Studies in Semitic Philology

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
A. PHONOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES......Page 11
1. The Vowel i as an Auxiliary Vowel; an Investigation of the Relation between Accent and Vowel in Semitic Languages......Page 13
2. A Phonetic Law in the Judeo-Arabic Dialect of Baghdad: a > ∂ in Pretonic Closed Syllable......Page 104
A. The Development of the Diphthongs aṷ, ai......Page 108
B. The Contraction of the Diphthongs ṷa, ia > ō, ē......Page 116
4. Bi-Consonantal Nouns of Roots III w (\'ab, \'aḫ, ḥam)......Page 134
5. A Case of Quantitative Ablaut in Semitic (Broken Plurals and Related Forms)......Page 141
6. On Two Cases of Consonant Change in Modern Arabic Dialects......Page 164
7. Hebrew štayim (\'two\'), Syriac štā (\'six\') and a Turkic Analogue......Page 168
8. Concerning the Border-Line between Consonant and Vowel......Page 170
9. The Hebrew Perfect Forms qāṭlā, qāṭlū......Page 175
10. The 3rd Pers. Sing. Fem. of the Perfect of Roots III y/w in Arabic
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11. The Aramaic Nomen Agentis qātōl and Some Similar Phenomena of Arabic......Page 181
Supplement: The Development of Aramaic gālūṯ (ā)......Page 185
12. The Plural-Ending -ūt of Masculine Attributive Adjectives in Akkadian......Page 191
A. The Object-Pronouns Formed with īyā-......Page 192
B. The Relative-Pronoun allāḏī......Page 195
C. The Demonstrative Pronoun ḏālika and Related Forms......Page 201
14. The Forms of the Imperative (and Jussive) in the Semitic Languages......Page 205
15. The Semitic Causative-Prefix š/sa......Page 210
B. SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC STUDIES......Page 217
16. Genetic Aspects of the Genitive in the Semitic Languages......Page 219
Supplement: The Development of the Infinitivus Constructus of Hebrew and Related Phenomena......Page 235
17. The Syntactic Background of Semitic Nouns with Prefix ma- and of Participles with Prefix mu-......Page 242
18. The Infinitive in the Function of \'Psychological Predicate\' in Syriac......Page 271
A. The Construction mā rā\'ahū illā bi......Page 277
B. The Preposition ilā Implying the Concept \'suddenly\'......Page 301
20. Some specific Forms of Hypotaxis in Ancient Arabic......Page 305
21. Syriac dalmā \'lest\', \'perhaps\' and Some Related Arabic Phenomena......Page 332
22. Arabic lākin (na) and Related Expressions......Page 348
23. The Origin of Arabic ba\'da \'after\'......Page 353
24. An Arabic Sentence-Type Expressing \'Inner Compulsion\'......Page 357
A. Significant Use of the Possessive Pronoun......Page 367
B. Various Semantic Characteristics of the Concept \'to have\'......Page 375
26. Arabic Parallels to the English Phrase I am Friends with Him......Page 384
27. Expressions Based on the Noun yawm- \'Day\'......Page 400
Supplement: The Semantic Mechanism of the Development of Arabic yawma \'when\' (Conjunction) to an \'that\' (= German \'dass\')......Page 438
28. Arabic aslama (Islām) and Related Terms......Page 444
29. The Origin of the Principle of Iṣmah: Muḥammmad\'s \"Immunity from sin\"......Page 465
30. The \"Completion\" or \"Improvement\" of a laudable Deed: An ancient Arab ethical Motif......Page 470
A. Akkadian qarābu \'to be offered as a Sacrifice\' and Related Expressions......Page 475
B. The Arabic Type iḏā birağulin \'suddenly there was there a man\'......Page 487
32. The Onomatopoetic Origin of Some Terms for the Concept \'Sudden\'......Page 493
33. \'Satisfying\' and \'Restraining\': Arabic kafā (kfy) > kaffa......Page 501
A. Arabic ma\'tam......Page 510
B. Arabic ayyim \'Widow\'......Page 515
35. Akkadian kipru (um), Pl. kiprātu (m) and Ethiopic kanfar......Page 518
36. Aramaic msar, Neo-Hebraic māsar \'to surrender (some-one)\'......Page 523
37. An Arabic Parallel to benedicere......Page 527
38. North-Semitic hayyīm/n \'Life\' in the Light of Arabic......Page 535
39. The Biblical Concept \"The Treasure of Life\" and Its Survival in Mandaean and Christian Doctrines......Page 543
40. The Root hwy \'to be\', a Proto-Semitic Verb......Page 550
41. Arabic \'ad\'ana......Page 554
42. The Origin of Arabic ġayr \'other (than)\'......Page 555
43. Hebrew raq \'only\' < *raiq......Page 557
44. An Arabic Cognate of Ugaritic ġmr-m......Page 560
45. The Non-Technical Origin of the Arabic Rhetorical Term tawriyah......Page 562
46. The Arabic (and South-Semitic) Root baḥuta \'to be pure, unmixed\'......Page 564
47. The Origin of Aramaic dmā \'to be like, to resemble\'......Page 566
48. Verbs derived from the Noun *qaš/st \'bow\'......Page 569
49. The Use of the perfect Tense in the Conditional Sentences of Arabic......Page 573
50. The Early-Arabic Term āfat- \"Damage\", Used in the Sense of \"Sin\"......Page 582
51. Alqamah\'s Warning of the Approach of an Enemy......Page 584
52. The Original Meaning of \"... a Man leaves his Father and Mother ... \" (Genesis 2,24)......Page 603
Addendum to Chapter 25......Page 606