri3 majzuwm: shortened,

Terms unfamiliar in Farsi.

> - ;mr (don't know the vocalisation): imperative.

;amr (in Farsi also ;amr+ Ha;d'ir) [+ - construct state signal]

I skipped Semitic terms for verbs. But they are interesting to know.

> - m3lwm: active (voice),

ma3luwm. The same in Farsi.

> - mjhwl: passive (voice),

majhuwl. The same in Farsi.

> - l;zm: intransitive

la;zim. The same in Farsi.

> (I don't know the word for "transitive" :(( ).

I haven't found Arabic equivalent either. in Farsi it is |Gayr+ la;zim| "not
intransitive", or |muta3addiy|.

> - ism ;lf;3l: active participle,

fa;3il

> - ism ;lf3wl: passive participle.

Not found. {{{I suppose by analogy it must be |fa3uwl|.}}} [Half an hour
later:] Found! It's called |;ism ;al-maf3uwl|.

And some additional terms I found in the list of abbreviations in my
Russian-Arabic-Russian Pocket Dictionary.

s'iyGat: (Farsi - s'iyGih) -- grammar category or form
;al-s'iyGat: ;al-tafd'iyl -- comparative degree of adjective
;al-s'iyGat: ;al-tafd'iyl ;al-mut'laq -- superlative degree of adjective
s'iffat: (Farsi - s'ifat), or na3t (*) -- adjective
mu2annaT (hamza carrier, surely, waw) -- feminine
muDakkar -- masculine
d'amiyr -- pronoun
z'arf -- adverb
;ism -- substantive / noun (vague term...)
;ism ;al-3adad, or simply 3adad -- numeral
fi3l -- verb

The term |na3t| is not attested in Farsi. And, certainly, construct forms
are used without ;al- ;)

As for other Farsi terms, I'll try to find time to post more. Or maybe Danny
can help us?

> Christophe.

Yitzik
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