Re: Arabic article (was: Corpses)
| From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 13, 2003, 9:33 |
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Staving John Cowan:
>Costentin Cornomorus scripsit:
>
> > Can't think of any, though we do have the
> > propensity for leaving Arabic articles in:
> > algebra, alchemy, alcohol, etc. Of course, we
> > didn't borrow those directly, so they probably
> > don't count.
>
>I think it's the fact that these come through Spanish
>that make the difference. We certainly don't speak of
>al-Islam or the al-Arab.
More through mediaeval Latin than Spanish, surely? It would have been The
Lord's Dogs who brought them into European use, about the 13th century.
Pete
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