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Re: [westasianconlangs] USAGE: stress in Arabic feminine forms

• From: John Cowan <jcowan@hidden.email>
• Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:22:31 -0500
• Subject: Re: [westasianconlangs] USAGE: stress in Arabic feminine forms
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* scripsit:

> Basically, stress is put on the second syllable to last in Cairine 
> dialect, although there are some exceptions.  I don't know about other 
> dialect though.

They are extremely variable.  Stress is not prescribed in modern standard
Arabic, and tends to follow the stress rules of the speaker's colloquial.

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