Re: about semitic morphology

Balazs Sudar writes:
 > Hi all!
 >
 > I have a question about the triconsonantal system. Do this languages have an unchanging
 > form for nouns, or are all different, only the three consonants of an idea must be
 > unchanged in different words?
 >
 > An example:
 >
 > the root for writing is: M G D  for living  D R B
 > the noun "writing" is   "megid"
 > That means:
 > should the noun for "loving" be "derib"???? Or there is no rule that all same function words
 > must have the same form?
 >

There are many people here who know more about semitac languages than
I do, but yes, if they're both regular, the forms will be the same.
You might find this page about the Arabic verb interesting.

http://www.cedarseed.com/air/arabicverb.html

Note, though, that it's my impression that most Semitic languages have
many irregular conjugations of roots.