Timeline for Is there a name for the form "فعلان" (faʿlan)?
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| Dec 11, 2019 at 21:36 | comment | added | Amessihel | @BertBarrois, sorry I made typos in my previous comment. I meant it's more a matter of a pattern than just a prefix. The link in the accepted answer below shows this case with an example, ʻaṭšān (thirsty). | |
| Dec 11, 2019 at 13:21 | comment | added | Bert Barrois | I don't know Hebrew, but I think the suffix -ŌN might be cognate. Wikipedia says it has diminutive connotation. | |
| Dec 11, 2019 at 12:44 | vote | accept | Amessihel | ||
| Dec 11, 2019 at 12:41 | answer | added | Sir Cornflakes | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 11, 2019 at 11:21 | history | edited | Amessihel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Dec 11, 2019 at 1:50 | history | suggested | matan-matika | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2019 at 22:08 | comment | added | Amessihel | @bert-barrois, thanks. I haven't studied Arabic, so I'm just presuming. I think it's a matter of prefix like the examples you mentionned, but more of the pattern CaCCāN: raḥmān, sakrān. The pattern could also be CuCCāN like subḥān. They seem both to imply a completeness, and if so I'm surprised there is no linguistical term describing this form, especially if it's not just Arabic but Semitic related. I think I'm wrong, but don't know where. | |
| Dec 10, 2019 at 21:29 | comment | added | Bert Barrois | @Amessihel -- The suffix also occurs on collective plurals for mice, rats, lizards, and neighbors. | |
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| Dec 10, 2019 at 17:56 | answer | added | fdb | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 10, 2019 at 17:24 | comment | added | Amessihel | @Draconis, I'm thinking in term of common linguistic vocabulary like "causative form", "superlative", etc. | |
| Dec 10, 2019 at 17:01 | comment | added | Draconis♦ | I've never seen any names used for the Arabic forms except the traditional Arabic ones (so I would just call it "fa`lān"). Are there common names for the other forms in English, or am I misunderstanding your question? | |
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| Dec 10, 2019 at 16:45 | history | asked | Amessihel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |