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Question about roots in Can Semitic (Hebrew & Arabic) roots have vowels?

To the best of my knowledge, roots in Semitic, both Arabic & Hebrew, do not contain vowels. They are purely consonantal at the base. I read this a couple of years ago about Hebrew in Levin & Rappaport Hovav, Borer, Reinhart amongst many others. I also read this about Arabic in F. Fehri. The problem with these books is that they deal with the notion of root to a marginal extent given that they are not about phonology (these authors are syntacticians).

My question is: are there any roots in Hebrew or Arabic that contain vowels at the base? If yes, please advise some references to read about this point in deep. Thank you.

Question about roots in Semitic (Hebrew & Arabic)

To the best of my knowledge, roots in Semitic, both Arabic & Hebrew, do not contain vowels. They are purely consonantal at the base. I read this a couple of years ago about Hebrew in Levin & Rappaport Hovav, Borer, Reinhart amongst many others. I also read this about Arabic in F. Fehri. The problem with these books is that they deal with the notion of root to a marginal extent given that they are not about phonology (these authors are syntacticians).

My question is: are there any roots in Hebrew or Arabic that contain vowels at the base? If yes, please advise some references to read about this point in deep. Thank you.

Can Semitic (Hebrew & Arabic) roots have vowels?

To the best of my knowledge, roots in Semitic, both Arabic & Hebrew, do not contain vowels. They are purely consonantal at the base. I read this a couple of years ago about Hebrew in Levin & Rappaport Hovav, Borer, Reinhart amongst many others. I also read this about Arabic in F. Fehri. The problem with these books is that they deal with the notion of root to a marginal extent given that they are not about phonology (these authors are syntacticians).

My question is: are there any roots in Hebrew or Arabic that contain vowels at the base? If yes, please advise some references to read about this point in deep.

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Question about roots in Semitic (Hebrew & Arabic)

To the best of my knowledge, roots in Semitic, both Arabic & Hebrew, do not contain vowels. They are purely consonantal at the base. I read this a couple of years ago about Hebrew in Levin & Rappaport Hovav, Borer, Reinhart amongst many others. I also read this about Arabic in F. Fehri. The problem with these books is that they deal with the notion of root to a marginal extent given that they are not about phonology (these authors are syntacticians).

My question is: are there any roots in Hebrew or Arabic that contain vowels at the base? If yes, please advise some references to read about this point in deep. Thank you.